White Indian Guards a Refugee Bride on Biloxi Shore
William Brampton, the White Indian, arrives at Biloxi seeking Sieur de Bienville and finds immigrants landing at Ship Island. A brutal sergeant targets a frightened woman in black, Brampton intervenes, sensing a harsh new world of convicts and refugees arriving to form the valley.
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Company of the Indies
Monsieur Brampton
la Nouvelle Orleans
Biloxi
Ship Island
Mobile
Carolina
Monsieur
Jules
Sieur de Bienville
Bienville
Dauphine
France
New Orleans
Kaskaskia
Atlantic
Monsieur Matter
Monseigneur L’as
Father
Basile
Africaine
Guinea
Sergeant Suarez
Mademoiselle
Samuel to Assist Adjutant Barton in Legion Leadership
Frank E. Samuel of Topeka and Wichita has been elevated to assistant to National Adjutant James F. Barton and director of general administration. He remains in charge of national organization and membership, with duties of national adjutant to be covered in Barton's absence. Samuel began Legion work in 1919, led Kansas as adjutant 1919–1924, then moved to national leadership in 1924. He served overseas in World War I with the 353rd Kansas infantry and later taught in Canton China. Born December 31, 1888 in Downing Missouri, Samuel studied at Washburn and Fairmont colleges.
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Frank E. Samuel
Topeka
Wichita
Kan
American Legion
Legion
National Headquarters
Samuel
James F. Barton
Natonal
Barton
Kansas
National Organization
Three Hundred and Fifty- Third
Kansas) Infantry
Officers’ Training School of Infantry
Langres
France
Buck
Bowen
Downing
White Indian spy Brampton carries war news to Bienville
William Brampton known as the White Indian travels by canoe along the Mississippi toward Biloxi in colonial Louisiana. He witnesses a Natches Indian declaration of war against the French and hurries to inform Bienville the French governor of the threat.
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Mississippi
Biloxi
Louisiana
William Brampton
Natches
Siege of Bienville and desertions in a river frontier
The narrator recalls Bienville’s anger at deserters, while Joe Labrador urges flight toward New Biloxi. They debate loyalty, danger, and future plans as they dodge pursuit and reflect on France’s policy of moving settlers and soldiers toward the Mississippi and Yazoo.
Hero Reunites With Heroine in Folklore Tale
A legendary meeting brings together the hero and the heroine as the tale unfolds. The heroine appears as a central figure guiding the quest and shaping the outcome.
Faithful to His Trust While Attending His Sheep
Elderly shepherd George Pearce on the Pyecombe downs near Brighton tripped and broke a leg. He drove his sheep into a pen with his dog, set hurdles, then carried fodder to troughs before collapsing at his cottage two miles away.
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Pyecombe
Brighton
George Pearce
the South Wales News
Pearce
Pride in Work and Dignity in Duty Quote
A 19th or early 20th century-style quotation from Hugh C. Pentecost urges work with high thought and noble purpose. It encourages accepting difficult conditions without complaint and performing tasks with self-respecting dignity, comparing cleaning a gutter to shining a shoe with religious enthusiasm.
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Hugh C. Pentecost
Philadelphia to Host Americanism Congress
Philadelphia would host a national congress of American ism next fall if approved by the American Legion's national executive committee. The event would honor the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and align with the Legion’s national convention in Philadelphia October 11–15, with cooperation from national officers and Pennsylvania and city officials.
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Philadelphia
National Congress of Americanism
National Executive Committee
The
American Legion
Parson Brown Questions Mandy in Jail House Tale
A fragment from American Legion Weekly shows Parson Brown asking Mandy about her husband with a drawn out exchange. Mandy replies he may visit but notes he is currently in the jail house.
Bishop Guided To His Room In House Story
A maid reports to the lady of the house that she led the bishop to his room and left him praying. A chair blocked the light briefly as she guided him inside. The scene comes from a passage quoted in the American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Good News on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Helen Kowalczyk of Cleveland regains health after illness using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She writes she feels stronger and sleeps better and urges others to try the medicine. Detroit readers share positive experiences with the product and the Sanative Wash. The compound is described as a long used vegetable tonic sold by druggists.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Helen M. Kowalczyk
Hope —— Avenue
Detroit
Michigan
Detroit News
Grace Gillem
Mars
M. BH. Murphy
Washburn Ave
Mich
Lydia B. Pinkham
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Hugh Pendexter
Missouri
Virginia
WNU
St. Jean
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Pensacola
Lake
River of Pearls
Joe Labrador
Basile Matter
Matter Pere
Massacre Island
Dauphine Island
Natchez
Labrador
Monsieur du Pratt
Fort Rosalie
Chartres
Spain
Pardieu
Yazoo
New Biloxi
Orleans
Bayou St. Jean
Canada
New World
Mllinois
Americanism Congress
Parson Brown
Mandy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Forst
W. H. Forst
Mfr
Scottdale
Penna
Grove’s
His
Miss Manyshells
Golden Medical
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