Cloth of bark and buffalo skins in old world and new
The article surveys tapa bark cloth from Pacific cultures and Inuit and African regions, noting making methods, tools, and dyed colors. It highlights the American Museum of Natural History collections and the late Prof. Albert S. Bickmore, plus a shift from buffalo skin clothing to museum artifacts and ancient Indian winter counts on buffalo robes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afric
Samoa
James Cook
Tahiti
Society Islands
Pacific Ocean
World
Splather
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Tropics
Hemispheres
Ian Islands
Africa
New Zealand
American Museum
Tonga Islands
Albert S. Bickmore
James Bridger
Salt Lake
Bridger
Oregon Trail
Wyoming
St ‘Ig
United States
Traveling colony of cheerful faces in railway carriages
Brighton men ship a banishment of gloom by forming a traveling colony in London trains. A London merchant says two placards read Only those who are cheerful travel in this compartment. Those with glum faces are excluded, forming the jolliest traveling group ever seen.
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Brighton
London
Johnson
Mit
London Mall
Life in Old Manhattan Gossip Notes
Society items from New York papers mention Mrs Knicker-Hiee sharing tips with Mrs Becker-Rather amid bustling life in the city. The column notes various households with multiple husbands landlords and cooks reflecting urban domestic stories.
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Old
Manhattan
Knicker
Becker
Sun
New York
Orphan Paternalism Campaign Draws National Interest
The American Legion and Red Cross extend overseas paternalism to war orphans with three French children already pledged for adoption. National HQ staff donated 150 dollars to support two more orphans, with Karl Russ post 16 of Stockton pledging 75 dollars. Ted Cloudsley notes a Alsace Lorraine girl as ideal for sympathy and asks for a photo and address to feature in the post's paper.
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American Legon
A. EK. I
The
Legion
American Red Cross
Lula B. Vize
Karl Russ
Stockton
Cal
Ted Cloudsley
Post
San Joaquin Legion
American Legion
San Joaquin County
The Return of the Dead in Legion Posts
The American Red Cross will, as a courtesy to the American Legion, send advance notification of arrived American soldiers from overseas to Legion posts for reinterment in towns and cities. Red Cross home service will inform relatives and Legion chapters to arrange for reception and honors. When multiple posts exist, Legion county HQ will designate which posts render honors.
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Red Cross
The
American Red Cross
American Legion
Legion
Hoboken
Legion officer attends federal vocational education conference
Gerald J. Murphy was named by Franklin Dolter to represent the legion at a district vocational officers conference in Washington DC. The program aims to link more than 9 000 posts with the Federal Board for Vocational Education to place thousands of ex service men into training weekly and to settle pending cases.
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Uel W. Lamkin
Division of Rehabilitation
Federal Board for,Vocational Education
Gerald J. Murphy
Franklin Dolter
Legion
Washington, D. C
Federal Board
United States
Aisab
Who Gen. George Crook Was
The Crook Whizz Bang published in Chicago by Gen. George Crook Post No 434 American Legion offers a biographical sketch of Civil War leader George Crook. It notes he fought Indians ferociously and served as head of the Department of Missouri in his last duties.
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George Crook
Chicago
American Legion
The
Platte
Arizona
Department of Missouri
Will Erect Memorial Building in Rus sellville Arkansas
Riggs Hamilton Post No 20 of Russellville Arkansas plans a memorial building costing 75000 dollars with 50000 dollars already subscribed. The post has 150 members.
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Riggs-Hamilton Post No. 20
Russellville
Ark
County war records yield detailed local history
Livingston county Illinois forms a model by appointing a seven member committee to compile soldiers and sailors records. They list enlistees from county exemption board records and newspaper searches, then mail questionnaires to collect discharge details, citations, and honors. A funeral section will honor those who died.
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Livingston County
Illinois
Hilton Brown American Legion Post 85 backs laborers in membership stance
The Hilton O. Brown Jr Post 85 in Indianapolis, largely composed of printing trades unionists, adopts a resolution denouncing rumors that the Legion opposes labor membership and praising members who defend free thought within the law.
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Hilton Brown, Jr
Indianapolis
Hilton O. Brown, Jr
American Legion
Organized Labor
Hilton A. Brown, Jr
Post
Indiana
Legion
Aforesaid Post
Wherigas
Filton UO. Brown, Jr
Father Thanks Legion for Tuberculosis Help
J J Gater of Clarksburg West Virginia paid tribute at a Parrish post exercises praising the American Legion for aiding his son a tuberculosis patient. The Legion’s service division secured medical care back pay and compensation, enabling the son to recover. The speech appeared in the Potters Herald official journal of the Potters and East Liverpool labor council.
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Legion
J. J. Gater
Clarksburg
W. Va
Parrish
Potters Herald
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters and East Liverpool
O.) Trade and Labor Council
Frontline Return Orders Surprise Visiting Officer
A distinguished visitor at a military hospital learns a severely wounded private from an Irish regiment will not be sent home. He will return to the front, the orderly explains, noting the man believes he knows who attacked him.
Conference Aims to Standardize Highway Material Tests
Highway testing engineers from most states met at the Bureau of Public Roads to craft standardized tests for road materials. Federal and state agencies backing the effort seek uniform standards under the Federal Aid Road Act, with voluntary adoption by states and National Association of State Highway Officials to promulgate the tests.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
National Association of State Highway Officials
Advantages of Good Roads
Good roads promote self respect and social intercourse in a community. They bring churches and schools within reach, help keep boys on the farm, and cheapen transportation costs of farm products to markets. Roads add farm land value and mark the rural community level of civilization.
Good Roads and Driveways on a Farm
A well ordered farm needs structured roads from gate to parking areas and to the barn packing house as much as public roads are vital. Private farm lanes affect efficiency and the farmer’s ability to market produce as much as public highways do.
Federal aid for Missouri road projects approved
The federal bureau of roads approved forty nine federal aid crowdy projects totaling 459.29 miles with an estimated cost of 5 048 910 dollars. The federal government will fund 2 606 075 dollars with the state and counties covering the rest per the state highway board announcement.
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Bureau of Roads
Federal Bureau of Roads
State Highway Board
Improved roads could boost farmer yields and markets
Rich agricultural land limited to cereal crops on unimproved roads may yield higher returns where improved roads enable production of vegetables and fruits for canneries and city markets.
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Tara
Taa
Satory
Tara Weddling Tress
Proe Alberi
Luchstore
National Headquarters of
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Return OF the
Conference of Engineers
Meredith
Department of Agriculture
Missouri
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