Shade of Mitchell recalls daring Manila transport voyage
South Dakota veteran Colonel Shade recounts 90 days aboard a Spanish American War transport without landfall, dodging around the Philippines and serving in multiple campaigns. Born in Princeton, he rose from miner to major, key American Legion leader, police chief, and state highway official.
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MT. Shade
Mitchell
Shade
American Legion
South Dakota
Heoo
Princeton
Ph Laberes
Spain
San Francisco
Covington
Manila
Mantha
Holle Tolle
Cavite
Stisde
Scharge
Tnal
States
Rew
Rockford
National Guard
Texas
Sioux Falls
S. U
Guard
S. D
South Dakota Guard
Camp Greene
N. G
Forty-first
Soissons and
St. Aignan-Noyers
Romorantin
Air Service
America
State Highway Commission
Legion
South’ Dakota
Veterans honor by flags at cemetery ceremony
Municipal employees arrange flags for a veterans event outside the cemetery. Braves of veterans group participate in a local ceremony honoring those who served, marking a community remembrance tied to a public space.
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Nicipal
Ta Ne
Alee
Braves of
Uae
Legion Band at Convention in San Francisco
The American Legion band of Wichita Kansas, composed of 45 musicians, placed seventh in the national convention competition in San Francisco. It received $1,000 from the region's state treasurer to cover travel costs and had previously organized in 1922, touring New Orleans with 22 players. The group engages in municipal concerts and expositions, led by Tester Weatherwax, noted former director of the 341st field Archery band.
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American Legion Band of
Wichita
Kan
Service Men’s Association
San Francisco
New Orleans
Wiehlta
Tester Weatherwax
Heavy charges on casket for veteran brought home
A World War veteran died at Palo Alto Veterans' Hospital and his body arrived in Wilmington NC with 240 in casket charges. No relatives could be found to pay. Seaman By 7. Vause was interred with American Legion ceremonies after commander J J Sprunt guaranteed the fees. A protest was filed with Veterans Bureau over shipment before relatives could prove funds. An explanation will be sought regarding a new ruling on transportation charges to burial places.
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Wilmington
N. C
Seaman
7. Vause
Veterans' Bureau Toepital
Palo Alto
Cal
Remasius
J. J. Sprunt
American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Concert Funds Aid Needy Ex-Service Men in Columbus
A Columbus Ohio concert series funded by the American Legion county council will feature top operatic artists including Madame Schumann-Heinke Mischa Eman and Louis Gravure under Gen Chauncey B Baker. Proceeds go to Memorial Hall to assist needy ex service men and women.
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Columbus
Almerican Legion County Council
Gen
Chauncey B. Baker
Legion
Madame Schumann-Heinke
Mischa Eman
Louis Gravure
Memorial Hall
The
Visit to Florida Monster Alligator Prompts Odd Question
An elderly tourist at a Florida attraction asks what to feed a large alligator. The attendant calmly replies that the animal is fed fish mostly, but explains the guest’s query asks what the creature "liked best." The humorous exchange appears in American Legion Weekly.
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Florida
American Legion Weekly
Friend of Ex-Service Men Boosts Legion Membership
Richard Hardy president of Dixie Portland Cement in Richard City Lenn offers extra incentive for workers to join the American Legion. Of 61 veterans employed, 58 are Marion post No. 62 members, raising post membership from 40 to over 100.
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Richard Hardy
Dixie Portland Cement Company
Richard City, Lenn
American’ Legion
Cement Company
Marion Post No
Legion
Hardy
Legion Post
Things to Be Made at Home at Dainty Furnishings
Exquisite roses crafted from crepe paper set in millinery foliage with rose colored piper, petals shaped for gifts. Toilet-water bottles painted in color blends, with sealing wax paints and wax nosegays for stoppers.
Regal Indy design on cardboard tele phone screen
An ornate early 20th century style screen depicts a regal looking Indy figure in vivid Egyptian colors. The reverse lists names numbers and call reports on removable tablets slipped under narrow ribbon bands, suggesting a decorative yet functional home item.
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Egypt
Me 88 Dainty Lamp Shades Reveal Ribbon Craft
The article describes dainty lamp and candle shades made from plain and picot edged ribbon. Shaded by satin ribbon strips plaited with beading, finished with ruffles, and the lamp standards covered in plain ribbon. A dainty elegant gift for boudoir reading stands or dressing tables.
Use Yarn to Make Toys From Grotesque Wire Figures
Amusing and grotesque dolls and animals are made of wires wound with heavy yarns. Millinery frames serve as the skeletons, padded with cotton before winding with yarn. Beads or buttons become eyes. horse, jockey and Gog are pictured.
Spirit of Christmas Brig Detours From War to Love
A tale shifts between Widow Stately in a foothill farm and Freddie Freedman’s mischief, then to a troubled couple, Friend Husband and Friend Wife, discovering the true Spirit of Christmas amid absence, suspicion, and reconciliation. Hidden in the office, a second Christmas spirit heals a strained marriage with shared meals and renewed affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Freedman
Private Wealth and Risk in Enterprise and Fire Lighting
The essay argues private capital is essential for new ventures, noting high failure rates in business and the need for risk-bearing to spur progress like railroads and telephones. It contrasts private initiative with state ownership while tracing the evolution of fire making from lightning to matches, highlighting changing conveniences and historical challenges.
Post Composed of Indians Formed by American Legion
A new American Legion post composed entirely of Chippewa Indians has been formed on a reservation in Re serve Wisconsin. National Commander Alvin Owsley was made a chieftain of the tribe during a Wisconsin Legion convention visit. The article notes the honor given to the tribe’s greatest orator and mentions a Beau tifying Bla in honor of the occasion.
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American Legion
Reserve
Wis
Alvin Owsley
Wisconsin
Legion
Blra
Parkway 155 Foot Wide Legion Park Way in Brockton
A Brockton civic feature known as the American Legion Parkway is described as the widest cement thoroughfare in the area and among the nation’s broadest. It replaces a residential street, provides parking across its length, and honors Legion members who served in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Brockton
The House of Christmas by G. K. Chesterton
A fragmentary verse sketch invites readers to an open house in the evening verse about the house of Christmas as an older place than Eden and a taller town than Rome where God was homeless and all men are at home.
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Eden
Rome
Christmas Eve stocking surprise from unseen friend
In the magic hour before midnight on Christmas Eve Mrs. Fogarty sleeps with a stocking and darning ball in her lap. The gifts at the stocking’s heel prompt her to wonder who Santa Claus thinks she is, marking a gentle act of kindness from an unknown admirer.
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Mrs. Fogarty
Bella
Santa Claus
C. G. Hazard
Weeters Newspaper Union
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American Leston News Service
Shade Veteran
South Dakota Legion
Philippines
France
Gol’ M, L, Shade
Ohio Legion Post
Christmas
Robert Stead
Frank
Allison
Freedmans
Freddie
Flalloween
Vimy Ridge
Western Newspaper Union
Margaret Boyd
Venice
Evangeline
Grand-Pre
Prometheus
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