Booster for His Home Town Bert Hutchings Leads Legion in Kansas City
Albert Hutchings general chairman of the third American Legion national convention in Kansas City steered a major ex service gathering. His city plan included forming the Kansas City Advertising club and leading Liberty Loan drives in the Tenth Federal Reserve district during World War I. He organized a Missouri National Guard company and later commanded motor transport corps units at Camp Meiga and Camp Merritt.
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Kansas City
Bert Hutehings
Albert Ti
Luutehings
The
American Legion
Hiutchings
Rotary Club
Automovile Club
Federal Reserve District
Missouri National Guard
Motor Transport Corps
Regular Army
Camp Meiga
Camp Merritt
Headquarters Motor Command No. 24
Warning on fake promoters preying on ex-service men
The American Legion Weekly warns that fake charities and 'get-rich-quick' money drives exploited by unscrupulous promoters harm unemployed veterans. Legitimate groups share sponsors with genuine charities, while swindlers use false accounting and mimic real organizations to gain public sympathy and funds.
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American Legion
Legion
Amer Ican Legion Weekly
Woman becomes first state adjutant of American Legion
Miss Elenoral Sue Gittings of San Francisco is named the first woman state adjutant of the American Legion in California by the department commander pending election of a permanent adjutant. She served in the Navy and Army Nurse Corps during World War I.
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Henerah Sue Gittings
San Frantisco
Legion
Elenoral Sue Gittings
San Francisco
Cal
aAinerless Legion
Cominider
California
Riss Gittings
Havy Ag & Yeorunnetts
California Minnow Pike Weighs 480 Pounds Off Santa Monica
A pike fish weighing 480 pounds was caught off Santa Monica California. The report notes such fish can be hooked near southern California beaches and that some grow larger than this specimen. A five pound sea bass served as bait.
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Santa Monica
Cal
California
New Zealand Writer Mousrey Drafts Empire View
New Zealand author and secretary for the empire at the arms conference, Mousrey is noted for his works on imperial issues. His empire view from the last Imperial conference impressed the British empire, and his book The Secrets of Kutite discusses Kut siege and his escape via the Murmora sea after captivity in Turkey.
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BE. O. Mousrey
New Zealand
Air
Kut
Mr. Mousley
Murmora Sea
Camouflage Tactics Revealed in World War II Plant Camouflage
A Scientific American note explains German camouflage tricks and countermeasures using leaf light reflection. Real leaves reflect red and green light while painted foliage responds differently under certain light filters. The piece details how pigments created to reflect red light challenged enemy concealment as the war progressed.
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Scientific American
Daylight Saving Dies in England Battle
British farmers win against a daylight saving bill ending the attempt to standardize time. Opposition maintains an unbroken front as the measure fails.
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England
Odds and Ends from a Century Ago in 1920s Notes
A curio collection of diverse facts from early 20th century life. Items include mineral values, natural phenomena, ore mining in U.S. states, animal behaviors, perfume spending by Arabian women, census questions in Canada, a first woman on an Iowa conservation board, coke ovens producing fertilizer, an oil well in Potosi region, Russian women as diplomats, U S production share, Roman education focus on arts, and a Deaver woman seeking a permit to shoot a rival husband.
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Alaska
United States
Jie
Iowa State Conservation Board
Dorothy Troughton
Hed Oak
I’atas Gania
Rome
Deaver
Senator Clarence Seymour Resigns to Lead Connecticut Legion
Clarence W. Seymour of Hartford resigns his seat as state senator to accept the role of state commander of the Connecticut Department of the American Legion. A Yale graduate, he served in the Connecticut cavalry, on the Mexican border, and in France with the One Hundred eighteenth field artillery, Thirty first division, before his 1921 general assembly military committee tenure.
