Doughboy of Idaho statue chosen for war memorials
Avard Fairbanks of Portland and Salt Lake City created the lifelike Doughboy of Idaho statue selected by Idaho’s War Memorial Commission. The commission orders counties to feature the main statue with uniform memorials and the American Legion applauds the piece. Fairbanks expressed belief in the Legion’s role in education and national honor.
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War Memorial Commission
America
Idaho
Avard
Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Utih
Bowie
Amer
Ican
Idaho Commission
American Legion of Idaho
Sam
American Legion
Legion
Legion officer Bebergail active in California union work
Fred F. Bebergail of San Francisco serves a second term as department adjutant of the American Legion in California. He is a leading Legion officer and prominent labor union activist, with a background in the San Francisco Typographical Union No. 21 and the California State Federation. He was twice rejected for military service but enlisted after a waiver and served in Base Hospital Company No. 87 in France, discharged as sergeant first class.
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Fred F. Bebergatl
San Francis 2
American Leion
California
Legion
Bebergail
Ehreles
Ite
Rome
Good Old College of Hard Knocks
Bebergall
San Francisco
Nally
Secretary of War
United States Army
France
American Legion
Legion Post to Honor Soldier’s Memory and Rename Overbrook House
Overbrook, Penn post of the American Legion plans to honor Russel C. Gross of Philadelphia for bravery shown in France and to rename its community house the Trussell, Grows post. The article notes widespread publication of deserter lists and Legion support for the policy. It also reports various Legion activities including a charity car, park creation in Ephrata, a monument fund in Pittsburgh, and new posts forming in Minnesota.
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Russel C. Gross
Philadelphia
Stador Bergdof
France
Oversbrook
Penn
American Legion
Overbrook
Trussell
Post
FL W. Galbraith Jr
The
Hopewood Post
Pittsburgh
Legion
Rayne
Legion Post
St. Charles
Azalea Post
Oteen
Minnesota
Brook Park
Clarissa
Morgan Park
Duluth
Birchdale
Albany
Rose Hill Burial Park
New Orleans
Minnesota American Legion
Wealthy farmer dies leaving earth as sole bequest
An elderly farmer dies and, after probate, is found to have left nothing except a bequest to leave the earth. The strange will reads in archaic language claiming kin have long sought possessions, but the estate offers no wealth or heirs.
Boy Scouts urged to aid timber preservation and education
Dean Mann of Cornell warns of looming timber shortages as the nation faces dry periods and a new camping season begins. He calls on Boy Scouts to lead national timber protection and development efforts, promoting education and broad public understanding of the issue.
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Dean Mann
Cornell
Thue
Boy Scouts
Scouts Big Enrollment Sets Historic High
June 1021 records the largest enrollment in Boy Scouts history with over 400000 active members. The piece lauds scouting for shaping healthier happier youths and praises scoutmasters and volunteers while urging growth to 600000 by Christmas.
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America
Boy Scouts of America
Boyhood
Rules for Boy Scouts Forester Directive
Rules for Boy Scouts outline duties in forestry including reporting forest fires to officers, learning fire-fighting skills, planting trees, destroying pests and disease, removing dead wood, and protecting valuable trees as described in Boy Scouts' First Book of Forestry.
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Boy Scouts
Illlek
Boy Scouts Show Global Good Turns
Sioux City scouts canvassed door to door to raise clothing for Armenia victims. Pittsburgh scouts gathered wildflowers and made bouquets for hospitals. Tulsa youths mounted a spring offensive against bagworms collecting debris for safety. Aurora scouts ushered at churches while Stillman Valley scouts maintain recreation hall and raise the village flag. Paducah scouts cleaned lots statues aided police and served at a Rotarian convention. They assisted firemen and cleaned a greenhouse damaged by hail.
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Sioux City
Armenia
Pittsburgh
Tulsa
Okla
Aurora
Stillman Valley
Paducah
Improved Uniform International Sunday School Lesson
Rev. P. L. B. Fitzwater, D. D. cher of English Bible at Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, presents a lesson overview in a church newspaper. The item notes the Sunday School program and highlights theological guidance from a Moody institution scholar.
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Fitzwater
D. Dycher
Moody Bible Tnatitute of
Chicago
Lern
Lesson for July 31 Saul Teaching at Antioch
Lesson text from Acts 11 19 to 0 and golden verse from Acts 11 25 outlines carrying help to Jerusalem. It describes a religious awakening at Antioch and Saul and Barnabas teaching for a year. It notes Barnabas sending Saul and the disciples being first called Christians and the church at Antioch sending relief to Judea.
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Tim
Jerusalem
Saul
Antioch
Onger
Jesus
Africa
Cyprus
Barnabas
Othe
Serio
Christ
Agabus
Claudius Cesar
Judea
Antoch
Stone the Builder Rejected Becomes Cornerstone
A biblical quotation from I Peter speaks of the stone the builders rejected becoming the head of the corner. It notes believers are precious while those disobedient stumble, with Zion as the place of the chief cornerstone.
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Jesus Christ
Zion
Peter
Dr. J A J Waddell Arrives in Japan After 39 Years
Nova American bridge builder Dr. John A J Waddell and Mrs Waddell arrive in Japan after a 39 year absence. Waddell aims to bridge the Yellow River for the Ping-Nankow line.
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John A. J. Waddell
Deldge
Wadell
Japan
Ti. Waddell
Yellow River
New Photograph of Dr Scherman Named US Minister to China
A new portrait of Dr Jacob Gould Scherman, former Cornell University head, accompanies news of his appointment as United States minister to China. The image highlights the scholar diplomat set to represent the nation in Beijing.
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Jacob Gould Scherman
Cornell University
United States
China
Origin of the Surname White Traced to Hwita Armorer
A theory proposes the surname White derives from the Anglo-Saxon hwita meaning swordsmith or armorer. It cites a historic figure named Chore Hwita who lived during King Canute's era, about a thousand years ago, linking the name to skilled metalwork in early England.
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Hwita
Canute
Odd Birds Reported on Maryland Farm
S. A. Seth keeps a tame black robin on his farm in Ikwaant Tatbor county. Judge F. Low notes a white sparrow near the police. Gen J. B. Seth mentions a white blackbird and a white autridge. Mrs. B. Long owns a white wild duck on her property.
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Ikwaant Tatbor County
MD. S.A
Seth
F. Low
J. B. Seth
Odd Blended Facts Spark Oddities Across Nations
The scrambled note cites varied items from drug origins to silkworm sleep patterns and a phonograph in a player piano. It mentions Aldershot's curious steeplesticks school and China’s spaghetti popularity, plus Persian reform aid from American experts and women’s college growth since 1800.
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Dfieen
Aldershot
China
Ghosts and Looms Haunt Thaxted Church Weaving Room
Reverend John Bucknil at Thaxted Church in Braintree attempts to drive out spirits said to haunt a room above the nave used for weaving church vestments. Miss Margery Cornthwaite cites the priests of old watching the altar as the source of the haunting. Burning incense has not yet succeeded.
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Mar
John Bucknil
Thaxted
Braintree
Margery Cornthwaite
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