14 Jul 1922
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1922
Page
1
Hayward Thompson, an ex service man in Denver, suffers a war era brain injury that leaves him with word memory limited to his last months. He can write with both hands while one brain side guides each hand but cannot recall life before the injury. Veterans and the Colorado American Legion assist in uncovering his past.
A Baltimore foundling named Wea ward John Evangelist Smith, raised by two brothers, joins Mount Saint Mary's then the Marine Corps in 1917. He fights in all Fifth Marines engagements and is killed by a German bullet on Armistice Day. Captain Wells Thawkes funds a monument to "Smithy," the unknown boy who became the real unknown soldier.
Navy officer Q O Rolf of Toledo is noted as a wounded postarmistice veteran. A former executive officer of a merchant ship, he was severely wounded when his vessel was fired on by a German submarine near La Palis France on November 11 1918. After months in hospitals in England and Europe he returned home to resume law practice in Toledo.
A writer in the American Legion Weekly cites the World Almanac noting soldiers and sailors are prohibited from voting in Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia due to their occupation. The piece groups veterans, suitors, felons, idiots, and insane people as denied suffrage in those states.
The article notes a cherished photograph of Miss Harriet Blinn of Tennessee carried by a soldier during World War I. It questions who among military members might have found a similar image and reports the photo was taken from a plate bearing a battle-scarred image, possibly ending up at Legion headquarters in Tadfaapolis.
Philip Burger, a second class gunner's mate on the destroyer Jacob Jones, survived eighteen hours in icy water after the ship was torpedoed off Lundsland England. He saved a shipmate, earning the Portuguese government decoration and the American Distinguished Service Medal. Now in Troy New York, he trains vocationally and supports the American Legion post.
Jed W. Smith of Omaha, out of work and supporting a wife and two children, donated a pint of blood to a dying hospital patient. He works on a Nebraska farm and in an Omaha packing plant, yet his act drew praise for risking little for another’s life.
A series of Legion activities across Minnesota and Nebraska shows posts engaging in local service. Tracy and Willard in Minnesota organize park cleanups, while Omaha’s Douglas county group coins the saying Staying Out a Legion. In New York at Grant's Tomb a tree from Grant's Missouri home is planted by the Legion and the American Forestry association.
The article surveys paper as a household decoration material replacing linen in table accents, centerpieces, shades, and hats. It highlights bluebird table settings for birthdays, paper birds, petals, and wire ribbon, plus fashion trends pairing fabrics like gingham with organdie and ratine. It notes two-material outfits and thrift through remixing garments for summer looks.
The Parisienne recalls the nape of her neck after fixating on bodice cuts. Now a newly discovered charm in a collar rising high at the front and lower at the back brings renewed interest and delight.
The USDA reports six hundred seventy thousand rats killed in Texas last year through cooperative campaigns by county agents, state colleges, farm bureaus, and chambers of commerce. Zones and prizes motivated men and boys to hunt rats. top scorers killed 15,000 and 909 respectively. estimated total damage prevented valued at about $670,000.
The USDA Office of Home Economics says cooking speed does not determine crispness. the key is removing water and excess fat while avoiding overheating. Fry slowly if possible to maintain a pale fat color, and drain thoroughly while hot before serving. Frying in deep fat also yields good results.
Entomologists from the United States Department of Agriculture advise treating lawn ant nests with boiling water or kerosene oil poured in small amounts. Similar methods apply under paving stones. A kerosene emulsion or strong soap wash can be sprayed on the lawn. For large nests, disulphide of carbon injected with a syringe into the nest is recommended, despite its strong odor and flammability, as it does not injure higher animals outdoors.
Healthy chicks are highly active when free range. Chicks confined in a brooder house often lack exercise leading to toe picking feather pulling and other broader evils. Free range provides activity and promotes health.
The U S Department of Agriculture warns spontaneous combustion in hay is caused by moisture and fermentation. Proper curing stops heating, while mishandling and stirring hot stacks can fuel fires. use ventilated mows, curing frames, and avoid adding air to hot centers.
A simple cabbage cutter is fashioned from an old spade by removing a wedge shaped portion and filing the edges. The open part presses against the cabbage stump to cut through, allowing the cabbage to fall onto the spade for easy transfer to a cart.
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