Richmond lawyer sues naval officers for false arrest in Samoa
Samuel Ripley of Richmond California, claiming to be a former Samoan prince, filed suit in Chicago for $50 against Capt. Waldo Evans, then commandant of the Great Lakes naval training station, and WW A MacDonald. He says he sailed from San Francisco in 1921 aboard the Sonoma, paid deposits at Pago Pago, and was later confronted and held under armed guard by Evans and MacDonald with a man posing as a customs official. He alleges he was kept aboard the vessel for 30 days as a prisoner until the ship returned to Honolulu.
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Richmond
Cal
Chicago
Waldo Evans
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
WW. A. MacDonald
Evans
American Samoa
Ripley
San Francisco
Sonoma
Pago Pago
MacDonald
Honolulu
Solons Wind Up Legislative Work in Texas
The third called Texas legislature adjourned sine die after a governor message saying revenue and appropriations were not achieved. Total vetoed and approved appropriations, per diem, and reclamation funds yield a net reduction of 3.7 million from vetoed measures, with tax bills expected to add about 4 million. The session ends amid debates over ranger force cuts and a defeated legislative tax committee proposal.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Senate
House
Legislative Hill
State Highway Department
Maxwell
Baker
Milam
Northwestern student Leighton Mount death verdict ruling
A coroner's jury in Chicago found Northwestern University student Leighton Mount died at the hands of unknown persons. The panel recommended those responsible be apprehended and brought before the grand jury after his skeleton was found under an Evanston pier six weeks earlier.
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Chicago
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Evanston
Mount
Rainfall Benefited Jackson County Farms Last Week
Edna Texas area received beneficial rains with Edna reporting just over two inches. The rain will help corn and cotton sorghum and potatoes and also improve pasture grass. Farmers are now cutting hay for winter use.
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Edna
Tex
Jackson
New Orleans Rice Market Holds Steady Prices
New Orleans Rice Market in New Orleans Louisiana shows no change Friday with Fancy Rose quoted at 44 4 cents per pound and choice at 3 2 cents. Fancy screenings sold at 21 4 2 cents. Porto Rico continued small purchases of Blue Rose. Domestic trade reports Northern market interests bought small lots of fancy and choice grades, with receipts totaling 6780 pockets of clean.
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New Orleans
Porto Rico
Comradeship Spirit Shown Across Allied Veterans
The Interallied Veterans association shows comradeship as Bert Gocke of London returns Francis E. Ellis of St. James Minnesota his lost wallet from World War I. Ellis of Co. M 145th Infantry lost his wallet and registration card near the end of the war in Belgium. Gocke writes from London saying he hopes for repayment and includes a photo, recalling shared hardship on the Ypres front and Belgium travel in 1918.
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Belgium
Big
Stallet
Bert Gocke
Londons Gate
Ypres
Viamaeginghe
Spartanaire Club Code Promotes American Character
The American Legion Weekly outlines plans for a Spartanaire national boys club inspired by Spartan endurance. The code emphasizes hard work, fair play, self-improvement, teamwork, honesty, and lifelong learning to mold American youths into principled leaders.
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The
American Legion Weekly
Spartanaire Club
Legion Men Capture Robber in Wellsboro Pa
Wellsboro American Legion members acted as vigilantes aiding police in catching a series of robberies by a culprit. A vigilance committee formed from ex service men patrolled town corners nightly and finally cornered the robber pulling a job. Citizens returned a fund raised for police protection to the post in appreciation.
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Legion
American Legion
Wellsboro
Failed salute at Terre Haute funeral honors
An American Legion funeral escort passed a traffic officer in Terre Haute Indiana who did not salute the colors. The officer was suspended by Chief Smock after orders were issued that all police department members must salute the flag. The funeral honored a Civil War veteran.
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American Legion
Terre Haute
Ind
How Birds Keep Down Insects in Winter Forests
Birds like nuthatches titmouses creepers and woodpeckers search trees for hibernating insect forms. Under normal conditions they destroy about ninety percent of tiny caterpillars hatching on the outer parts of trees, according to American Forestry Magazine.
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American Forestry Magazine
Contrasting Belief on Sagehood Through Years
A reflective sentence notes that years do not grant wisdom but merely age, echoing Madame Swetchine on wisdom versus aging. The line challenges the notion that time alone creates sages, suggesting deeper insight and discernment are required.
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Madame Swetchine
Masters of Men film review by Morgan Robertson
A vivid motion picture card ad extols Masters of Men a sea adventure about Dick Halpin a bold youth who sails from hardship to honor. It lauds the film’s rugged sea life romance and patriotic framing with Uncle Sam’s bluejackets and a heroic, manly ethos.
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Uncle Sam
America
Fren Tert
Dvak Halpin
Dick Halpin
Kipling
Morgan Robertson
Honors and lessons in a quiet family scene
A fragment recounts a sister encouraging her brother Hugh at school and a small boy calling for his sister from another room. The tone contrasts fear and confidence as the sister urges him to try at the board while a dog’s presence and a broader observation about self-made men weigh in on bold talk and achievement.
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Jean
Hugh
Lfird
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