Grants of relief for war veterans outlined by Legion
The American Legion reports grants totaling 426,087.70 to World War veterans including 404.7 million for U S Veterans Bureau operations and 10 million for new hospital construction. Additional funds cover hospital enlargements, Walter Reed and Santa Monica facilities, with compensations for veterans denied benefits and overpayments on Class BE allotments. Legate efforts pushed defense appropriations higher than 1924 levels.
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Congress
James A. Crain
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
National Legislative Committee
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
National Home For
Santa Monica
Calif
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
National Defense
Army
Navy
National Guard
Aviation
Bureau of the
Endowment fund drive urged for disabled veterans orphans
John Barton Payne, national Red Cross chair, urges the American Legion to form a $5,000,000 endowment fund to aid disabled veterans and World War orphans. He commends child welfare aims and foster-home care as central to lasting citizen well being and expresses hope the campaign will succeed.
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American Legion
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
The
Legion Post Firemen Takeover Of Drevesbury Fire Service
The Drevesbury Pennsylvania volunteer fire department ceased operations and the American Legion post led by Claude Béliz offered to staff as full force firefighters. The Legionnaires pledged 45 members would respond when needed, presenting their plan to the city council.
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Drevesbury
Claude Béliz
American Legion
Legionnaires
Pitiful Case of Alimony and Love in Divorce Talk
A young wife laments marrying for alimony, falling in love with her husband, and facing heartbreak as she contemplates divorce. The exchange frames a domestic tension over money, affection, and marital dissolution.
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Jack
Well Weill What’s this Mabel Mud ples ty the parlor
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal presents a quirky dialogue exchange likely from a humorous column or street scene. The garbled wording suggests a playful local voice, with characters named Mabel and Well, amid a domestic or parlour setting.
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Mabel
Pac
Loulaville Courier- Journal
Federal Certificates on Onions and Miniature Livestock Show
Webb County growers benefited from a May closure of the federal onion inspection project with 577 cars certified. Reinspections affected eight markets, only two reversals due to pink onions and size. overall quality remained high. A Menard miniature livestock show featured club boys lambs and various stock, with $43 in prize money and plans to repeat next year. The issue also urges fly control and emphasizes clean feeds for poultry, stressing sanitary practices and proper ration variation amid availability.
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C. Hoyle
Extension Service Publications
A. and
M. College of Texas
Webb County
Menard
Club Boys
C. C French
Fort Worth
Filmy Frocks For School Printed Fabrics Popular
Pretty procession of frocks for girls ages six to sixteen appears in daily reviews for graduation dresses and close of school days. Pastel shades plus white dominate, with printed fabrics in silk, georgette, chiffon, and cotton. sleeveless and short-sleeve models abound, featuring lace, ribbons, and narrow girdles in schemes of pink blue lavender and white.
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Summer
Georgette
Report of Markets Latest market report issued by Agriculture
The report notes cotton prices fell 64 points to 23.73 cents per pound in ten markets and New York July futures slipped 64 points to 22.92 cents. Dairy markets show firmness with slight price declines, heavy storage movement, and rising production. Farm goods and foreign markets remain firm with mixed price levels across butter cheese and Wisconsin dairy products. Fresh produce prices vary with notable movements in potatoes corn and cantaloupes, peaches, watermelons, and onions across multiple regional markets.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Young Americas
North
South Carolina
North Carolina
East Shore
Virginia
F.o.b
Onley
Northern
California
Imperial Valley
el Centro
Georgia
F.o.b. Macon
Carmans
Macon
F.o.b. Tom Watson
F.o.b. Leesburg
Coolidge praises Norse immigrants at centennial event
President Coolidge spoke at the Norse American centennial at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds praising Scandinavian settlers and national unity. He avoided economic remarks, stressing shared heritage and the melting pot of races fostering unity and a universal human spirit.
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Minnesota State Fair
Coolidge
Scandinavia
Northwest
America
Won't Lose Government Aid For Texas Vocational Aid
Austin leaders assure the Texas Board of Education that the veto of 312000 dollars yearly for vocational education aid does not cancel federal support. Former Governor James E. Ferguson and State Superintendent S. M. N. Marrs claimed the public complaint about losing federal funds is unfounded, stressing the state has not forfeited the aid.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Board of Education
James EB. Ferguson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
S. M. N. Marrs
Texas Retail Coal Dealers pick Dallas for 1926 meeting
The Texas Retail Coal Dealers Association adjourned its two day Houston session deciding Dallas will host the 1926 convention. Elected for the year are William N. Martin of Vernon president, Hugh L. Wallace Fort Worth first vice president, Tillman Bibb Fort Worth second vice president, and Clarence R. Goldmann Dallas secretary treasurer.
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Houston
Tex
Convention of Texas Retail Coal Dealers Association
Dallas
William N. Martin
Vernon
Hugh L. Wallace
Fort Worth
Tillman Bibb
Clarence R. Goldmann
Dorothy Ellingson Survives Operation in San Francisco
A successful appendicitis operation was performed Tuesday on Dorothy Ellingson, a 17 year old girl who will be tried in August for the murder of her mother.
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Dorothy Ellingson
San Francisco
Nicaraguan Cabinet Resigns to Let President Reorganize
The Nicaraguan cabinet quit on Tuesday to give President Solorzano a free hand to reorganize the government, a formal announcement stated.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Solorzano
Zoo Pride in Zoo Family Tales of Buffalo and Raccoon
A playful zoo scene features Mrs American Buffalo and Mrs European Bison debating months and birth, then celebrates Bennie Buffalo, a calf. Nearby Daddy Raccoon, Mrs Raccoon, and ten young raccoons revel in a warm, tidy treehouse home with easy meals and simple joys.
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European Bison
Bennie Buffalo
Raccoon
Daddy Raccoon
Mrs. Raccoon
Mr. Raccoon
Daddy
Josephs Show Teacher Early Theater Reference
A student asks for the earliest historical reference to a theater. The teacher and a boy discuss biblical mentions of Joseph and a family setting, with a playful exchange referencing a “Dit” and a hardware store. The fragment shows a classroom dialogue about ancient performance spaces.
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Tommy
Joseph
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