Joplin Soldier Hatler Receives Medals for Bravery
Sergt. M. Waldo Hatler of Joplin Missouri swam the Meuse under fire after a comrade fell attempting the crossing. He landed inside German lines, mapped positions, swam back with crucial intel. For this he earned Italy’s croce di guerra, meeting Gen Diaz at the American Legion convention in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
M. Waldo Hatler
Joplin
Meuse
Italy
Hatler
Armando Diaz
American Legion
Kansas City
Cronkite Named Vice President of Forty and Eight Club
C. K. B. Cronkite of Los Angeles, formerly first lieutenant in the 322nd field signal battalion, holds the Roughhouse club vice president title of the Forty and Eight Legion. The French boxcars reference marks the organization’s tradition, with the National Assistant Railway Station Agent role noted in patois as EEng lish.
Queen of the Canal Zone Crowned in Panama Legion Contest
Miss Viola Bissell won the Queen of the Canal Zone title in a Panama department of the American Legion sponsored election. She secured 1,307,800 votes and was praised as tall, blonde, athletic, with a famous smile likely to win against beauties from America or Europe.
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the Canal Zone
American Legion
Department of Panama
Viola Bissell
America
Europe
Soldier's commission attempt ends with geography ignorance
A young man in OT C exams proves unable to answer geographic questions. An officer, angered by misinformation, exclaims in disbelief that the applicant cannot even name the country he would defend, amid a scene reflecting military testing frustrations.
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American Legion Weekly
Fort McPherson National Cemetery Life Along the Platte
The Middle West National Cemetery at Fort McPherson Nebraska sits on the Platte river prairie. It is the region s only national cemetery and holds World War I dead buried by the Fort McPherson American Legion post. Many grave markers read Unknown.
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Middle West National Cemetery
Platte River
Nebraska
Middle West
Fort McPherson
Plains
France
American Legion
Convict Banter and Chicago Crime Talk
In a brief Ameri can Legion Weekly quip, Convict 711 I boasts of being the most popular hold up man in Chicago. Convict 117 counters that he returns victims fire car fare, noting the two boast about crime and its odd perks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Chi
Cago
Americad Legion Weekly
666 cures Malaria Chills and Fever Bilious Fever
Advertises a patent remedy claiming to cure malaria chills fever bilious fever colds and la Grippe with a money back guarantee. Product markets across illnesses, offering refunds if not effective. This brief item presents a health tonic claim common to period notices.
Henry J Sullivan Leads Phoenix Matrimony Service
Henry J Sullivan of Phoenix Arizona, a former Navy man, helps marry service members as a Justice of the Peace. He started the Under one head American Legion slogan, uniting county wartime groups to aid hospitalization and veteran needs by coordinating with government departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Henry J. Sullivan
Phoenix
Ariz
Justice of the Peace
Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
American Legion
Pershing Speech Staged By Illinois Legionnaires
General Pershing was captured briefly by American Legion men at Bement Illinois while passing through. The crowd, aided by a motorman, blocked a trolley car and forced the former commander to give a ten minute address from the rear platform. Sidney Morgan, Legion post commander, coordinated the crowd and gave the signal for passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General T Pershing
American Legion
Bement
Ill
A. BE. F
Sidney Morgan
Pershing
Adjusted Compensation Wins Nationwide Chamber Referendum Victory
The United States Chamber of Commerce national vote favored the measure by 4116 to 2657 after long opposition. The Toledo chamber protested the questionnaire as unfair in presenting the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber
Commerce
Toledo
Carrying On With the American Legion in Nashville
A community playground will be built by the American Legion in Nashville Tennessee funded by ex-soldier efforts for apparatus and upkeep. In Korea American ex soldiers formed a Legion post led by Southern Presbyterian missionaries. The War Department reports clothing costs fell from 300 to 189 per soldier. Miss Jean Hodson of San Francisco is the only woman field clerk in the army, serving as sergeant major to Major General Morton. The Legion will honor Generals Lee and Grant on their birthdays, Grant observed April 27 and Lee to be observed April 18, 1923.
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The
Legion
Nashville, Tenn
Korea
Southern Presbyterian
Sam
War Department
Army
Jean Hodson
San Francisco
Cal
Morton
North
South
Lee
Grant
Moran Legion Posts A 99 Percent County Union
A Texas county larger than Rhode Island has produced no commissioned World War veterans. The top ex soldier is a former ordnance sergeant. Moran Legion post led by Rev H G Scoggins, a truck driver and Methodist minister, who once held corporal rank and was reduced, with Moran post showing 99 percent possible membership.
