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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
29
A Buck of Omaha Nebraska is linked with a Gold Star honor amid broad public recognition. The fragment notes a ceremonial event with a parade or procession and mentions an assembled delegation, including notable figures, honoring the fallen soldier. The wording is garbled but centers on military merit and a Buck connected with Nebraska.
Charléa Crozier of Syracuse spotted a boy's arm in the river from a bridge. He dove in and pulled the ten year old from drowning. For this act his American Legion comrades seek a Carnegie life saving medal for him.
The youngest attendee at the North Dakota State Department of the American Legion Auxiliary was four months old, Bononie Jean Kelly Tim, who joined as a running post at Devil's Lake and was adopted by the department. Her father, M. P. Kelly, is a first lieutenant in the Ninth Squadron of the First...
The history of American involvement in World War I is told in pictures photographed by Captain B N Jackson of the Signal corps. His work covers scenes in France and return scenes at sea and later. After the war he continued photographing President Wilson in France and other notable events. Now a staff photographer for the New York Daily News, he spends leisure time with American Legion Post 848 in New York City.
H Nelson Jackson of Burlington Vermont, a national vice commander, spoke for the American Legion at a British Legion meeting. Jackson, a WWI Medical Corps veteran, received the D.S.C. Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. He urged closer ties to secure lasting peace.
World War veteran Robert M. Thompson of Christchurch spent months in the Elgin asylum in Illinois after visiting the U S Veterans Bureau in Chicago seeking pension help. He alleges poor food and mistreatment before he was smuggled letters to a college friend and finally released on condition he leave the United States.
In Jesup Georgia, the American Legion reports more than 800 members and a nationwide drive for aid. A committee of leading citizens from Correc tionville and Te Passthrough will pass on assistance requests. About 50 men were identified with various physical disabilities among former service members in Iowa during a recent drive conducted by local and national American Legion chapters.
Washington report shows counterfeiting in the United States climbing to unprecedented levels after World War I. Experts note new dynamics, including women entering the field, an influx of unfamiliar currency designs and bonds, and war era disruptions that boosted forgery, with authorities racing to detect and stop fake notes and securities.
A playful description of a new Aur chair offered to bathers at a hot day seaside spot. Muriel Quacken bush is noted at the tide along the beach enjoying the cooling waters and comforts provided by the chair amid the sun and spray.
Dr. R Kendrick Smith told the national Osteopathic convention in Los Angeles that modern transport and devices keep people off their feet. He warned the human race risks becoming weak from the hips down, advocating barefoot running and more walking to reverse the trend.
The Chicago Daily News reports a counterfeit ring where forgeries are passed for $50 on a $100 bill, with profits possibly $75 in real money. It notes women are increasingly used to launder fake currency as they claim ignorance, while a skilled counterfeiter faces moral and economic risks, highlighting the laborious nature of the trade.
Belgrade is rapidly modernizing with new streets and public buildings funded by a $76,000 city plan prize. In 1921 fourteen hundred new buildings rose, with 4,000 more planned this year. a new hotel near the station was completed just before King Alexander’s wedding. Prices are high, rents surpass $100 monthly, land near Belgrade sells from $100 to $800 an acre, and Hotel Moscow sold for about 200,000 dollars in dinars.
A Wauseon Ohio mother testifies her daughter suffered during periods but improved after two years on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter praises the product and urges other mothers to use it, claiming balance restores health and prevents heavy symptoms.
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