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Riverdale Pointer in Riverdale, Illinois

19 May 1922

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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1922

Page

3

Illinois News Nuggets: Muldoon to dedicate church in Freeport

Bishop Peter J. Muldoon will dedicate St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic church in Freeport on May 28. Gov. Len Small issues Memorial Day plea urging statewide observances and patriotic services. Various local notes include a corny contest in Effingham, estate funds for an amusement park in Harvey, and Cahokia mound exploration resuming next fall.

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Peter J. Muldoon Rockford St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Freeport Joseph Bayer Toledo Edwardsville Bayer Len Small Effingham County Board of Supervisors Alfred Miller Chicago William H. Miller Harvey Mr. Miller East St. Louis Warren K. Moorehead Phillips College Andover Mass Clinton Cowan Cincinnati Moorehead Cowan Illinois The State University Vermilion County Fred A. Dyer Pomona Cal Henry K. Hall Hiall Northwestern College Naperville Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Indiana Iowa Kansas Nebraska Colorado North Carolina South Carolina Michigan New York New Jersey California Washington Pennsylvania Oregon Raymond Robins Fred Mortimer Sangamon County Waukegan Small Fred Terling Vernon Curtis Edward Curtis Grant Park Trust and Savings Bank State of Ilinois
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Billy Sunday of Legion Aided Ex Service Men

Hollenga a Dutch born American Legion official who served sixteen months as a stretcher bearer in France and later worked to obtain compensation and hospitalization for disabled veterans. He is known as the Billy Sunday of the American Legion for his oratorical work and national leadership roles in Washington and the South.

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France Dan Lolfenga American Legion Washington, D. C Holland Hollenga Legion Billy Sunday United States Chambers of Commerce South Legion National Headquarters Hanford MacNider Washington
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Ex service work leader Mrs Madge Johnston profiled

Mrs Madge King Johnston of Aberdeen 8 D is national vice president of the American Legion auxiliary. She manages stores in eight states selling items made by disabled veterans and chairs the auxiliary American committee. Once a concert artist, she chose service over performance to aid ex service men.

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America Europe Madge King Johnston Aberdeen American Legion Auxiliary Johnston
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War Memorial Trade Boosts as Germany Undercuts Markets

American and English cities buy tombstones and war memorials from Germany to save costs while Kansas Legion posts drive a bombardment of memorial initiatives. Homefront letters comfort wounded Kansas soldiers at Fort Bayard New Mexico as a pilotless plane shines in France. Commander MacNider joins a presidential commission to oversee memorial erection in Europe. New York police add a French medal for service to Marshal Foch and Premier Briand.

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Germany Kansas Fort Bayard N. M Legion MacNider Larding New York Marshal Foch Briand
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A Bad Combination

Trollope and Needieham discuss a mischief making combination. Trollope calls a small boy and a pin a dangerous pairing while Obeys Orders and a Boy Scout guard sound the night watch as the officer of the day challenges the unseen figure.

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Trollope Needieham
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Springfield Centralia Lyman Owen Petersburg Owen Western Military Academy Alton Illinois National Guard Black James D. Banta Rock Island Fort Leavenworth Fitzhenry First Baptist Church West Frankfort Illinois Agricultural Association Supreme Court Cook County Robert E. Schaeffer Schaeffer State Department of Registration and Education State Department John Cox Danville Francis Banner Vermilion County Criminal Court Cox Charles B. Adams St. Charles Adams American Prison Association Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio School For Boys St. Charles Institution Republican State Committee Leland Hotel Frank L. Smith Democratic State Committee Thomas F. Donovan Joliet Isaac B. Craig Mattoon Illinois River Red Cross Extension Service College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois Tlnois Farmers’ Institute State Highway Department Bates Highway Department Billy Sunday OF Dan Holfenga South Dakota Villacoublay Wrigley Ceaetee” Putnam Goodyear
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