Periwinkle House and Opie Read Fame Spotlight
A promotional piece extols Opie Read and his novel Periwinkle House as a stirring Reconstruction era romance. It highlights Read's Tennessee birth, Arkansas Gazette editorship, Arkansaw Traveler creation, Chicago residence, and status as a prolific yet now touring author and lecturer.
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Virgil Porace
Haman
Hye
United States
Opie
Tennessee
Kentucky
Little Stock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
ISS
Ile
Cleveland (O.) Leader
Little Rock
Arkansaw Traveler
Read
Chicago
Mississippi River Ball On The Leona A Civil War Era Scene
A glowing river scene aboard the steamboat Leona on the Mississippi depicts a ballroom aboard a gilded ship. Guests in period dress mingle as a tall, handsome man in contemporary attire walks the deck while a colonel hints at the identity of the guest.
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Leona
Pegro
Denerie
Uelodie
Mississippi
West
America
Europe
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Lafayette
Face to Face with Destiny in a Mississippi River Ball
A Yankee traveler on a Mississippi river voyage meets two youths on a quest of fate. Liberty Shottle, a witty Southern misfit, staking Drace for a gambling plan, risks both money and courage as the river mood turns toward an unknown outcome.
Spontaneous Combustion Noted by Professor Bag Slow
In a chemistry class, Professor Bag Slow observed a smoldering fire with no visible cause, citing it as a notable example of spontaneous combustion. The incident underscores curious cases and raises questions about ignition sources in controlled experiments.
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Bag
Wearers of Congressional Honors to Attend Legion Convention
Prominent guests at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans October 16 to 20 include Medal of Honor recipients. Lieut Sydney G Gumpertz of New York is among the first to accept the invitation for the event. Gumpertz earned the Medal for heroism on September 26, 1918 in the Bois de Forges, where he single handedly silenced a German machine gun nest after his companions were killed.
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New Orleans
United States
Sydney G. Gumpertz
New York
Gumpertz
One Hundred Thirty-second Infantry
Bois de Forges
Legion Poster Won by New Orleans Artist Clarence Reeder
Clarence Reeder, staff artist for a New Orleans newspaper, won $100 in a poster contest to advertise the American Legion national convention. His design features a doughboy a sailor and a marine looking toward the Paris of the Alps labeled New Orleans. The poster proclaims the convention dates October 16 20 and forty thousand copies will be distributed to Legion posts and rail stations nationwide.
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New Orleans
America Legion
Clarence Reeder
Crimp Pike
Paris
Alps
Taronus
Legion
Buddy
New Ouneans
Will Dance For Doughboys at National Convention
Miss Emily V. Schupp of Duluth Minnesota known as Lada volunteers to dance for Doughboys at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans next October. During the war she entertained thousands in cantonments and has appeared at Legion entertainments in Minnesota. She is a soloist and will perform at a recital by the Duluth American Legion band, which won first prize among 75 rivals in Kansas City last fall.
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Emily V. Schupp
Duluth, Minn
New Orleans
Miss Schupp
Lada
Cantonments
America
Legion
Minnesota
Duluth American Legion Band
Kansas City
Steel Barrels Could Replace Wooden Containers
The article argues steel barrels may replace wooden ones if makers are correct. Steel staves, hoops, and heads form a compact durable container. Claimed advantages include lightness lower cost and greater durability.
Veteran of Seven Wars Hails Peaceful Second Life
Robert Bruce Mac Gregor of Seattle a forty eight year old veteran of seven wars says his battlefield days are over and he will devote the rest of his life to peace. He fought in the Philippines China South Africa and more receiving twelve medals and four decorations. He now fights unemployment for the American Legion and has helped place jobs for 236 former soldiers while adopting and educating a fifteen year old boy.
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Robert Bruce MacGregor
Seattle
Wash
MacGregor
Mr. MacGregor
Philippines
China
South Africa
Natal
American Legion
War Records of Granddads Aims for Genealogical Link
Mrs. Edward W. Burt of Salisbury North Carolina chairs the American Legion Auxiliary committee to preserve wartime records as a hereditary society. She plans to incorporate Legion members war records into Auxiliary files to aid future genealogists locating granddads battle histories.
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Edward W. Burt
North Carolina
Salisbury
N. C
Burt
American Legion Auxiliary Committee
Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion
Sons of the Revolution
Carrying On With the American Legion
The American Legion promotes cleanup in Osgood Indiana by painting shade trees and hitching posts. A stranger in Aberdeen South Dakota finds a gold necklace, returns it via Legion headquarters. A jobless ex-service men tent colony forms in South Dakota wheat region. Auxiliaries in Canada and England mirror the Legion with eligible wives and daughters helping disabled veterans and seeking relief legislation.
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Little City
American Legionnaires
Osgood
Ind
South Dakota
Aberdeen
American Legion
Ltbor
Canada
England
War Veterans’ Associations
Historical Oil Demand Estimates Highlight Domestic Use
The text notes an annual need of about 300 million barrels to meet U S demand. It cites consumption by sectors including flour mills at 90 million barrels, the sugar industry at 40 million, and the cement industry at 75 million.
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United States
Couple's happiness praised in daily life advice
The Detroit Free Press notes that many couples live happily together and keep quiet about it. The idea emphasizes stable domestic life as a common, unremarked achievement.
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Detroit Free Press
Monkeys in Malay Jungles and Circus Mockery
Craveth Wells notes natives train loks to pick coconuts in Malay jungles. He contrasts with American monkeys trained for a “cheap sight” in circuses. An ad urges Red Cross Ball Blue for a tidy laundry look for daughters.
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Craveth Wells
Slander and domestic costs in a witty exchange
A humorous exchange poses a riddle about household expenses and mocks slanderers. The line My wife! is used as a punchline reflecting a joking take on domestic budgeting and social gossip.
Foreman Faces Inferno to Save Crew at Penfield Fire
Joseph Golla, sixty four, section foreman on the Low Grade branch near Penfield, organized his crew to battle a forest blaze. He became separated, the fire closed in, and he fled through the wall of flames. His beard burned off during the perilous dash.
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Penfield
Joseph Golla
Pennslyvania News
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Liberty
Memphis
Chapel Hill University
Vircil
Hobbins
Draco
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Stepho la Vitte
Chean Station
American Legion News Service
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S. D
Wrigley
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Dubb
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