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Texas
Rhode Island
Legion
Moran
H. G. Scoggins
Buck
Mulvaney
Chair for the Commander gifted by Philippines to Hanford MacNider
A woven reed chair in bright colors, modeled on a Moro chieftain throne, is placed in Commander Hanford MacNider’s American Legion office as a gift from the Department of the Philippines. Built in Manila from split bamboo and reeds, it is a nailless, peenless, paintless, elaborately designed piece reflecting Oriental craftsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac Nider
Department of the Philippines
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Manila
New York Representative Defends Naval Academy Appointment
Representative Martin Ansorge defends appointing a Negro boy to an imperial naval academy as justice for his district's large colored population and in recognition of 500000 Black Americans serving in World War I. The appointee, Emile Treville Holley, is a NYC College student. Harvard says no discrimination. several all Negro posts exist in the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Impolis
Naval Academy
Martin Ansorge
New York
United States
Emile Treville Holley
College
City of
Harvard University
American Legion
Veterans War Aftermath and Service Aid Initiatives
War era veteran issues span Maryland benefits, draft board reorganization, and job aid plans. Maryland to pay ten dollars monthly plus 25 percent extra for overseas service to World War I veterans. Washington veterans disperse as the Battle of Washington figures scatter. 198 officers are moved from the capital. Princeton President Hibben proposes draft board reforms to aid Legion employment efforts. Indiana Legionnaires canvass 130,000 veterans, logging 1,500 disability and compensation cases. A Houston veteran in Paris seeks to climb the Eiffel Tower for French veteran support. Detroit judge funds unemployed ex soldiers for jury duty at four dollars daily.
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Indiana
Hoosier Legionnaires
Liberty Banda
William Strother
Houston
Tex
Paris
France
Eiffel Tower
Universal praise for Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
The uniform success of Chamberlain lains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in relief and care of bowel complaints for children and adults has brought it into almost universal use. It is practically without a rival and as everyone who has used it knows, it is without an equal.
TRY AN AD IN THE ADVERTISER WE GET RESULTS
A brief note urging readers to place advertisements in the local Advertiser to achieve prompt results. The item emphasizes the paper as an effective medium for reaching customers and boosting sales. No specific dates or figures are provided.
Daugherty And The War Frauds
Attorney General Daugherty secured a $500,000 Congress appropriation to prosecute war grafters. Senate denunciations centered on his prior representation of Cr Morse, a millionaire convict released from Atlanta. The piece notes no proven improper actions by Daugherty and doubts about major convictions or recoveries.
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Daugherty
Congress
Senate
Cr W . Morse
Atlanta
Morse
Mexico Seeks Rehab as Revolutions Hampers Debt Plan
Mexico faces a 6700 million debt with no principal or interest paid since Madero’s murder. Obregon’s government aims financial rehabilitation, possibly borrowing anew to settle debts and fund amusements to divert unrest. Washington backs Obregon if he proves able to meet obligations amid ongoing revolutions led by Felix Diaz.
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Mexico
Madero
Obregon
Felix Diaz
Washington
United States
Mexico Seeks Stability Amid U S Watchful Walting
The passage notes Mexico aiming to preserve and maintain its government while making progress. It also claims the United States is adopting a new form of watchful watching, implying heightened scrutiny or caution in policy. The wording suggests a contemporary diplomatic mood and regional tensions between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
New Slogan Adopted for Alabama Cotton Campaign
The Alabama Farm Bureau cotton movement adopts Every member get a member as its slogan. Campaign goals shift to signing 200000 bales, with 130000 already signed and 8000 growers to recruit one new member each by June 17. Organizing leader F R Shanks praises Alabama effort and efficiency.
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Feacers
Farm Bureau
Alabama
F. R. Shanks
Shanks
Texas
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Senate seniority plan may reshuffle chair posts
If Lodge loses the election Borah would chair the Committee on Foreign Relations. If McCumber loses and LaFollette is reelected in Wisconsin he would head the Committee on Finance. The plan could promote new leaders and upset the old guard.
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Lodge
Borah
Committee On Foreign Relations
McCumber
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Committee On Finance
Senate
Cardus Helped Regain Strength in Paint Rock Tale
Mrs. C. M. Stegall of near Paint Rock Alabama recounts a three year bedridden illness cured by Cardul. After six bottles she regained appetite and sleep, gained strength, and has been well ever since. Thousands of women have used Cardul for various ailments over 46 years and many testify to its benefits.
