Memorial Day tribute to war dead echoes call for peace
At Woodlawn cemetery a Memorial Day service paid tribute to fallen soldiers. Rev A Klumb offered a benediction as O A Roots oversaw ceremonies. The high school band and chorus performed, the firing squad fired taps, and small American flags adorned graves, while Judge Dillett urged preparedness and anti pro war propaganda.
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Angus
Dillett
England
France
Santa Claus
Woodlawn
Achievement Day for Homemakers Draws Near
The message highlights the home as essential to child development shaping values. It notes future democratic influence starting at family level and previews afternoon events including a cloth and cotton skit and a pup pet show. The Shawano county homemakers group will gather to exchange ideas during lunch.
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County 4-11
Shawano County
Ninety-One-Year-Old Veteran Attends Civil War Reunion
Orrin S. Pierce, 91, from Aberdeen S D, recalls marching in the Grand Army of the Republic parade at Des Moines and attending the Civil War reunion at Gettysburg last year. He plans to attend the G A R encampment next year with hopes of marching again.
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Owi
Oweran
Aberdeen, S. D
Shawano County Journal
Geil’ Johnson
Orrin S. Pierce
Cottysburg
Miles
Des Moines
Bergdoll Returns to U S as Draft Dodger
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, once the most notorious WWI draft dodger, arrives on the Bremen escorted by reporters and U S immigration officials. He is taken from the ship to Governor's Island where military authorities assume charge, a move that delays pending congressional legislation to bar his entry. Potatoes from Maine appear in a world fair food exhibit featuring Miss Maine and Betty Brown, promoting the theme.
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New York
U. S
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Bremen
Germany
Governor’s Island
Congress
United States
Shawano County
Scrapbook walk inspires unique dress at recovery plan event
A quirky scrapbook walk featuring twelve thousand newspaper clippings announces the national recovery plan conference in Indianapolis from June 22 to 25. Jane Weir designs a dress from clippings, with Kitty O'Dell placing the final clipping on the distinctive garment.
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Indianapolis
Jane Weir
Kitty O’dell
Frances Willard Takes Up Bi Cycling at Age Fifty Eight
Frances E Willard a noted 19th century women’s leader learned to ride a bicycle gifted by Lady Henry Somerset during a visit in England She recalled three Englishmen holding the machine as she climbed onto the seat The piece marks the centenary of the bicycle and of Willard’s birth with the National WCTU convention planned in Rochester New York in September
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Frances E. Willard
Henry Somerset
England
Miss Willard
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Rochester
N. Y
Portrait of Major General Moseley Emerges in Dies Hearings
Washington reports name of Major General George Van Horn Moseley, retired last summer after a sharp denunciation of the New Deal, appears in evidence before the Dies committee as part of a nation-wide plot disclosure.
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Washington, D. C
George van Horn Moseley
United States Army
Dies Committee
Wisconsin's Health Insights on Infantile Paralysis Decline
Wisconsin reports 38 infantile paralysis cases last year, the lowest in eight years, with five deaths. Disease remains sporadic, mainly affecting under 10s, with late summer peak. Research targets include identifying the virus, a killer-specific, and a preventive vaccine. Quarantine, convalescent care, and winter suppression remain vital. Urban and rural mail order sales noted at 65 and 35 percent, respectively. TRY A JOURNAL WANTED!
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Wisconsin
State Bureau of Communicableiseases
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Bergboll
Maine
Printera
Shawano, Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Health
Cornelius A. Harper, M. D
Menard
Texas
N. HH. F Pierce
San Saba River
W. M. Braley
Orville Vickers
Shawano Fair
Caspar Wallrich
Insurance Agency
Shawano, Wis
Cull Lumber
John Kadletz
Shawano
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