Legion Leader Outlines Fivefold Veterans Benefit Plan
Maj John G Emery of the American Legion discusses a fivefold adjusted compensation program before Congress. The aims include farm home purchase, suburban loan, vocational training, deferred insurance payments, and cash options, with emphasis on eliminating fake claims while preserving veteran service and national unity.
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Indianapolis
Run Legion
John G
Seattle Star
Legion
Congress
Spe
American Legion
Conto
Altho
Ican Legion
Poor Rich Children Rated Low by Infant Society
Chicago July 1 report from the Infant Es Fate Society notes that wealthy children fall about 50 percent below weight for their age while only 18 percent of poor children are underweight. Superintendent Sarah B. Place adds that rich families overfeed their children.
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Chicago
Infantesfate Society
Sarah B. Place
Car Stopped by Big Black Bass Blocks Driver
Floyd Hanson, on a fishing trip near Nashville Wisconsin, drove through a shallow stream and found his car would not move after reaching the far shore. An inspection showed a large black bass wedged between the accelerator and the frame, cutting off the gas supply.
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Nashville
Wis
Floyd Hanson
Martha Korne Faces Truancy Charge After Gas Attempt
Martha Korne, at 15, appeared in court on truancy charges after an unsuccessful suicide attempt by gas. The brief remarks centered on a philosophy about youth and time as authorities presented the case.
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York
Martha Korne
Society Woman Heads City Bank for Women in San Francisco
A major San Francisco bank announces a dedicated women's banking department led by Mrs Edward Dexter Knight a prominent local society figure and former Federation of Women's Clubs president. The venture creates a separate bank for women with women tellers bond experts and business directors handling women’s accounts.
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San Francisco
Edward Dexter Knight
San Francisco Society
Federation of Women's Clubs
Skagit Project Continuance Favored by Councilman
Councilman C B Fitzgerald told a Young Men's Republican club meeting that a Skagit project continuance ordinance will be introduced in the city council next week. He cited the plan as well conceived after extensive surveys and said it offers a better power generation option than the Lake Union steam plant.
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Skagit
C. B. Fitzgerald
Young Men's Republican Club
Lake Union
Once Chum of Peggy Also Seeks Divorce
Gaby Barrie a 22 year old chorus girl and alleged former chum of Peggy Joyce filed for divorce from Francis Barrie a 26 year old Brooklyn banker. They married in May 1917 in Brooklyn and separated that August over incompatibility of temperaments. The suit waives alimony.
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San Francisco
Gaby Barrie
Peggy Joyce
Francis Barrie
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peggy
Gaby
Cuelty
Francis
Lumberman Edward Schafer Indicted on Mail Fraud Charge
Edward H. Schafer, president of Oregon-Washington Lumber & Manufacturing, posted 2500 bail and returned to Vancouver, B C, after a Blaine, Washington arrest on federal grand jury charges of using the mails to defraud. The remark about wedding rings closes the fragment.
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Edward H. Schafer
Oregon-Washington Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Vancouver
B. C
Dollar Steamship Co
Schafer
Blaine
Lemons Bath for Luminous Complexion Promises Fair Skin
A vintage advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with Orchard White as a gentle skin bleach. It claims the lotion lightens the face neck arms and hands and reduces freckles tan and burns without irritation. It also casts the product as used by famous stage beauties for a rosy white complexion.
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Atage
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