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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
2
W A W Steger chairs Natiora tion Housing Committee and reports completed plans for lodging American Senator convention guests. Convention boats and ocean liners will transport attendees to the city with living costs around two dollars per day.
Police Chief Guy Molony plans 1000 uniformed Legionnaires to assist the New Orleans police for the American Legion convention October 16 to 21. The force will handle crowds along the parade route and provide provost guards. Molony, a Legion member, cited Kansas City as a model, noting no criticism of ex servicemen’s conduct there last year.
A brief item notes a hort notice from Ample Mil about an emergency situation. It outlines a quick alert urging readiness and minimal details for the public, with emphasis on practical steps and local impact.
Ah Han Kook born in Korea and raised in Hawaii, serving as a dental officer’s assistant in San Francisco, returned to Indianapolis to reenlist at Fort Benjamin Harrison. A naturalized citizen and American Legion member, he chose military service over civilian life and ends his visit with plans to rejoin the U.S. Army.
President Harding appointed World War I veteran James Shelley of Phoenix Arizona to West Point. Shelley's early enlistment at sixteen led to overseas artillery service, and now he stands to graduate as a second lieutenant after four years of study, answering officials with the ambition to be second to none.
An American Legion charter is sought for a post in Korea via the National organization department in Indianapolis. Fifteen to sixteen eligible members are named for Korea with local headquarters at Kwangfu. BE L Swinehart, treasurer of the South Presbyterian mission, organizes the post and urges quick action to establish a going concern amid veterans' enthusiasm in Korea.
The article notes shell shock affecting a World War II veteran Thurman K Williamson of Lincoln Neb and a court annulling Wil Harrigon marriage freeing him to wed the woman he was engaged to. It also describes a social club named Forty Femmes and Chapeaux formed by members of the American Legion Auxiliary national executive committee, aligning with the Forty and Eight organization and linking local chapters nationwide.
Charles Deville Wells once famed as the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo died in Paris in poverty at eighty one. His life included a record run of luck followed by bankruptcy and multiple incarcerations in England and France for obtaining money under false pretenses. He promoted various get rich quick schemes including a claimed roulette system.
Harold Schwarm of New Britain Connecticut posed as Prince Louis Henri de Chateroux de Bussigny de Bourbon a self styled Bourbon prince and former major general who saved the czar. Police records reveal three wives and a vast hoard of royal regalia as his New York escapades unravel.
In Biloxi Mississippi a Louisville and Nashville passenger engineer drew praise for gallantry when a tarpon on the line distracted a train at Ocean Springs while Mrs. W. M. Lampton fought the fish on a bridge. After 45 minutes the tarpon, weighing 85 pounds, was reeled in with a heavy iron hook and captured. Passengers collected scales as souvenirs.
Lightning struck a tree near 114 Potter Street where Edward Armstad stood, sending him into a double somersault and causing a fall that appeared fatal. Family witnesses rushed him to Cooper Hospital for treatment after the flash.
Mrs A P Crawford of Greensboro enters Columbia summer session at 71, proving age not a barrier to learning. A former Vassar student and mother of six, she values mental alertness, ongoing study, and civic duty, while balancing family life and a busy past in teaching and community work.
A horse energized by a charged line in rainwater sparked a deadly accident in North Anson Maine. Ora Pullen was killed trying to help the animal and Mrs Thomas Moran and Warren Nutting died when they stepped into the pool to assist him.
An eminent medical authority warns pills and salts only cause temporary relief and possible permanent injury. Modern science offers Nujol as a natural lubricating aid that softens waste and keeps things moving with no gripping effects. Nujol is not a laxative, not a medicine, and is harmless and pleasant since it is just pure water. It is prescribed by physicians and used in hospitals. Get a bottle from your drugstore today.
Wil Hays, new motion picture director, in New York argues that many in the industry mistake high quality for highbrow. He likens some to a chorus girl who discovers a rich husband reading a flood of sensational newspapers at breakfast after a stormy courtship.
A dialogue contrasts weather with labor as workers complain about heat while supervisors deny any need for time off. The exchange highlights workplace tension and authority dynamics amid rising temperatures.
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