Airplane Fighter Takee to Coal Cara to Reach School
Thomas D. Lane a Kansas University student and World War II veteran from St. Paul Minnesota travels by coal cars and freight trains to Minneapolis to seek Federal Board for Vocational Education aid. He endures delays, routing through Chicago and St. Paul yards before meeting the board and securing Section One assistance for tuition and supplies.
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Marine Corps
Thomas D. Lane
University of Kansas
Lane
Argonne Post
American Legion
St. Paul
Chicago
Gene Coal
Auxiliary Legion Leader Mrs Murray From Fighting Stock
Mrs EK Clinton Murray of Houston Texas leads the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion in Texas. A founder story traces her lineage to Revolutionary War figures Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Boone. She organized many units, served in Red Cross drives, and aims to expand post coverage statewide. Her Civil War era father served as cavalry captain in Forrest’s Brigade.
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America
Nathaniel Green
Daniel’ Boone
Clinton Murray
Houston
Tex
Women’s Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Auxiliary of
Américan Legion
Murray
Mesta
Red Cross
Mie
Liberty
Red Cross Unite
Austin
Stet
Meusten
Legion
Texas
Concordia Pariah
Daniel Boone
Nathaniel Greene
Forrest
Veterans Honor Fallen Comrades At Pine Cemetery
In a quiet ceremony at a pine shaded cemetery, E Ory Mian laid to rest John frst Minnesota Indian soldier who fought for his country. American Legion posts Be Aimarican and Winpetage paid homage with fifty uniformed members present. Vernon Bailey and Ralph Gracie, namesake of Bemidji post, were honored with full home burial honors and heartfelt remembrances.
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Ralph Gracie
Bemidji Post
Legion flag to fly in New Orleans historic quarter
The American Legion will occupy a rebuilt building in the heart of the old French Quarter for four years, housing an auditorium offices and clubrooms plus Louisiana department headquarters and Legion services. The area has seen multiple flags from Spanish to Union and Confederate eras.
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American Legion
New Orleans
Legion
Gulf of Mexico
Louisian Department
Legion Employment Am? Service Burens
Women'’s Auxiliars
Rise of a Legion Colonel From Boy to Distinguished Service
Colonel Edward H. Shaughnessy rose from a Chicago ticket agent at age 15 to a rapid military and civil career. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal for leadership in the St Mihiel and Meuse Argonne offensives and later joined Fidelity Post of the American Legion in New York City, accepting a postmaster general related role with a salary of 35 000 a year. He previously left a 25000 dollar position at the American Petroleum Institute to serve in the public sector.
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Edward H. Shaughnessy
Fidelity Post
American Legion
New York City
Shaughnessy
Will Hays
American Petroleum Institute
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Chattau- Thierry
Is-sur-Tille
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Pershing
Owen Brothers Pressing Club Offers Cleaning and Pressing
Cleaning and pressing done well at reasonable rates by Owen Brothers Pressing Club.
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Owen Brothers Pressing Club
Made Legion Drive Success
Anthony Kelley was discharged from the navy in New Orleans Louisiana and found civilian life dull and unfulfilling highlighting a quest for purpose and belonging after service.
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Anthony Kelley
Navy
New Orleans
Daredevil Kelley Leads Legion Campaign and War Service Talk
A bold Army and Navy veteran, Kelley, famed for scaled feats atop city halls and a courthouse, helps a American Legion recruitment drive in New Orleans. He recalls four years in the war zone and details land homestead rules and WWI service credits as part of a broader sales pitch.
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Kelley
Legion
Navy
Merchant Marine
Catarrh Medicine Praised As Blood Purifier Reform
Hall describes Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. The ad promotes its use for run down conditions, claiming it helps when health is injured by constitutional factors. Also includes plant deliveries from Cullman Alabama and order details.
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Hall
Circulara Fras
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
A Reliable Remedy for Cold and Crouc
Mrs J N Rose of Verona Pa praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. She says she and her husband used it for years and gave it to her granddaughter during the measles season, noting it broke up the attack at once and that she has recommended it to many friends and neighbors.
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Chamberlain
J. N. Rose
Verona
Chaimberlain
Beholden to Kidney Pills for a Cleaner Housework Life
Mrs W A Ligon of Brizsellville Arkansas reports kidney trouble caused backache fatigue and poor capacity for housework. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she says pain and tiredness vanished within two days and she felt better overall. Sold 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Morristown New Jersey origin.
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Dosu
W. A. Ligon
Brizsellville
Asla
Dean
Foster Mi‘burm Co
Mer
Frifate
Chambrlain's Tablets Advertised for Digestive Health
When the stomach fails to perform its functions the bowels become deranged the liver and kidneys congested. The important thing is to restore the stomach and liver to a healthy condition and for this purpose Chambrain's Tablets are excellent. Give them a trial. They only cost a quarter.
Back to Nature for Health on Alma Mater Campus
H B Parker of Boston pursues studies on the University of South Carolina campus living in a pup tent with a mosquito bar and cot to aid recovery from lung illness after World War I service. He aims to show open-air study benefits and health through nature despite a frail condition.
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H. B. Parker
Boston
Mass
Parker
Boston University
W. 3. Currell
University of South Carolina
Packer
Ap As
Montana Ex-Servicemen Registry Law Passed
Backed by the American Legion the legislature enacted a law in Montana to register all ex-service men of all wars. The act exempts ex-service men from poll tax payments and assigns each county to keep a record of the veterans in a statewide registry.
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American Legion
Montana
How Legion Men Get Land and Homestead Tips
Ex servicemen advised by Irvin I. Femrite of Argonne post to study land quality before filing entries. Inspect each legal subdivision in person to verify prior claims, establish residence after entry, and understand extensions may be granted for illness or climate reasons.
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Middle West
Irvin I. Femrite
Argonne Post
The
American Legion
Des Moines
Feinrite
Hastings Seeds 1921 Catalog Free Item Preview
Hastings Seeds offers a free 1921 catalog with 116 illustrated pages on vegetables and flowers in natural colors. The ad touts photographic illustrations, urging readers in the South to request the catalog by mail, with H. G. Hastings Co. promising free delivery by return mail and declaring their seed house the best in the South. It also mentions Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for colds.
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Stantings
Sowth
H. G. Hastings CO
Atlanta GA
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Stu
Moulton
Alabama
Qourtland
Texas Organization
Silurieesta Legionnaires
Legion Man
Army
Srvicw
Sentinel
Ariz
Mississippi River
Iowa
Nancy Hall
Porto Rica
Cullman
Ala
Ady
United States
Terest
Pup
H. & Parker
James J. Harris Courtland
Read Phosphate Co
Nashville
Tennessee
Cardus
Hastings Seeds
Cenan
Mmza Mita Bond
Ups College
del Cole
EF. Christian
Leighton
Tennent
Salesman
Florence ,A
F. E. Littlefield
Morgan County
Decatur
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