Plans for American Legion Paris 1927 convention advance
The American Legion moves toward a 1927 Paris convention with steps including a possible Trunk Line Passenger Association round trip fare for Legionnaires. Paris officials pledge cooperation while 1927 dates and travel details evolve. Powell resigns as National Americanism chief. Frank Clay Cross succeeds. Navy budget and Pearl Harbor defense urged. opposition to foreign-financed airline contracts noted.
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Valdosta
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Colorado School of Mines
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Denver
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E. E. Spafford
New York
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Chicago
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Executive Committee
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South America
Key West
Fla
Honored Former Foe Buried With Full Military Honors
In Fairmont Minnesota a German soldier Irvin Hoffman buried with full military honors by American Legionnaires. Hoffman fought in 1918 on French battlefields and later died at twenty one after tuberculosis and shrapnel wounds. His funeral featured a firing squad and taps as local post commander O M Merry spoke.
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Oil executive named to head 1925 Legion convention planning
A. H. Richardson, Nebraskan oil company president, was chosen general chairman of the committee shaping the 1925 American Legion national convention to be held in Omaha October 5 to 9, succeeding the late Everett Buckingham after a convention committee meeting.
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Nebraska
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Omaha
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Late Farm News Highlights Habitat, Food, and Equipment
Agricultural notes advise checking survey levels before terrace work and testing level accuracy. Tips cover adjusting bubble tubes, telescope alignment, and two testing methods. Also discussed are school lunch planning with milk, fruit, and vegetables, and practical farming topics including tractors, dairy cows, crop rotation, poultry housing, and seasonal repairs.
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M. R. Bentley
Bostrom Brady
Texas
City Life Drives Suburban Growth and Discomfort Analysis
A study notes rising city costs and pollution push residents toward suburbs where taxes are lower and safety steadier. Transit limits and long urban commutes encourage suburban homes even 25 miles from downtown. Auto travel offers some relief but rush hours still constrain schedules.
Vacant Lot Woes Highlight Urban Eyesores and Costs
City dwellers note vacant lots grow weeds and taxes while attracting dumping. Owners may face high costs over time as lots sit idle and attract refuse, complicating future development for nearby buyers.
Buried Town Hoodoo at Daytona Civic Promise
A Daytona Beach grouping of town boosters held a beach ceremony vowing to promote civic duties and support official actions. They burned and buried an effigy of Let George Do It as a symbolic rebuke to lax civic habits, hoping the ritual spurs lasting reform.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Ford Sees Coming Change in City Organization
Henry Ford forecasts a shift from urban centers to rural areas as overhead costs rise in cities. He argues future industry will be large scale but move to places with steady labor and lower expenses, delivering work to workers rather than forcing them into cities.
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Henry Ford
Home Owning: A Generational Freedom From Land
A San Francisco Chronicle quotation celebrates home ownership as a legacy from earlier generations. It argues that men have freed themselves from servitude to land by making land serve the freeman and urges seizing the opportunity to shelter loved ones under one’s own roof.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Wisconsin Cities Compete In Better Cities Contest
Twenty Wisconsin cities enter a better cities contest judged on public education health location playgrounds libraries and parks. Dr John Callahan requests designating Walter S Deffenbaugh chief city schools official as one of the judges by the interior department education commissioner John J Tigert.
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John ©. Callahan
John J. Tigert
Interior Department
Walter S. Deffenbaugh
Bureau of Education
Texas Railroads and Crops Highlight Marshall News
Marshall city officials set the 1925 tax rate at 1.96 per 100. Texas cotton exports via Houston showed strong early September activity. State officials announced new road bond approvals and local projects. Oyster and fishery reports praised Texas beds while drought relief expanded freight-rate benefits across many counties.
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Waco
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South Texas
Remarkable Recovery Reported by Mrs Borgelin
Forest City Iowa widow credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after long illness and back pain. She performs housework milks, tends chickens and garden while caring for an eight month old daughter. Testimonial letter notes continued use and willingness to answer inquiries.
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Forest City
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Denver
Colorado
Helen Fine
South
Washington Street
Beam of 400 Million C.P. Searchlight Shocks Spokane
A beam from a 400 million candlepower searchlight atop a Spokane bank building has been sighted up to 90 miles away. The unusual light drew spectators and sparked inquiries about its origin and purpose.
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Spokane
Wash
Cuba Plans New Highway and Water System Upgrade
Cuba announces a ten year plan to spend 8.21 billion on a central highway project and to expand its water system. The program aims to improve transportation and utilities nationwide.
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Nichway
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