Legion Man Displays Nerve In Coal Train to Vocational Aid
Lane, a World War I Marine aviator and Kanes Law student with Argonne Post ties, traveled from Kansas to Minneapolis to seek Federal educational aid. With scarce funds he endured three days of rail changes and delays by freight and passenger trains to present his case before the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
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Marine Corps
Thewan J. Lane
University of Kanes
Lane
Argonne Post
American Legion
St Foul
Mion
Kansue
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Minneapolis
Musual
Chicago
Womeroul
St. Paul
Turden
Coufse
Women’s Auxiliary Pioneer Murray Led Legion Units
Mrs Murray of Houston Texas led the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion in Texas from its early national formation in 1910 through rapid unit expansion by 1920. She organized drives, sold Liberty bonds and Red Cross, and planned a unit for each Legion district while her Civil War era ancestors linked to Revolutionary figures Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Boone.
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America
Nathaniel Green
Daniel Boone
Mra
Clinton Murray
Houston
Tex
Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Auxiliary of the
Medical Corps
Murray
Med Cross
Austin
Legion
Dexax
Concordia Ish
Nathaniel Greene
Forrest
Tribute to fallen soldiers across Minnesota graves
Across Minnesota Legion posts honor dead servicemen returned from overseas. In Cloquet the body of Jobs De Foe rests in a pine cemetery as Carl Anderson of the American Legion pays respects. At Winnebago, a funeral for Private Vernon Batley draws fifty uniformed Legionnaires. Ralph Gracie is buried with honors in his hometown.
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Cloquet
Minn
Jobs de Foe
Minnesota
Carl Anderson
American Legion
Winnebago Post
Vernon Batley
Ralph Gracie
Berndj Jext
Minnesota Legion Strength Tied to Vernon's Bold Outreach
Commander Vernon built a robust Minnesota American Legion after creating a wide service network. He launched a Legion Service bureau handling about a thousand ex-service clubs monthly and pushed 20,000 large posters plus publicity to newspapers to guide disabled veterans to report for compensation, training, and medical aid, then mobilized 20,000 business partners to place vocational trainees in establishments.
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Tinter
A. F. Ferion
Commuue
Minnesot
American Legion
Legion
Vernon
Stecesn
Legion Service Bureau
American Legion News Service
Federal Board For Volational Education
Elttoon
Vernot
Merited Tribute to Legion in Leake's Weekly Editorial
A Leake's Weekly piece lauds the American Legion as a unifying force with military dignity and civic virtue. It evokes historic imagery from battle hymns to Dixie, praising disciplined memory and moral prerogative while celebrating veterans across ages and lands.
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Pershing
Leake’'s Weekly
Dixie
Potsdam
Armerton
Father Moran Aids Legion in Armistice Day Bill
Father D. J. Moran of Farmington chaired the Armistice Day committee for the Minnesota American Legion, pushing a bill to declare Armistice Day a legal holiday. An army chaplain with ten months overseas, he organized Farmington’s Legion post after returning in September 1910 and led one of Minnesota’s most active posts.
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Minnesota American Legion
Home
Senate
D. J. Moran
Parmington
Father Moran
Ae Army
Father Moray
Legion
France
Farmington
Tianks
Eek
Minpesots
Guiding garage door protectors from The Popular Science Monthly
An article explains simple garage safety devices to prevent fender damage. Diagonal corner pipes and guiding blocks are proposed to push cars away from door jambs and train wheels along a safe path, preventing scrapes when entering the garage.
Get Car Into Shape For Summer Driving
Practical car care guide advises thorough cooling system cleaning before summer. Drain old antifreeze residues, flush radiator with weak solution, run engine, repeat with fresh water, then refill for regular use. Cleaning prevents deposits and corrosion, extends engine life, and improves efficiency.
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Friend Wife
Friend Husband
Avtomobilé
Power From An Automobile Demonstration Image
An illustration shows a device arranged to secure power from an automobile. Each rear wheel of the automobile runs on belt between two pulleys, suggesting a method to extract energy from vehicle motion.
Unclear mechanical system described with pulleys and straps
A fragment describes a belt driven setup with a side roller bearing a magnet and tire. It notes a rear axle restraint using straps to prevent pkid. The text is fragmented and lacks a clear event or outcome.
Good Roads Registration and License Fees in 1920
Figures from the Bureau of Public Roads show 9,291,200 vehicle registrations in 48 states and DC, totaling about 102 million dollars. The 1920 data mark a 22 percent rise in motorcars and reveal how revenues funded road construction and maintenance across states, with New York alone surpassing national 1910 totals.
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Staten
District of Columbia
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Nll
Lota Regia Traylona
United States
New York
Alonc
Arizona
Tua
Consteuetion
Witeh
Carelessness Causes Fires in Garage and Car
A brief warning on automobile fire risks from careless handling. Leaking gasoline fumes near sparks or hot exhausts can ignite fires in garages. Emphasizes safety practices to keep cars in good condition and prevent dangerous incidents.
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Great Cay
Lubrication Method for Rear Axle Insertion
A quick rear axle lubrication method uses a funnel through the axle end. Attach a grease gun to the funnel, operate the handle to inject grease, then rinse with kerosene and wipe away any residue from the funnel.
Infant Car Hammock Lets Baby Travel In Comfort
A new automobile accessory offers a tiny hammock cradle that attaches to the car without bolts. It folds away when not in use and keeps wind dust off the infant with a canvas canopy. Straps hook to the robe rail and buckle to car corners for quick setup.
Farmer and Good Highways Boost Local Roads
The article argues farmers once saw highway spending as subsidies for motorists, but as land values rise and markets shorten travel times, roads become essential. Improved highways turn farms into suburbs of nearby cities, converting skeptics into strong supporters of good roads.
Highway costs rise sharply over time in road building
The chief of the bureau of public roads in the U S Department of Agriculture states that highway construction costs about twice as much now as in 1917. He cites railroad congestion strikes labor troubles and material abortages as factors driving the higher expense and noting roads suffered more than other public works.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Kitchen and Culinary Fragments in a Wartime Home
Fragmented text depicting kitchen practices and meal planning during hardship. Mentions pie recipes such as Cream Pie and Custard Pie, riffs on currants and dates, plus notes on food economy and domestic labor. References to serving tables, linen care, and reducing living quarters for efficiency, with guidance on simplifying daily life.
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Tovieh
Browning
Met
Ernie
Nour Creaim
Anil Paling
cinMimon
Townley
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Rewuke
Wetlin
Aids Legion
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Wait Wore
Lele
Sumir
Food and Labor Economies
Ronnie
Jake & Meat
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