Tanlac credited by war mother as health restore
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd of Evansville Indiana testifies that Tanlac restored her health after her son Corporal James B. Gresham was killed in France. She describes digestive relief rheumatic and nerve improvements and lasting gratitude for the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gresham Dodd
France
Tanlac
Gresham
Gavin Park
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
James B. Gresham
Dodd
United States
Taniac
Adyv
Lion Brand Shoes Cut Prices Direct From Milwaukee Factory
Harsh and Chapline Shoe Co announces a direct mail sale cutting prices on Lion Brand Work and Everyday shoes. No. 76 Brown Blucher now $3.45, down from $6.50 in stores. Catalog No. 1 mailed from Hanover and Maple Streets, Milwaukee. orders ship within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harsh & Chapline Shoe Co
Milwaukee
Geo. R. Harsh
Hanover and
Maple Sts
Wisconsin
Adv
All Lost Sight in the War Evergreen Post Honored by National Commander
National Commander I W Galbraith Jr praises Evergreen Post No 5 American Legion. its blind WWI veterans formed a post and will receive a visit from the commander. He calls their affiliation inspiring and a continued pledge to serve country and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Post
No. 5
American Legion
I. W. Galbraith, Jr
Post
Charles Frear
Galbraith
Great American Legion
Legion Officer in Mexico Named Leader of Department
Leigh H Rovzar former commander of the Mexico department of the American Legion rose from brokerage executive to military commander. He led a field artillery battery in World War I, served overseas with the Thirty third artillery, and was discharged June 10 1919 at Walter Reed. Rovzar organized Alan Seeger post in Mexico City and became its first commander, recently elected department commander and national executive committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh H. Rovzar
Department of Mexico
American Legion
Mexico City
Mexico
Royzar
Thirty-third Field Artillery
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Alan Seeger
The
Legion
Rovzar
Pioneer Legion Worker to Help Supervise National Membership Drive
Robert A. Le Roux of Washington has been named field organizer at national headquarters. The newspaper man, a former Canadian infantry volunteer, will supervise speakers and other organizers in a nationwide effort to recruit more members for the American Legion. He recently departed for Nevada to begin work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. le Roux
American Legion
Washington
National Headquarters
Nevada
Mr. le Roux
France
Poppy Day Origin Tied to American Legion Leader
Major Wade C. Christy of Youngstown Post No. 15 is credited with origin of the Legion's Poppy Day and the street selling tradition worn in remembrance of World War I heroes. The poppy was adopted as the official flower at the Cleveland convention of the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade C. Christy
Youngstown Post
American Legion
Youngstown
Legion
Cleveland
Marriage as a steady breaking of morale line
A short dialogue from American Legion Weekly features Mrs. Henry Peck taunting her husband about war and marriage. Henry concedes that marriage erodes morale, contrasting harsh war bravado with domestic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Peck
Henry
American Legion Weekly
American Legion moves headquarters to Indianapolis
The American Legion organizes its ism commission with headquarters now in Indianapolis. Grist for the Mill notes the shift while American Legion Weekly quotes members on prohibition remarks and jokes from musical comedies amid plans to profit from satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grist
American Legion Weekly
Post Benefits Remunerative at LaFayette Legion
Story City Iowa post of the American Legion earned about $1000 last year from post affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette
American Legion
Story City
Ray Leads South Dakota American Legion Department
F B Ray commander of the South Dakota department of the American Legion is a veteran of the Spanish American and World wars. He served in 16 battles in 1908 and 1909 then joined the National Guard and later led units in World War I. He is a Yankton banker and charter member who became department commander in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Ray
South Dakota
Yankton
D. D
Ray
Roy Anderson
Legion
South Dakota Department
Fighting Parson Led Oregon Troops Through Wars
