New Hampshire Wins Legion Membership Drive Prize
New Hampshire captured the American Legion nationwide membership push held May 17 to 22 and will receive a stand of silk colors as first prize for enrolling the largest percentage of eligible ex-service members. South Dakota won second prize, a woolen colors stand, with a list of other states following in order. The drive increased national and auxiliary units across the United States and several foreign fields, totaling over 2,000,000 members since inception, though dues for 1920 were not fully received at national headquarters.
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Chaplains Medal Honors War Service Networks
A commemorative chaplains medal to be awarded by Protestant churches to American army and navy chaplains who served in the war. Created by Laura Gardin Fraser, the design shows a chaplain aiding a wounded man with a gas mask. the reverse features a battleship. The medal honors chaplains for ministering amid danger and submarine duty, reflecting church gratitude.
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Mity
Laura Gardin Fraser
New York
Fraser King
Army
Marblehead lends school building to American Legion post
Marblehead Mass appropriates 14000 pounds to remodel an old school building for use as clubrooms by Marblehead Post No 82 American Legion. Lincoln Post No 3 in Lincoln Neb began with 60 members on September 12 1919 and has grown to 2800 total members with 1076 paid for 1920.
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Marblehead
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American Legion
Lincoln Post No
Lincoln
Neb
Ens
Arthur
Moran Peat No. 06
Camden
N. C
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Jack Dempsey Acquitted In Draft Classification Trial
After a trial lasting over a week, a San Francisco federal court jury found Jack Dempsey not guilty of violating the selective service act. The jury deliberated ten minutes, returning the verdict on the first ballot.
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Federal Court of
San Francisco
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Chicago
Just Named
Jack Kearns
US Legion Extols French Alliance on Bastille Anniversary
The American Legion national commander and members praise French heroism and the bond between France and America. The message honors Marshal Foch and the French legionaries who stood with Paris, citing shared sacrifice and enduring friendship between nations.
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Franklin Tyolier
Legion
Mishhel Ch
Pollu
Foch
Hw.om
Harvormiander
Parks Post
Aris
America
France
Paris
Duk Hands VII
King Albert honors Chateau-Thierry victory via message
A Belgian king Albert sends a commemorative cable to Harold W. Ross, ex-private and editor of the American Legion Weekly, honoring the July fifteenth 1918 Chateau-Thierry victory. Ross, a former San Francisco, New Orleans and Atlanta newspaper man, served in the attack.
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Chateau-Thierry
Harold W. Ross
American Legion Weekly
Albert
Belgium
Chateay-Thierry
Washington, Mo
Ross
San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlanta
American Boy Scouts to Represent Nation at Jamboree in England
The 801 Boy Scouts of America selected from 400,000 members to join 84 nations at the London area Jamboree. About a third earned Eagle rank. They sail July 6 aboard the US Army transport Pocahontas for a two months tour visiting Paris battlesites and Belgian sights after Olympia.
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Boy Scouts of America
Parks
Scouts Helping the Blind in New York State
Boy scouts cooperate with the National Thrift Bag league to distribute large paper bags for waste collection. Proceeds fund blind education. bags salvage rags and usable materials. Scouts gather materials at homes. no money is to be collected by bag collectors or scouts.
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Boy Scouts
New York State
National ‘Thrift Bag League
N '2 Park Place
Albany
National Council of the Boy Seoute of
Alverien
Thrift Bag League
Scoutminsters
Femit
Thrift Bay League
Scout Executives Plan Historic September Conference
Scout executives from across the nation will meet September 15 at the largest boys camp in the world, the Patuxent Interstate camp near New York. They will tour by boat on the Hudson and by auto to the camp, with a theme on advancing scouting efficiency and standards through scientific studies and wider service.
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Boy Scouts of America
Patixades Interstate Park
New York
New Jersey
Bie
New York City
Hudson River
Pasadena Scouts Help Government Build Firebreak
At the invitation of the United States forestry service, 85 Pasadena scouts began work on a master firebreak to protect the Pasadena watershed. They cleared 1,100 feet of firebreak through oak and scrubland, learning firebreak construction and watershed protection. Each boy supplied a blanket and ten cents for carfare. the government paid other expenses and furnished extra blankets.
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United States Forestry Service
Pasadena
Cal
Manzanita
Forestry Department
Good Turns By Scouts Across Towns Highlight Service
Boy Scouts from Troop 1 in North Anson Maine built a wood pile for an invalid pastor at Lafayette Hill and planted church flowers. In Oconomowoc Wisconsin they planted trees and aided widows and the ill. Palo Alto California led a paper drive for a dental clinic. Omaha Nebraska Troop 11 helped clean after a tornado. Birmingham Alabama Troop 29 fed a needy family for a month. EKunlee Massachusetts Troop 1 marked its tenth birthday with public demonstrations and a fire safety role.
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North Anson
Lafayette Hill
Oconomowoe
Wis
Palo Alto
Tre
Omaha
Neb
Birmingham
Ala
Boy Scouts
Ekunlee
Bre
David and Absalom in a King's Hidden Life
Lesson centers on David's adultery with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah, his idleness, and the ensuing rebellion of Absalom. It highlights David's sorrow, the fatal end of Absalom, and the moral tied to divine providence, warning parents about rebellion and the consequences of neglect.
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David
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Absalom
Abmlom
Bathsheba
Uriah
Joab
Jerusalem
Abithophel
Hushal
Absalon
God
Jad
Prayer text for blessing and forgiveness in Jesus Christ
A devotional prayer asking for divine inspiration to love God and fellowmen, repentance for sins, forgiveness and cleansing through Jesus Christ, and blessing in the name of the Lord. The prayer closes with Amen.
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Jesus Christ
Day of Blessing and Sabbath Observance Reflected
Matthew Hale speaks on the Sabbath as a source of comfort and guidance. He notes that proper observance has brought blessing to his week and time, yielding a prosperous start and reinforcement of duties. The reflection emphasizes personal benefit from religious practice.
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Matthew Hale
Mexico Faces Large National Debt In Early 20th Century Note
A summarized notice notes Mexico's national debt near 40 million pesos and France planning spending around 0.052 billion francs for government operations. The piece also mentions European innovations and a French botanist's claim that young plants thrive better with near continuous moisture rather than interval watering.
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Mexico
France
Tickets Good Until Used Rule Denied by Public Utilities Board
The Public Utilities Commission rejected a railroad committee request to limit tickets to the day of issue. The board stated statutory rules require tickets for passengers and excursion fares to be good until used, and unlimited use for full fare cards benefits the public without undue hardship to railroads. A separate local item reports a junk dealer, Sam Page, finding his wagon horn missing after a replevin action.
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Prenton
Public Utilities Commission
Erie
Jersey Content
Pennsylvania
United States
New Jersey
Buvyrus
Sam Page
Adolph Ob
Germany's Coal King Hugo Stiones Yields at Spa Conference
Latest portrait of Hugo Stiones, German coal magnate and newspaper owner, who directed Germany's coal war against wartime allies and was finally forced to yield at the Spa conference.
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Hugo Stiones
Germany
de Taits
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