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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
6
United States news briefs report park expansion talks, tariff debates on asbestos, Oregon mill reopening near Yates, political committee actions in Spokane, and Utah potash fears. Other items cover Irish treaty doubt, unemployment reductions, toy import duties, art exhibitions, naval proposals, and incidents from Washington and Paris.
Centralia veteran C D Cunningham prominent in the American Legion of Washington led prosecutions of I W W radicals after a Armistice Day parade massacre. He pursued Wesley Everest, helped secure murder convictions later upheld by the Supreme Court. wartime service as Infantry private at Camp Pike Arkansas.
President Harding faced questions on ex service men in the U S roster as the Legion released a statement noting ex service men occupy key posts. The Navy secretary post and an assistant secretary slot go to veterans while a former soldier runs the veterans bureau and a veteran heads the national budget. 24 veterans have been elected to the house and two to the senate, with several state governors and Hoover committee members also veterans.
The article notes a nationwide effort to provide jobs, led by Arthur Woods, head of Hoover's unemployment committee, with former War Secretary of War consulent Wools guiding civil service job programs. It highlights Woods' New York background and his role in organizing a national bureau for employment initiatives.
An eight page fragment describes a Fourth of July holiday with garbled lines. It mentions morning activities, dinner, and a late supper, with names and places lost in transcription. The piece reads like a personal diary fragment from a local observance with unclear details.
Bertrand a French deputy and Inter Allied Veterans Federation president spoke in the United States as a guest of the American Legion. He heads a large veteran group with troops wounded in action and has toured Italy England and other allied nations. The American Legion awarded him its gold medal for distinguished service during his U.S. visit alongside Marshal Foch Admiral Beatty and other senior officers.
Reports to Legion national headquarters reveal plans to urge early 1922 dues payments in communities nationwide. In South Dakota a post offers service members who pay by a set date a biscuit containing cash prizes 120, 40 and 5 dollars, to be opened at the post banquet. In Kansas one post’s finance officer faced aggressive dues collection at 4 am. States compete to be first to report full membership dues.
Miss Gould aided the American Legion by performing for soldiers in France and at billeting arenas during the war. She announced a winter tour offering free shows to the legion posts in all towns she visits to raise funds and entertain troops.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a chaotic scene in a house during a turmoil. It mentions a character named Mary, a complainant, and a request for patience amid a heated argument. A late reference hints at a motion and a date, with unclear names and places.
A young man in Mimsport collects for a benevolent statue but an old gentleman, famed for his cipannem, questions his age. After learning the youth is 25 and the elder is 75, the elder jokes he will meet the Lord sooner and will hand him the dollar himself, per Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A vintage pitch urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to eases a child’s bowel issues. It claims a teaspoon clears constipation within hours, promising a healthy, playful child. It warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with dosing directions printed on the bottle.
Henry Van Dyke favors "so long" as a gentle parting phrase and imagines it carrying a wish for safety and a future reunion. He notes the lack of a single universal goodbye in English and compares it to German, Natiae, French, and Spanish equivalents, hoping for a sentiment as meaningful as Mizpah.
A passage from Scribner's Magazine argues that teaching English should encourage children to talk observe and describe daily interests. It emphasizes making English natural not mysterious and urges forming habits of accurate easy and charming expression through ordinary overheard conversations.
A New York man named Willis, described as a hardy voyager, has crossed the Atlantic 180 times in a life lived by wit and resilience. The text blends biographical boast with philosophical musings on the self as a miniature universe, and notes odd notions about antifat remedies arising from living by one’s wits.
The text traces dice as the oldest gaming object, appearing in Egyptian artifacts and ancient Greece laws. It credits Paramedes with the invention around 124 B.C and notes earlier forms with numbered sides used for gambling, supported by references in ancient writings and art.
A grate school class drew scenes from a teacher read tale about three children riding a goat pulled wagon to wood and sunset. Most pictures feature a horned goat pulling the wagon with children and a sun behind a hill while one girl submits a bare hill scene.
An advertising fragment urges taking aspirin only as directed by Bayer. It mentions Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and the Bayer Cross stamp as a mark of genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years.
In a State street department store a shopper seeks a hat as two others linger at the counter. A tall woman praises a brown velvet tricorn as another hints it resembles Napoleon while a quip about Napoleon coming to Chicago closes the exchange.
Shaw told of a tourist asking a rustic about Stratford on Avon and Shakespeare. The rustic replied with a playful, corrected line about the famed poet, highlighting humor in misremembered details and local lore.
Ten American women sculptors have been honored with membership amid notices of the National Sculpture Society. Prof. W.8. Comper reports findings on glaciation in Alaska with a focus on glacier speed.
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