Pillar From Belleau Church To Guarded National Headquarters
A pillar from the altar of a church in Belleau near Chateau-Thierry, bearing scars from German shells, is conserved at the American Legion national headquarters in Indianapolis. The Belfort-founded relic was sent by the grateful French village to the Yankee regiments via the Legion after their victory.
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Belleau
American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
France
Chateau-Thierry
America
Legion
Will Pay the Buckeye Boys
Robert R. Roberts of Youngstown Ohio, former Ohio American Legion official, is tasked with disbursing $25,000,000 to nearly a quarter of a million ex service men. As director of adjusted compensation in Ohio, the sergeant major and Carnegie Steel veteran leads a state fund effort seen as a Legion victory. Ohio provides ten dollars per service month up to a cap of $250 for World War veterans.
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Robert R. Roberts
Youngstown
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Roberts
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Mills
State Sinking Fund Commission
American Legion
Address on adjusted compensation heard in Pittsburgh
A speech by Hanford MacNider on adjusted compensation was heard by listeners in Chatfield Minnesota and an audience in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, with the speaker likely speaking louder if he knew the crowd size. The report notes the distant listening via a wartime oration format attributed to the American Legion.
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American Legion
Chatfield
Minn
Hanford MacNider
Pittsburgh
Bridegroom Declines Vows in Humorous Colored Parson Exchange
A humorous historic snippet shows a colored parson asking if the man will take the bride. The groom replies in a dialect, saying he will be taken, not the bride, as the scene unfolds with a two hundred ten pounds of feminine assurance nearby.
Deposits in Texas State Banks Decline Between Calls
Texas banks show a net drop in deposits and total resources between March 10 and May 5, 1922, with 985 banks reporting. Despite overall decreases, the state banking department notes a healthy growth in resources as several banks converted to national banks or closed, reducing reported assets and liabilities.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Banking Department
Guaranty Fund
Texas third in production of fuller's earth in 1921
The United States Geological Survey reports Texas ranks third in fuller's earth production in 1921 with a national total of 105,609 short tons valued at $1,973,848. The average value was $18.69, down slightly from 1920, with mining confined to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Massachusetts and Texas. Imports totaled 9,744 short tons, down 49 percent from the prior year.
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Washington
Texas
United States Geological Survey
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
Federal roads fund compromise breaks deadlock
Conferees from the Senate and House reached a compromise on federal good roads, making 50 million dollars available in the next fiscal year for continuing federal and state cooperation in road development.
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Washington
Senate
House
Giddings Secures Site for City Tourist Park
Giddings Texas residents purchase prime eastern town grounds a block from the Austin Houston highway to establish a long-promised tourists park. The move signals completion of a community plan to provide a central recreation and rest area for visitors and locals.
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Giddings
Tex
Austin-Houston Highway
Senate adopts Hitchcock fur sales inquiry plan
Washington. The senate on Saturday adopted Senator Hitchcock’s resolution directing the secretary of commerce to provide details of seal fur sales from government seal farms in Alaska over the last eight years.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Secretary of Commerce
Alaska
War Finance Corp approves 990000 loan for agriculture
The War Finance Corporation announced on Monday the approval of thirty advances for agricultural and livestock use totaling 990000. Distribution of the loans included Oklahoma 13000 and Texas 177000 with more allocations to other states.
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Texas
Washington
War Finance Corporation
Oklahoma
Ammunition Seized in Juarez Shipment to Zacatecas
Juarez customs agents seized two boxes billed as farming implements at the express office. They contained 15 000 rounds of ammunition. The shipment was addressed to Zacatecas.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Zacatecas
Daughter Born to Zita in Madrid News Note
A daughter was born Wednesday to former Empress Zita of Austria Hungary in Madrid. The historic birth marks a personal milestone for Zita after her exile, with details limited to the naming and origin of the event.
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Zeta
Madrid
Zita
Austria-Hungary
Matamoros Gets New Military Commander
Brownsville Texas reports Colonel Joaquin Torres arrives from Mexico City to take command of the Matamoros military district opposite Brownsville, replacing Colonel Luis Maltos who fled recently.
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Brownsville
Tex
Joaquin Torres
Mexico City
Matamoros
Matamoros Military District
Luis Maltos
Floating Debt Increases in Berlin Germany
Berlin Germany reports its floating debt rose from April 1 to May 20 by 12.75 billion marks, bringing the total to 285.68 billion marks. The figure reflects continued borrowing and liquidity needs during the period.
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Berlin
Germany
Harvesting Texas Winter Wheat Crop
Texas farm bureau federation reports North Texas and Panhandle areas begin harvest this week with about 40 percent abandonment of winter wheat. Total Texas yield forecast under 13 million bushels from a 711000 acre planted area. remaining 1,023000 acres to harvest show roughly 70 percent of normal, about twelve bushels per acre. Conditions vary, Panhandle late rains helped, stands thin in plains, overall favorable in Central and North Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
North Texas
Panhandle
Grayson
Plains
Central
More Than Million Ready for Schools
Texas State Treasurer C V Terrell announced funds in the available school fund total 1 946 986 ready for apportionment at 1 50 per capita. The state board of education will order remittance to schools. A corrected calculation shows 1 297 991 enumerated scholastics in Texas with 15 per capita apportionment totaling 16 873 883.
