Home Talent Carnival Raises Over Five Thousand for Vicksburg Legion
Allein Post No. 8 of the American Legion in Vicksburg Mississippi raised more than 5000 at a home talent carnival. All booths and shows were built by Legionnaires except those run by Rotarians Kiwanians and Knights of Columbus. Profits stayed in the city for civic improvements with wide community participation and a noted pretty girl and ugly man contest. Mayor Hayes praised the event for its orderly five nights of happiness.
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Allein
American Legion
Vicksburg
Miss
Legion
Legionnaires
Rotarians
Kiwanians
Knights of Columbus
Allein Post
Hayes
Oldest Paris Legion Auxiliary member wins two French medals
Emily C. Heilig, 82, longtime helper for wounded Union soldiers, aided Civil War lint and World War I dressing rooms at Neuilly hospital. The Paris post auxiliary member received two French government medals for 1915 to 1918 service and spoke of her wartime work and Sanitary fair involvement. Her son Sterling Heilig was an author and soldier.
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Emily C. Heilig
American Ambulance Hospital
Neuilly
France
American Legion Auxiliary
Paris
Sterling Heilig
Gilbert Jones
Paris Post Auxilary
Heilig
Wilkesbarre
George F. Kuntz
Admiral Kuntz
Farragut
Mississippi River
Tanlac Ad Claims Health Transformation for Rochester Woman
Mrs. Paul Lavreau of Rochester credits Tanlac with a weight gain and restored strength after a rapid nineteen pound loss. The ad asserts nervousness and fatigue stem from stomach issues and promises improved digestion, energy, and vitality after using Tanlac.
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Taniac
Paul Lavreau
S. Fitzhugh St
Rochester
N. Y
Golf joke ends with missing ball marked by bird
A golfer and his caddy begin a round. The man asks if the ball was marked. The boy replies he marked it by a bird, which then flew away, per the judge’s quip.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
A Diamond Dyes advertisement claims the product can dye or tint worn items from coats to curtains. It guarantees rich color without streaking or fading and offers simple directions based on fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Polyandrian queen rejects sevenfold tales for a single romance
The queen of the Polyandrian isles, bored with seven husbands and seven local novels, demands an imported tale of one man and one woman defying social norms to daringly love each other despite polyandry. The Ledger notes the craving for a sharper, more immoral escape from daily life.
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Polyandrian Isles
Philadelphia Ledger
Woman Produces License In Public Dispute With Taxi Driver
A tall young woman at Seventh Ave and Thirteenth St in New York recounted a taxi dispute with a driver over traffic rules. When questioned about her license she produced it, lifting her skirt to reveal the badge from her stocking.
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Seventh Avenue
Thirteenth Street
New York
After the Boat Ride Bashful Bunny Dolly Kiss
A fragment shows dialogue between Bashful Bunny and Dolly with hints of a kiss and the public reaction. The text notes American people making their own laws or taws accounting for opinions about some individuals.
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Bunny
Dolly
Unpopular view on suns contrasts with summer weariness
Jud Tunkins notes suns in space larger than Earth yet shows no envy after a hot season. The Washington Star hints at daily shifts in mood and the idea that even fine metals dull without use, implying a lesson about renewal.
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Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Sandy MclIntosh and the Outhouse Dream
In a Scottish tale Sandy MclIntosh builds a brick outhouse from the inside as his son John brings dinner. Sandy jokes that John will be an architect, admiring his son’s clever hold and foreseeing a builder's fate.
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Scotland
Sandy MclIntosh
John
Sandy
Philadelphia Ledger
Ungallant French Saying and Fashion Opinion
An old quotation contrasts a man in love to a sparrow caught by birdlime and notes the more he struggles the more entangled. It questions fashion by suggesting knit clothing could dominate if domestic making were the rule, and it links ignorance with fear as a paired view.
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