Fitzpatrick Named Wisconsin Americanism Leader and Admin of Education Bonus
Edward A Fitzpatrick, 37, chairs the Americanism Commission of the Wisconsin American Legion and oversees the state Educational Bonus Law paying ex service men 30.8 dollars monthly for education. A veteran major, he has held multiple educational posts and authored works on education.
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Americanism Commission of Wisconsin II
Edward Augustus Fitzpatrick
Americanism Commission
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Fitzpatrick
New York City
Society For Promotion of Training
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Board of Education
Madison
Wis
Conway Man M Alister Rose to Major Led Army Discharges
Heber L. McAlister of Conway Arkansas chaired the Americanism committee of the Arkansas American Legion. His unit at Camp Dix discharged a record 1636 men in one day, a figure unmatched by any other unit. McAlister served from second lieutenant to major in the war, later holding academic posts in Mississippi and Arkansas.
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Heber L. McAlister
Conway
Ark
Arkansas Department of the American Legion
Camp Dix
Arkansas National Guard
McAlister
America
France
Mississippi
Mississippi College
Duachita College
E Service
Arkansas State Normal School
Bergdoll Fugitive Sought by American Legion
The American Legion seeks the man who aided Grover C. Bergdoll’s escape to Germany from Canada. Lemuel Bolles says Bergdoll obtained a passport in Winnipeg using a Legionnaire’s discharge papers. The Legion appeals to the Justice Department to verify facts and, if true, to have the man apprehended and expelled from the Legion for speedy trial.
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American Legion
Grover’ C. Bergdoll
Canada
Germany
Lemuel Bolles
The
Legion
Bergdoll
Winni‘peg
Army
Bolles
Department of Justice
Gergdonl
Familiarity's Breed at the Graveyard Sermon
A somber funeral in a veterans weekly features a darkey pastor delivering a graveyard oration for Samuel Johnson. The speaker laments the departed and suggests a belief that Johnson has moved to a distant, hopeful afterlife as the crowd contemplates loss.
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Samuel Johnson
American Glegion Weekly
The Greater Shame Cartoon Exchange
A short American Lesson Weekly quip contrasts family attire with witty insult about wives and daughters being out at the elbows and knees in a humorous panel. The dialogue mocks modest propriety with a punchline on shame.
Large Poland China hogs shipped to Cheyney Bros yard
George Howard delivered three head of Poland China hogs to Cheyney Bros. weighing 2070 pounds total for an average of 690 pounds each. One hog reached 800 pounds, the largest shipped by Cheyney Bros. in years, illustrating rapid growth of the breed and Mr. Howard's top quality stock. The clipping came from C. W. Howard of Havelock, brother of the referenced George Howard.
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George’ Howard
Cheyney’ Bros
Poland
China
Cheyney Bros
Wanted and for sale notices from Rolfe Iowa area
A compact roster lists wanted persons and items for sale in Rolfe and nearby towns. Entries include a single man seeking season work, farm livestock such as mixed mares and Percheron stock, ducks eggs, chicks, a Ford truck, and farm machinery. Also pitches for milling wheat and a Watkins direct sales ad.
Train Service Changes Prompted by New Schedules
An editor’s note references changes in Chicago North Western schedules effective Sunday March 27. It invites readers to contact agents for full particulars and notes earlier departures of certain trains in a pro forma promotional style.
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Chicago
North Western
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M’alister
Arkansas
Slacker
Ford
Yellow Dog
Plover
M. L. Northup
C.F. Hurley
Ottoson
Ohio
R. B. Mather
Rolfe
Jas. Cornwell’s
Sailsbury
Arrow Office
Frank MacVey
L. T. Lundy
Albert Willey
C. E. Boyce
Rhode Island
Red Chicks
Frank Broadwell
Iowa
I. M. McKim, Plover
Rolfe Grain & Milling Co
F. L. Robinson
Jens Knutson
Perry Amick
W. B. Howell
Spiker
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Dept
C. Winona
Minn
Will. Mather
Swea
R. S. Mather
B. F. Pike
Will
J. W. Tilton
Bradgate
Jack
London
C. J. Club
Guy Smith
Caspar Grant
Somerset
William Owen
Metropolitan Theatre
Gilmore City
Harold Bryan
Morningside College
Sioux City
Oscar Snyder
W. H. Strickler
Aurelia
Emma Lighter
C. Lighter
Mulholland
R. A. Barcus
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Weaver & Wood
Rockwell City
Hubert Wiswell
Humboldt
Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian Church
L. W. Wheeler Tire Company
Fort Dodge
Town
Hi. Peterson
Ellsworth
Arthur Peterson
Bennet
Frances “Hart
Geo. Siepel
Shenandoah
Harry Fraser
Miss Mary
A. W. Ireland
Toben Business College
Monk & Findlay
Ft. Dodge
C. B. Calligan
Rolfe Grann & Milling Co
Rolfe Auto Co
Gladys Grant
R. C. Grant
Mary McEwen
Sterling Ritchey
Everett Moon
L. W. Ives
A. G. Bagge of
Fonda
McEwen
White House
Webb
Rolfe and
Oxfords
Petersons’ Clothes Shop
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