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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
4
In Louisville Kentucky a shortage of domestics during spring cleaning spurs the American Legion to mobilize former kitchen staff to assist housewives. A Derby day logistics push prompts veterans to take on cleaning duties under a housewife in charge, offering pay and organized help.
Private R Quehl of the 318th Engineers survived a Vosges explosion and later designed an individual war memorial plaque. The bronze plaque features a private in uniform with raised country names around the edge and a center service-record plate. Orders are pouring in, forcing expansion of his workshop at Camp Lewis and in civilian life.
The Legion announces a program for unemployed ex servicemen. They respond in platoons and squads, Doughboys, Gobs and Gyrenes recite their work records with broom and mop. Housewives rush to hire them. Plan adopted in several nearby cities with full satisfaction of employers and workers.
Captain Griffith formerly of His Majesty's Air Forces seeks congressional action to join American naval flight squadrons. He served four years, credited with nine German planes and two balloons, and earned the British Distinguished Flying Cross plus four Russian decorations. He fought Bolsheviks in Archangel and faced a 15,000 ruble price on his head before later serving in Egypt. Seattle American Legion posts assist his bid.
Mrs. Myron Graver, captain of the wives and sisters, recruited two women to join the Kansas Auxiliary in Pratt. The auxiliary, founded last January, now lists 67 members and aims to be highly effective in the state. A separate note mentions a community house project for Daviess county Indiana by Burch-Wood post, with Fourth of July proceeds supporting the effort and a camp planned at a nearby lake for Legion members on holidays.
The American Legion Weekly urges disabled veterans to file promptly for war risk insurance. It instructs obtaining forms 20 30 and 645 from local posts or the Bureau, detailing service, treatment, and current condition, with sworn statements from doctors, employers, and witnesses. The Legion promises personal help to push stalled cases toward decision.
Maj Gen Hunter Liggett, famed Argonne commander, now works with the American Legion. A San Francisco post member, he appears in a photographer’s shot remodeling the new clubroom, prompting a wry question about wartime fatigue and humane duty.
The Los Angeles Advertising Club voted to withhold contributions and endorsements from any future campaign until local American Legion posts investigate a claim that many funds were started and paid for the benefit of ex service members but used illegitimately.
William A Radford explains a 72 by 24 foot hog house design with eighteen pens and a central feed track. The sanitary partitions and concrete foundation emphasize cleanliness, labor saving, and lightning protection. The article promotes sunlit, well-ventilated farm structures and safety upgrades to reduce fire risk.
A 1920s style article extols sunlit hog houses as vital for farm efficiency. Sunshine fuels hog growth, dairy cows, and overall output, with windowed hog houses designed to maximize daylight. The text argues modern buildings boost food production and stresses shelter quality for hogs and other livestock.
An Indianapolis News excerpt describes Martha growing healthier and younger as Cousin Helen visits from the East. Helen notes that Martha’s rosy cheeks return and implies the use of rouge. The husband admires the apparent health boost from the visit.
A five year old boy aboard an Irvington streetcar says to a woman who boards, I yist, while his mother scolds him for sneaking to people. The boy retorts that his father does the same. The remark reflects differing newspaper quotes about parents and social norms in Chicago and Boston.
A heritage feature recounts Nez Perces myth of creation via the coyote defeating a dragon on the Clearwater River site. It sits alongside a survey of last year’s crop losses from plant diseases, listing wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cotton, peaches, and apples and urging prompt remedy use.
A discussion of the 1774 and 1775 American declarations alongside earlier local proclamations. It covers Mendon Massachusetts March 177, Hanna's Town Pennsylvania May 1773, Westmoreland County patrols, Mecklenburg Declaration of May 1775, and the later debate on authenticity and impact on U.S. independence.
American officers reported a column of bats issuing from a large Philippine cavern near Montalban Luzon. The phenomenon was observed for at least 30 years and noted to occur at roughly the same time each day. Indians use cocom or plant remedies for wounds and trephining with secrecy due to fear of white men.
The Keokuk dam in Keokuk Iowa claims to be the largest power dam globally with a 12 mile rapids run and a 24 foot fall. It houses 30 turbines and electric generators yielding over 1,000 horsepower. Transmission lines extend to multiple Mississippi valley cities powering industries at a cost of about 27 million dollars.
A guide on restoring and transforming furniture and rooms with two coats of varnish after stripping old finish. Suggestions include painted designs, pink drapes, white curtains, and ivory and blue color schemes for bedroom ensembles, with a Hawthorne quote on Providence and effort.
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