Legion Notes Highlight Post Support and Veterans League
Anerigan Legion notes describe a basketball league with ninety ex service teams competing for the state title. Readers praise American Legion posts in East Las Vegas and Dubois Pennsylvania for aiding veterans and securing public rent support for post clubrooms.
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Indiana
Iowa Legionnaires
the American
Login
Las , Vegas
Inza-Létérs
American— Legion Weekly
Frei Ed
Valmors - Industrial - Sanatorium
Legion Posts Lead New Orleans Police Oversight Network
Legion members in New Orleans include the police superintendent and court and legal staff as part of local posts. National funds reach 4650 dollars to adopt French war orphans, enough for sixty two orphans for a year, with most gifts from Legion posts nationwide and individuals.
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Legionnaires
New Orleans
First City Criminal Court
The
Legion
Legion romance ends in wedding at Council Grove
A true American Legion romance culminated in the marriage of Roy St Patrick and Miss Estelle Agans, charter members of the Frederick Phillips Post in Council Grove Kansas. The ceremony was conducted with Legionnaire dignity by a minister who is also a post charter member.
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American Legion
Roy St. Patrick
Estelle Agans
Frederick Phillips
Council Grove
Kansas
Veterans build memorial hall in Hoquiam Washington
A large three story American Veterans building was completed in Hoquiam with a lodge ballroom library and spaces for a bank on the ground floor. The project honors fighting men of all wars and involved the American Legion United Spanish War Veterans Grand Army of the Republic and local citizens.
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American Legion
United Spanish War Vetrans
Grand Army of the Republic
Hoquiam
Wash
American Veterans
Growth records mark 1920 progress across regions
The report notes doubled regional membership and 3417 new posts, per National Headquarters. The Women’s Auxiliary began 1920 with 5000 members and ended with 200000 and 1695 units. State departments show gains and new posts formed in Argentina Belgium Chile China Guatemala Japan Poland Samoa Santo Domingo and Peru.
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Women’s Auxiliary
Argentine Republic
Belgium
Chile
China
Guatemala
Japan
Poland
Samoa
Santo Domingo
Peru
Mass Legion Service Section Aids 2000+ Claims
The Massachusetts Department of the American Legion Service Section processed over two thousand compensation claims from former servicemen in the past year. It also expedited government settlements for 1500 cases with the Federal Board for Vocational Education and 1400 with the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Additional veterans affairs work included allotments and allowances, Liberty bonds, travel pay, lost discharges, baggage and clothing, state bonuses, and free notary service for 6000 former servicemen regardless of lesson membership.
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Massachusetts Department of the American Legion
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Bureau’ of War Risk ‘Insurance
RAT SNAP PEST CONTROL PROMISES SAVE CHICKS EGGS FEED
Farmers praise RAT SNAP as cheap effective rodent control. James Baxter shares a testimonial noting $3 yearly cost and potential $300 savings in chicks eggs and feed. Product offered in three sizes 35¢ 65¢ and $1.25 by T J Sograves with guarantee.
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James Baxter
T. J. Sograves
Marriage Licenses and Names From Lacon Notice
Fragmentary OCR lists several marriage licenses and names including Joseph Fehring Minouk Rosa Leichter Henry Tony Grill 20 Varna Eliza Kamp 21 Roser Roy Renau 22 Margaret Russell 19. The text is incomplete and reads like a local clerk record of marriages with ages.
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Joseph Fehring
Minouk
Rosa Leichter
Henry
Tony M. Grill
Varna
Eliza
Kamp
ba—Roser
Roy Renau
Margaret—Russell
Lessons From Information and Risk in a Wider World
A Shanghai journal cites a tragedy at a Shantung river where a young man ignored warnings and drowned. The piece warns that clinging to limited information harms business and personal growth, urging readers to use newspapers, magazines, and books as affordable sources of knowledge for survival and progress.
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Shantung
China
Res
Hand of Farm Bureau
Neri Guitural ‘Association
Lkely
Shanghai
Probate Court Grants Wilbert L. Stoner Letters of Administration
Probate court orders letters of administration for the estate of Wm. Schlosser to Wilbert L. Stoner upon oath and bond of 5000 dollars. Appraisers named Mitchells Miller John Schmitt and A. M. Stoner. Notices posted and published for claim adjustment. Final settlement procedures and guardianship actions noted.
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Mitchells
Miller
John Schmitt
A. M. Stoner
John_L. Van Allen
George .E. Foster
Edna_ Annis Wherry
Francis C. Quinn
Minnie Quinn
Fred W. Potter
Fred Hank
Peter Merdian
John Pringle
Mary Pringle
Discharges and Real Estate Transfers From 1920 Registry
Discharges recorded for Arthur E Fleming dated December 5 1920 and other dates. Real estate transfers list Frederick Seibold to Oscar Scholz deed on property in Steuben and Bennington. QCs include Thomas Harwood to Jones Gelatt in Richland and Candido Flaminio to Marcelo Marcheli in Santa Ke Ist addition Luca. Milling and mining company agreement with George Davis and quitclaim deeds for several parcels in Hopewell Henry Roberts area.
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Arthur E. Fleming
Axline
Frederick Seibold
Oscar F. Scholz
Steuben
Marquis
Bell Marquis
Bennington
Thomas Harwood
Jones M. Gelatt
Tanton
Hope Well
Anton Stadel
Lloyd—Myers
Roberts
Colorado Leads in Women's Suffrage History
The text notes Colorado granted full suffrage to women in 1898 while the Wyoming territory had enfranchised women in 1869.
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Colorado
Wyoming Territory
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble, Henry Citizen Says
Henry citizen Mr Kaiser of Monroe Street reports severe back pain and nervousness but says Doan's Kidney Pills gave relief. He buys from Iron Monger’s Drug Store and keeps a box on hand for necessity with no recurrence of kidney trouble. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Henry
led—Kaiser
Monroe
Dean
Doan
Pilla
Parrots and Parable of a Tongue in Public Life
A reflection on parrots that imitate human speech reveals how easily words harm reputations. The author recalls childhood tales of talking birds and warns to guard speech in homes, schools, and churches. He cites a parrot that repeated scandal and urges keeping the tongue from evil and guile.
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Corbin
Frank H. Craig Noted for Thirty Years of Perfect Attendance
The Illinois State Journal of Springfield highlights Frank H. Craig superintendent of the Neponset schools in Bureau County for never missing a session in thirty years. He attends early and sees teaching as his lifelong calling rather than a money maker.
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Illinois State Journal of
Springfield
Frank H. Craig
Craig
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