Aronowitz rises through Legion ranks to NY department commander
Samuel E. Aronowitz, born 1890 in Albany, ascends from private in World War I to New York American Legion department commander. He helped NY gain a share of the five million endowment, expanded membership, and served as state adjutant, vice commander, and on key committees after attending Dartmouth and Albany Law School.
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New York
American Legion
Samuel E. Aronowitz
Aronowitz
Albany
Dartmouth
Albany Law School
America
Three Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Ansuel Mates
Veterans groups push closer ties with League of Nations
Thom as W. Miller of the American Legion led a Geneva visit to strengthen links between the League of Nations and Fidac, proposing a Fidac member on the League staff and closer central contact. Miller toured England, noting shared veteran challenges with the British Legion. Fidac announced new American Legion appointees to its council of direction. The next Fidac convention is set for Rome in September.
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League of Nations
Fidac
Interallied Association of World War Veterans
Geneva
Switzerland
Thomas W. Miller
The
American Legion
League
Eric Drummond
Miller
England
Veterans’ Association
London
British Legion
Great Britain
Scotland
Ireland
America
Council of Direction
Paris
Benjamin H
Summer Escort Shows Off New Car Power
A summer escort boasts a new car and the ability to stop instantly then accelerate to 50 mph in 15 seconds. She questions the point of stopping if one can instantly resume speed, in a vivid exchange from American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Market Report From Washington on Fruits and Crops
Latest TI market summary covers Georgia Hiley peaches Livestock and dairy notes include butter and cheese trends. California salmon trate prices slip while Virginia Irish cobblers and Arkansas Oklahoma sacked Bliss Triumphs show mixed gains. Cotton futures rise while spot prices advance to 24.71 cents per pound.
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Poaprcent of Agriculture
Washington
Georgia
North Carolina
New York City
California
Cincinnati
Virginia Irish Cobblers
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Bliss Triumphs
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
State Buildings Cannot Be Repaired With Insurance
Austin Texas The State of Texas cannot repair any of its buildings destroyed by fire even when insurance is collected The adjutant general's department found that insurance on the Camp Mabry warehouse amounting to 5000 was accepted while insurance on other damaged but not destroyed buildings was rejected since it must go to the general fund for existing appropriations The department is negotiating with insurers to carry out repairs rather than paying cash insurance
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Adjutant General’s
Camp Mabry
New Orleans Rice Market Report Friday Prices steady
New Orleans rice dealers reported light but steady demand for fancy and choice grades with spot prices unchanged. Fancy Blue Rose ranged from 7 1 4 to 7 3 8 cents per pound, choice from 7.0 to 7 1 8, and fancy Horturas at 7 3 4 to 8 cents. Broken grades showed moderate demand with fancy second heads at 4 3 4 and screenings 3 3 4 to 8 7 8. Porto Rico also present in moderate activity.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Porto Rico
Ward Freed After No Bill In Typhoid Case
The minor ward William Nelson McClintock was acquitted of murder by typhoid inoculation and the grand jury returned a no bill on the charge of killing Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock. Poison was allegedly found in her exhumed body, but attending doctors reported no traces of poison.
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William Nelson McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Young McClintock
Hogs lead Fort Worth market rise with top at 14.00
Fort Worth stock market notes hogs advancing Friday with a top price of 14.00, highest since early year. Sales included a 206-pound butcher at 14.00, several cars around 13.50 to 13.85, and receipts about 800 head. Good pigs sold 11.50 to 11.75 while best sows reached 11.50 to 12.00.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Germans Sentenced to Death for Plot Against Bolsheviks
Moscow reports the supreme court sentenced on Friday three Germans Dr Karl Kindermann Max Von Ditmar and Theodore Volsch t to death for conspiring against prominent bolshevik leaders including Leon Trotzky and M Stalin.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Karl Kindermann
Max von Ditmar
Theodore Volscht
Leon Trotzky
M. Stalin
Anderson Gets 25 Years for Wife's Death
Palestine Winnie Anderson, an International Great Northern Railway engineer, was found guilty of murder in the death of his wife on March 4. A jury sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
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Palestine
Winnie Anderson
Great Northern Railway
Seventy Nine Pardons Granted in June by Ferguson
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued twenty eight full pardons and fifty one conditional pardons in June. The total pardons granted by Ferguson reach three hundred twenty six, including one hundred sixteen full pardons.
