Legion to use old Field Museum as new rifle range
The American Legion will convert the Field Museum building, evacuated after the World’s Fair, into an indoor rifle range in Hyde Park Chicago. Legionnaires will use a deluxe range with 200 yard and shorter distances, chosen after park commissioners granted the request.
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Hyde Park
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Chicago
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Park
Legion Bost
Legionnaires
Hungry Plymouth Rock Auctioned for Legion Auxiliary
A Plymouth Rock rooster ate 283 grains of corn after five hours of hunger and earned the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion in Cimarron Kansas a total of 328 dollars. The bird was displayed on Main Street, auctioned twice, and finally netted about 1.15 dollars per grain. Mrs Selah L Klein led the contest as national executive committee woman for Kansas.
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Plymouth Rock
Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Cimmarron
Kan
Kansas
Selah L. Klein
Kansas Department of the Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Klein
Wellesley College
New England Conservatory of Music
American Legion Girl Margaret Sousa Gains Title
Miss Margaret Sousa daughter of John Philip Sousa earns the title American Legion Girl for her lead in the Legion motion picture Lest We Forget. The film portrays disabled veterans seeking justice and employment after World War I.
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Margaret Sousa
John Philip Sousa
American Legion
Legion
Translated Fragments From a Turbulent Sailor’s Tale
A fragmented report hints at a maritime scene with sailors on deck and muttered phrases about Davy Jones. The garbled text mentions a first pair of nails and a tense moment overheard among crew aboard.
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Davy Jones
Sam
Suah
American Aglon Weekly
Des Moines Echoes War Talk and Immigrant Fortunes
A Des Moines column reflects on wartime fears and postwar revival, noting Italian immigrants building a $50,000 fruit business, and a sister abroad warning of hardship. It mentions Harvey Ingham’s antiwar stance, naval recruitment, and President Harding urging bank liberalization for farmers.
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Des Moines
Italy
United States
Harvey Ingham
The
Des Moines Register
Afton
Diplomatic Posts Feature Waning Support
Fragmentary lines hint at debates over diplomacy and national posture. The text references men in IEEE, possible shifts in leadership, and a sense of finally advancing toward self direction after external pressures.
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Rooster
Woman's Organization
Selah L. Kisin
Cimmarron, Kan
Humboldt ‘Republican
Milwaukee
Navallyecruiting Station
Navy
Harding
Mid-West
Union County
Arkansas
Bush Terminal
Ats New
York
Sansonnet Jr
Ferden, Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Department of Agriculture
James Nicholson
A. R. Gorey
Secy
Dept. of. Agriculture
Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohlo
Kouesnon
Percheron Stud Book of America
John Fisher
Plover
P. O. Dorweiler
A. R. Corey
State Dept. of Agriculture
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W.w.beam
R.campbell
DRS
E. L. Hollis
T. D. Jones
First National Bank
Rolfe
L. M. Graham
Nacke’s
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
Pocahontas
Jr Vs
McEwen McEwen
W.S. McEwen Tgthers
State Savings Bank
Robt. Klein Sr
Robt. Klein Jr
Robert Klein & Son
Col
H. H. Grove
New York
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