Fighting Men of Three Wars Identified With Home Erected in Hoquiam
Hoquiam Washington dedicates an American Veterans building a three story memorial to fighting men of all American wars. The project was driven by the American Legion United Spanish War Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic with a bank on the ground floor and rest rooms and halls on the upper floors. Robert A LeRoux spoke as a national Legion field organizer at the dedication.
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Hoquiam
Washington
American Veterans
Wash
American Legion
United Spanish War
Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Legion Members Aid Police In Law and Order Mission
Thousands of American Legion members nationwide assist police to combat a crime wave. New York offered 5 000 veterans on streets at peak crime, while St Louis sent 500 Legionnaires to patrol and round up suspects. Legion cites not police inefficiency but extraordinary circumstances.
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American Legion
Legion National
New York
Legion
St. Louis Legionnaires
St. Paul
Minn
IS LEADER IN AMERICANISM Philip A. Bangs Honored In Northwest
Philip A. Bangs of Grand Forks North Dakota named vice commander of the North Dakota department of the American Legion and noted as a doughboy and scout who served overseas. A wounded veteran of the Argonne offensive and former adjutant of the Grand Forks post. He is a University of North Dakota Law graduate practicing in Grand Forks. Also a proposed Oregon law offers veterans a choice of a 2000 dollar loan or cash compensation at fifteen dollars monthly for World War I service if passed.
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Northwest
Philip A. Bangs
Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
University of North Dakota
Bangs
Oregon
Havelock Happenings Include Visits and Busy Weekends
Local notes list residents visiting Pocahontas Laurens Mallard Des Moines and West Bend. Families such as Hersom Gruver Garton and Silkebakken are active with callers business trips and hospital plans. A firstborn son was welcomed by J W Loots with others attending church and social events.
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A. M. Howery
Manson
John Dunlap
Nellie Stover
Pocahontas
Martin Silkebakken
Laurens
H. D
M. W. Gruver
Semi annual report of Pocahontas County treasurer G B Peterson
G B Peterson, treasurer of Pocahontas County Iowa, presents a semi annual report covering May 31 to December 31, 1920. The document certifies the summary of all business transacted by the treasurer in that period and is dated Pocahontas Iowa January 10, 1920.
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G. B. Peterson
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Pocahontas
I. G. B. Peterson
Capitol Grounds
Court House
Teachers’ Institute Eee
Laurens Sewer
Laurens
Rolfe Sewer
Laurens-Rolfe
Laurens Een
Court House Ee
Lhein
Sebati
Wee
Local visitors and travels around Laurens and Pocahontas
Peter Smith and family spent Saturday in Laurens. Claude Wilson of Pocahontas was a caller in town Wednesday. A. F. Mick and L. J. Martyn were in Laurens Tuesday. Uncle Jhis vos. Peter. Smith was in Rolfe Wednesday.
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Andrew Smith
Mallard
Peter Smith
West Bend
John Jacobson
Frank” Eno
Lou Hawk
Rolfe
A.M. Howrey
Laurens
Chas. Lanus
Town City
Mulholland Sisters
Milt Hilton
Forestburg
Frank
Eno
W. A. Smith
Frank Eno
Pocahontas
Will. Ralfe
Peter. Smith
A. F. Mick and
L. J. Martyn
Claude Wilson
Immortelle Harvest Boosts Ollioules War Graves Trade
Immortelles grown near Ollioules in southern France are collected during a ten day May harvest called the decade of the immortelles. They are picked at dawn to prevent wilting and sold by weight. The village profits from increased demand for grave decoration for soldiers.
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France
Ollioules
Toulon
Belivian Silver Mine Legend In Thunderous Town
The piece describes Potos in Bolivia with a vivid tale of the Belivian silver mine. Willis Knapp Jones notes the city celebrated King Philip II’s coronation with ten million dollars. Legend says the hill warned Indians that it would belong to a later race, while silver abundance surpassed bread.
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Potos
Bolivia
Willis Knapp Jones
Belivian
Philip II of
Spain
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MER Ligion Coorg
Fhis” Department
American Legion News Service
Veterans’ War
Veterans’ Building
Hoquiam, Wash
Grand Forks, N. D
Hig State Department
Havelock
B. ‘Hersom
Pearl Hersom
Alice Garton
Fort Dodge
H.D
Ray Gruver
G. A. Gruver
Orville Hersom
Dave Bell
Rush Lake
Willey
Cagann
Marion Graver
Des Moines
Mason’s Trade
Frank Merry
M. G. Herscher
Miss
Frieda
Perry Gruver
Gowrie
Marathon
N. B. Hersom
Harry Hilton
Will Smith
Bert Hilton
Plover
Ray Grover
Thos. Edge
David Johnson
G. A. Grover
Jhis Vos
Flowers
Heroes
Boston
Bogton
Cascara
Quinine
THE
Arrow Print Shop
Lavareunseeesasaveen
Taffeta
Georgette
Canton Crepe
Crepe de Chine
Gates Girls Store
GATES
Gates Dry Goods Company
Fort Dodge, Iowa
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