Wonder State of the Union Arkansas Chronicle
Arkansas is hailed as the Wonder State of the Union with claims of unique products and records. The item lists extensive feats from potatoes and apples to springs, rail systems, minerals, industry, and notable natives, as asserted in Congressional records and Arkansas Promotion data.
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Rice Belt
Arkansas
United States
Mammoth Springs
Chicago
Slot Springs
America
Magnet Cove
Uweet Springs County
Homesick for the Army Man Reenlists After Visit to Indianapolis
Ah Han Kook born in Korea, raised in Hawaii, sought to rejoin the army at American Legion headquarters in Indianapolis. A dental officer once in San Francisco helped him, and after an honorable discharge and a tour from Hawaii to Schofield Barracks he returned to enlist at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He had entered service in 1917 and left in 1922, becoming an American citizen.
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Korea
Hawaii
United States Army
Ah Han Kook
American Legion
Indianapolis
Army
San Francisco
Kook
H. C. Foyler
Gay Street
Portsmouth
Schofield Barracks
H. T
Post No. 6
Legion
National Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
West Point picks another WWI veteran from Phoenix
President Harding named James Shelley of Phoenix to West Point. Shelley lied about his age at sixteen to enlist, served nine months overseas with artillery, and now stands as a plebe aiming to graduate as a second lieutenant after four years of study. When asked his ambition in seven words he replied, I want to be second to none.
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Arkansas
Arkansaw ‘Traveler
John Pearson
Speaker
Arkansas Advancement Association
Apeak
Union
Harding
West Point
James Shelley
Phoenix
Ariz
Shelley
American Legion news spans campuses and communities worldwide
Reports reflect postwar happiness and safe return from war on Cambridge University campus and Ware Massachusetts. Arkansas cemeteries seek a dedicated association to supervise plots and upkeep. Two million club women pledge aid to veterans through the General Federation of Women's Clubs at Chautauqua New York. A social unit named 30 Femmes and 8 Chapeaus forms under the Auxiliary, aligned with the Forty and Eight movement already active nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansis
Alleghenies
Rockies
Mount Magazine
Marion County
Arkansas
Independence
Sigma Nu
Arkansans
New York Lodge of Elks
Arkansan
Order of Hoo Hoo
United States
James Black
James Bowie
Cambridge University
England
American Legion
American Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Chautauqua
N.Y
The
American Legion Auxiliry
Legion
Community Dispute Leads to Car Purchase Decision
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Wopping and Mr. Wopping arguing over future plans. The couple recalls a past debate about buying a motor car, ending with a purchase after the exchange.
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Lye Arkansa
Bear Sta
Recounus Progres
Plol Springs
LLOE
Ware
Mass
Dean
Ross Wicker
Miner
S 9Th St
Springfield
Ill
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Stearns
Najol
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