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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
11
Roger Sullivan a World War I veteran and former engineer collaborates with James B. Pelkey to produce Another Chance. The film traces a veteran’s path from hospital discharge to rehabilitation through vocational training, ending with President Harding's photograph.
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a hospital welfare project to bake and stock a cookie jar for veterans in hospitals. Mil chairman of the hospital committee discusses a recipe, aiming to provide delectable cakes and treats as part of welfare work.
A garbled OCR item reports a con involving a man named Erman Crook who allegedly deceived a U.S. or “Yank” audience with a fake Belgian university claim. The piece hints at money obtained and a Brussels or Rhine area connection but mixes fragments.
World War I veteran W C Gentry, resident of Fort Worth, died while rescuing flood victims during the April 1922 Fort Worth flood. He saved six people before succumbing entangled in a barbed wire fence amid rising waters. Mayor Cockrell urged a memorial in his honor.
Rosalie Carol Larson of Worthington Minnesota becomes a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary four hours after birth. Her father Warner Larson served with the Twenty ninth division and her mother earned a nursing diploma after volunteering with the American Red Cross.
The American Legion honors the daisy as its official flower while the Auxiliary uses the poppy. The poppy was adopted early on but the daisy was chosen at the Kansas City convention for being American and the French poppy for Flanders is only available in artificial form. The Auxiliary sells artificial poppies made by disabled veterans to aid sick and needy World War I veterans, with Massachusetts branches raising over 46000 last winter. The Legion encourages U S children to grow flowers to foster patriotism and support for the American daisy.
Readers learn that the Pennsylvania American Legion helped former servicemen secure forty thousand dollars in government claims in a single month. The item mentions the organization’s role in assisting veterans and notes a memorial bridge project in Charlies river area Boston Mags Massachusetts.
The story follows Harry Stevenson, an Ohio boy who started as a ten year old selling newspapers on Fifth and Sycamore in Cincinnati and rose to become president of a New York corporation with a $125,000 credit rating. He built a business empire from corner stands to real estate ventures, then shifted to roofing and publishing ventures, ultimately controlling a major company for $765,000 in 1922.
Harry Steinholt, 26, of the Washington State National Guard, forged to buy a Bible, rosary, and change with a check at a Tacoma curio shop. The dealer accepted it, funds failed, he was arrested, and now reads his Bible in jail.
Edna Fanshet of Flint, Michigan drank poison in a suicide attempt after her mother said the injured chicken must be killed. Her sister stopped her, and physicians say she will recover.
Miss Doris Witt, elected to Norwich Rugland city council, is twenty six and the youngest woman to join England's town councils. The theatrical manager by profession, she brings new energy to local governance.
The United States Department of Agriculture recommends a minimum hard surface width of 18 feet for national roads to ensure safe passing of cars and trucks. For frequent truck traffic a 20 foot width may be needed, with three feet clearance between bodies and a safe distance from pavement edges.
The bureau of public roads and Tennessee officials report traffic trends in Davison county near Nashville showing motor vehicles multiplying far faster than horse drawn vehicles since 1916. By 1921 motor vehicles make up about 99 percent of traffic while horse drawn rides are minimal though improved roads and local economy affect trade volume.
The chief of the bureau of public roads in the United States Department of Agriculture will likely personally inspect the federal aid road system under the Federal Highway Act. The network will span about 80,000 miles nationwide and may take around two and a half years to complete if he inspects at 80 miles per hour, eight hours daily, without skipping any segments.
Fresh food is made available for rural children, better schools and wider opportunities for country boys through improved highways and transport. The message highlights improved roadways to support education, nutrition, and mobility across rural districts.
A 1919 era notice notes rapid price deflation for farm products, including dairy and poultry, that began in 1920 and continued through 1921 per the United States Department guidance.
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