Poisoned Arrows Link Poison to Daily Bread Plant
A Science Service note explains that the same plant used by certain South American tribes to make their daily bread also yields the poison smeared on their arrows. The item highlights a surprising botanical dual use shared by food and weaponry.
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Science Service
Diamond Dyes For All Fabrics
An advertisement touts DIAMOND DYES as a universal color pack for wool silk linen cotton and mixed fabrics. It promises simple directions for tinting lingerie silk ribbons skirts dresses and draperies with permanent color.
Interest in Schools Highest Civic Virtue
The bureau of education estimates about 12 million rural children in the United States, with nine million from farm homes. Citizens should actively support schooling year round by voting for capable board members, funding good schoolhouses, and ensuring quality teachers and salaries. The community bears responsibility for the quality of the farmers' school, not just the school board.
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Department of the Interior
United States
New Jersey Plans to Replace Shade Trees Along Roads
The New Jersey state highway commission adopts a rule requiring two shade trees to be planted for every tree it must remove during road work. The policy aims to curb needless destruction and preserve landscape while improving safety and pavement.
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New Jersey
New Jersey State Highway Commission
The Wish and the Modern Dream of Home Comforts
A reflection on Abraham Cowley's poem The Wish and the enduring human desire for a home: a modest house, a garden, true friends, and books. The piece notes that today many seek similar comforts, with home-building efforts offering possible guidance, as cited by Western Electric News.
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Western Electric News
Fire safe homes build wealth and reduce conflagrations
The text argues that carelessness feeds fires and that using fire resistant materials makes houses safer. A fire-safe house is a permanent asset to the community and reduces the risk of serious conflagrations.
Guard Young Trees In Care Of Yard Growth
Caution against irregular growth and methods to correct it when trees are young. Winds can force a lean, so bracing early helps upright growth. Ensure sufficient space is spaded around the tree.
Johnson Act action eyed by Legion for next session
The American Legion national rehabilitation committee will push for Johnson Act passage to restore retroactive disability pay to April 1917, lift limits on tuberculosis care, reinstate insurance for veterans unable to pay, and fund a permanent medical corps and new veterans hospitals with about 13.85 million dollars. The group notes prior sessions authorized 16.85 million, but only 3.85 million was actually appropriated due to legislative hurdles.
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National Rehabilitation Committee of the Legion
Watson B. Miller
Veterans’ Bureau Service
Miller
Congress
Veterans Bureau
Bureau
Wilson Memorial Backed by Georgia Department
Col. Edward M. House, aide to President Wilson, backs the plan to establish a Wilson memorial college in Georgia. The project is urged by the Georgia American Legion and supported by Friends across the United States. Pleasant A. Stovall leads the movement, praising House as a world renowned ally of Wilson.
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United States
Georgia
Edward M. House
Wilson
Department of Georgia
American Legion
House
Pleasant A. Stovall
Switzerland
Wilson College
Colonel House
Severe penalties urged for embezzlement of government funds
Congress passed legislation tightening penalties for guardians who embezzle government funds owed to veterans or their wards. The American Legion reported fines up to two thousand dollars or five years hard labor or both. Veterans bureaus urged guardianship scrutinies, with $100,000 recovered in six months from uncashed checks. There are about 9,519 minor guardians and 15,000 adult guardians in permanent total cases.
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American Legion
Washington
Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Offer to Pay Way to Foreign Country Prompted by Omaha Youth
The Seward post of the American Legion offered to pay a discontented Omaha youth's passage to any foreign country after he wrote that Americans would enrich other nations by leaving the United States to an anti liquor group. The youth agreed to go never to return, later insisting he could visit here “on risks” whenever he wished.
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Neb
KF. M. Merriam
Seward Post
American Legion
United States of America
United States
Desserts and Dainties From A 1925 Kitchen Cabinet
A collection of old fashioned kitchen ideas with pear desserts including bake pears with brown sugar lemon and cream, pears with raspberries and whipped cream, and simple fruit pastries. Also includes drop nut cakes, nut cutlets, cabbage salad with peanuts, Kohl rabi cooking tips, leftover chicken gravy uses, roast Hamburg steak method, squid broth, peppers in omelets and dressings.
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