Boy Scouts Keep Busy at National Capital
In Washington the Boy Scouts of America served as a steady presence from the transfer of the unknown soldier’s body to Arlington to Armistice day, with duties at the Capitol, the parade, and crowd control. Leaders included Colin H. Livingstone and Huston Thompson, as the group planned a municipal radio station to relay weather, crop, concerts, and forest fire reports across the state.
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Capitol
Arlington
Mr. Wilson
Colin H. Livingstone
Boy Scouts of America
Huston Thompson
Orville B. Crown
Edward D. Shaw
Boy Scout Municipal Radio Station
State Forestry Department
Pacfic
Moonshine Plant Found by Virginia Boy Scouts
A Virginia city group of boy scouts during a woodland hike detected an odor at their camping point. Two scouts found a miniature still hidden in tall weeds. Federal prohibition officers destroyed the remaining paraphernalia after the discovery. The troop, chartered September 8, has since aided at the county fair and helped quell a forest fire threatening a local settlement.
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Virginia
Penn Debate Sparks Plans for Glee Club Flunky Role
College Notes cover Penn debate last Friday as Penn won and Frank Warner shows interest in joining the Glee Club as a flunky. Meanwhile, Ivan and Kathleen Sadler hosted four friends for dinner and Loyde Hillyer celebrated a birthday. Edna Van de Meer sang at chapel and a recital at the chapel hall featured Mable Van Donselaar and others.
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Harriet Frush
Magdelene Kuyper
Eleanor Hoeven
Clarlee Smith
Tillie Beerends
Edna Vande Meer
Nicholas Gosselink
Scouts Rally Back U S Disarmament Effort in Syracuse
About 1700 scouts from Onondaga council gathered in Syracuse to hear a call for stronger U S backing in the disarmament conference. They passed a resolution praising the government’s stance and wirelessed it to President Harding. A San Francisco boy aided a man who collapsed in the street, spending all his money on car fare and later walking three miles home. In Smithtown Long Island scouts found an eighty year old man who had wandered from home and became lost while tracking woods and trail marks.
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Smithtown
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Scouts Establish Wireless Station With City Aid
Scout Executive F R Neibel of St Paul said the Scouts, with city support, are establishing a wireless station to improve communications and coordination for scouting activities.
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St. Paul
Scout movement helped Boy Scouts of America rise in history
A narrative from The Scout Chronicle traces how a London fog encounter inspired a businessman to support Scouting. It details the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910, and the federal charter granted June 15, 1916, highlighting religious endorsements and growing troop involvement. The item notes fundraising efforts, wrestling mats from the American Legion, spring camp plans, and campus plays, ending with a poem and Bloomington Cog.
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Wild Youth and a Mother Talk of Motion Pictures
A fragmentary dialogue shows a youth named Jamie pressed by his mother about going to the motion pictures. The exchange hints at youth patterns and parental concern from a historical street scene.
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New Orleans Woman Declares She Is Jewess After Incident
A woman waiting to buy a movie ticket in New Orleans confronted a stranger who bumped her shoulder. He warned her importunately yet she replied calmly that she was not in danger and identified herself as a Jewess, asserting she faced no threat.
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Oratorical Meet at Morningside Returns Delegates
From the Central Bay, delegates recount a State Woman's Oratorical Contest at Morning side College. The gathering included topics on contest revisions, prize differences, and new provisions for judges. Hazel Reed won first in oratory, with Helen McCabe second, as Morning side hosted the event and a festive weekend following.
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le Mars
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No Danger of Collision Yet Moon Moves Closer to Earth
The moon is gradually approaching Earth at roughly fourteen feet per century and scientists have not yet explained the reason for this slow drift.
Punched Time Clock in a War Sketch
A brief Calcutta Wooker-On comic exchange depicts a sar-major and corporal debating duty. The dialogue hints at time pressures and vigilance during a tense moment, capturing a wartime street scene with humor amid strain.
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