Burt aims to build hereditary society via Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Edward W. Burt of Salisbury North Carolina chairs the American Legion Auxiliary committee to organize a hereditary society for daughters granddaughters of World War I veterans. Plans include recording war histories in Auxiliary records to ease genealogical research.
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Edward W. Burt
North Carolina
Howard W. Burt
Saliebury
N. C
Am Goner
Burt
American Legion Auxiliary Committee
Auxiliary
American Legion
Sama Etatua
Legion
Sana
Itig
Veteran of Seven Wars Seeks Peaceful Years in Seattle
Robert Bruce MacGregor, 48, of Seattle, a World War I veteran from the original Prince Pat regiment, says first days on battlefields are over and plans to spend his remaining years in peaceful activities. He served in the Philippines, China, South Africa, and endured 12 medals, four decorations, and wounds. He has faced unemployment and helped place 286 foruxer soldiers and is educating a fifteen year old.
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Robert Bruce MacGregor
Seattle
Wash
Lfe
MacGregor
Mir
Philippines
Chingi
South ‘Africa
Natal
Jamieson
New Orleans artist wins American Legion poster prize
Clarence Reeder, a former top sergeant who served at Camp Pike in World War I, won a 100 prize for a Legion poster design. His image features a doughboy sailor and marine in uniform with a New Orleans view, including the phrase New Orleans the Paris of the Rev. A. and a depiction of the French Quarter. Copies of the poster will be distributed to posts nationwide.
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New
Orleans
Artieta
American ‘ Legion
Clarence Reeder
A. Artlat
New Orleans
Orieats
Paris
Legion Emmand
Jet
American Legion
Orloang
Ana
Medal of Honor Men Guest at Legion Convention
Prominent among guests at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans October 16 20 are Medal of Honor wearers. Lieut Sidney G Gumpertz of New York, first MOH recipient to accept, earned the award for heroism in September 1918 with the One Hundred Thirty second Infantry in Bois de Forges. He and two volunteers advanced under machine gun fire, killed and captured enemy crew, and enabled his unit’s continued advance despite heavy losses.
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New Orleans
United States
Sydney G. Gumpertz
New York
Gumpertz
One Hundred Thirty-second Infantry
Bois de Forges
Oest
Hoe
Gumpert
Legion Rider Tours Midwest to Spotlight Post Efforts
Don ald F. Chase, 21, Nevada State Journal city editor, rode 125 miles daily then camped roadside on a Reno to Syracuse bicycle trek. He spoke to Legion posts about their community work, later highlighting best practices from multiple posts along the route. A driver who crashed into him near Topeka refused to stop. Chase retaliated by tying the car to a railroad tie and forcing the driver to town.
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Donald F. Chase
Reno
Ney
Syracuse
Chase
Syraceuse
Nevada State Journal
Ind
Reno American Legion
Legion
Nevada State Department
Topeka
Kan
American Legion
WILL DANGE FOR DOUGHBOYS SINGS FOR DULUTH DANCE
Misa Emoily V Schupp known as Lada from Duluth Minnesota volunteered to dance for doughboy friends in New Orleans in October She entertained thousands of soldiers during World War II and has performed at Legion events in Minnesota She is slated to perform at a Duluth American Legion band recital at the New Orleans convention after their Kansas City contest win.
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Misa Emoily V. Schupp
Duluth
Minn
American Legion Nation
New Orleans
Mise Schupp
Lada
Duluth American Legion Band
Legion
Kansag City
Jast Foth
Carrying On With the American Legion
Huge sign boards tell the world how to find the American Legion clubrooms on all Fonda leading into Melville. Auxiliaries formed in Canada and England, with women eligible as wives mothers and daughters of veterans. They visit disabled veterans and care for dependents, aiding veterans in legislation.
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American Legion
Fonda
Melville
Canada
England
War ‘Veterane'associations
Apprentices Taught Plumbing Skills in San Francisco School
The San Francisco Col has launched a new apprentice program for boys. They split into three groups and alternate between two weeks of classroom study and four weeks of on the job training as assistant snipers, then return to school. The plan aims to cut training time to 12 to 18 months, producing trained plumbers in Gyounda hale within three years.
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Tims
Sin Franeieco
Col
Ong Cligs
Aiong
Scheol
Khop
Gyounda Hale
Smock Marriage in Colonial Maine Revealed by Records
A Bangor lawyer studying Wiscasset records uncovered references to smock marriages in 18th century Maine. Brides wore only a chemise or sheet to shield debt issues, with grooms supplying attire, witnessed by locals, including the 1772 Elwell Thomas union at Meduncook.
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Bangor
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
England
Paris
Sirmingham
Birmingham
Baxex County
Sue
Bradford
Tio
Priendship
Knox County
Medincook
Sandy Harbor
Maine
Thomaalves
Coruscata
W. Elwell
Meduncook
Hannah Thomas
Mediuncook
Wadsworth
Olerle
Aleduncook
Muay
Wm. Blywell
William Elwell
Hannal Thomas
Hubaeribers
Toole
Win
B. Frost
Siumuel Condon
Cornelius Morton
Mary Condon
Otis Winire
Hannah
Pedigree Hunt in Britain Interest Grows
London reports Americans visiting to trace ancestry. Secretary Vothergit notes faked pedigrees fading as interest shifts to deposition books from old courts. Ecclesiastical and chancery records remain largely closed, but will reveal authentic voices of ancestors. The society builds a massive index with over 2,000,000 baptisms, marriages and deaths.
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London
Becretary Vothergit
Court of Chancery
San Quentin Prison Tale Amid Wild Fishing Talk
A fragment from San Quentin recounts Carla Ballesters fishing on the Louch when an onlooker, musing on punishment, suggests 80 days for a fall, while Ballesters claims a life sentence with special permission, and a warden is mentioned alongside confiscating the Act.
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San Quentin
Cal
Carla Ballesters
Carlo
San Quentin Privon
Ismael
Exotic pets surge in London social life with sunshade claim
In London crowds, women flaunt marmosets foxes parrots and small monkeys as companions while strolling to lawn parties. A guest at a garden gathering carried what looked like a sunshade with an ornate handle, but the prop turned out to be a live creature restrained by the owner, highlighting the growing fashion for unusual pets.
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London
England
Garden Notes From West End Volunteer Mrs Rug Hell
Agad Woman Works Garden Naturell O Mra William Tuesell age eighty seven rit nges in the west end of town. A garden of half an acre fed with vegetables Buch ab potatoes corn beets carrots beans and many kinds of flowers. Tila garden kept by Mrs Rug Hell Stansell rites at overlook every morning and works in her garden most days.
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Agad
Naturell
William Tuesell
Rug. Hell
Stansell
Pennsylvania Soft Coal Reserves Placed at 48 Billion Tons
Pennsylvania's bituminous coal beds are now estimated to hold 48,880,860,000 short tons recoverable according to the state Internal Affairs department. The figure, lower than prior estimates of 76 billion tons, reflects waste and unrecoverable coal. about 5,010,775,000 tons have been mined leaving remaining recoverable stock to supply the state for roughly two centuries at current consumption.
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Harriaburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Internal Affairs
Edgeworth Tobacco Offer Promises Free Samples to Smokers
In a nostalgic ad style, Larus & Brother Co promotes Edgeworth tobacco with a tale of a costly mine swap. The piece invites pipe smokers to request free samples by postcard, lists Edgeworth varieties, and offers prepaid replenishment to retailers, emphasizing regular pricing.
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Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Strait
Richmond
Edgeworth
Priva
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