The Eternal Feminine in a Child’s World
A Chicago Journal excerpt recounts Roslyn, age five, braiding humor with gendered expectations as she explains her high arctics are her “college gods.” The tale mixes parenting misreading with a laughing, old-fashioned tone. Another vignette has a boy, Bobby, considering donkey theft and learns parental consequences, prompting a playful moral.
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Roslyn
Eve
Daddy
1 Boulevard
Chicago Journal
Minnesota editor vows memorial building for fallen husband
Mrs. Maude Donohue, Minnesota newspaper woman and editor of a weekly at Cokato, plans a new newspaper building as a memorial to her husband killed in France. She visited Nemange and the Argonne wood graves, praises the American Legion and its service ethos, and aims to write a life story of Bill later.
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Maude A. Donohue
San Frantisco Examiner
Itte
Cokato
Minn
France
Nemange
Argonne Wood
Cokate
The Ordeal of Singing to the Men in Waiting
Miss Cayenne declares singing as a test of devotion to men who value song over the phonograph. She argues true enduring sentiment rests on a bond formed through listening, while warning that suspicion arises when occasions for distrust are absent and danger follows.
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Miss Cayenne
French awards declined by Hanford MacNider
Hanford MacNider declined the Legion of Honor from France, saying the medal should honor all American Legion members. He noted he would accept the decoration only as a tribute to all Legionnaires and requested it be placed in Legion archives. MacNider had been made a chevalier on the battlefield in 1918.
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Hanford MacNider
Legion of Honor
Afr
MacNikler
American Legion
Legion
Ashe
Marshal Fork
French Republic
MacNider
Carrying On With the American Legion
The American Legion contemplates veteran aid and passage home as ex servicemen face European uncertainties. A marine sold a dreadnought to a Long Beach farmer, but the Navy refused delivery. Widows and orphans would gain vocational training under a bill the Legion backs.
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United States Marine
United States
New Mexico
Long Beach
Cal
Navy
Red Crocs Ball Blue Laundry Ad Line
An old advertisement promises Rust spots disappear with Red Crocs Ball Blue laundry product. It claims superior performance and avoidance of rust stains from inferior dining. The ad ends with a quip about a man who knows it must be shown.
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Itill
P D Armour Joke On Cattle Ride And Banter
The millionaire P D Armour rode with Jin Hill and gassed a herd of cattle. He quipped that one bite is for you and the next for me. A mix of aphorism and memory of Armour’s humor appears in this country anecdote.
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P. D. Armour
Packer
Armour and Company
Jin” Hill
Armour
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AEAL
Aera
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Kansas City
Arine
Hero
Hewitt
Maggie
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Marne
Do Europe
The
Aiierican Legion
Erin Lo
Tanlac
Fenuine
Ayer
Bayer
Ickage
Asin Dentay
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