Legion Officer Knows Navy Edward Spafford Led Naval Affairs
Edward Spafford, newly appointed chairman of the American Legion committee on naval affairs, is highlighted for his extensive naval service from the Naval Academy appointment in 1901 to high command roles. He earned a Distinguished Service Medal and commanded submarine chasers in World War I. He served in New London and Corfu and advised the Paris peace delegation.
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Edward Elwell Spafford
American Legion
United States Navy
Horn
Springfield
Spatford
United States Naval Academy
Washington
Cape Hatteras
Spafford
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Columbia University
Hi County
Navy Reserve Corps
Board of Inspection
Mirvey
New London
Conn
Straits of Otranto
Corfu
Greece
Lnter
United States
Bronx Legion unit led by Deegan cited as powerful in New York
Vice Commander William F. Deegan of the American Legion in New York outlines Bronx county’s strong post with bronze plaques for World War dead on 950 trees, jobs for exservicemen, and hospital relief. He stresses active post representation, frequent post visits, a free legal committee, and avoiding political office for officers. Deegan served with Gen. Goethals during the war, leaving as a major in 1919.
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American Legion
William F. Deegan
First View
Legion
New York
Bronx County
Bronx
New York City
Legion's Welfare Committee
Deegan
George W. Goethals
Atlantic
Bright-eyed sergeant foils superior in Indianapolis posting
Sergeant Minnie Arthur of the United States Marine Corps causes a stir in a recruiting office when a visiting colonel arrives. She refuses subordination with a sharp retort and retains her desk position. The piece sketches her as a longtime veteran and a key figure in Indianapolis Legion posts, along with brief notes on burial plots and a new post building.
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Minnie Arthur
United States Marine Corps
Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
Sergeant Arthur
Silvereagles
Legion Man on Long Hike Promotes Military Camps
Sergeant Harley OC Sylvester, an overseas veteran and American Legion member, begins a 40 day hike averaging 18 miles daily to urge citizens to train for summer military camps. He plans to cover 737 miles visiting Indiana Otto and Kentucky, carrying light gear and staying with Legion posts along the dusty route. The American Legion backs the effort to boost recruits for the camps, per a military policy committee resolution.
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Harley OC
Sylvester
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
American Legion
Military Pont
Indiana
Otto
Kentucky
Legion
the Exservice Men's Organization
Transfers Pay to Legion by Disabled Veteran in Bed
Cletus Lappin, totally and permanently disabled from WWI battle injuries, indorsed his state bonus check to the Lee C. Prentice post of the American Legion in Fairmount Minnesota while in a sanitarium. He said the Legion stood by him in hours of suffering and his gift will aid the Legion’s requested clubrooms.
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Lee C. Prentice
American Legion
Fairmount
Minn
Cletus Lappin
France
Lappin
Legion
Post Buys Church Building for Housing Solution
West Seattle Post of the American Legion reports a housing solution after buying a church building. The purchase aims to convert the church into housing units addressing local needs. Official details outline the plan and next steps for financing and occupancy.
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Post
West
Seattle
Wash
Post of the American Legion
Te Ubrootna
Mua
Facing the Music and Courage to Confront Adversity
An editorial piece on facing danger and hardship head on. It traces the origin of the phrase facing the music and argues courage, perseverance, and not quitting define true character. It cites historical figures like Columbus and Napier and references a poem Sail On by Joaquin Miller.
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Columbus
Spain
New World
San Salvador
Great Terminal Station
Washington
Joaquin Miller
The Sincere Origins of the Word Sincere
The article explains how the English word sincere derives from Latin sine cera meaning without wax. Roman builders used wax to hide flaws in stone, and contracts noted sine cera to ensure work was genuine. Over time sincere came to describe honest, defect-free persons.
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Rome
Beating Heart and Wholesome Home Cooking Advice
A 1901 Western Newspaper Unique food feature shares simple recipes using carrots string beans and tomatoes. It offers preparation tips with olive oil parsley onions and nutmeg and suggests orange sherbet with lemon juice cream and candied peel.
The Girl on the 10B How to Succeed
An advice column by Jessie Roberts on office efficiency and harmony. It stresses clear authority, defined roles, and organized charts to reduce friction and fault finding that poisons workplace atmosphere.
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Jessie Roberts
Office morale advice on career moves and promotions
A fragment urges leaving a hostile workplace to seek lower pay but better teamwork and spirit. It argues that a friendly office with cooperative staff offers better chances for work quality, promotion, and personal reputation, contrasting with a hotbed of negative incentives.
Lyrical Outcry on Wealth and Divine Order
A reflective poem questions why noble hearts wear rags while the rich flourish in satin, blaming human greed and idleness for social imbalances. It predicts a future judgment where little gods lose power and only God will set the world to rights. An inserted note from the Boston Transcript mentions two London policemen losing nine piriilinge to obtain club evidence in a poker game.
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London
Boston Transcript
Yet It Is a Debt to the Country That Falls Upon All of Us
A speech argues that national purpose, not wealth or government form, defines power. It urges a permanent military establishment, a strong reserve, trained officers, and citizen-soldier preparation to defend rights, with emphasis on education, discipline, and patriotism across diverse communities.
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America
National Guard
National Army
Books Broaden the Vision of the Farmer and Increase His Success
Books broaden the vision of the farmer and increase his success and give many pleasant hours to life. The farmer must study soils livestock rotation marketing and practice. Agriculture is vast and requires specialization. The farmer relies on own judgment and must know nature and its cycles and how to overcome floods pests and bad seasons. With years of practice these things are learned but books aid farm practice.
Why on Earth Should Japan Abandon the Mikado
A collection of letters and opinions mockingly critique Japan and its symbols. The comments argue Japan clings to despotism and punitive justice, while contrasting Western morality and technology. Included voices from Edgar Lee Masters and Pauline Lord.
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Japan
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Tidindy
Chede
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Legion Weekly
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Chicago
Inve Jean Legion
Olympia
American Poste
That City
American Legion Weekly
Staten Island
Women's Auxiliary
F. A. Walker
Sir Charles Napier
State of Maine
Mother’s Bookry
H. W. Beecher
Chen
THE
Little Gods
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Edgar Lee Masters
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Pauline Lord
William BP
Hovis
Kansas City
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