All Know Jack Williams Fargo Newsie and Legion Leader
Jack Williams known across North Dakota and border regions as the American Legion department adjutant. He gained fame crying extra editions on Fargo streets for six years before moving to a press room and rising to pressman. Enlisting in World War I, he left as a private and later became the first state adjutant of the American Legion.
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Northwest Beauty Queen Chosen by Seattle Legion
Miss Hazel Jordan of Everett Washington has been selected by the American Legion of Seattle as one of the three most beautiful girls in the Northwest. The Legion praises the cooler climate and active lifestyle for natural beauty and notes Miss Jordan is eighteen years old.
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Great Northwest
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Legion of Seattle
Jordan
Everett
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Puget Sound
War veteran killed by souvenir shell in his home
Frank M. Kinne of Indianapolis a World War veteran and artillery expert was nearly blown apart by a three inch shell he brought from France while unloading it at home. His house was wrecked but his mother and sister escaped unharmed. The local American Legion post planned a military burial for him after his discharge from the army.
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Frank M. Kinne
Indianapolis
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France
Kinne
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American Legion
Regular Army
Excuse It Please. Sunday School Teacher Lesson
A comic exchanges with a Sunday school teacher and a child about lessons from the Book of Numbers. The caption humorously notes that everyone is busy, reflecting lighthearted church humor in the American Legion Weekly.
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Ethel
American Legion Weekly
Well Posted Legion Man
J W Chapman of Gallup New Mexico a farmer trapper dynamite worker oil field worker motion picture operator bookkeeper and lawyer is named commander of New Mexico's American Legion He traveled across the United States and Mexico before practicing law in New Mexico He served in WWI as a mechanic chauffeur balloon school and in an officers training camp He helped draft the non political clause of the Legion constitution and sums up his biography as Episcopalian American by birth and a prohibitionist by law with marriage music and dancing interests.
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J. W. Chapman
Gallup
New Mexico
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the American Legion
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Notable Decorations At Legion Convention In Kansas City
Distinguished British and Canadian guests at the third annual American Legion convention in Kansas City receive titles and post-nominal honors for WWI service. Generals Haig Currie Beatty and others are cited with multiple G.O.B. and OM designations as evidence of their wartime records. Officials hope Britain and dominions participation in President Harding’s conference on disarmament confirms their presence.
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Douglas Haig
Earl Beatty
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France
William Currie
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McGill University
Great Britain
Dominions
Harding
Swale Story Turns Dishwashing Into Leadership Path
Thomas W. Swale, commander of Washington state American Legion, rose from a dishwasher knocked out by a gang bully to a legal career in Seattle. The incident, followed by education and service in the army intelligence unit against IWW activities, propelled him to political and professional prominence.
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Thomas W. Swale
American Legion
Department
State of Washington
Great Northern
Swale
Washington
Army Intelligence
I. W. W. Investigations
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Corproal overhears squadrons remark as joke in rear ranks
A corporal marching at the front overhears a voice from the rear rank calling the squad a flover and cranks joke. He retorts that the nuts are behind, revealing a sharp, humorous exchange from a World War II era American Legion Weekly page.
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Batky
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American Legion Weekly
Co operative Principles Must Guide Organization
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge uniform standards for farm products and insist that co operative marketing succeed only with open membership, fair patronage distribution, and professional management. Loyalty of members and capable leadership are essential to prevent failures. A steady, healthy growth foundation is emphasized over unrealistic price expectations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Cient
United States
Proper Calf Rearing Starts Before Birth
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that calves' health begins in the womb as pregnant cows must be well fed. Undernourished cows produce weak calves, while ample succulent feed preserves the cow’s thrifty condition and yields sturdy, well developed calves at calving.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wheat losses from pests could boost US output
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates saving all pest destroyed wheat could add about 29 463 700 barrels to annual output. From 1916 to 1919 US wheat production averaged 783 849 500 bushels with disease costing 147 318 500 bushels per year. The cereal investigations office seeks disease prevention and better high yielding resistant grain in cooperation with state stations. It also notes affordable, well ventilated poultry housing as a separate advisory point.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Cereal Investigations
Bureau of Plant Industry
Yellow Breasted Chat Talks to the Bird Chorus
A talking flock of birds questions Mr. Yellow Breasted Chat about his life, singing, and mimicry. He describes his yellow breast, white eye lines, and tail jerking, then explains his lack of hands and his playful wing joke. The scene features Mrs Redstart and many Vireo family members in a cheeky exchange.
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Mrs. Redstart
Esigna Yellow-Throat
Mr. Flicker
Woodpecker
Towhee
Vireo
Yellow-Breasted Chat, Talk.” “My Cousin Is Correct,” Said Mr. Red-Eyed Vireo
Yellow-Breasted
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Mocking-Bird
Catbird
Mr. Catbird
Mr. Yellow-Breasted Chat
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Puget Sound Organization
Department of New Mexico
Beatty
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Washington Department
Mary Graham Bonner
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