Legion Posts Boy Scout Troops Nationwide Plan
The American Legion forms a national committee to launch a coordinated Boy Scout program. Theo McBride of St Janvis leads as chairman with posts at post state redomb and national levels forming a Legion scout organization. Legion posts will promote camps hikes rallies and outdoor activities and encourage Legionnaires to seek scout leadership training. The effort targets underprivileged boys and aims to extend scouting through community posts nationwide.
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Legion
National Legion Boy Scout Organization
Boy Scouts of America
Theo McBride
St Janvis
Legionns Scout Organization
Mer
Mebride
Millions of Pollers for Disabled Veterans
The Reed Johnson bill aid program reports roughly 55 thousand World War veterans and dependents had received about 29 million dollars in benefits through early 1926. The data from Legion officials detail payouts to tubercular, mentally incompetent, and dependents, plus increases for widows and survivors, with notable sums for those with wilful misconduct diagnoses.
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American Legion
Legion
Washington
Award Legion Medals for School Graduates
Grammar school boys of the union who best exemplify courage scholarship leadership service and honor will receive American Legion medals at graduation. The national executive committee authorizes posts nationwide to award medals under the Legion’s national citizenship program. The Auxiliary offers a medal for girls under similar conditions. Wests may obtain Legion school medals through the emblem division national headquarters Tadlanapolis Ind.
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American Legion
National Executive Committee
the Legion
Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Wests
Tadlanapolis
Ind
Fall prompts grim rescue at work site
A negro laborer plunged from a building under construction and vanished through a sidewalk opening. A passerby found him alive, resting amid waste paper in a canal. He recalled the cement sidewalk breaking beneath him, narrowly escaping death.
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Juzzbo
The
American Legion Weekly
Local Legion Builds Bolge Airport Despite Funding Gaps
The American Legion post pledged to build Bolge's airport after noting the grounds were donated but funds were unavailable. They followed through, and Bolge's airport is now receiving air fleet support from the completed facility.
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Bolse
The
American Legion
Bolge’s
Hog Cholera Dangers and Farm Precautions
United States Department of Agriculture warns farmers of hog cholera risks and careless practices. Isolate new stock for two weeks, avoid sick hogs roaming, keep properly fenced lots, burn or bury carcasses, and do not hide infections. Preventive serum helps but is not a cure. overall losses last year surpassed $20 million.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Developing Orchard Implements for Use Under Trees
The article describes designing orchard implements to minimize damage to trunks and branches when plowing or disking under trees. It notes that tractor use under trees reduces harm, with specially built low plows and controls near the frame, axle on the powerless side, and bends kept compact to avoid contact with vegetation.
Orchard plow design trims bark and avoids limb catch
The plan aims to reduce tree bark damage during operation and prevent limb strikes. Both moldboard and disk plows can be secured for orchard use. Disk plows perform better in hard or gumbo soils, while moldboards are less suited there.
Best Time to Purchase Different Dairy Feeds
A dairy extension specialist from the University of Winds advocates timing feed purchases to lower costs. Wheat bran bottoms in June to August, corn meal in May to July, cottonseed meal in August, September, January and February, and linseed meal in May to July. Dairymen should balance home-grown grains with high protein feeds and study markets to buy at the best prices.
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CG. 8S
Rhode
College of Agriculture
Ninols
Farm Notes On Cattle, Feed And Fowl Health
Pure bred sires should be judged by their progeny not ancestors. Kansas has over 3,000,000 head of cattle ranking fourth in beef production. Watch tuberculosis of fowls as it affects fowl cholera control. Do not feed brood sows 24 hours after farrowing. Ensure fresh water but not full feed for eight to ten days. With potato seed plant less to the acre. A bushel of table stock now may buy two bushels of certified seed next year.
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Kansas
United States
Dot
Dash
Travel and Sports Headwear Attract New Fashion
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union item notes summer coats and new travel oriented headwear. It highlights lightweight coats in flannels and crepe satin, sleeveless caped designs, and bold hat styles moving away from uniform head coverings toward personalized fashion. It predicts outsized millinery trends with wide brims, straw and silk combos, luggage hats, and dramatic hair braids alongside colorful midseason tweeds.
Farm Home Distinctive Name Movement Urges Registry
The United States Department of Agriculture highlights a Tennessee driven effort where over 3,000 farm homes have adopted distinctive names. The program emphasizes dignified, lasting names easy to say read and remember, to appear on mailboxes signs letterheads and farm products. The state law now allows official registry through extension services.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Extension Service
State Department of Agriculture
Farm Shop as Important to Farmer as Railroad
Kansas State Agricultural College engineer K Shedd argues farm shops equal to division point and terminal shops in railroading. He warns higher machinery prices demand better maintenance to avoid wasteful breakdowns. A dull cultivator can cost farmers yield, risking 25 bushels per acre in bad weather, he notes.
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K. Shedd
Kansas State Agricultural College
Shedd
Practical pruning directions for grapevines by Oskamp
Cornell agriculture specialist Prof Joseph Oskamp outlines training grapevines from planting. At planting two buds are kept and tied to stakes. In year two a cane is tied to the top wire of a Knutfin trellis with two wires at five and three feet. Posts 25 feet apart use wire Nos 9 or 10. After the third pruning year canes emerge from the trunk and are cut to four buds on two top and two bottom canes tied at right angles.
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Joseph Oskamp
Cornell College of Agriculture
Knutfin
Lack of Equipment Endangers Orchard Care
W B Brock of the horticulture department at the University of Illinois argues that equipment shortages cause orchard neglect. He notes farmers purchase cheap hand operated sprayers, start bravely, but quickly lose enthusiasm due to hard labor and excessive time. The hand sprayer has failed as men will not work it.
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W. 8. Brock
College of Agriculture
University of Inois
Apple Pomace as Cow Feed Compared to Corn Silage
Virginia Experiment Station tests show one ton of dried apple pomace equals about three tons of corn silage, and one ton of dried beet pulp equals about four tons of corn silage. Cows highly relish pomace as an excellent appetizer. pomace value estimated at 75 percent of beet pulp, suggesting pulp price is high versus corn silage.
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Virginia Experiment Station
Dash the Dog Proves Bravery for Dot’s Sake
A timid Irish setter named Dash overcomes fear to rescue Dot from a river slip. The farm animals learn that love can conquer courage and Dash becomes known as a brave helper after saving Dot.
How Did the Porter Know It Was Mother's New Hat
The passage describes Wallie's astonishment at a porter recognizing that mother wore a new hat. He wonders aloud how the porter knew about the fresh arrival, noting the hat sag and his childlike curiosity. The scene captures a small, tender moment of perception and surprise.
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Wallie
Castor Oil Tale Sparks Earnest Penny Trade
A tale from Union Pacific Magazine shows a little boy bargaining with his aunt over a penny, insisting he can earn more by taking castor oil, highlighting a humorous exchange about remedies and value.
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Union Pacific Magazine
Riddles on Reading Time and Hill Path
A reader asks when to read the book of nature and receives the quip that autumn fuels the season of study. A second riddle provides the answer road as something that goes up and down a hill without moving.
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