Mrs Haydock saved from operation in Chicago
Mrs E H Haydock of St Lawrence Avenue Chicago reports she was bedridden with female trouble and inflammation. Four doctors said surgery was needed but after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered fully and credits the remedy with avoiding operation. She praises the product and notes her sisters are now taking it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. H. Haydoc
St. Lawrence Avenue
Illinois
Adjutant Barnett Praised For Veterans Work In Montana
Ben W. Barnett of Helena Montana, adjutant of the Montana department of the American Legion, is well liked by ex service men for entertaining veterans and fighting for their rights. He organized the Abraham Lincoln club at Hull House Chicago at eleven and has since been active in Legion affairs, vaudeville, and fur dealing. He began as a recruit with a bad foot but served briefly and has led the Montana department since its founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben W. Barnett
Helena
Mont
Montana
Hull House
Chicago
Legion
Barnett
Army
The
War Medal Seeks Its Owner Through NY Pawnshop Window
Opera singer and French WWI veteran Lucien Muratore sees a Victory medal in a New York pawn shop and offers to redeem it to return to its rightful owner. The medal bears clasps for Saint Mihiel Meuse Argonne and a defensive sector and will be handed over if the owner can identify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lucien Muratore
France
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
First to Sign Application for Auxiliary Charter
Pearl Iva Hoskins, six year old daughter of a Fergus Falls Legion member, becomes the first signer on an application for an American Legion Auxiliary charter. She says she likes the Auxiliary but finds the word hard to pronounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Pearl Iva Hoskins
Legion
Fergus Falls
Minn
Pearl
States Back Five Fold Plan for Veterans Bonus
North Dakota Oregon and Minnesota legislatures urge Congress to pass the Fordney bill pledging the five fold compensation plan of the American Legion. North Dakota notes it has already granted veterans a monthly $25 flat bonus, the largest state veteran bonus to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
North Dakota
Oregon
Minnesota
Congress
American Legion
Dr M A Newell of Sheridan Dies At Forty Nine
Dr M A Newell a Sheridan Wyoming physician and World War I veteran served as commander of the Wyoming American Legion. He studied at Columbia University and Saratoga Academy, practiced medicine after 1890, worked in Fort Riley Kansas and New Haven Connecticut hospitals, helped organize the Donald Garbutt post, and was department commander from 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Newell
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Dr. Newell
Fort Riley
Kan
U. S. General Hospital
No. 16
New Haven
Conn
Donald Garbutt
In Defense of the Farmers and Ex Service Men
A correspondent argues farmers supported the war effort then faced hardship after enlistment losses and long hours. He notes farming burdens on a 300 acre operation, wartime wages, and the absorption of surplus cash by Y M C A Red Cross and other war agencies. He adds states with soldier bonuses are largely agricultural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army
WHY SCRUGGS WAS HONORED
Charles W. Scruggs of Dallas Texas attended every state and national Legion convention and was named adjutant of the Texas department. He joined as a private in the Thirty sixth division early in World War I and served in America and France, discharged as a sergeant at Camp Bowie Texas on March 1 1919. He studied at the University of Texas and taught two years before becoming a wartime newspaper reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Scruggs
Dallas
Tex
American Legion
Texas Department
Scruggs
America
France
Camp Bowie
University of Texas
Texas
Convicts Protest Olive Drab Prison Uniforms in Washington
Thomas N. Swale commander of the Washington American Legion led a Legion delegation to Monroe State Reformatory to protest the olive drab uniforms worn by inmates. Bureau of War Risk Insurance and the federal board for Vocational Education joined the protest, citing funds shortages and the uniforms’ low cost as reasons for adoption. Officials expect the prison to consider alternate attire for convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Service
Monroe State Reformatory
Monroe
Wash
Thomas N. Swale
Washington Department of the American Legion
Bureau of War Rusk Insurance
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Legion
Waiting Fondly Waiting Army Slicker Question
In the American Legion Weekly a brief exchange notes weather and a missing item with a casual tone as two individuals discuss awaiting something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
Man with Farm for Sale Advertises State Cash Price
Want to hear from owner having farm for sale state cash price and description. Jne J. Black Western St Chippewa Falls Wis adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jne J. Black
Western St
Chippewa Falla, Wis
Not True Says German Sentry Refuting Allied Report
An American in Lille notes a German sentry mistrusting French civilians and rejects Allied claims. He recalls the guard reading a German paper denying forced civilian labor and admits he would run if told to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
Corrina H. Smith
Caroline R. Hill
France
Voter Questions Brown’s Elect Status in London Answers
A local voter asks if Brown is a good man while Telle comments on moral standing and election in London. The exchange presents a personal perspective on virtue and electability in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
London
Garfield Tea Promises Relief From Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a cure for constipation indigestion sick-headache and bilious conditions urging readers to drink before retiring as a nightly remedy.
Got the jobs mixed up but at that old man built coffin
Joseph C. Lincoln told a tale at a Brooklyn luncheon of the Society of New England Women about a Cape Cod settler who forged a coffin in two days while busy building a boat. He drank rum to decide to proceed and, when the men returned, found him asleep with the coffin ready on two chairs and a centerboard placed inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Lincoln
Brooklyn
Society of New England Women
New England
Cape Cod
Revolver Door Confusion in Odd Injury Claim
A peculiar incident leads a doctor to question how the patient ended up with an air mashed injury. The victim clarifies it was a revolving door mishap, not a gunshot, prompting further inquiry into the event.
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Garfield
Bright
Dean
John Hicks
Thirteenth St
Mt Vernon
Til
Doan
Siete Ee
Foster -Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
Holland
Wilhelmina
Eatonic
R. Long
Mr. Long
Eatonie
Kerr
N. Y
American Legion News Service
Kansas
Connecticut
Cascara
la Grippe
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Immigration
Ottawa
Can
G. J. Broughton
W. Adams St
Chicago, Il
M V. Macinnes
Jefferson Avenue
Crystal Lake
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