Rev William Gilbert commander of the Oregon American Legion chapter is hailed as a fighting chaplain who served Oregon troops in World War I the Philippines insurrection and on the Mexican border He served 17 months in France with the AEF and received the Croix de Guerre He held multiple Oregon pastorates led Philomath College for three years and was named regent of Oregon State University by the state governor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Gilbert
Oregon Department of the American Legion
Oregon
Philippines
France
A. BE. F
Oregon National Guard
One Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry
First Army Corps
Philomath College
Oregon State University
Air Man Commander James Simmons Named Nebraska Legion Chief
Robert G. Simmons, former balloon pilot and attorney from Scottsbluff, Neb, was elected department commander of the Nebraska American Legion. He joined the air service in 1917, earned balloon piloting licenses in 1918, commanded balloon units at Fort Omaha, and later served as county attorney after a Nebraska law degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
American Legion
Robert G. Simmons
Simmons
Scottsbluff
Neb
Air Service
The
Aero Club of America
Fort Omaha
Law College
University of Nebraska
Service career of T. L. Withers noted in Nevada Legion
GOOD SHOWING IN SERVICE T. L. Withers, commander of the Nevada department of the American Legion, rose from private in the National Guard to first lieutenant. His career spanned Coast Artillery units, with education at Thatcher Preparatory School Nordhoff Cal Universities of Nevada California and Virginia. He taught mathematics and chemistry before practicing law at Reno and chaired Red Cross Roll Call in 1917 and the Reno home service section. He helped organize the Nevada department of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Withers
Nevada Department of the American Legion
National Guard
Coast Artillery Corps
Thatcher Preparatory School
Nordhoff
Cal
Nevaada
Californian
Virginia
Withers
Aas
Reno
Nev
Red Cross
Home Service Section
American Red Cross
Nevada
To Finish the Job Cover Design Dialogue
The exchange shows a cover design brief with phrases about finishing a job and designing a cover for a picture. It mentions names Pimear Pretty and Kruix and hints at collaboration and design requests without specifying a project type or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pimear
Kruix
Honor for Deceased Comrade in Connecticut
Full military honors were rendered to Gustave W. Olson a former member of the Seventy fifth company Sixth Marines by Oscar W. Swanson post No 67 American Legion at Thompson Connecticut. Olson lived at North Grosvenordale Connecticut. Maxon post American Legion Cambridge New York entertained local ex service men at a recent smoker and theater party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave W. Olson
Seventy-fifth Company
Sixth Marines
Oscar W. Swanson
American Legion
Thompson, Conn
North Grosvenordale
Conn
Maxon Post
Cambridge
N. Y
Two Ways to Dodge Alimony, Legal Quip
A lawyer jokes about avoiding alimony with two options. He says a man can stay single or stay married, a quip attributed to a legal luminary in the American Legion Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
Legion Men Parade Through Houston in Big March
About three thousand American Legionnaires marched in a large parade through Houston Texas. The event highlighted post members marching with banners and patriotic displays.Participants included veterans from multiple posts and drew local spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Houston
Tex
Hospitals for Service Men Urgently Demanded Beds
A letter from Surgeon General H. S. Cumming to Senator Ashurst requests about 80 million dollars to quickly provide 30 000 000 in funds for 10 200 additional beds and to replace flimsy inflammable hospital structures. The report notes 22 292 patients in public health service facilities by early January 1921 with 7 586 tuberculosis cases and 5 680 neuro psychiatric cases. 4 800 more tuberculosis beds 4 500 for insane patients and 900 for other needs are deemed essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ashurst
Arizona
H. S. Cumming
Bureau of the Public Health Service
France
Secretary of the Treasury
Navy
Publi Health Service
Public Health Service
War Risk Insurance Bureau
National Home of
Army
Johnson City
Yenn
Soldiers
Marion
Ind
Beds Urgently Needed for Medical Care Push
The text notes a demand for about 10,000 beds for general medical and surgical patients with top priority for tuberculosis and neuro-psychiatric cases. It estimates $3,000 per bed, totaling around $30,000 for the required capacity.
