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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
7
An advertisement column touts Cascarets and Brandreth Pills as remedies for biliousness constipation and indigestion. It promotes Allcock’s Plaster for pain and health boasts from a Milesian and warns about a talkative hypocrite.
Mrs. Martha Strayer of Lincoln Nebraska credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with easing her lifelong weakness and menopausal symptoms. She reports initial relief after one bottle and says she used it again during later life changes to stay strong and healthy.
F Strother Barton, born April 3 1902, is noted as the youngest member of the American Legion in Jefferson post Louisville Kentucky. He sought to enlist in 1916 Marine bugler call but age blocked him. he joined the navy in 1916 instead. His brother Lieut Frank R Barton served two years in the air service with Croix de Guerre citations.
The passage notes a young man age twenty one believed to be the youngest Legionnaire in Kentucky’s unit, with a brother William H. Barton serving in the Tank corps during the Somme offensive. The report highlights family military service in Argonne and other engagements.
American Legion auxiliary members in Little Rock join with Affiliated School Improvement to extend a 39 week term and restore full teacher salaries after a 10 percent cut. M. M. Ebert unit and department officials support the drive.
Thirty World War veterans employed by the Truxillo Railroad company formed the Legion's newest foreign post in Puerto Castilla Honduras. The charter was granted making it the first foreign unit chartered in the new year. Willard Beaulac vice consul for the United States at Puerto Castilla was named post commander.
In a brief exchange, De Lancey asks about his wife while Chalmers notes a splendid recovery. De Lancey then jokes that the scenery change was necessary to pay for the new clothes, reflecting a humorous tone in the American Legion Weekly.
General Joseph Haller and his reception by the American Legion endears the wartime ally to U S cities and officials. He toured nearly fifty towns, receiving honors and praising American soldiers who returned to civilian life after WWI.
Harold Hall a veteran of the Royal Engineers and Minneapolis resident awaits approval of his Legion membership after learning of a new rule allowing Allied army veterans who became U S citizens or naturalized to join. Hall arrived in January 1923 and had to wait for naturalization before applying. He urges all World War I veterans to affiliate with the Legion.
Montreal Mayor Martin invites a national American Legion convention to be hosted in Canada to strengthen ties between the two nations. The bid was not considered since the 1924 Legion convention had already been set for St. Paul.
Clarence R. Edwards, former Yankee division leader and now Massachusetts American Legion commander, calls on comrades to prove new Legionnaires are ready to back civic life in towns and cities to win broad citizen support.
Recent experiments show that alcohol can be made from acorns though no industrial use yet. Shelled acorns contain about 40 percent starch that can be saccharified and converted into alcohol. After completing the process, the worker should cultivate a few emergency contacts.
A mother asks Willie if he peeled his apple before eating it. Willie confirms and adds that he ate the peeling as well, turning a simple kitchen moment into a humorous parental reminder.
A terse adage opens a column about time management and personal discipline, urging readers to value every moment. It frames efficiency as essential for achievement and progress in daily life.
For over 80 years Castoria has relieved constipation, flatulence, wind colic and diarrhea in babies and kids. It calms feverish symptoms, aids digestion, and promotes natural sleep without opiates, with the genuine product bearing its signature.
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