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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
2
Dr. Talbot, senior chaplain of the First Division in the Argonne, reports that ninety percent of fallen soldiers carried religious tokens. He argues belief was real, though often quiet, and that the Army valued faith even amid extreme hardship.
In France during 1918 Frank B O Connell Nebraska American Legion department adjutant married Rachel N Blodgett Orleans Nebraska. They met as youth while he edited a soldiers newspaper at Le Mans and she served as a YWCA canteen worker. He became Lincoln post commander and adjutant of the department after returning.
Miss Abbey N Hurley of Fargo North Dakota served as a clerk and stenographer in the county district court during World War I. When clerks and deputies enlisted she carried on the work and was named deputy clerk in October 1919. She helped form an American Legion unit and organized the Legion Women's auxiliary and was elected secretary treasurer of the North Dakota department of the auxiliary last May. She is twenty one.
John Foulos, a World War I veteran and member of Albert Braden Post No. 68, seeks relief from repeated drafts after serving in Greek wars and American conflicts. Born in Athens, he naturalized but faces new conscription due to lacking treaty protections, prompting his congressman to appeal to the State Department.
Ralph G Patterson, a Indiana native, left Muccle to chase thrill on Northwest cattle ranches. He joined the First Division in France, endured months near Gondrecourt, reached the front via Bar le Duc, fought at Cantigny and Soissons, survived shell fire in the Argonne, and suffered wounds to his right side, shoulder, and nose on October 4, 1918.
Adjutants at western American Legion posts report difficulty matching Indian names on membership rolls. A charter request for St. Charles lists four Sioux men, Benjamin Cormes-Out-Bear Charley Owl-Walks-in-the-House Nac Cl Mackenzie and John Bluebird. Sixty Sioux braves plan a wart dance for the convention in Kansas City next fall. Indian scouts served valiantly as intelligence operatives in World War I.
The American Museum of Natural History displays a Pteranodon skeleton from western Kansas alongside Tylosaurus and Partheus fossils. Paleontologist W P. Matthew notes the wing span and unique skull features while comparing pterodactyls with birds and discussing their possible flight, metabolism, and life in an ancient inland sea.
The text traces the birth of motorcycles in Paris by a French innovator, notes crude early designs and risky operation, and credits American manufacturers with perfecting mass production. It contrasts French origins with later U S dominance in output compared to foreign firms. Also includes a short anecdote about a boy Joseph and a grandfather in a car.
Hopkins Minnesota testimonial on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menopausal symptoms. Mrs Block describes hot flashes and dizziness and urges others to try the remedy, noting a confidential letter reply from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Kentucky representative cites a village known as Lou Kessing for years as having two names. The tale says a stranger, misled on a turnpike near two cottages and a blacksmith, asked how far to Orangeburg. The barefoot boy replied you are Plum sock in it, and the name Plum Sock it became and remained.
An ex doughboy narrates his wartime grit describing nerve wracking moments with mixed metaphors. He recalls being trapped yet resolute to die in the ditch if necessary, pressing forward against German forces as they closed in from behind.
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