Midnight Fire Destroys Chapel at Santa Maria Cemetery
Fire in the tile chapel within Santa Maria cemetery in Santa Barbara swept graves and monuments causing extensive damage. The ceretory chapel valued at 2000 dollars was destroyed and occupants are suspected to have caused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Haboes
Coughing Fit Clears Casket Mystery in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia five years ago Carl Jacobs chewed locust wood and inhaled particles from the bark. He suffered chest pains and fear of tuberculosis but recovered after a coughing fit expelled a thorn. A king snake is described as an enemy of rattlesnakes in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Carl Jacobs
British and U S Roads Compared
A 1920 study by the Bureau of Railway Economics contrasts British and American railroad results. It notes British six month freight loads averaging 160 tons versus 710 tons in the United States, and estimates that using British cars would require far more train cars and miles to move the same tonnage, with substantial shifts in revenue per ton mile and potential earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New York
Bureau of Railway Economics
United States
Ing
England
The
Association of Railway Executives
Tve
Too Careless With Kisses in Chicago Court Tale
In a Chicago court domestic relations case, Samuel Domko is faulted for an across street affair with a blonde woman. Suzanna Domko testified that long distance kisses and daily visits led to the breach, and the judge ordered eight dollars a week toward the wife’s support. Neighbors corroborated sightings of kisses and flirtations, underscoring the moral that secrecy and proximity ruin marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Saumuel Domko
Trude
Suzanna
Iste Mewas
Caveman Signals in Schoolboy Romance Say Psy D Ide
Philadelphia psychologist Miss Cladys G Ide, director of special education, states that early love shows in schoolyard behavior. She cites hair pulling, scuffling, and signifying favor, with twelve year olds emulating valor and exchanging notes and drawings as common expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cladys G. Ide
Miss Ide
Zoo Animals Ate One Another in German Park
War time shortages forced Carl Hagenbeck to abandon his zoological park in Tramburg Germany. Lack of funds left feed unavailable and the stronger animals turned on the weaker ones for survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tramburg
Germany
Carl Hagenhbeck
Zoological Park
Hagenhbeck
The Kitchen Cabinets Recipe Fragments From 1981
Readable text presents old fashioned domestic recipes with chicken dishes including chicken with oysters and chicken baked in milk. Instructions mix tender chicken with sweetbreads, celery, noodles, and croutons, then describes oyster topped stews and onion toast with cheese. The article echoes a homespun fillip of wartime kitchen lore.
Seasonal Good Things Conveyed In Various Recipes
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century cooking item describes making seasonable foods with enke and pound cake, mentions cream butter, sugar, flour, yolks and whites, and baking cues. It lists Persian Cake with jam fillings, Crullers served with tea, and Chicken Custard using strong chicken stock, yolks, and cream for dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
Lace Tree and Bread Tree Legends in Oceanic Tales
The text describes lace tree bark soaked in water to reveal stretched layers and sun dried. It mentions a fruit tree from the South Sea Islands called the bread tree and notes Greenland's Crimson Cuffs with their red hue and length. It also references the Golden Gate in the Yellowstone named for yellowite walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea Islands
Greenland
Golden Gate
Yellowstone
Not Allowed to Do That at Clerkenwell Peace Court
A complainant at Clerkenwell peace court warned that a person known as My Judger threatened to tear him to pieces. The court noted such remarks would breach the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerkenwell Peace Court
lLogden Punch
Humorous Lecturer Talks to Convict Audience
A noted humorist invited to speak at a Western penitentiary faced a crowd whose laughter did not lead to applause. The warden offered an apology, joking about their apparent lack of appreciation, while the lecturer teased about the audience’s folded hands and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chetr
Fragmented Schoolhouse Dialogue Sparks Mixed Lessons
An excerpt depicts a breakfast table scene with unclear dialogue about good behavior and heaven. Characters Hia Choice, Polina, and John discuss morals, urging restraint as a teacher-like reproach blends with youth talk. The text shows a muddled, domestic moment with incomplete phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polina
John
Lote Don Melitn
Piano Duets Sought by Young Man At Muale School
A young man at Muale School Settlement asks instructors for a list of good piano duets to play with a young woman, inquiring what kind of music they should choose. The instructors question preferences and propose suitable selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soft Muaile
Muale School
Indy
New York
Two Sides to Every Guess in a Blunt Parade
A squib of witty misprints and clipped reflections shows muddled dialogue and aphorisms. The piece juxtaposes phrases about truth, purpose, and perception with sharp wordplay, highlighting paradoxes and social quirks through ironic quips and misheard lines.
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Dorothy
Boston Transcript
Figg
Fogg
American Legion News Service
Pioneer Legion
Poppy Day
Buckeye Major
Indianapolis
Americanism Commission of the American Legion
Department of the Legion
Department of Legion
Henda
Nebraska Department of the American Legion
U. S
Bureau
Trinity Church
New York City
Chapel of St. Marks
Bouwevie
Trinity
Wall and
Broadway
Caetus
Western Newspaper Union
Bellans
Pokin
Dr. Fierce
Dr. Pierce
MR. C. MU
Qoaetiotadou
Mra. Gabb
Mr. Gaibt
Miht
Claehonath
Ben Mrnnitelle
Tencho
Fia
Apella
Doan
BR Ter-Milburn CO
Eis N.Y
Liberal Commission
H. W. Swift
Stetson
Company
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