Northwestern address calls for justice and humility in America
Evanston June 19. Chase S. Osborn urges Americans to learn life in human justice to avoid repeating past national failures. He critiques racial exploitation, foreign policy distrust, university caste, and calls for penance, humility, and ethical action to discharge moral debts and renew vitality.
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Evanston
Chase S. Osborn
Overnor
Michigan
Northwestern University
Saaid
Washington
Council of Versailles
Universty
Theople
America
Slectenow
National Commander MacNider to speak at G A R encampment
National Commander Hanford MacNider of the American Legion has tentatively accepted an invitation to speak before the Grand Army of the Republic encampment slated for Des Moines Iowa during the week of September 4. G A R Commander in Chief Lewis S S Pilcher praises younger veterans for promoting patriotism as successors.
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Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
MacNider
Lewis SS. Pilcher
Grand Army
Ex service personnel considered for WWI medals by congress act
Ex service men and women who should be considered for medals of honor distinguished service crosses and distinguished service medals for meritorious services during the world war will be considered for these awards until April 1923 by a special act of congress passed upon the recommendation of the military affairs committee of the American Legion.
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Congress
Military Affairs Committee
The
American Legion
Ohio Legion Post Buys Maumee Island for Retreats
A Toledo post of the American Legion owns an island in the Maumee River about twenty miles from Toledo. The post plans tents and barracks there so Legionnaires and their families can spend weekends and vacations on the island setting for Robinson Crusoe outings.
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Maumee River
Toledo
Ohio
American Legion
Legion membership drive set for July 1 nationwide
Reports to national headquarters indicate a successful upcoming Legion membership effort. National Commander Hanford MacNiden asks each Legionnaire to recruit at least one new member for the service men's organization on July 1.
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National Legion
American Legion
Hanford MacNiden
Comrade A’ Squad Fires Last Volley at Opera Star Jillian Russell
Ambiguous OCR text recalls an event where members of the American Legion fired a final volley at the grave of famed opera singer Jillian Russell. The fragment mentions a burial and a ceremonial firing, but details are unclear.
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Américan Légion
Jillian Russell
Monument to the fallen buried in Mammoth Cave Kentucky
The Kentucky Legion will bury state servicemen in Mammoth Cave near Glasgow Kentucky and seal a stone box with the dead’s names at the base of a monument.
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Mammoth Cave
Glasgow
Kentucky
Kentucky Legion
Linen Sale Admission for Legion Auxiliary Event at Wildwood
A sheet pillow case or towel served as admission to an entertainment by the American Legion Auxiliary in Wildwood New Jersey to raise funds for linen for sick and wounded soldiers in a New Jersey hospital.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Wildwood
N. J
New Jersey
Reno to New York on bicycle by American Legion worker
Donald F. Chase of Reno Nev a prominent American Legion worker begins a cross country bicycle journey planned to cover 4500 miles. He aims to visit American Legion posts along the route and reach New York as his destination.
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Donald F. Chase
American Legion
Reno, Nev
New York
Chorus of 30 at Fort Bayard Aids Battle Sick Soldiers
A male chorus of about 30 voices formed at the government hospital in Fort Bayard New Mexico by disabled soldiers. Under American Legion guidance the group performs frequent concerts to aid less fortunate, blood‑ridden patients.
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Government Hospital
Fort Bayard, N. M
American Legion
Legion awards medals to 200 Pennsylvania students
Two hundred boys from public and private schools in Pennsylvania receive medals of merit from the Pennsylvania American Legion for excellence in classroom work and athletic activities.
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Pennsylvania
The
Pennsylvania American Legion
Oklahoma Legion free traveling libraries program
Oklahoma furnishes American Legion posts with free traveling libraries. A post may keep a collection for two months then return it for a replacement or request an additional two months to extend the loan.
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Oklahoma
American Legion
Americans Train for Cricket Challenge by French Legion
Paris report says members of the American Legion and the French Legion are studying cricket in spare moments for a mixed international athletic contest. The Extremmies challenge former doughboys to a four game baseball series if they meet on the cricket field.
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Paris
France
American Legion
British Legion
American Legion Buys 160 Acres Near Hobart Oklahoma
The American Legion has purchased 160 acres of land near Hobart Oklahoma in a strategic acquisition for postwar veteran activities. No further details on the buyer or price are provided in the report.
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Hobart, Okla
The
American Legion
Bohemian Drift In Kips Bay Draws City Attention
In New York City a diverse group of residents from a Japanese to a Slovak faced arraignment for sleeping in summer houses in Central Park. The piece notes Kips Bay’s shift toward Bohemian living, a wealthy upstate girl turning to cake baking, and venerable actor James Heo Lewis performing at the Astor Theatre with a history stretching to 1837. It also recalls a water dispute at 186 Forsyth Street and the view that the modern stage outshines the past.
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New York
Yorkville
Central Park
Manhattan
Kips Bay
Greenwich Village
Tdst
Mary Evelyn
Astor Theatre
Broadway
Forty-fifth Street
Mr. Lewis
Edwin Forrest
Edwin Pooth
Lawrence Barrett
John McCullough
Charlotte Cushman
Mary Anderson
Love Chase novel sparks feminist chatter in New York
Felix Grendon’s Love Chase is discussed as a serious search for answers to marriage hypocrisy and free love’s failures among radical circles. The novel draws life-like characters, including a notable woman, with a tone free of propaganda and set amid New York’s modernist milieu.
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Felix Grendon
Grendon
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