Treasury Order Applies Dry Law Rig idly to Foreign Ships
The Treasury enforces the Eighteenth Amendment on all ships in U S waters with a strict prohibition effective June 9. Permits and reports are required for medicinal or other limited imports, provoking protests from several foreign governments while U S authorities push for strict compliance.
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Treasury Order
Smith
America
United States
Department
French Marine Workers’ Union
Baldwin
House of Commons
Interallied comradeship shown by wallet reunion
The article recounts wartime solidarity among Allied soldiers through the Interallied Veterans association. Francis E. Ellis of St. James Minnesota lost his wallet and registration during late World War I movements in Belgium. Bert Gocke of London, a former British soldier, found the wallet and mailed it back with a personal letter and his photograph.
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Belgium
Bert Gocke
London
Ypres
Vilamuetinghe
Spartanaire Club Plans by American Legion Weekly
The American Legion Weekly outlines the creation of a national Spartanaire boys club. The code emphasizes 100 percent Americanism, sportsmanship, honesty, self-improvement, teamwork, and lifelong learning to train youths in character, business, and salesmanship.
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The
American Legion Weekly
Spartanaire Club
Lie
Legion Men Capture Robber In Wellsboro Pa
American Legion members in Wellsboro Pennsylvania acted as auxiliary police to capture a robber blamed for a series of mysterious thefts. A vigilante committee formed from ex servicemen aided by police, with posts stationed nightly at dark corners. Citizens later donated a protective fund to the post in thanks.
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Leere H. Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
Federal Council of Churches
United States Steel Corporation
Legion
American Legion
Wellsboro
Officer Suspended After Funeral Escort Fails to Salute Colors
Terre Haute Indiana police chief Smock suspended a patrol officer who did not salute the flag during an American Legion funeral escort for a Civil War veteran. The force had been ordered to salute the colors at all times.
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American Legion
Terre Haute
Ind
Smock
Greatness in Patience Inspires Quiet Strength
A reflective quote on enduring character and daily virtue. It extols an even temper and gentle patience with oneself and others as everyday greatness surpassing battlefield conquests. Orville Dewey’s words highlight calm endurance.
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Orville Dewey
Alphabet crackers prompt a grammar joke in Boston
In a grocery store a woman asks for eight pounds of alphabet crackers and adds oyster crackers for periods. The line, famous for wordplay, appears in Boston Grending Travacript as a humorous note on sentence building.
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Boston
Esther the Brave Queen and her Deliverance
A Sunday lesson summary on Esther 4 5 highlighting Esther’s courage in approaching the king to save her people, Mordecai’s warning, Haman’s plot, and the resulting reversal with the Feast of Purim. It emphasizes patriotism, heroism, and divine purpose in Esther’s rise from queen to savior.
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Esther
Ahasuerus
Xerxes
Vashti
Haman
Mordecai
Hamen
The Plane of Religion and the Quest for Highest Peaks
General Bruce tells the Lama of Rongbuk the Royal Geographical Society must climb all the world’s highest summits to gain merit. The explanation reads like a warning about modern knowledge seekers and their drive to record and preserve, seen as consoling yet troubling in an unsatisfactory age.
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Bruce
Rongbuk
Royal Geographical Society
Ice Cream Tales From Daddy and Kids
A father reads an illustrated story about ice cream while sharing a box of treats with Nancy and Nick. The tale traces frozen desserts from ancient copper bowls to frappe in France and Washington’s first ice cream, ending with Labor Day memories and a wish for more ice cream soon.
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Sid Daddy
Nancy
Nick
Daddy
France
Ireland
George Washington
Washington
Lafayette
Dolly Madison
United States
Fittie
Lily
Mamma's Piano Playing Echoes a Child’s Question
Dorothy listens as her mother plays the piano and asks if she took band lessons when she was a little girl. The exchange captures a gentle, humorous family moment and a child’s curiosity about music education.
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Mamma
Dorothy
Mortifying Misnaming Causes Garker’s Chagrin
Mrs Garker returns home in distress after realizing she repeatedly called Marshall Peters by the first name Marshall for months, though his proper title is Marshall. The exchange with her husband reveals the social awkwardness and embarrassment of misnaming a neighbor’s husband.
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Marshall
Frank and Open Tariff Debate Echoes Old Parables
Senator Learvot in Milwaukee likens worldwide tariff barriers to a frank and open trade system. A farmer and neighbors trade quips about duty and duty of care on a cold night, with references to Doe Bolus and Deacon Wesley Luther amid a rural banter.
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Learvot
Milwaukee
Doe Bolus
Cornelius Husk
Cost of living reflects desire more than price
A philosophical remark notes that affordable living hinges on personal willingness to accept modest circumstances, implying value depends on restraint rather than money alone.
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Ruhr
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Poincare
Brussels
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Rhineland
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Engers
Neuwied
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Underwood
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Holmes and Sutherland
Cas Barbot
Long Island
West Point
Barbot
Hainers
Harding
Conrad Vietoer Dykenan
Brooklyn
Nly
Kansas City
Mnister Grew
Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
Mr. Grew
Tientsin
Li Yuanhong
Peking
American Legion News Service
Minnesota
Spartanaire Clus
PR. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Goppyright
Western Newspaper Union
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U.S
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Indianapolis
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