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Paint Rock
Ala
C. M. Stegall
Near Here
Cardus
Tax Adjuster report open for inspection in Lawrence County
Lawrence County taxpayers are informed the Tax Adjuster has completed valuations and will sit at the Court House starting the first Monday in June to correct any assessment errors. Rush Stockton, Tax Assessor.
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Lawrence County
Kidney Pills Endorsement From Russellville Resident
William Sparks of Russellville Alo reports kidney trouble with back pain and burning secretions. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he recovered and now recommends the remedy. Price 60c at all dealers. Doan's Kidney Pills are manufactured by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
William Sparks
Russellville
Alo
Doan
Mr. Sparks
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Hastings' Seeds 1922 Catalog Free
Hastings' Seeds offers a free 1922 seed catalog with 100 illustrated pages on vegetables flowers and farm crops. The ad highlights color photos and planning tips and invites readers to request the catalog by postcard. It promotes Hastings' Seeds as the South’s standard and the world’s largest mail order seed house back of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
H. G. Hastings CO
Atlanta
For Sale Avery Southern Queen Cultivators at $30
For sale a few Avery Southern Queen four shovel spring trip cultivators offered at thirty dollars cash. Limited stock, cannot be replaced at this price. J. M. Houston & Co., Town Creek, Alabama.
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J. M. Houston & CO
Town Creek
Alabama
The Key to Long Living Revealed in Diet and Health
An advertisement asserts older men can reach ripe old age with thrift in diet and occasional use of Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion. It cautions even thin elderly men may suffer indigestion from overindulgence and stresses stimulants to bowel movement as part of longevity.
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Chamberlain
Job in auto trade as Watkins business opportunity
Earn a lifelong business selling over 137 Watkins products directly to farmers. Open a territory if you own or can obtain an auto or team, with personal sureties. The J R Watkins Co backs you with strong selling aids, 52 years in business, 20,000,000 users of their products. Write for information on territory.
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Watkins
J. R. Watkins CO
The Ideal Purgative Chamberlains Tablets Ad
A purgative praised as strong yet mild and easy to take. It promises an agreeable bowel movement without harsh effects. The wording emphasizes pleasant use and dependable results for the most robust users.
Rub-My-Tism Antiseptic Claims Quick Cure for Infected Wounds
A vintage medicinal product advertises Rub-My-Tism as a powerful antiseptic that cures infected cuts old sores and tetter, promising fast relief for common skin ailments with household use and topical application.
Condemnation Notice for Alabama Lands by U S District Court
The United States petitions for condemnation of extensive lands in Alabama with a long descri ption across multiple sections in Huntsville District. Unknown heirs and nonresidents are notified to appear August 1, 1922 to contest the proceeding. Clerk CHAS J ALLISON issues the notice.
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TL Long
AC Darnell
Darnell
Charlie Aaron
J K Pilkington
Leonard H Roxch
J F Taylor
M E Taylor
Joseph Jackson
W © Fitts
John J. Evans
WC Curtis
Thomas Redford
Mary Wereheshahn
WB Herchenbahlen
J A W Maxwell
Ellen E Jackson
CK Maxwell
Bradley Maxwell
Joe C Maxwell
J W Moly
OA T Payne
Samuel Godbee
F M Revita
Win Hood
W Fretwell
John Clark
E M Jywell
Zachara Mills
Wiley N Pearson
E C Shelton
C Garnett
Mra
J . Garnett
J C Boger
United States of America
Alabama
Allan Posslei
New See
Tvs
Hunteville Meridian
District Court
Huntsville
Ala
Chas
J. Allison
U. 8
Northern District of Alabama
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Dall’s
Chenewaco Poledon
Ohio
the AMERICAN @LEGIONG
American Legion News Service
Canal Zone
American Legion Department of Panama
Legion Man
Cupid
Henry Sullivan
J. P
Force Pershing
Legionnaires
Illinois
Strong American Legion Organization
North Sea
World War Veterans of
Maryland
Capital
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Detroit
Mich
F. E. Littlefield
Court House
Hir
Morgan County
Decatur
Clopton
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery CO
Decatur, Ala
Rush Stockton
Hastings’ Seeds
C. M. Sherrod
Attorney AT Law
Moulton
Courtland
Ek Christian
Florence
Leighton
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