Veterans reclaim land near McGrath in first program of its kind
In McGrath Minnesota on June 3 46 disabled American Expeditionary Forces veterans engaged in reclaiming a 3500 acre tract near town. The land is titled in veterans names and split into 40 and 80 acre farms. Sites may be named for major WWI battle scenes. Veterans live in communal buildings while work crews clear land and plan a school and church. They earn $100 monthly and pay for the land in installments under government supervised vocational training.
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McGrath
Minn
States
Chateau
Thierry
Minnesota Agricultural ‘School
Frenchy
Local Families Share Sunday Dinners in Kaw Valley Region
A Kaw Valley note lists numerous Sunday dinners and visits among residents and relatives. Carl Copp and guests from Lawrence Crestline and Kansas City joined L. M. Walters and families. Others included Ott Jr and family, Seiwalds, Westheffers, Bigsbys, and Kennedy clan with frequent mentions of Lawrence and Topeka connections.
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Albert
John- Ottis
Ethelbert
Emerson
M. E. - Charles
Hazel Iwaenée
C. Gilmore
Annie C. “Gilmore
Gilmor
Jack “ Hughes
Lincoln Odell
N. G. Hughes
Lawrence
Carl’ ‘Copp
Fred Copp
Anna K. Getter ‘Roberts
Crestline
Nevada
Bert Sheets
Kansas City
Arch Walters
John’ Flory
Topeka
L. M
Saunders
Mildred
Frank” Walters
John’ Ott Jr
John
Wie
Henry > Seiwald
Sqn
Carl
Louis Seiwald
Eudora
Don West
Paris
McCord
Dan Perkins
Familly
Louisa
Altenbrend
Schaake
Hoeljel
Kansas
E. D. Emily
Frank
Carl Perkins
Ois Her. Thompson
Roy Gox
Thompson
Wichitas
Kennedy
Mixed Chorus to Sing River Forest Choir Jubilee
A large mixed chorus from twenty-eight church choirs and an 800-voice men's choir will sing at the diamond jubilee of the Missouri Grand Synod Lutheran Church in Chicago founded in 1847. Attendees come from across the United States. The observance coincides with Pentecost and begins at three o'clock with Rev. J. Miller and Rev. Paul Lindemann speaking. Concordia Teachers College band will accompany the singing directed by Professor Singer and Me Frieser.
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River Forest
Willi
Tomor
Missouri
Grand Synod Lutheran’ Church
Ganized
Chicago
United States
J. Miller
Synod
Professee 2
Me Friesér
Freezone promises painless corn relief for feet
A brief ad describes Freezone as a quick remedy that stops corn pain instantly. It claims a tiny bottle costs a few cents and can remove hard and soft corn and corns between toes without soreness or irritation.
Albanian Vocational Reform Inspires School Spirit
American teachers in Albania confronted a caste rooted delay in student work ethics. Boys who refused to touch tools began training with them, redefining gentility as toil. The Batstna school, once idle, now thrives on boxing and baseball with a new school spirit and practical skills.
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Albania
Idtenes
Poys
Ool
Ambrose
B. Kelly
Albany, N.Y
a _ Tirana _ vocational
Pleasant Valley Notes Show Social Round and Road Talk
Pleasant Valley neighbors share visits at Oehlert Griffith homes and with Wiggins, Curtis, and Richardson families. Strawberries picked, corn planting ongoing, and road issues noted north of Dutton bridge. A Salvation Army meeting is planned at the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse Wednesday evening.
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Charles. Qehlert
Ward
Cildren
Frances Curtis
Flavia
Mildred’ Maloney
Crissie Richardson
Carl Kennedy
Kansas City
Harold Lines
Neodesha
Richardson
W. J.” Curtis
Roy
Margaret
F.L. Varnum
Lawrence
Fried Kennedy
Mildred Maloney
Frances’ Curtis
Roy Curtis
Jack Maloney
Brown's
Grove
Pratt
Bonner Springs
Hugh
Axe
A. “L. Holcom
Dorothy Tobler
Haden
Sackett
Jim Wiggins
W. J. Curtis
Fred Kennedy
Hugh Axe
Clintor
Dutton Bridge
Grets
Olive Thian
Linwood
Il Holcom Gbome
Peter Pusch
Grissie- Richardson
Louie Holcom
Arthur
Kansas
Huling Richardson
G.W. Hardtaker
Douglas County
John Maloney
George Griffith
Pleasant Valley School House
Salvation Army
Pleasant Valley School -House
Ayers-Bryan Campaign Consider Speech Bid in 1924
Wichita ex-congressman A W Ayers weighing William Jennings Bryan offer to deliver six campaign speeches if Ayers agrees to run for the Democratic nomination. Ayers, in the Eighth district, narrowly lost re-election in 1920 by 120 votes.
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Ayers-Bryan
Wichita
A.'W Ayers
William Jennings _ Bryan
Ayers
Neodesha Advances With New Hotel Construction
Excavation work for Neodesha’s new hotel is finished and concrete pouring for basement walls has begun. Building materials are arriving and being hauled to the site as progress continues.
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Neodesha
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