Soldier's Last Wish Honored In Estate Case Court Ruling
The America Legion supports the last will of a dying soldier, ruling that a beneficiary listed in his will should be respected despite departmental objections. Agnes Clally, a sixteen year old from Chicago Swank, is named to receive Awak's estate valued at 9,000. Swank died in France, and the case traces back to Miss Wienore ER. Kappo of New York contesting Mason's estate from the 56th United States infantry. The judge cites Caesar era precedents as proof of the will.
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America Legion
Durtiie
Agnes Clally
Oniece
Wienore
ER. Kappo
New York
Ernest Charlton Mason
Cine Tindred
Sixth
United States Infantry
Masouw
Irma Muddy
Masen
HPS Cent
Die New
le Sad
Mason
Geronuis
Inmensin
Oandimbue
Laventunliy
United States
Chiat
Fangland
English High Court Upholds Will In Frantic Proclamation
A fragment from a case shows a hastily scrawled plea "All to her" by a fiancé. The matter reached England's highest tribunal, where the will was affirmed despite the hurried note.
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England
Tablet Graces Legion Ship Dining Saloon
A bronze tablet is installed in the main dining saloon of the stornship American Legion of the Munson Mines. The vessel sails between New York and Buenos Aires under the American Legion era.
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American Legion
Munson Mines
New York
Buenos Aires
Legion tablet presentation in New York and New Jersey event
A formal tablet presentation was held with the national Legion commander in attendance along with representatives from New York and New Jersey and about two hundred guests.
Diseased Poultry Sent to France Under War Reparations
Reports allege German poultry sent to France under reparations carried cholera. French biologists observed rapid deaths of fowls after arrival. Inquests found cholera germs in the carcasses. Paris Matin calls for a government investigation into the matter.
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France
Germany
Paris Matin
Suitor glowers as father questions marriage claim
A grouchy father confronts a nervous suitor at a family threshold. He snorts that the young man may be one of his daughter’s former suitors, leaving the youth to evasively respond about future plans. The scene hints at tension in a domestic dispute.
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Mil- Honaire
Legion Weekly
Legion official seizes famed cake recipe for New Orleans trip
Alton Roberts of Atarquette Michigan chairman of the American Legion reception committee pursued a celebrated angel food cake recipe after shadowing pastry cooks in North and South Carolina for two months. He plans to serve the cake to eminent guests at the New Orleans convention next October.
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Alton Roberts
Legion Committee
Lands Choice
Marshal Foch
America
Hadit
Mr. Roberts
the Legion
New Orleans
Rescue in Public Square by Legion Members
In St Augustine a public display drew protest as a flag was hoisted and saluted while a public apology was issued to a local post of the American Legion over a carnival tent near a hotel. In Littleton two steeplejacks from the local Legion post scaled the court house dome and rescued bystanders.
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St. Augustine
Law
Itea
Jeep
American Legion
Littleton
Cole
Legion
Court House
Flag protest sparks county response and steeple work joke
A tattered national Hag shows protests over flag treatment. The post notes the county commissioners replied with a quip about replacing the flag, telling residents to hire steeple jacks themselves.
RETURNS TO THE FOOTLIGHTS DAVID GARDINER VETERAN RETURN
David Gardiner of the 115th Infantry, a World War I veteran wounded and gassed at Chateau Thierry, St Mihiel, and Argonne, spent 16 months in hospital. Upon release he joined the American Legion and took a theatrical engagement in New York.
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Government — Hospital
Broadway
David Gardiner
One Hundred and Fifteenth |N Infantry
Qghateau Thierry
St. Mintel
Argonne
Cutdiner
Amembership Ina
American Legion
New York
Postmasters Saluted as Ex-Soldiers Reach Milestone
Following a May 10 1921 order, over 600 ex soldiers have been named United States postmasters. Montana educators vote to erect World War I memorials costing 15000 each. A service flag is now used by merchants to show ex service men employed. Commander Hanford MacNider of the Legion received 700 invitations for Memorial Day, accepting one from St Paul Minnesota.