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Clarence W. Seymour
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of the
American Legion
Legion
Seymour
Yale
Connecticut Cavalry
Inter
Plattsburgh
France
One Hundred and Eighteenth Field Artillery
Police Woman Mrs Rose Taylor A Pioneer in New York Force
Mrs Rose F Taylor the only woman in the Lafayette Post of the New York City police force served a decade at the 47th Street station and was the lone policewoman among about 65 in New York to enter wartime service. She joined a hospital unit in July 1917, served twenty months in France with mobile hospital No 10, and now heads a Lost Girls bureau while patrolling venues for the missing.
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Rose F. Taylor
United States
Lafayette
American Legion
New York City
New York
Woman becomes Milnesota American Legion vice commander
Amy Robbing Ware of Robbinsdale becomes the first Minnesota woman to hold the state vice commander post. A World War Army Nurse Corps veteran, she arrived by airplane to attend the Winona convention where Dr M E Withrow nominated her for the position. Her family has a three generation history of war service including her mother and grandmother as Civil War nurses, and she authored Echoes of France during her time in France.
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Amy Robbing Ware
Robbinsdale
Mion
Army Nursing Corps
Milnesota
American Legion
Ware
the Legion
Winona
Minn
Argonne Forest
Mrs. Ware
Fler
France
New York S Rankin Drew Unit Tops Legion Publicity
The S Rankin Drew post in New York City leads the American Legion with 90 publicity men among 11 000 posts in the U S and 14 foreign countries. Members include famous actors and playwrights drawn by war experiences and armed amusements. The post stages a yearly show at the New York Hippodrome to raise funds for charity.
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American Legion
United States
S. Rankin
Post Stages Po
New York Hippodrome
Gisgu
Hat fashions change more than any other men’s wear
Over the last three centuries hat styles have shifted more than any other part of men's attire. Advice on leather care suggests wiping leather furniture with a cloth dampened with oil or using leather polish for cleaning and maintenance.
Sound Travels Far at Night
On call nights the range of audibility of a sound increases greatly, sometimes ten to twenty times larger than during the day, suggesting natural factors that extend sound travel after dark.
Pests Abie to Travel Far
Investigations show that certain malaria carrying mosquitoes can fly over four miles, indicating potential wide spread reach of the pest.
Bullfrog Clings to Airplane During Philippine Flight
A large bullfrog hitchhiked aboard a Philippine flight and remained clinging to the plane despite the pilot performing evasive maneuvers and aerial tricks. The frog refused to detach, becoming an odd in-flight passenger.
St Elmo's Fire Observed On High Mountain Snowstorms
The finest displays of St Elmo's fire are seen on high mountains, lasting as long as eight hours, not on ship masts or spare vessels at sea. They are especially common during snowstorms.
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St. Elmo's
Fragmentary remark about a neighbor and mistaken toy
A child runs to her mother with a glued object from a neighbor seen as a misused or mistaken keepsake. The fragment hints at a misunderstanding involving a person named Mrs Brown and a child’s toy.
To Be Done With Discretion Becomes Popular Advice
A humorous London Times comment suggests that courting popularity with men might be aided by becoming a widow, noting that husbands rarely learn to love a wife who engages in such behavior. The quip reflects social gossip of the era.
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Arthur Pendenys
London
Leeks Said to Bring Luck in Welsh Folklore
Folklore notes leeks as harbingers of good fortune in Wales. A leek seen growing on a wall around a house is said to signal future happiness. The old belief also held that leeks kept witches away.
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Wales
Dispute Over Father Years Sparks Argument
An argument arose between Don and Hugh regarding the length of time they have known their father. Don asserts a point by claiming they have known him nearly three years longer, while Hugh contests the claim.
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Don
Hugh
Rubber processing patent discovery in 1834 noted
The record notes the discovery of gull mulzing rubber processing in 1834 and mentions a patent granted for the method.
Over-Estimate Themselves Stost of Those Who Claim
A fragmented observation argues many people who claim the world owes them a living overestimate their own worth and strive for high living, reflecting social attitudes of self entitlement.
Truth and belief in dialogue from old newspaper wording
A fragment reflects on honesty and trust in speech with a wry comment about men and women doubting what they are told. The tone suggests a column or aside on human credulity and communication.
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