Pillar From Belleau Church Arrives at American Legion HQ
A pillar from the altar of a Belleau church near Chateau-Thierry in France, scarred by German shells, has been sent to the American Legion national headquarters in Indianapolis. The gift honors Yankee regiments and is preserved there under French and American flags.
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Belleau
American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
France
Chateau-Thierry
America
Legion
Will Pay the Buckeye Boys to Ex-Service Men
Robert R. Roberts of Youngstown Ohio chosen as director of adjusted compensation for the state sinking fund commission to oversee the payment of 25 million dollars to nearly a quarter of a million World War I veterans. Roberts, a sergeant major in the Thirty seventh Division, formerly worked at Carnegie Steel and is credited with a Legion backing. Ohio pays ten dollars per month of service up to two hundred fifty dollars for eligible 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 by Hanford MacNider Heard In Pittsburgh Audience
A MacNider speech on adjusted compensation was broadcast from Chatfield Minnesota to an audience in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where American Legion members listened in from a distance. If he had known the full audience size he might have spoken louder.
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American Legion
Chatfield
Minn
Hanford MacNider
Pittsburgh
Bridegroom Refuses Vows in Humorous Wedding Card
A humorous mock ceremony lines a colored parson as the bridegroom proclaims he will not take the vow, saying he is being “tocked.” The scene, described in American Legion Weekly, satirizes wedding rites with vivid character details.
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American Legion Weekly
Deposits in State Banks on Decrease
Austin Texas report from the state banking department shows totals for Texas state banks fell between March 10 and May 5 with total resources at 317,635,465 and deposits down 14,018,000 across eleven banks. Despite overall declines, several banks shifted assets as seven converted to national banks and four were closed.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Banking Department
Guaranty Fund
Texas Third in Fuller’s Earth Production in 1921
The United States Geological Survey places Texas third among states in fuller’s earth production for 1921 as total output reached 105,609 short tons valued at $1,973,848. The average value was $18.69, down from 1920, with mining confined to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Massachusetts and Texas while imports fell 49 percent to 9,744 short tons.
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Washington
Texas
United States Geological Survey
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
Federal good roads compromise reaches $50 million
For Good Roads Washington report that after a deadlock between the senate and house conferees reached a compromise. They agree to make $50,000,000 available in the next fiscal year to continue federal and state cooperation in road development.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tourists Park Assured in Giddings Texas
Giddings residents have secured a site on the eastern edge of town near the Austin Houston highway for a much talked of tourists park. The purchase guarantees a new recreational area that will attract visitors and serve the community.
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Giddings
Tex
Austin-Houston Highway
Senate seeks data on seal fur sales from Alaska farms
Washington report says the senate on Saturday adopted Senator Hitchcock’s resolution directing the secretary of commerce to provide the upper chamber with details of seal fur sales from government seal farms in Alaska over the past eight years.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Secretary of Commerce
Alaska
Texas Receives Big Share in War Finance Loans
The War Finance Corporation announced thirty advances for agricultural and livestock purposes totaling 990000 dollars. Distributions include Oklahoma 13000 dollars and Texas 177000 dollars.
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Texas
Washington
War Finance Corporation
Oklahoma
Ammunition Seized As Farming Implements
Customs agents seized two boxes labeled farming implements at the Juarez express office finding 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
A daughter was born Wednesday to former Empress Zita of Austria Hungary in Madrid. The birth marks a notable event for European royalty with Zita, widow of Charles I, residing abroad.
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Zeta
Madrid
Zita
Austria-Hungary
Matamoros Names New Military Commander
Col. Joaquin Torres of Mexico City arrived at Matamoros opposite Brownsville and assumed command of the Matamoros military district, succeeding Col. 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 Market
Berlin Germany reports the floating debt rose by 12 750 000 000 marks between April 1 and May 20, bringing the total to 285 680 000 000 marks. The update reflects continuingly elevated liquidity pressures and government borrowing in the postwar economy.
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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 half normal yield. Abandonment of 40 percent of 711000 acres and 70 percent of normal conditions suggest ~12 bushels per acre on 1,023000 acres. Panhandle holds 61 percent of acreage. North Texas conditions favorable overall despite thin stands in plains.
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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 available for the public school fund with an apportionment of 1 50 per capita totaling 1 946 986 The board of education will transfer the money to schools The corrected figures show 1 297 991 students in Texas making 15 per capita for a total of 16 873 883 After the 1 50 apportionment 14 277 901 will have been paid leaving 2 595 982 yet to be paid
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Austin
Tex
C. V. Terrell
Texas
State Board of Education
Crop Conditions Improve in El Campo Texas Fields
El Campo Texas reports better crop conditions after a week of dry weather as farmers speed field work and clear out fields. The update highlights active farming and improved preparation ahead of planting and yields.
