Ex-Service Men Hospital Opened at Camp Custer
The only U S hospital run by ex service men for ex service men is opened at Camp Custer Michigan. Dr Albert M Wehenkel leads the Roosevelt American Legion hospital converted from a community house and given by the state. Dedicated by Marshal Foch the hospital serves Michigan veterans with tuberculosis and provides separate rooms and vocations training after arrest.
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Camp Custer
Mich
Roosevelt American Legion
Legion
Albert M. Wehenkel
Detroit
Marahal Foch
Michigan
Wehenkel
Detroit Board of Health
Steps From Navy To Staging King Lear In Navy Life
Charles B Hanford, famed Shakespearean actor, left stage to serve in the Navy. He rose to chief yeoman and later returned to acting while appearing at a George Washington post American Legion event to benefit the post. He described leaving theater as part of a larger drama rather than tragedy. He recently revived The Merchant of Venice for the Legion fundraiser.
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King Lear
Charles B. Hanford
America
Haniet
Pati
Bbvy
Hanford
George Washington Post
American Legion
Frat Post
KEEP AWAY FROM THE ORIENT
Whipple and Hail warn ex service men to avoid the Orient unless funds exist to return home. Discharged veterans from the Biberian front and Russian wives travel as merchant seamen and fall into Legion hands. Many are destitute, some travel via China chasing false jobs. A mission man notes lodging house appeals to self respect, while a Legion worker questions its attractor. Also reported is the Last Man Killed in War claim tied to a Seventy-eighth division sergeant who left hospital on November 11, 1918.
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East Side
Ter View
American Legion Weekly
Legion plans revolving loan fund for ex servicemen
National American Legion leaders work out a big rotating loan fund to aid ex service men in every state who are in need of assistance. The plan offers unsecured loans at low interest to help those awaiting disability compensation or facing financial stress during readjustment. Commander MacNider says the fund preserves self respect and taps donations from those who do not need the ready cash.
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The
American Legion
Fond
MacNider
Legion
Mrs Jessie A Erskine Dances Through War Years
Mrs Jessie A Erskine recalls dancing 0 900 steps weekly in Tours France to entertain troops including gobs and leathernecks. Now she serves as treasurer of the Niagara county American Legion committee while balancing duties as former New York quartermaster department stenographer and chief sister in sports and pastimes. She twice earned A W O L status without papers.
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Jessie A. Erskine
Tours
France
Niagara County
The
American Legion
New York State
Erakine
Quartermaster Department
Eliot Porter Montana Legion Chaplain Heads Denomination Free Work
Eliot Porter, state chaplain of the American Legion in Montana, is praised for directing mortars and guiding souls without denominational bias. A Presbyterian, he helped write the national ceremonial ritual with Catholic and Jewish leaders, and at the 1921 convention nominated a Catholic to succeed him as state chaplain.
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Eliot Porter
American Legion
Montana
British Field Artillery
Porter
Legion
Medal of Honor recipients to receive Italian war cross
General Zaccari announces that 68 Americans who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor will also receive the Italian war cross. The Nations Guard stands at 122,009, slightly under the regular army. British Red Cross funds totaled 95 million with 70.5 million spent. membership 126,000 with 90,000 women members. A proposal suggests presenting an American flag to next of kin of deceased soldiers whose bodies are not returned from France. The MOH honor encasement at Weemingar Abbey is noted. Pension commissioner report lists widows and soldiers from Wars from 1817 to Indian outbreaks prior to 1862.
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General Zaccari
British Red Cross
Washington
Frence
Commissioner of Pensions
Electric Vaporizer Hints To Aid Cold Engine Starts
A historic note describes an electric vaporizer device for winter starting. It outlines a salt and glycerin mix, a heating circuit between carburetor and intake, and priming with high test gasoline and ether. The system uses battery power to heat wires for about ten seconds to preheat air and fuel, easing ignition.
Engine Lubrication and Windshield Rain Avoidance Tips
Tips describe starting a car in rain or snow by energizing the engine with a crank. A rubber or leather patch at the toe board guards pedals. A glycerin water mix with galt prevents rain and snow from sticking to the windshield, guiding runoff downward.
Do Not Hurry In Stormy Weather Driving Tips
Read medical and automotive warnings urging careful pre trip inspection and slower speeds in winter. Experts warn that wet roads and refreshed pavements reduce stopping power, increasing skid risk at curves and crossings.
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BH. B. Caister
Standard Steel Automotive Corporation
Tire Log Advice for Insurance Adjusters
Practical guidance for car owners: keep a small notebook with five vertical columns labeled Date put on, speedometer reading, date taken off, speedometer reading, mileage. Record partial totals and add weather or other notes to aid the claim.