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Austin
Tex
C. V. Terrell
Texas
State Board of Education
El Campo Farmers Push Ahead as Drought Eases
El Campo Texas reports improving crop conditions after a week of dry weather. Farmers accelerated field work, cleaned out lots, and advanced planting and preparation efforts amid favorable conditions.
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el Campo
Tex
Taxing Under Act of 1898 Declared Constitutional
Washington. The Supreme Court held that collecting taxes under the war revenue act of 1898 on the capital and undivided profits of banks was valid even when permanently invested. The Fidelity Title and Trust Company of Pittsburg appealed from the Court of Claims. the decision served as a test for similar 190x actions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Fidelity Title and Trust Company of
Pittsburg
Permanent conference formed to push abolition of child labor
A permanent organization to abolish child labor in the United States was formed by representatives of national associations called into conference by Samuel Gompers. The group plans a campaign for a constitutional amendment after the Supreme Court struck down excise taxes on minor labor. Gompers became permanent chairman as the conference urged legislation to regulate child employment in mines factories and similar occupations.
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Washington
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
United States Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Chandler
New York
Supreme Court
Permanent Conference For the
Texas Second in Production of Oil
Texas moved to second in April oil production as the United States Geological Survey reported a national total of 44,657,000 barrels, down from March by about 2,000,000. Oklahoma led. Texas credited with 1,354,000 barrels of Mexia oil from earlier months, moved during April. Domestic consumption reached 41,126,000 barrels, 3,500,000 less than production, the second such excess in 18 months.
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Washington
Texas
United States Geological Survey
Oklahoma
Corpus Christi Deep Water Port Approved in Senate Bill
The senate finance committee adopted the Corpus Christi deep water port project as part of the river and harbor authorization bill. It calls for 5 051 000 dollars for new work and 220 000 dollars yearly for maintenance, with Secretary Weeks praising its potential as a major foreign commerce port and strategic naval asset.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Corpus Christi
Board of Army Engineers
Galveston
Tariff Committee Approves Dye Tariff Amid Senate Vote
After a five hour debate the senate approved amendments to the tariff bill setting a 50 percent ad valorem duty and 7c per pound on crude coal tar dye and products. The roll call finished 387 to 20 with Keyes La Follette Norris voting against the change and Kendrick supporting it.
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Washington
Senate
Keyes
la Follette
Norris
Kendrick
Fort Worth Stock Market Report Spurs Mixed Cattle Show
Fort Worth Texas reports steady prices for fat cattle Friday while calf sales slide 25 to 50 cents. Steers bring 4.75 to 7.10 dollars, a few extra choice calves reach 8.50, top car lot at 7.50. Receipts include 1,300 cattle and 700 calves. Hog prices rise 5 to 10 cents, one car sold to a packer at 10.20 dollars.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas to Ship Nearly Sixty Thousand Early Vegetables
Texas will ship more than 19 000 carloads of early vegetables this year, with total early market shipments likely around 60 000 carloads. Cabbage, onions, spinach, and potatoes lead the load. tomatoes and cantaloupes also rise in forecasts. Webber County near Laredo and Rio Grande Valley drive onion and cabbage output, while overall value projected near six million dollars.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Florida
California
Rio Grande Valley
Union
Webb County
Laredo
Travis County
Webbr County
San Antonio
Gulf Coast
Houston
East Texas
Lone Star
United States Department of Agriculture
Wheat harvest in India up 40 percent over 1921
The International Institute of Agriculture reports India's wheat harvest this year at 97,000,000 quintals, about 40 percent higher than 1921. The bulletin from Rome notes the strong gain and implies improved food supply prospects for the region.
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Rome
Bulletin of the International Institute of Agriculture
India
Lincoln pallbearer dies at 83 in Oneida New York
RBend Wood, 83, last surviving member of President Lincoln's pallbearers, died Saturday in Oneida New York. Born in Syracuse, he had lived in Oneida for 48 years.
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Oneida
N. Y
Rbend Wood
Lincoln
Syracuse
Tanlac Credited With Restoring Health by Lincoln Woman
Mrs Anna B Crawford of Lincoln Nebraska says Tanlac cured her indigestion headaches and dizziness after a run down condition and rheumatism left her unable to walk. She reports regained appetite weight and strength and praises the medicine sold by druggists. A stray line notes a woman with jewelry.
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Tanlac
Anna B. Crawford
California Fig Syrup Ad Cites Baby Comfort
An old fashioned广告 touts genuine California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for babies, claiming it cleanses the bowels, relieves diarrhoea colic and biliousness, and contains no narcotics, with clear bottle directions and a note to ask for California by name. It ends with a unrelated moral line about wealth.
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California
Cardus touted as cure for womanly ailments in Pittsylvania report
Ringgold Virginia tale tells Mrs D T Barker, from Route 2, recovering from severe exhaustion and depression after using Cardus. She credits seven bottles for renewed appetite, energy, sleep, and spirits amid broader claims that thousands of women found relief. Ad ends urging readers to try Cardus from local druggists.
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Ringgold
D. T. Barker
Pittsylvania County
Route 2
Cardus
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Robert Roberts
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Partner
Fuller
Corpus Christi Project
Fort Worth Stock Market
Lincoln Pallbearer
Virginia
Cardlus
Collum Dropsy Remedy CO
Dept. J.W
Atlanta, GA
Mitchell O
Eye Salvere
Mall & Ruckel, Inc
Waverly Place, N.Y
ORE Eyes
Ny Line
Tom Cain
Montgomery City
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