Turkey supper contest fuels post 18 American Legion drive
The Virginia hotel hosts a bean and turkey dinner on April 30 to reward the post 18 American Legion team with the most new members. Leaders William Rodriguez and Archie Mellgren race to top the membership tally as Isaac Lemie urges prompt entry of names. The rival sides, Mellgren supporters and Rodriguez followers, will sit opposite each other with turkey for the high scorer and beans for the rest, until the winner is revealed.
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Virginia
Leonidas ‘Barkdul
Isaac Lemie
Mellgren
Rodriguez
Camp Fire Girls News Notes
The Litahni group held a regular Friday meeting with Mrs. J. G. Cobb aiding songs and rank progress via Neidtinger songs. Plans include clearing the Camp Fire house yard for a volleyball court and dues paid as a new year begins. The Wabansee group plans a full reorganization with invites for new members, Watchalovan works on headbands, and Walohi activity includes a hike and poster projects.
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Litahni
J. G. Cobb
Otaycare
Monroe
Davie Goodlett
So Seard
Camp Fire Encourages Girl Creativity and Originality
The article notes Camp Fire aims to foster girls thinking their own thoughts using imagination rather than selecting pre made names. The guardian offers to provide leather and thread to mount a headband for the first girl to finish her headband.
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Camp Fire
Watonqua Group Completes Camp Fire Requirements
The Watonqua group led by Mrs. W. C. Flowers meets in the Camp Fire room to complete membership tests. Girls study the organization’s purpose flag symbolism watchword and signs and titles of the official magazine Every Girl's Magazine and Camp Fire law. A rummage sale is planned for next week.
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Watonqua
W. C. Flowers
Camp Fire Room
Camp Fire Girl
United States
Minnehaha Group Tours Ki Ro Li Camp
The Minnehaha group led by guardian Mrs. J. J. Keith traveled Friday afternoon to the Boy Scout Camp Ki Ro Li. They cooked supper, explored the camp, and noted a new swimming pool under construction. Attending were Selina Ruth Trimble Juanita Tomlinson Wista Mae Smith Mary Gordon Ruby Oakland Mary Frances Deland Evelyn Bohn Marjorie Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Keith. Visitors were Sarah Lee Hill Norma McVay and Mrs. Harry Bailey.
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Minnehaha
J. J. Keith
Guardian
Ki- Ro-Li
Selina Ruth Trimble
Juanita Tomlinson
Wista Mae Smith
Mary Gordon
Pork Parliament renamed as Fig Industry council in UK
London reports the ministry of agriculture and fisheries creating the Fig Industry council to boost home pork and bacon production. Sir Alfred Mond chairs the body which will focus on pig production, marketing methods, and home trade needs.
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London
Fig Industry Council
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Alfred Mond
Tells Skinny Men How to Gain Weight
A rambling advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a guaranteed weight gain remedy. It promises a five pound gain or a full refund after purchasing four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, claiming a health improvement for thin men and women.
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McCoy
City Schools Observe American Forest Week in Program
American Forest Week is observed in several city schools. At City High an auditorium program tomorrow is tailored to the occasion. Film services, loaned by the state normal school's extension department at Natchitoches, enable the school to show educational views using its own motion picture machine.
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State Normal School
Natchitoches
Ill film actors show improvement in hospital
Three motion picture stars confined to hospitals for days were reported improved. Frank Currier rallied after a third blood transfusion and has good chances for recovery if no complications occur. Karl Dane and Richard Dix are out of danger after pneumonia and post operative complications respectively.
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Los Angeles
Frank Currier
Karl Dane
Richard Dix
Dane
Dix
Mail Late Arrival Reflects Early 19th Century Route
Arkansas Gazette recalls 1828 mail from Monroe LA with news of severe travel. Post rider swam 12 creeks in one day and crossed bayous, delaying any regular weekly mail for weeks.
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Arkansas Gazette
Monroe C. H
Taxi Magnate Gray Leaves Estate Worth Half Million
Chicago report says Charles W. Gray, once a taxi driver and later president of Yellow Cab, left an estate of about $500,000. His will was filed for probate yesterday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles W. Gray
Yellow Cab Company
Rapid Progress Reported On Two L T I Buildings
Builders at the Louisiana Training Institute advance brickwork on the dormitory and school, with roofs due in days. Superintendent W J Gill notes the peach crop frost loss was averted, beans and tomatoes saved, and the cotton crop is planted across about 40 acres, plus ten acres of ribbon cane, aiming to match a prior record.
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Louisiana Training Institute
W. J. Gill
Gill
Cotton yields report from 26 acres last year
A farmer recalls last year's crop noting that from 26 acres of cotton he realized 27 bales. The statement places emphasis on yields and reflects on past production.
Boiled Egg Souvenir At Osage Poultry Show
In Pawhuska Oklahoma the Osage County Poultrymen association will host an egg show on April 28. A hard boiled egg souvenir will be given to every attending person and literature on new egg uses will be distributed. The group will display a trade mark to stamp on eggs from member flocks to expand the home market.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage County Poultrymen’s Association
Watch Tongue Signs of Illness In Digestive Health
The tongue reveals digestive health with physicians noting it reflects stomach and bowel conditions. They say ninety percent of illnesses begin with issues in the digestive tract, making tongue observation an essential diagnostic step.
Pawhuska Merchants Urge Locals to Buy Osage County Farm Goods
Local merchants in Pawhuska call on residents to support Osage county farms by prioritizing locally produced goods in daily purchases. The appeal emphasizes community prices and regional agriculture.
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Pawhuska
Osage County
Arrested for Shooting Into Occupied Dwelling
W c Summerlin Jr of near Brown Paper mill was arrested after a shooting into an occupied dwelling ended with police action. The incident prompted an investigation and charges were filed against Summerlin.
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W. c. Summerlin, Jr
Brown
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