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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
2
A damaged serialized tale fragment centers on Polly, farmer families, and towns near Tihana New York. The plot follows Polly’s entangled relations, debt and pursuit of independence as suitors threaten her future amid local tensions and rural intrigues.
Polly Hopkins walks among squatters in the Silent City and shares their hardships. Robert Percival arrives on horseback, talks with her, and promises to pressure Marcus Mackensie to leave the squatters alone. Polly envisions a hopeful future with family and the healing influence of The Greatest Mother In the World.
The judge sentences a speeding motorist to thirty days in the workhouse. The defendant pleads for leniency and offers the use of his car while in custody, but the court dismisses the proposal. The exchange reflects a stern approach to traffic offenses reported by the Birmingham Age Herald.
The article portrays Gustavus Olinger a former intelligence officer as a potent figure in American Legion circles. Born to German parents in China he was praised as a world traveler and Roosevelt ally whose anti American activities during the war sparked controversy.
The article profiles John Philip Sousa’s wartime leadership at Crest Lakes naval training station and his linking with the Legion movement. It notes that many band leaders and servicemen joined the Legion, spreading its ideology worldwide as Sousa’s ensemble supported war effort and mobilized musicians across branches.
The Hoosier Legionnaire, an Indiana Legion publication, began with a circulation of 82000. Philip Th. Stapp of Greensburg, former editor of the Hour Glass, serves as editor and was a Paris caucus delegate and first national publicity committee member. The weekly paper targets Indiana Legionnaires.
An article notes why Marshal Foch was not made an honorary member of the Tarbes Federation of Former Combatants in France. It also mentions the American Legion in Washington D C recognizing him as an active member, and cites jobless service members in New York City awaiting employment assistance, plus various odds and ends about Russia and a few absurd anecdotes.
George and Mrs. Pruitt of Phoenix receive Italian honors for their son Corporal John Pruitt a Marine hero killed in France. Pruitt volunteered after the U S entered the war served as a Devil Dog and died from wounds while aiding the attack on German forces. His body was returned and buried at Arlington.
The American Legion chapter plans to organize 4500 community citizenship clubs and erect a 200000 memorial hall in Centralia Washington to honor four Legion members killed by LW V. Ex servicemen in Minnesota hospitals receive care while the Legion aids police in addressing youth drug use in Hoquiam. Veterans in Des Moines seek adopted ex serviceman. A cautioned view on bad habits notes their pull as victims weaken, and sermons by eee cause sleep.
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