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Austin
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Edith Rogers elected in Lowell special congressional race
In Lowell Massachusetts the Fifth District voters chose Mrs Edith Nourse Rogers by a wide margin in a special election held Wednesday to fill the congressional seat.
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Lowell
Mass
Fifth Congressional District
Edith Nourse Rogers
The Nobility of Love and Sacrifice in Hard Times
The passage extols unwavering love and sacrifice as the world’s moral force. It praises a mother’s selfless care amid adversity, arguing such nobility sustains families and nations. In crises, love and sacrifice are presented as ultimate arbiters that rescue the vulnerable and brighten humanity.
A Salute to a Hidden Angel of Love and Sacrifice
F A Walker reflects on human depths of love and duty contrasting grand vows at New Year with quiet mercy shown by an elderly woman. The piece urges humility and recognition of steadfast kindness that persists beyond January resolutions.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Talleyrand: France’s famed diplomat of method and statecraft
The words describe Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord as a methodical man whose disciplined approach propelled him to prominence in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Born Paris 1754, died 1838, he faced proscription, exile in England and America, later returning to hold diverse foreign affairs posts and influence the Bourbon Restoration.
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pertzard
Talleyrand
France
Paris
London
England
America
New Republic
Louis XVIII
Ewa Biin
Tilsit
Napoleon
How It Was Decided How It Was Decided Ti
A humorous verse about many family members and a maiden each claiming what the boy should be. The narrator muses on the competing influences of kin and the one girl who finally decides his path. The piece reads like light verse from a local feature.
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Hank
Grandma
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Biddle Naval Hero of the American War of Independence
The article recounts Captain Biddle, marked by bravery and leadership. Born earlier, he joined the navy, survived a desert island ordeal, and became a key ship commander. During the War of Independence he directed battles from an armchair after injury, overseeing ships that captured enemy vessels before dying with his crew at age twenty seven.
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West Indies
Nelson
Biddle
George Matthew Adama
Nicholas Biddle born September 10, 1750
Nicholas Biddle was born on September 10, 1750 in Philadelphia. At fourteen, he ran away to sea, seeking adventure. He sailed to Quebec and onward, beginning a storied maritime life.
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Neee4s
Biddle
Philadelphia
Quebec
The
Last Name Byrd Tied to Bird, Founder of Richmond Mentioned
A historical note traces the surname Byrd to bird origins, detailing early meanings and the Byrd family of Virginia. William Byrd of western Virginia, born 1674, founded Richmond, with his benevolence to settlers and a 3500 volume library. He married twice, producing Col. William Byrd and descendants.
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Byrd
Richmond
William Byrd
Virginia
Col
Dan Parke
Marleborough
Blenheim
Queen Anne
Marion
Thomas Taylor
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mottier Cook Book Turnpike Road to Hearts
A pithy reflection on public appetite and truth. The author contrasts honest paths to popular favor with misdirection and the tendency of people to swallow fanciful claims, suggesting a skeptical view of public discourse and motivation.
Vintage Indiana Punch Recipe for Warm Weather
A warm weather beverage is described with steps to boil sugar water and lemon rind, then mix bitter almond extract lemon juice vanilla and strong tea. After chilling, add ice and effervescent water for a sparkling drink. The method emphasizes a refreshing punch suitable for warm days.
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Indiana
Orphaned Child Lament Leads to Story of Loss
A fragment reflects on a young girl across the way who notes that nothing is more pitiful than a child whose father and mother are both dead, and that being an orphan with one parent is bad enough.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Helped Through Change of Life in Baltimore Ad
Mrs. L Gingrich of Baltimore testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her Change of Life symptoms and aided a weakened system after other medicines failed. She praises it for improving her health and helping her daughters through marriage and childbirth, urging others to try the remedy.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. L. Gingrich
N. Gilmor St
Thief Had Nerve Robbery at Chapin gas station noted in hamlet
In Chapin New York a daring crime unfolded as an unknown man loitered at Charles Burd’s gasoline station for over two days while Burd was visiting Pennsylvania. The man sold gasoline and edibles at cut prices and even offered the station for sale but failed to find a buyer.
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Chapin
New York
Charles Burd
Pennsylvania
Burd
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