Makes Movie Picture Now Roger Sullivan Disabled in War
Roger Sullivan a World War I veteran and former engineer, wounded in France, learns photography in New York under the US Veterans Bureau. He and James E. Pelkey produce the film Another Chance showing a disabled veteran’s path from hospital to vocational training, ending with President Harding.
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Roger Sullivan
Sullivan
United Naval Forces
France
U. S. Veterana’ Bureau
New York
James E. Pelkey
Harding
Pelkey
Washington Heights
The
American Legion
New York City
American Legion Auxiliary Seeks Best Cookie Recipe
The American Legion Auxiliary invites entries for a "Cookie Jar" plan to supply hospitals with fresh baked treats for veterans. Mrs W A Codworth leads the hospital and welfare committee and will assemble a judging panel to select the top recipe from nationwide submissions sent to Indianapolis.
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America
American Legion Auxiliary
Mra
W. A. Codworth
Milwaukee
Wis
Hospital and Welfare Committee
National Auxiliary
Indianapolis
Ind
Novel Admission Tickets At Wildwood Legion Event
A short pillowcase or towel served as the admission ticket to an American Legion Auxiliary entertainment 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
Thud Phyllis Ponders Dad and Robert Affection Mark
Phyllis tells Clarice that Robert is the mark of her affection and recalls telling her dad. Clarice asks what happened next, and Phyllis replies that he toed the mark.
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Phyllis
Robert
Clarice
Dad
Fort Worth WWI veteran dies saving flood victims
W. O Gentry, a Fort Worth native and World War I veteran who served in multiple units, died heroically during the 1922 Fort Worth flood. He rescued six people before being entangled by a barbed wire fence in the water and drowning after signaling a helper who could not reach him. Mayor E K B Cockrell urged a memorial for the young hero.
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Infantry
Field Artillery
Motor Transport Corps
Navy
W. O Gentry
Fort Worth
Tex
American Legion
Young Gentry
Legion
Gentry
E. KB. Cockrell
Four-Hour-Old Rosalie Larson Joins American Layton Auxiliary
In Minnesota a newborn, Rosalie Carol Larson of Worthington, is admitted as a charter member of the American Layton Auxiliary at four hours old. Her father Warner Larson served in the Twenty-ninth division while her mother earned a nursing diploma after volunteering with the American Red Cross.
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American Layton Auxiliary
Minnesota
Rosalie Carol Larson
Worthington
Minn
Rosnlle
Warner Larson
An American Legion News Roundup Includes Claims, Honors
Pennsylvania veterans gained forty thousand dollars in government claims in a single month through the state American Legion. Anzac Day honors World War heroes in Australia with services and meetings. A freak act in Constantinople prompted suppression by American Legion members. Charles Ogle, wounded veteran, wrote thanking the Auxiliary after hospital confinement. The 7,088 postmasters named by Harding since March 1921 are noted as serving in World War roles. A joint Americanism drive by the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor was proposed at Cincinnati. Prices cited for pork, beef, and fruit fuel a festive welcome for former AEF members visiting Guatemala.
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Charles Ogle
Omaha
Neb
American Legion Auxiliary
Harding
American Legion
The
American Federation of Labor
Hanford MacNider
Legion
Federation
Cincinnati
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restores Energy
A reader on a farm with three children reports constant fatigue and dizziness. After trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she gains energy and resumes ordinary work, urging others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
Ceremony Gaffe Sparks Bridegroom Sale Card Joke
Fragmentary note suggests a mock wedding quip about removing the line Who giveth this woman in marriage and the groom producing a bill of sale. The humor implies a tongue in cheek take on traditional wedding rites.
Spilled the Beans Advice on Witness Forthrightness
An attorney recalls a case where a baker's wagon was struck by a train. The plaintiff's attorney asked the driver how he behaved at the crossing and he answered softly that he trotted gently across while thinking of nothing in particular. The line ended the case due to lack of foresight.
What Is So Rare as a Day in June Wedding Wit
A humorous exchange riffs on June weddings and a line about the day’s rarity. The speaker jokes the Bard of Avon would be impressed by June nuptials, quipping about not having thought of it before Lowell.
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Avon
Lowell
Boston
A Hard Lot and the Movie Habit In War Time Spain Tax
A brisk mix of quips and social notions: a boarding house matron jokes she already lives twenty four hours a day while needing a movie season pass. A tongue in cheek note remarks Spain’s bachelors taxed to even things up, and wartime prices for cotton and linen rise with Red Cross badges in laundry. A captioned ad and brief quips close with a reflection on work and happiness.
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All. Grocere
Thicker After They've Dined Mosquitoes in the Nineteenth Century
A fragmentary quote hints at mosquito prevalence in a rural setting, contrasting a reply about living conditions with a terse description of the region. The OCR reads as an anecdotal exchange reflecting discomfort and natural conditions.
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Opy
American Legion News Service
W. G. Gentry
Texas
Worthington, Minn
Pennsylvania
Pennsyvania American Legion
Australia
Constantinople
Turkey
Dad” Painter
Guatemala
Lydia Binkham
Hungunt Lona
Lydia E. Pinkham
Holland
Spain
Betans
Ata
EUR
Sordium
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