Applied Education Seeks Practical Public School Reform
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs defines Applied Education as practical learning for public school children, with real value, focus on environmental realities, and daily life truths. Open county conferences unite women to identify community needs and mobilize action through education, home economics, and conservation.
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Federation of Women’s Clubs
Applied Education Department
Home Economics
Conservation of Natural Resources
Live and Let Live Foreign Trade Policy
Frank A. Vanderlip argues that the United States should pursue a live and let live foreign trade policy. He contends Germany and England rely on export strength for survival and that reassembling the global exchange system after the war will take time, patience, and intelligence to restore.
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United States
Germany
England
Disarm the Revolver Movement Seeks Ban on Small Arms
A writer argues revolvers are a menace to civilization and advocates disarmament. He cites ads offering 1000 dollars for reasons to allow revolver production and outlines a push for a congressional ban on making small firearms.
Matrimonial Happiness Wrecked by Talkative Wives
Judge Sabath argues half of divorces stem from wives who sulk and refuse to talk. He cites a resentful wife provoking anger as a common trigger for marital breakdown. The piece highlights the male vanity in expecting constant attention and dialogue in the home.
The Animal That Asks Questions and Man’s Pursuit
A meditation on human uniqueness contrasts animals known for instinctive skills with humans who ask why. It cites Hamlet’s silence, Kipling, Solomon, and Christ to show curiosity, rule making, and devotion, concluding that inquiry drives science yet the unknowable remains beyond reach.
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Wlex Shakespeare
Hamlet
Creation
Herbert Spencer
Life and Law Learnings from Two Mules
The speaker notes two mules that never obey the same command, one to gee and one to haw, causing conflict and drift. He compares their behavior to people who wed without reading the rules of partnership, stressing that shared direction is needed to move forward. The poem ends with a call for unity and lawful cooperation.
Mottier’s Cook Book Recipe Fragments: Simple Dishes
A collection of home cooking tips and recipes notes from Mottier’s Cook Book describes a luncheon dish of green onions with rice and cheese, a white sauce, bananas with strawberries, and a lemon milk sherbet. It highlights thrifty, hot weather desserts and frozen treats as budget friendly options for housewives.
The Girl on the Job How to Succeed and Make Good
An editorial urging girls to pursue thorough training beyond stenography. It contrasts an average office path with investing in languages and broad business skills, arguing long term career advancement, higher pay, and job security come from specialized, rigorous preparation.
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Jessie Roberts
The origin of the slang term blighty in war talk
The piece traces slang origins from the allied army’s multilingual mix in World War I, focusing on blighty meaning home. It explains how Indian terms belait and bhilatl influenced British soldiers to coin blighty as both noun and adjective for homeward return. It notes American soldiers used it less but still appeared in front line stories.
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India
Belait
England
Hindustan
Potentially Genuine Exchange With Nonsensical Reply
A fragmentary dialogue shows Walter ordering chicken soup and a puzzled reply about "air-young chicken soup" along with garbled phrases about water and names. The text is incomplete and lacks clear narrative or context.
Minnesota Soldier Whitmore’s Rise From Farm to War Service
Horace G. Whitmore, born in Dayton and raised on a Nebraska farm, joined the Nebraska cadet battalion in 1805 with Pershing later as commandant. After wartime service with Battery B, 151st Field Artillery, he became Minnesota American Legion state adjutant before resigning to run a firm producing an automobile accessory device.
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Horace G. Whitmore
Pershing
University of Nebraska
Mr. Whitmore
General Pershing
O-In-C
Germany
Whitmore
Dayton
Nebraska
State University
Minneapolis
Outit
Rainbows
American Legion
Minnesota
Legion
Northwest
Born Lucky Soldier Bears 26 Wounds From War
Indianapolis veteran William N. Evans says he was born under a lucky star after surviving 26 wounds in four major offensives. He walked into American Legion headquarters seeking clerical work to keep his mind occupied while he recovers, noting his government compensation helps him marry. Evans served as a private in the Twenty eighth infantry, first division, with hits at Cantigny, Soissons, St Mihiel, and the Argonne.
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William N. Evans
Indianapolis
Ind
The
American Legion
Evans
Cantigny
Soissons
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Benefit Performance And The Angler In A Soup Of Wit
A humorous exchange features an old gentleman comforting a novice angler who laments constant failure to catch a fish. The veteran notes bites exist in spirit, while the novice reframes it as bites for personal benefit, reflecting a playful back-and-forth tone typical of American Legion Weekly humor columns.
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American Legion Weekly
Legion Chaplain W Robb Elected Sheriff of Polk County
Des Moines reports Rev W Robb chaplain of the American Legion town department elected sheriff of Polk County. He led a landslide, boosted prosecutions against liquor and bootleggers, and pushed out Des Moines police brass amid a graft probe. Robb, a Drake University student later army chaplain, served 18 months in France with the 168th Infantry and earned a DSMD for bravery. He wrote The Price of Our Heritage detailing Iowa’s WWI role.
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Des Moines
W. Robb
The
American Legion
Polk County
Robt
Drake University
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry
France
Iowa
Nationwide canvass seeks 300 graduate nurses for veterans care
Mrs Mary Hickey of the U S Public Health Service and Springfield Mass American Legion unit urges recruitment of 300 graduate nurses to staff two new veteran hospitals planned for Chelsea and Gloucester ports. Hickey, a World War nurse with French and American armies, lists contact at Polyclinic Hospital New York and the Surgeon General for application blanks.
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Mra
Mary Hickey
U. S, Puble Health Service
Springfield
Mass
American Legion
Chelsea
Quifport
Hickey
Tout
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
West Fiftieth Street
New York City
Polyclinic Hospital
U. S
Public Health Service
Washington
London hero follows Yanks home joins American Legion
Baden Grindle of the London Rifle Brigade sailed from Liverpool and returned to Indianapolis seeking Legion membership once eligible. While hospitalized he crafted a brass plate emblem and showed a Legion button to headquarters as a symbol of friendship. He awaits citizenship to become a full Legion buddy.
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Tommy Atkins
Doughboy
London
Tommy
Baden Grindle
American Legion
Legion
National
the Legion
Grindle
Indianapolis
Ind
Delegation to National American Legion Convention
A delegation of 10 American Legion members from Blackwell Oklahoma will attend the annual convention in Kansas City. The Blackwell post is arranging special Pullmans to join the Legion train carrying delegates from the western region.
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American Legion
Kansas City
Legion
Blackwell
Oklo
Me Hanes
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