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el Campo
Tex
Taxing Under Act of 1898 Held Unconstitutional
Washington. The Supreme Court held that taxing under the war revenue act of 1898 on bank capital and undivided profits was valid despite permanent investment. The Fidelity Title and Trust Company of Pittsburg appealed from the Court of Claims in a test case for 190x.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Fidelity Title and Trust Company of
Pittsburg
Permanent Conference Formed to Abolish Child Labor
A permanent body named the Permanent Conference for the Abolition of Child Labor was formed by leaders from national associations at a meeting arranged by Samuel Gompers after the Supreme Court ruled excise taxes on minor labor invalid. The group will push for a constitutional amendment to ban child employment in mines factories and similar work. Gompers became permanent chairman as representatives urged legislation and a broader effort to end child labor nationwide.
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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 into second place in oil production for April as USGS reports a total U S output of 44 657 000 barrels a decline of about 2 000 000 from March Oklahoma led. Texas credited with 1 354 000 barrels of Mexia oil produced earlier but shipped in April. Domestic consumption reached 41 126 000 barrels, about 3 500 000 fewer than output, the second time in 18 months production exceeded consumption.
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Washington
Texas
United States Geological Survey
Oklahoma
Corpus Christi Deep Water Port Approved by Senate Panel
The senate committee on finance adopted the Corpus Christi deep water port project as part of the river and harbor authorization bill. It would cost 5,051,000 for new work and 220,000 annually for maintenance, with Weeks endorsing its inclusion for vast development potential and military value.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Corpus Christi
Board of Army Engineers
Galveston
Senate Approves Dye Tariff with Ad Valorem and Per Pound Duty
Washington action ends after a five hour debate as the senate passes committee amendments to the tariff bill setting a 50 percent ad valorem duty and 7 cents per pound on crude coal tar dye and products. The final vote is 37 to 20 with Keyes La Follette Norris voting against and Kendrick supporting.
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Washington
Senate
Keyes
la Follette
Norris
Kendrick
Fort Worth Stock Market Summary Friday Cattle Decline Calves
Fort Worth Texas market reports steady prices for fat cattle while calves fell 25 to 50 cents. Steers ranged 4.75 to 7.10 with some extra choice calves at 8.50 and car lot tops at 7.50. Receipts were 1,300 cattle and 700 calves. Hog market advanced 5 to 10 cents with one car sold to a packer at 10.20.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ia Packer
Texas poised for heavy early vegetable shipments this year
Texas Chamber of Commerce figures project upwards of 19 000 carloads of early vegetables and about 60 000 carloads total for the year. Cabbage onions spinach white potatoes strawberries and mixed vegetables lead the early shipments with substantial gains over last season. Watermelon and cantaloupe crops also rising with an estimated 87 000 acres and near 350 carloads of cantaloupe. Overall value near six million dollars based on current farmer prices.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Florida
California
Rio Grande Valley
Union
Webb County
Laredo
Travis County
San Antonio
Gulf Coast
Houston
East Texas
Lone Star
United States Department of Agriculture
Wheat harvest in India up 40 percent to 97 million quintals
Rome reported the International Institute of Agriculture bulletin estimates India will harvest 97 million quintals of wheat this year, a 40 percent rise from 1921. The increase signals strong cereal production and improved yields across the region.
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Rome
Bulletin of the International Institute of Agriculture
India
Lincoln pallbearer dies in Oneida at 83
Benoi Wood, 83, last surviving member of President Lincoln's pallbearers, died Saturday in Oneida New York after living in the city for 48 years. Born in Syracuse, he was the last living link to the Lincoln procession memories and his death marks the end of an era for local history.
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Oneida
N. Y
Benoi Wood
Lincoln
Syracuse
Tanlac credited by Lincoln woman for health turnabout
Mrs. Anna B. Crawford of Lincoln Nebraska says Tanlac transformed her health after a run-down condition with indigestion headaches and rheumatic pain limiting walking and arm use She reports regained appetite weight and strength and praises the medicine sold by druggists. A closing ad line notes a woman with trinkets begins boasting of jewels.
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Tanlac
Anna B. Crawford
California Fig Syrup Baby Laxative Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes genuine California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for infants and children, claiming it smooths digestion without cramps, contains no narcotics, and supports relief from diarrhoea colic biliousness coated tongue and feverish breath. It invites mothers to ask for California and reject imitations. The piece ends with a unrelated line about wealth and a horse comparison.
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California
Woman’s tonic Cardui touted by Barker in Virginia
Mrs D T Barker of Pittsylvania County complains of deep malaise and insomnia before praising Cardui as a cure she says restored energy appetite and sleep after seven bottles. The piece urges other women with womanly ailments to try Cardui and notes betting remains ineradicable with some wagering on the thermometer.
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Ringgold
D. T. Barker
Pittsylvania County
Route 2
Cardus
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Robert Roberts
Ohio Department
MacNider
Partner
Fuller
EARTH
Corpus Christi Project
Fort Worth Stock Market
Lincoln Pallbearer
Declareg Tanlac
Virginia
Cardlus
Collum Dropsy Rewedy CO
Dept. J.W
Atlanta, GA
Mitchell
Ball & Ruckel, Sec
Waverly Place
N.Y
Oreeyes
Ny Line
Tom Cain
Montgomery City
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