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Euch Tire
Test for vent pipes in radiator system guidance
Instruction describes filling radiator with water to cover vent pipe end and check clarity of vent. If water overflows through vent cap instead of vent pipe, clear the vent pipe immediately to prevent overflow.
Proper Chains Save Tires on Icy Roads
Mahz motorists believe proper tire chains prevent wheel spin on slippery surfaces. Damaged lines describe how stones and cinders cut rubber, with sharp pieces scraping tires where chains fail to grip.
Iowa brief highlights from Hawkeye State News
Aerial Transport of New York seeks landing rights in Columbus Junction. Fairfield’s Methodist church orders an $80,000 building, with $30,000 on hand. Audubon’s Benjamin F. Wilson named federal prohibition officer for Iowa. Fairfield’s Helen McCabe joins Parsons College YWCA finance committee. Fire kills over 100 head of livestock near Adair. Medical grafts on D D Ross son’s arm progress, 61 pieces used. Decorah reports 1921 money and credits up $836,000 from last year. Burlington teen Elizabeth Moir dies in Washington after sleeping sickness. Marion County farmers protest White Pole road expenditure. Rock Island shops extend 48-hour week due to freight boom. Reinbeck baby improves from sleeping sickness. Humboldt Muntheuk Nour mill moves to brick complex with new elevators. Glenwood tractor accidents kill Mares Bachman. Buck Grove land sales total 330 acres at $225 and $121 per acre. Wapello man Walter Fitzsimmons bound over for grand jury in store robbery. Clinton fire destroys factory and threatens rail yards. losses about $60,000. Waterloo cuts gas rates, drops meter rental. Hopkinton celebrates 100th birthday of Grandma Thompson with Scout Band serenade. Kellogg farmer Elmer Braley found dead. suspected accidental shooting. Judge Walter I Smith, prominent former congressman, dies in Council Bluffs. Oskaloosa dentist P J Eilaworth dies at 82, noted horseman. Paula Garcia obtains license but forgets minister. marriage completed by clerk in Independence.
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Aerial ‘Transport Company of
New York
Columbus Junction
Methodist Church
Fairfald
Benjamin F. Wilson
Audubon
Waa
Iowa
Haines
Helen McCabe
Fairfield
Sophmore
Parsons College
National Finance Committee
H. A. Altorn
Adair
D. D. Ross
Alton
Assessore
Decorah
Elizabeth Moir
James Moir
Burlington
Washington, D. C
Marion County
White Pole
Rock Island
Cedar Rounds
Elwood Miller
Reinbeck
Humboldt
Mares Bachman
Glenwood
Buck Grove
Jacob Greder
Mike Greder
William Carsten
Walter Fitzsimmons
Grand Jury
Wepello
E. C. Castle
F. Smith Sons
Northwestern
National Oil Company
Clinton
Council of Waterloo
Grandma Thompson
Hopkinton
Thompson
Elmer Braley
Kellogg
Braley Ie
Walter I. Smith
United States Circuit of Appeals
County Bluffs
P. J. Eilaworth
Oskaloosa
Norval Worth
Paula Garcia
Ja Lu
Orivein
Naccisa Ramoz
Independence
Land Grows Rich Through Forty Years Of Prairie Change
Canada has transformed prairie lands from barren reserves to thriving centers. Wheat and oats production surged, dairying rose, and farm machinery, schools, telephones, and roads connected distant communities. Winnipeg and western towns grew from frontier outposts to bustling centers as settlers and cattle, horse, and sheep stock expanded.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
Canada
Brairie
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Rocky Mountains
Theommon Bond
Rockies
Pacific
Cape Horn
Manitoba
Brandop
Calgary
Edmonton
Northwest Territories
Proceeding With Caution in a Rusty Kitchen Dialogue
Angelina confesses she is not a skilled cook yet vows to try after marriage. Edwin urges immediate tasting before marriage and asks to trial on friends to gauge reactions.
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Angelina
Edwin
Women Need Swamp Roadge Ame Dention Thing
Fragmentary text fragments describe a contentious scene about women and cooperation. The items mention a witty speaker, a public reaction, and a sense of conflict when attempting to work together.
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Service Men’s Hospital
Albert Wehenkel
Detroit Institutlor
NAVY
Charles Hanford
Jeesus Erskine
Great Britain
Weemingar Abbey
Fivering
Lerely
Eee
Amber
Nore
Brooklyn
le Wadi Cout
Brocklyi
Bebienan
John M. Finnerty
Che Cules
Hawkeye
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