Pillar From Beltewu Church Sent To American Legion Headqu arters
A ruined church pillar from Beltewu near Ghateae Thierry was saved after World War I fighting. Marines and infantry recaptured the town and the altar survived under stone and mortar. The villagers sent the pillar as a gift to American troops via the Legion. The piece is kept at the National Headquarters in Indianapolis.
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Pijiar
Altanes
Balleau
American Legion
Indianapetta
Tod
Huttiefelda
France
Beltewu
Tolnedehorch
America
Commune of Helleau
Legion
Will Pay The Buckeye Boys
Robert Roberts former head of the Ohio Department of the American Legion will direct disbursement of 25 million dollars to veterans in Ohio. Roberts, a former gloe commander, oversees adjusted compensation and is a sergeant major from World War I. The plan links monthly payments with a maximum limit and aims to keep compensation costs low.
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Peney
Robert BR. Hoberts
Youngtown
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Bir
Roberte
Ohio
Heterts
Legan
War veterans aided by American Legion Auxiliary leader
Mrs Mund R Cudworth national welfare chair leads middle Western states in visiting and comforting disabled WWI veterans in hospitals Indiana Iowa Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Kansas Missouri and Wisconsin under her supervision letters read papers send books magazines fruit bathrobes and other gifts to patients she coordinates with officials and receives praise from a Milwaukee Legion post that adopted her and her late son as “Mother.”
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Bick
Indiana
Tile ‘Nels
Iowa
Wiccowan
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kansas
Missouri
Mund R. Cudworth
Rewa
Mia. Cudworth
National Welfare Committee
Auxiliary
Two Kinds of profiteers in war time Le Sueur story
A Le Sueur feature highlights Mina Starkey owner of a moving picture theater who supported Liberty bond drives Red Cross and other campaigns. She opened her theater gratis for war-time community gatherings and showed photos of Le Sueur boys in service. The Starkey theater funded morale events with her own money while the local Legion praised her generosity.
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le Sueur
le Sueur Legionnaires
Mr. Starkey
German War Losses According to Official Records
A study of German war records shows four men killed and one hundred wounded per hour during World War I. General Von Altrock led the probe, estimating Kaiser Wilhelm II commanded about 13,000,000 troops with 1,808,048 killed or dying from wounds or sickness. The report cites German deaths around 100,000 directly linked to the war.
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German War Department
von Altrock
Tralvo
Carrying On With the American Legion
Fragmented report notes the American Legion post in Elizabethtown receiving support and community reaction. It references World War I veterans and a broader context of wartime and postwar public service and funding debates.
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American Legion
Farwers
Tage
Elizabethtown
Tod
Legion
Platore
Marquesas Islands Describe A Tenuous Beauty And Tragic Change
The article recounts Mendana and Captain Cook era impressions of the Marquesas, detailing lush craters, cascading waterfalls, and bamboo houses, then shifts to Marquesan society. It notes taboo on women, lack of agriculture, heavy coconut drink production, and the deteriorating fate of the islands after French conquest and foreign exploitation.
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Solomon
Marquesas
Capta Cook
du Pont Thouare
France
Furie
Roope
Uuibelty
Ousulig Wy
Wiel
Cnusluall
North
The Angel Warding a Sick Patient in a Village Room
Geoffrey Gordon lies weak in a dingy rooming house as an unseen guardian figures in. A nurselike angel cares for him with gentle hands while memory and longing for his lost boyhood mother surface. A determined search for the girl or woman caring for him unfolds amid a dim staircase world.
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Geoffrey
Bae Maritin
Geoffrey Gordon
Tila
Stimson
George Stinson
Ife
Mra. Simpson
Bessie Mace Donald
Grove Village
Bewsle
Novale
Hiv Ips
Alentures Chawdun
Hemele
Mesale
Touching Faith and a Wandering Sprinkled Bottle Incident
A boy pulled a small bottle from his pocket and sprinkled drops in front of a dog to stop it from chasing him. A gentleman accompanying the lad questioned the act and the boy explained it was to deter the dog and prevent trespass. Ketall Ledger, Phila Hilla.
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Ketall Ledger
Phila Hilla
Tax obligations and temper in early public discourse
A fragment discusses taxes and personal temperament, noting some men avoid paying taxes while others prefer drastic actions to escape the obligation. It contrasts luck with accountability and implies a cultural stance on civic duty and taxation.
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Milwauber
Wis
Min
Henrietta
Starkey
Minn
Legion Boys
Germany
Eurys Fee Wen
Waalington
Warthioe
New York State
Bill Mpumaaredt
Kaesatan
Paterdhe
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Daraidnsie
Spc
Washington
Franco
United States
Marquesan
Tropics
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Marquesanne
Abe Wa
Qook
Mendania
Stevenom
Melville
Rruturies Warerd
Ehann
Meved
Erpet
Conni Ihla
Anahulpanen
His
Mollie Mather
Eieicteieseie Eieseioseset Ioi
Beprright
Western Newspaper Union
Utah
J & Horne
Doan
Mildurn
Buffald
Excello Aimee
Chales
Young
Fae
Temple St
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Atlanta
Moll
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New York Drug Concern
New York
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