Pioneering Woman Leader in American Legion Debated
Mrs. Julia E. Wheelock of New York City, commander of the Barbara Frietchie post, advocates wives giving up jobs for unemployed ex service members. She helped recruit 36,000 men for the Navy, pushed preparedness petitions, and aided wartime efforts since 1916. Wheelock, a noted writer in English and French, promotes women’s Legion involvement despite opposition to a male‑dominated organization.
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Wheelock
American Legion
Whestock
N Ivy
DAVY
Afrs
New York
General Lafayette
New York City
Long Island
Policemen
Bryant Park
George Dahlbender
Legion
Birds of Passage editorial notes second lieutenants as wartime survivors
An American Legion Weekly editorial titled Birds of Passage reflects on the small number of surviving second lieutenants after the war. It notes only 233 second lieutenants across all arms remain on official lists, suggesting the war’s end marks a shift from rapid expansion to integrating veterans into civilian life as promotions and duties adjust.
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American Legion Weekly
Jett
Named Post Given to Lieutenant in France Action
A lieutenant has been posted for duty amid ongoing French operations. The assignment reflects continued U.S. artillery support during the conflict and underscores the expanding leadership in field actions.
Memorial design by Fresich chosen for World War dead
Daniel Chester Fresich sculptor of The Minute Man at Concord is picked to design the Massachusetts World War memorial to be erected in France. Henry Bacon of Lincoln Memorial fame will join him. The Community House at Camp Custer, Michigan, bought for 90000 by a Chicago firm, is acquired by Michigan and will be turned over to the American Legion as a hospital for veterans, improvements funded by the state.
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Daniel Chester Fresich
Concord
Massachusetts
France
Henry Bacon
Washington
Camp Custer
Mich
Chicago
Michigan
American Legion
America
Congress
Blind Man Proves Sights Not Bar to Skilled Machining
Michigan study spotlights Gerald Ensing, a Grand Rapids blind student, operating drill presses grinders and lathes at the University of Michigan. Foreman E M Sweet notes Ensing reads micrometers with precision, adapts tools with finger sense, and excels in metalworking production roles. Ensing credits Red Cross scholarship and a drive to teach other blind people trades.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Gerald Ensing
Grand Rapids
University of Michigan
E. M. Sweet
Ensing
Red Cross
Detroit
National Organization
Michigan School For the Blind
University
Lord's Prayer Quoted in Bakery Legal Brief
In St Louis a brief by nine bakeries challenging a Sunday closing rule quotes the Lord's Prayer. The document accuses advocates of hypocrisy and argues the line Give us this day our daily bread supports bread sales on Sunday despite the ordinance. It also claims conflict with a state law allowing Sunday drug and provision sales.
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St. Louis
Walking on Water
A fragmentary meditation on perception and longing contrasts sight with a possible inner sense. The speaker questions whether the blind may actually perceive joy more keenly than those with sight, framed as a contemplative aside titled Walking on Water.
Golf Caddy Sues for Eye Loss in New Jersey Suit
Cornelius Toohey a fourteen year old golf caddy from East Orange New Jersey sues Franklin Webster for 35000 dollars claiming a golf ball struck his eye causing injury. The suit seeks compensation for medical costs and damages.
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East Orange
N. J
Cornelius Toohey
Franklin Webster
Mountains Float Like Icebergs Claims Revealing Crust Lightness
The article reports that mountain masses arise from lighter material beneath the earth's crust. Research by the Coast and Geodetic Survey under Dr. William Bowie and Prof. John F. Hayford shows crust about sixty miles thick and floating on underlying flow. Density shifts and long term movement explain uplift and erosion, with mountains acting like icebergs supported by lighter crustal zones.
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Washington
Division of Geodesy
Coast and Geodetic Survey
William Bowie
John F. Hayford
Northwestern University
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bowie
Hayford
Heenberg
Doctor Bowie
Doctor Rowle
Rmiay
This Woman's Experience in Lowell Massachusetts
Mrs Elizabeth Smart of 142 W Sixth St Lowell Mass recounts anemia since age sixteen. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she regained strength and had an eight pound natural birth. She credits the remedy with renewed energy and health enabling domestic work and pregnancy success.
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Lowell
Maya
Lydia
Pinkham
Elizabeth Smart
Sixth St
Mass
Unruly Hard for a Lithe Woman to Suppress People
A terse line notes a lithe woman facing resistance as she attempts to impose dignity amid a crowd. The remark highlights authority dynamics and social friction without graphic detail. The focus remains on her restraint and the crowd’s reaction.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing for All Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple for any woman to dye or tint worn clothes at home. It claims rich color for skirts dresses waists coats stockings draperies and more and guarantees no streaking fading or mottling with instructions for wool silk linen cotton or blends. The closing line shifts to a stray joke about a man at the kettle end of the horn.
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Hoboken Army Docks
Charles W. Seymour
Hartford
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Connecticut
Melrose
Minn
Melrose Legionnaires
L. Gordon Hammersley
Sixth Field Artillery
Tarrytesril-on- the-Hudson
First Division
Jef Felgi
Army
Aras
Weeks
Department ‘of the American Legion
Honorah H. Gittings
California
America Tn
Adam Kosleski
T ‘Sauk
Rapids
Kosleski
Mamaroneck, Long
A. N. Shelton
Ventura
Cal
San Francisco Bay
Sheldon
Earth
Red Cross Workers of Japan
Tokyo
Siberia
Mangia Megas
Holland
Parker
Droezicts
Hiscox
Vinta
Hiscox Chorica
Patchogus
Hee Stauparn
Mr. Hill
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