National Convention of the American Legion to Convene in Cleveland
American Legion departments have held meetings and will finish conventions by month end. The Second National Convention meets in Cleveland on September 27 to 29 and will determine the Legion's year’s course, policies, and programs. Decisions on fourfold Congresses and compensation measures will be finalized there.
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Ohio
Legion
Department of Florida
Pennsylvania
Clearance Sale of Summer Footwear at Hink’s Boot Shop
July release of Victor Records now in stock at the Victor Shop. F C Burgess proprietor announces a clearance sale of summer footwear.
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Hink
Victor Records
Victor
F. C. Burgess
Hink’s
Pleasant Valley Harvest Notes and Local Arrivals
Most farmers are in harvest fields with winter wheat yielding up to forty bushels per acre. Vern Calkin and a young man from Olin, Indiana, arrived to work for Harry Louderback. Roscoe Winters sold land to an eastern buyer. Much visiting among locals, with Mary Barker Bats from Denver visiting the Simpson family and reported to be improving in health.
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Vern Calkin
Olin
Harrys Louderback
Roscoe Winters
Dan Welch
Mr Brown
Mary Ames
Crook
Harry Louderback
Lawrence Simpson
Claude Simpson
Jepsen
Lillie Emerson
Medicine Bow
Wro
Geo. Stork
A. B. Jelinek
CBE
Simpson
Robertson
Truman Louderback
Orin Loudy
Colton
Charlie Barber
E. J Simpson
Tracke
Sidney
John McDonnell
Q. G. Simpson
T. W. Simpson
Mary Barker Bats
Denver
E. J. Simpson
True Love and Tax Rights in a Fragile Union
A fragmentary note describes a troubled marriage marked by fierce affection and disputed tax rights. The text mentions a FOR TAXL CALL 161, suggesting a legal or financial contention entwined with personal relations. No clear dates or parties beyond the couple are identifiable.
That Sound in the Night
Midst a midnight scare Mrs. Meekton urges her husband to dash downstairs after a supposed burglary. He vows to go only if he hears it again and plans to tell their child of his brave defense. Downstairs he discovers a harmless kitten playing with a rubber ball.
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Maria
Henry
Teaching the Blind to Draw by Touch at Royal Drawing Society
The Royal Drawing Society experiments teach blind readers to draw by touch. Pioneering methods use a frosted medium to trace drawings so a blind draughtsman can feel and edit his work. Directors hope to enable blind people to record designs and improve communication, possibly aiding reading and writing tasks.
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Royal Drawing Society
Beethoven
C. B. Ablett
Society
Ablett
Manchester Guardian
Airplanes and Dirigibles Aiding Mining Access
The air and dirigible transit could stimulate mining by delivering material and workers to ore rich, inaccessible sites where building roads is prohibitively costly. A US Bureau of Mines report by Doctor Lyon notes regular communication with remote sections and potential use for rescue gear at mining disasters.
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Doctor Lyon
United States Bureau of Mines
Where Big Industry Began in Eastport Sardines
The ragged shack at Eastport Maine marks the origin of the American sardine industry. Julius Wolff and New York promoters built a factory there nearly forty years ago to can sardines from herring. From that start the trade grew to employ thousands seasonally and made Eastport a key fishing port.
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Eastport
Julius Wolff
Raesian
New York
Maine
Whisky Connoisseur at the Federal Office Resigns
Herbert Corey in the Kansas City Star recalls Bruce Bielaski head of the United States secret service and his retainer, a scholar of whiskies. The retainer stored a roomful of whiskies in Washington, despaired at raids, and mourned wastage before Bielaski poured liquor into a car radiator and quit the federal service.
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Bruce Bilelaski
United States Secret Service
Bielask
Washington
Bielaski
Ile
Blame Mexican Hot Stuff for Revolutions
The piece attributes revolutions to Mexican foods like hot tamales and chili dishes and shifts blame to alcoholic beverages such as aguardiente tequila and mescal. It mocks these drinks as intoxicating and capable of arousing passions and rendering even enforcement agents unconscious.
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Suber
Prohibition
Canada Water Power Growth in Developed and Undeveloped Resources
Engineers estimate Canada’s water power potential at 18,832,000 horsepower, with 7,398,160 HP usable in populated areas. Last year’s plant installations totaled 64,400 HP, while developments under construction will add 370,000 HP and plans soon will add 750,000 HP. Developed waterpowers amount to 2,400,000 HP as the nation harnesses its “white coal” for industry and illumination.
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Canada
The Noisy Guest at Lincoln Banquet
William Jennings Bryan spoke at his brother’s Lincoln home praising orderly banquets and noting past drunkenness. A banquet anecdote recalls a guest mispronouncing his name through hiccups, saying it is the same whether drunk or sober.
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William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Morgan
Hic—Noame
Locomotive Rolls Into Brook After March Snowstorm
After a March blizzard that buried the New England coast, a locomotive with a snowplow on a Rhode Island line jumped a trestle and rolled into a swampy brook. Rail workers chose to roll the engine back over the embankment rather than dispatch multiple engines to retrieve it.
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New England
Rhode Island
Popwar Mechanica Magizine
City Council Pauses Ordinance on Rent Profiteering
The city council pauses a rent profiteering ordinance. It forbids raising rents to pay fines and imposes a hundred dollar fine. The owner agrees, planning to raise rents by a hundred dollars per apartment to cover penalties.
Improving His Method Atlas Reflects on Earth Holding Up Progress
Atlas watches the profiteers and muses that these modern fellows understand more about holding up the earth than in his youth. He notes their savvy and anticipates their impact on the era.
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Atlas
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