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Ltarding
Montana State Board of Education
Gompers Re-elected AF of L President at 1927 Convention
Samuel Gompers was reelected for a forty first term as head of the American Federation of Labor at the federation’s annual convention in Cincinnati. The vote followed a brief disruption by delegates. Portland was chosen for the 1928 convention site, with Atlantic City dropping out. Several officers were re elected or noted, including James Duncan and Joseph Valentine. Morrison was reelected secretary after 25 years in office.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Compers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Atlantic City
James Kl. Duncan
Quincey
Masse
Naion
Joseph J. Valentine
Moulders’ Union
Frank Duffy
Indianapolis
Carpenters’ Union
William Green
Miners’ Union
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
Street Car Men’s Union
T. A. Rickert
Chicuzo
Garment Workers’ Union
Thomas [. Mlaherty
Washington
Post Office Clerks’ Union
Jacob Fischer
Barbers’ Union
Examinations Ordered for Texas Postmasters
Washington reports the civil service commission will hold exams on July 15 to select postmasters for many Texas offices, mostly for nonvacant positions, as part of the nationwide postmaster examination program.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Texas
Mos
Texas town list appears in OCR of regional names
A long sequence of punctuation free town names is presented, listing many Texas locales such as Beckville Boerne Bogata Buck holts Burnet Calvert Campbell Chandler Edinburg Triasville Franklin Frisco Prost Granbury Granger Grapeland Kemp Kirbyville Leonard Lometa Lorena McGregor Mansfield Moody Moulton Munday Newton Normangee Olney Remlig Rice Rock Springs Rockwall Skidmore Somerville Stockdale Sunset Tioga Trenton Valley View Waelder Whitesboro Winfield White Deer Whitewright and Venus. The fragment suggests a regional or directory style OCR capture without additional context.
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Trop
Beckville
Boerne
Bogata
Buckholts
Burnet
Calvert
Campbell
Chandler
Edinburg
Triasville
Franklin
Frisco
Prost
Granbury
Granger
Grapeland
Kemp
Kirbyville
Leonard
Lometa
Lorena
McGregor
Mansfield
Moody
Moulton
Munday
Newton
Normangee
Olney
Remlig
Rice
Rock Springs
Rockwall
Skidmore
Somerville
Stockdale
Sunset
Tioga
Trenton
Negro Lynched at New Dacus in Texas Mob executes 18-year-old Warren Lewis
In Conroe Texas 800 persons mob lynched Warren Lewis an 18-year-old negro after a reported confession of attempted criminal assault on a young married woman. Before the hanging he sought to speak and urged restraint stating he was sorry and aware crime meant death. An older man pressed the legality of the act as he listened.
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Conroe
Tex
Warren Lewis
New Dacus
Lewis
Herrin Riot Massacre Sparks State Inquiry
In Herrin Illinois on Thursday twenty four men were slain as striking coal miners clashed with non union workers. Governor Len Small ordered a military investigating board led by Major General Milton J. Woreman to the scene for an immediate inquiry into the riot and killings.
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Waukegan
Herrin
Ilinois
Len Small
Milton J. Woreman
Three Thousand Grain Cars Prepared for Texas Wheat Movement
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad has placed about 3000 grain cars for early Texas wheat movement. The announcement, made Friday at Dallas offices, notes no car shortage is expected this year due to improved equipment and a smaller crop.
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Dallas
Tex
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Texas
Road
Grain Moves as Farmers Thresh in Lampasas Texas
Grain begins moving in Lampasas as farmers thresh and haul to market. Over the past week grain has arrived in free quantities with yields ranging from a few bushels to about 20 bushels per acre.
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Lampasas
Tex
Court House Begun in Brownsville Willacy Texas
Work has started on the Willacy county court house in Brownsville Texas with the site cleared and concrete pouring begun early this week. Local officials report progress and expect construction to continue on schedule.
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Brownsville
Tex
Willacy Court House
Sesquicentennial Vision for Independence Exposition
Victor Rosewater Hiladinlplela outlines the 1926 Sesquicentennial celebration in Philadelphia. He highlights Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and Revolutionary era heritage as the centerpiece for a world exposition commemorating 150 years since the Declaration of Independence. He notes bipartisan support, international participation, and the aim to showcase 50 years of progress since the Centennial.
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Louise Rose
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Lower
Chestnut Street
Continental Congress
John Hancock
George
Flere
Thomas Jefferson
Harding
Wach
Independence Hall Chronology Through the Years
A concise timeline traces Independence Hall from 1729 when funds were raised for a meeting house to 1876 the Centennial of the Declaration. It notes ground acquisition, construction milestones, key events such as Washington’s appointment, the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Federation, constitutional convention, Lafayette’s reception, Lincoln’s lying in state, and overall restoration of the building to its original appearance.
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Washington
United States
Lafayette
Abraham Lincoln
Independence Hall
Robert Morris Honored With Philadelphia Statue
Morris is celebrated as a great American patriot who funded the Revolutionary War and signed the Declaration of Independence. He traveled through Philadelphia to rally funds for the new government, pledged his wealth during the war, and later faced imprisonment for debts after unsuccessful speculation.
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Robert’ Morris
United States
England
United States Custom House
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Morris
Continental Congress
Them Were the Happy Days Progress in the Past
A nostalgic note from an old Brooklyn Exugle column reflects on simpler times when horses could cast a slice without mud and rain, avoiding long treks to feed stores as the era of Dobbin came to an end.
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Dobbin
Brooklyn Exugle
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