Legion Officer Knows Navy Edward Spafford Rise
Edward Elwell Spafford, new chairman of the American Legion committee on naval affairs, a Springfield Vermont native with naval service from 1901. He rescued a seaman off Cape Hatteras, earned a Navy commendation, commanded submarines and chasers, served in Greece and Corfu, and held roles in Washington and Paris peace efforts. He later joined Manhattan naval post of the American Legion in New York.
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Edward Elwell Spafford
American Legion
United States Navy
Springfield
Mr. Spafford
United States Naval Academy
Washington
Cape Hatteras
Spafford
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Columbia University
Board of Inspection and Survey
New London
Conn
Straits of Otranto
Spufford
Corfu
Greece
United States
Plume
Paris
Spaford
Manhattan
New York City
Brighteyed American Girl Defies Superior in Army Office
A wartime Indianapolis recruiting office tale features Sergeant Minnie Arthur of the US Marine Corps who refuses to salute a superior and asserts that no man is her superior. The piece notes her later role as vice-commander of the Robert E. Kennington post in Indianapolis, her reserve status, and quirky hobbies.
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Minnie Arthur
United States Marine Corps
Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
Sergeant Arthur
Silvereagles
Miss Arthur
Robert E. Kennington
American Legion
Burial plots for ex service men in Chicago
Burial plots at Irving Park cemetery in Chicago have been purchased by the Irving Park post of the American Legion for the burial of ex service men who die in Chicago without relatives or friends to bury them. The Rotary Club of Olympia Washington has begun a campaign to raise 25000 pounds to erect a building for the American Legion posts in that city. On the first day of the movement 4000 dollars were contributed.
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Irving Park Cemetery
Chicago
Irving Park Post
The
American Segion
Rotary Club
Olympia
Wash
American Legion
Legion Leader Details Bronx County Work and Beliefs
William F. Deegan, first vice commander of the New York American Legion, outlines his working principles for Bronx County. He highlights memorial plaques on 930 trees, veteran employment by the employment committee, and relief to sick and wounded veterans. He stresses frequent post representation, monthly county meetings, and personal visits to posts to maintain officer credibility and avoid political entanglements. Deegan served with Gen Goethals during World War I, inspecting Atlantic coast bases, and was discharged as a major in 1919.
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Bronx
New York City
Legion's Welfare Committee
Deegan
Legion
George Goethals
Atlantic
Legion man on long hike to drum up recruits
Sergt Hurley C Sylvester, an overseas veteran and member of the American Legion, plans to hike about forty miles daily for 40 days to promote citizens' military training camps. He will travel through Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky visiting towns and marching with Legion support along the dusty route.
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Sergt
Hurley C. Sylvester
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ini
Sylvester
Jean Legion
Aniles
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Legion
Transfer Pay Aide Legion From War Wounds
Cletus Lappin a badly wounded World War I veteran in Fairmount Minnesota received a state bonus check while hospitalized in sanitarium. He endorsed the slip for several hundred dollars to the local American Legion post saying the Legion helped him in need and he will now support them in securing clubrooms.
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Lee C. Prentice
American Legion
Fairmount
Minn
Cletus Lappin
France
Bet
Lappin
Prentice
Legion
Lelon
Ignorance Bliss Quote Cited From American Legion Weekly
A witty exchange from the American Legion Weekly cites the idea that reading more increases knowledge while noting the cost of missing sensational cases due to jury duty. The quip contrasts ignorance with curiosity and civic duty.
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American Legion Weekly
Outings on Ferry Boats for Veterans This Summer
Staten Island ferry boats will provide weekly excursion trips for New York sick and disabled World War veterans this summer under the American Legion and its Women's Auxiliary.
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Staten Island
New York
Sommer
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Post Buys Church Building for Legion Clubhouse
West Seattle Waxh. post of the American Legion resolved housing needs by purchasing a church to be used as a clubhouse.
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Post
West Seattle
Waxh
Post of the American Legion
Saul Proclaims Jesus as the Christ in Damascus and Jerusalem
Sunday school lesson on Acts 9 19b 30 focusing on Saul's conversion in Damascus his bold preaching in the synagogue and later disputes in Jerusalem. The study highlights Saul's transformation from persecutor to witness and his mission to both Jews and Gentiles.
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Christ
God
Saul
Jesus
Damascua
Darmascus
Jerusalem
Damascus
Saul I
Arabia
Damiascus
Jerusalen
Damscus
Rumatus
Peter
Lord Jesus Christ
Tarsux
Swal
Jesus Christ
Tarsus
Culinary Remedies From Fruit And Meat Dishes
A vintage digest list extols therapeutic fruit virtues from lemon skin bleaching to grapefruit for spring fever. It offers homemade remedies and recipes including larded beef tenderloin, polonaise sauce, lemon catchup, and cabbage salad with cream, reflecting period kitchen practices and advice.
Lemon Jelly and Cheese Forward Dishes for Light Meals
A vintage home overalls guide presents recipes for lemon jelly desserts and salads with peaches orange marmalade and pineapple, plus creamed onions with parsley, lamb stew with peas, and methods to preserve small fruits. It includes Barbecued Ham, cheese based savories, croquettes, and a cheese supper dish with baked custard.
Motivation to Work Drives Personal Virtue and Will
A quote attributed to Charles Kingsley urges readers to thank God for tasks each day. It argues that being forced to work builds temperance, self control, diligence, strength of will, cheerfulness, and contentment, cultivating virtues the idle never know.
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Charles Kingsley
Mysterious Whiffet Real Estate Trade Rumor
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a mysterious case around Whiffet and a failed real estate purchase in Florida. Rumor has it he attempted to trade a plow and an incubator for a boat and some fish food as part of ongoing speculation.
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Florida
Neree Mazweed The Merciless Public Dialogue
A fragmentary excerpt shows Neree Mazweed asking why motion pictures should be censored. Miss Cayenne replies that producers claim morality and intellect, while a proverb about Arabs is briefly invoked, concluding with a fleeting image about whistling and the mouth.
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Miss Cayenne
Exquisite Materials for Summer Playtime Frocks
Exquisite fabrics for summer playtime frocks highlight practical, decorative cottons like gingham chambray and organdie. The article notes dainty fabrics such as organdie and dotted swiss in cool white and pastel colors, with simple, elegant designs featuring straight skirts, tucked vests, and floral trimmings.
Dress Accessories That Tone Up Summer Costumes
The piece reviews summer costume accents such as veils, small fur neck-pieces, ivory girdles with beads, and new crystal bead necklaces. It notes leather and ostrich skin bags, cretonne covered parneals, and cheerful summer revival in trim, with ribbons, beaded purses, and flexible filigree bracelets as airy adornments.
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Toma
Olives Stuffed with Sardines Featured in Summer Dress Trend
Instructions describe preparing olive and sardine antipasti by slitting olives and removing stones then stuffing with minced sardines. The text shifts to fashion noting a charming white organdie summer dress with emerald green and white gingham, featuring gingham dress with sheer sleeves and large collar.
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Edward Spafford
Committee On Naval Affairs
Mr. Silver-Eagles
William F. Deegan
Bronx County
Yank
PR. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Wal
Western Newspaper Union
the Christ
Ruskin
Neru Mer Wert
Eben
Neree Mazweed
Iece
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