Special Consideration Earns Paul Barner Employment
Paul Barner of Rochester New York, a World War I veteran with both hands lost, gained presidential help from Warren G Harding after appeals in 1919. Harding suspended civil service rules, Barner then joined the Veterans Bureau, learns to type with artificial hands, drives, and manages personal tasks, reporting a steady, determined outlook.
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Senator Harding
Paul Barner
Rochester
N.Y
Harding
Barsar
Burea
American Legion
Bazaaraid
Legion post expands at West Point to major unit
The West Point legion post grows from 15 to 375 members led by seven officers and 800 enlisted, with Stewart Whiting Hoover noted as the first West Point officer to die in the war. The organization aims to become a leading unit in the Empire State.
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Empire State
Stewart Whiting Hoover
West Point
Census of Ex Service Men Aims at National Survey Drive
A nation wide census of exservice men will be conducted by the American Legion with five million questionnaires printed for its service and compensation drive. The effort seeks vital statistics and a clear picture of compensation costs for all veterans. LocalOrganizations will conduct drives, interviewees informed of the pending compensation bill, and asked about wounds, gas injuries, or service related injuries. Volunteers will be urged to consider government insurance and to decide if they would contribute their portion of compensation to a relief fund for needy veterans.
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American Legion
Legion
Much & Fund
Teva Talk TH in New England town chat colloquy
Inpenvling discussion between Becuments uc betas oy A Drgwerty bolder about marriage and social norms in a New England town. The dialogue touches on civic duties and personal relationships within a community setting.
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England
Betas
Friend of I the Legion Men Dudpe Kenessa Mountain
Local brief notes a friend of the Legion plays a role in a naming dispute involving Mountain and Landis in Wiinota. Details remain unclear as fragments outline a possible square or land request connected to Desi. Further readable items suggest civic or communal interest but lack concrete actions or dates.
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Dudpe Kenessa Mountain Landis
Wiinota Demande Square Desi the Carn
Ex servicemen urged for unity and reform by Judge Landis
Fragmented OCR text shows Judge Landis addressing American Legion events and wartime policy debates. It references rehabilitation, unity in service, and calls for a square deal for ex servicemen. Mentions Blooming ton, Commerce body, and baseball commissioner Joe Harrig in a garbled passage.
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Kreneann
Mowntain Landis
Judge Landis
American Legion
Joe Harrig
Cleveland Ans
War Nurse Receiving Honor at Detroit Camp Center
Longtime nurse Milas Wayhing earns tribute as head nurse at Roosevelt Army Camp Center in Detroit. Her wartime service includes typhus duty in 102d Militia and leadership as chief nurse of Busse Hospital Nip, Dijon and Pannes. Her aim is to turn the new Legion hospital into a home for tubercular veterans.
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Aing Walhelmina
Detroit
Broderick
Department Welfare of Cyr
Nurang
United States
Terbia
French Village Recreation Plan at Medicine Park
A plan to recreate a faithful French village features a hotel de ville and church in Medicine Park Oklahoma as a Legion recreation ground. The project includes a 1000 seat auditorium and cottages for members to spend vacations, with donations supporting water and electric infrastructure.
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A. Elf
Hotel De-Ville
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
Medicine Park
Lawton
Okla
American Legion
Ihe
Carrying On With the American Legion at Lake City
A local American Legion post conducts activities at Lake City as members Allen and John J. Payne depart for a German LOA. The group awards cups and honors during a conventiig session, highlighting efficiency and achievements in the post’s service.
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American Legion
Lake City
Allen
E. John J. Payne
Ialeaibs
Vince
Porcelain Powerhouse of Ching-teh-chen, China
The distant town of Ching-teh-chen dominates as China’s porcelain hub. It centers on Ro Yang lake clay beds, a vast ware market with thousands of kilns, and a conservative, electrifiedless city of 300,000. Potters shape wares on wheels, apply under glaze color, fire in clay saggers, and endure harsh labor with long hours and minimal pay.
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National Seaeeee Sociery
Shanghai
China
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Yang Lake
Ching
Nanchang
Ching-tekehen
San Francisco
New York
Po Yang Lake
Antwer
Ching-teh-chen
de Chingtel-chen
Beenle
Longfellow
Boope
Uni Lnitien
Grwat
Elly
Anid
Chaily
Pres
Chamber of Commerce
Ching Teh-Chen
Ro Yang Lake
Ching-tehwhen
Aixines
Ching-irlechen
Uwe Phon
King Tedyuskung of the Delawares and the Iroquois
Elmo Scott Watson recounts the life of Tedyuskung also called Kekourkung The Healer, a Lenni Lenape chief who led the Delawares to independence from the Six Nations, brokered peace with English and French rivals, and preserved the Ohio Valley before dying in a 1763 house fire amid a drunken spree and Iroquois-hostile era.
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Tamaneund
Tammany
Palrmount Park
Philadelphia
Tedyuskung
Kekourkung
Delaware
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Enaton
William Penn
John
Fort Allen
Ence
Obla
Pontiac and the Ottawa the Indian Napoleon
The article traces Pontiac the Ottawa and his failed dream to unite tribes to expel whites from North America. It covers his hatred of the English, loyalty to the French, and the pivotal Detroit plot betrayed by Catherine the Ojibway girl, ending after England and France peace. It mentions repeated truces, tribal hesitations, and Pontiac's final return to Detroit.
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Opechancanough
Philip
Little Turtle
Tecumseh
Pontiac
America
Quebec
Detroit
Catherine
Gladwyn
Ottawa
Fort Chartres
Hiu
England
France
Bie Eaune
Bin
Cobetla
Willaminen
Iowa
Pontine
Hontige
Kate
Mt. Louie
Mysteries of the Infinite Sky From a 19th Century Journal
The Chicago Journal of Commerce ponders the meaning of the sun and the heavens. It notes human fascination with celestial purpose and our small place on Earth as we seek knowledge of the sky vault above us.
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Chicago Journal of Commerce
Efficiency Tt in dress reserves in Costerton closet
A fragmented note describes organizing a closet in Costerton. It mentions making a storage panel and panell atukehid, then removing a jar from a door panel. The text is garbled and lacks clear dates or full context.
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Costerton
Unclear Clip Weaves Fragmented Uncle Bare Dialogue
A garbled OCR fragment presents Uncle Bare delivering a mixed set of phrases about viewsures leaks listening and trade terms, with numerous unreadable names and garbled words, lacking coherent article structure or identifiable events.
Ambiguous OCR fragment hints at historical item
Fragmentary text references a group or event with unclear names and places. Missing context prevents precise identification of who, what, where, and when. Further readable material needed to produce a coherent headline and summary.
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Paul Barnar
Mochester
M. Y
Andrew Fibaude
Honda
the Legion Men
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Hotel-De-Ville
Atuilior
Jwadele
Lowlow
Chiness
Elmo Scott Watson
Napoleon
Salt Lake
Business Directory
Butte
Palmer Bond & Mortgage CO
Boyz Park
Wil Valve
Boyd P
Utah
Anld
Dalltog
Jennings-Goltschall
Idaho
Wyemine
Vogeler Seed CO
Salt Lake City
Hardy Tare Re Mek
Ween
Lake Emmercia
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Columbia Phonographe
Blading, Mating and
Leon Aetna Rae
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Fistures
Pintore
Lars City
Uncle Bare
Lee
Chris
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