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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
4
Former soldier and artist John Avardowara, a Bayltemor, Md. resident study class, is slated for rehabilitation after war injuries. He will be sent to Rowe Rone hospital in Washington, D.C., through the American Legion News Service.
A thirteen year old contestant from Toledo, D. receives 16 dollars for a patriotic pen drawn for a contest titled Stirs and Strips. The entry earned first prize in the Reedy contest.
Ech mann Helnk, now sixty, dedicates the remainder of her days to motherhood. Returning from the Orient, she embraces the mission as a Brenten t organization member in the world. The former star reflects on war days, singing in camps, needlework, and spreading cheer with adopted sons.
The piece recounts the death of Sam Soo Hoo in action in the Oureg valley during World War I. Born in San Marin, of Chinese parentage, he volunteered after the 1917 entry of the United States into the war. A Red Cross photograph of his grave reached his widow, and relatives later requested his body be sent to Canton near Ta Chi Chon for burial with full flag honors.
The sole surviving officer of his battalion, Bert Hugh, records a war career spanning Cuba and Canada. He began as a private, served in the Town volunteers, and joined the Canadian Enalagere force. Amid heavy losses, he stood as the lone survivor of his company, with several companions killed in action.
Dr B C Watson reports 104 congregations led by 200000 ministers, total membership 46 007 100, up 4 070 945 since 1910. Protestant bodies total 233 104 congregations and 118 701 clergy, with 65 812 722 constituency across major denominations. Largest group is Protestant Episcopal North, with 1 104 020 members. Salvation Army shows 86000 members.
Disjoint OCR text references the American Legion, a swimming pool project, planting trees, and various nations with monetary amounts. The garbled lines mention costs such as 822, 18.26, 22.02, 6.70, and countries like Britain, Italy, and Japan, but no coherent event or outcome is clear.
Fragmentary OCR lists numbers and denominations resembling Methodist and colored Methodist Episcopal Church figures in America. Details are illegible, with incomplete names and places.
A Bronx zoo report tells how Gabong the ape discovers a lever principle, using a heavy iron bar turned crowbar to bend bolts and loosen a steel wall plate. Keeper Spicer intervenes as Gabong inches toward freedom, shouting with triumph as the cage door opens.
Magistrate Cobb in New York City vows a war on motorists who honk to call a sweetheart, announcing a special squad to bring those honking into court for punishment. The court plans fines for each offense to curb late night disturbance.
Mrs Viola French of Danville Illinois shares that Golden Medien Discovery revitalized her life after severe nervous weakness and loss of interest. She attributes her regained strength to the product, noting many have benefited and urging others to obtain it from local druggists or request free medical booklets from Dr Place Buffalo New York.
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