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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
7
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Sgt. M. Waldo Hatler of Joplin Mo earned Italy s Croix de Guerre for World War service after he swam the Meuse under fire and gathered vital intelligence from German lines. He later met Gen Armando Diaz and was noted for additional honors including the Medal of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre.
C. B H Cronkite of Los Angeles former first lieutenant in the 322nd field signal battalion holds the cadre title of vice president of the Forty and Light, the Legion’s Roughhouse club. The nickname stems from A E F patois and French boxcar imagery.
Miss Viola Bissell won the title with 1 807 800 votes in a contest sponsored by the American Legion department of Panama. Voters praised her tall athletic build and famous smile and hailed her as a true American type among Panamanian supporters.
The United States veterans bureau, born after a three year American Legion fight, handles insurance and compensation cases nationwide and in 70 foreign countries. In one month 13,000 checks totaling 550000 dollars were mailed to soldiers and dependents in places such as Estonia Morocco Korea and Moravia.
The historic battleship Oregon, once consigned to a naval treaty scrap pile, will be preserved as a navy memorial off New York harbor. Guns will be rendered useless with slits and lead filling while the drive shaft is cut to meet treaty terms.
This lesson outlines prosperity and adversity in Judah with topics on obedience to God and true versus false leadership. It surveys figures Asa Joash Jehoiada Uzziah Isaiah Hezekiah Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar and recounts lessons from their faithfulness, pride, and consequences.
A woman and her friend search department stores for the perfect hat amid racks of ribbons feathers and flowers. The friend spots a striking black hat with white feathers but a rival shopper insists Sicily owns the hat and bought it in Kenosha ending the caper with a blunt correction.
Fragmentary clipping describes an Inn scene with a traveler correcting a porter about shoe cleaning. It continues with a note on Mexican hunting markets where venison, wild fowl, and even monkey meat are offered for sale to locals and visitors.
After the spread Peterson returns home blissfully unaware that friends pinned his menu card to his coat. His wife asks about it and he jokes that it is only a table of contents. The saying that a man who harms your feelings deserves his own medicine echoes the moment.
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