Mountain Woman Races to Save Injured Father
Snowbird tends her injured father after a timber accident on the Divide. With ribs broken and a leg fractured, she plans to summon aid by telephoning the ranger station, then return with Richards the ranger for first aid while she carries him to safety and prepares to endure a harsh mountain night.
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Snowbird
Old Bald Mountain
Bill
Dan
Silas Lennox
Reion
Lennox
Bald Mountain
Richards
Forest Service
Fairy Rings Explained by Fungi Growth in Fields
Green circles in pastures once linked to fairy revels are now explained as subterranean fungal rings. The fungi radiate outward for nourishment leaving bare patches, then decay enriches the soil with nitrogen and grasses recover greener than before as decomposition finishes.
Burns Hat Size Sparks Scottish Antiquarian Inquiry
A Scottish antiquarian consults a London hatter about Burns hat size, noting Burns skull measures about 22 inches and the hat size around 814. The hatter claims Sir Walter Scott’s hat was 20 inches, while a Dumfries hatter says locals no longer wear Burns sized hats. The piece hints that hats symbolize Scotland’s grandeur and intellect.
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Burns
London
Robert Burns
Walter Scott
Dumfries
Remarkable Diary of Samuel Pepys Chronicle
Samuel Pepys diary spans 1659 to 1703 detailing public and social life in England. Written in shorthand, it was discovered a century after Pepys died and published by Lord Braybrooke in 1825 in a mutilated form.
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Pepys
Samuel Pepys
England
Lord Braybrooke
Art and Genius in Poe's Creative Spirit
A reflection on how a work may be well made yet lack true originality, while genuine art expressively reveals the creative spirit and genius as the essential force behind artistic achievement.
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Edgar Alian Poe
Leaders Not Great Talkers in 1920 Congress
The Home Sector cites Jefferson to deride modern lawmakers praising brevity and focus. It argues the current legislature wastes energy time and funds in endless debate, with 150 lawyers per session failing to decide main points and drowning out quiet, practical work.
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Thomas Jefferson
Gen. Washington
Virginia
Dr. Franklin
Congress
Duty Stifl is to Give. It is another's fault if he is ungrate ful
Seneca quotes reflect on personal duty to give and the onus of ingratitude. The passage suggests that one should extend help freely. gratitude is not guaranteed, yet obligation remains.
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Seneca
One of Legion's Founders Walter Coleman Honored
Walter H A Coleman adjutant of London Post No 1 of the American Legion remains in close touch with the Legion program though distant from National Headquarters. A founder of the Legion at its Paris caucus he organized the post in London. Coleman born in Philadelphia and educated there and in New York served in the Pennsylvania Railroad era and with the American Destroyer Flotilla in World War I. Since the war he worked with the U S Embassy in London and London Post helped decorate graves on Memorial Day 1920.
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Walter H. A. Coleman
London Post No. 1
American Legion
Legion
Mr. Coleman
Paris
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Albany
N. Y
Indianapolis
Ind
Bethlehem
Coleman
American
Queenstown
Ireland
United States
London
The
England
Memorial at Clinton Honors Clinton Sons in Four Wars
Frederick E Peiper Post of the American Legion at Clinton Michigan unveils a monument honoring local sons who served in four wars. Citizens donate ground for a park surrounding the stone monument bearing a bronze tablet inscribed in memoriam to those who gave their lives for freedom from the Mexican War through World War I.
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Peiper
Frederick E. Peiper
The
American Legion
Clinton, Mich
Sons of Clinton
Clinton
In Harmony With Legion
Following an address by Robert A. LaRouwh national field organizer of the American Legion before a joint session of both houses of the Nevada legislature C W Farrington state organizer for the American Federation of Labor in Nevada and a number of union members stated that they were in harmony with the Legion's policies and that their organization stood with the Legion in its fight against radicalism.
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Legion
Robert A. LaRouwh
American Legion
Nevada
C. W. Farrington
American Federation of Labor
Legion posts rally to aid 1100 veterans in Fox Hills
The American Legion chapters in Brooklyn and Kings County New York promote the slogan Adopt a hospital ward to cheer 1100 disabled veterans at Fox Hills hospital Staten Island. The effort involves over thirty posts undertaking patient visits supplies and friendly contact.
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American Legion
Brooklyn
Kings County
N. Y
New York Legionnaires
Fox Hills Hospital
Staten Island
Texan Legislator Ousted Over Selective Service Conviction
Texans and American Legion members win expulsion of a state legislature member convicted of obstructing the selective service act. The action reflects coalition pressure and a push for accountability within the governing body.
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American Legion
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