Legion Leader in Paris Hero of New Orleans Ace Meade
Noted American volunteer Jean Bouligny, famed for his Lafayette Squadron feats, served with French Foreign Legion units and later the American air forces. The article honors his bravery, war photography, and role in early American volunteer groups formed to memorialize fallen comrades.
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New Orleans
Tigar
Jean Bouligny
New Octisnan
Edlon
Paris
Anwtioun
Hermaey mi Hounerd
Bouligny
1St
Ameriin
Gght
Rheinn
Boutleay Ue
Volar Foors
Legion
Washington Legion Auxiliary Elects Mrs Netly Leader
Mrs John Netly has been chosen head of the Washington State Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Born in Washington, she moved to Spokane and has led club work statewide. She is president of the state auxiliary and head of the National Guard auxiliary, mother of five, with sons in the Ninety-fifth, Twentieth Third Engineers, aviation instructor in Texas, and a son in France.
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John Tt. Netly
Washington State
American Legion
Washington
Mrl
Netly
Spokane
State Legion Auxiiary
Strong National Guard Auxiliary
Mother Organicaen
St. John's Ull
A. BP
Twente Third Engineers
ACT
Kelly Mold
Texas
Frwedan
Franc
A.B. F
Ldgney
Agine
France
Women of the Americas Legion
Anid Mra. Nvely
Lee
Legion Leader in the South Dr Davi Vorster
Dr Davi Vorster of New Smyrna Florida has been re elected national committeeman of the American Legion from Florida He is a prominent Southern Legion leader and has served as national committeeman since the first convention in 1919 Born October 24 1870 in Payette Missouri he trained as a physician in St Louis and served as chief physician at the St Louis Maternity Hospital He saw medical service during the war
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Davi Vorster
New Smyrns Ia
Florida
South
Frwt
St. Louis
United States
Europe
St. Louis Maternity Hospital
St. Laura
Legion Men Visit France On Memorial Pilgrimage Cruise
The American Legion groups voyage from New York aboard the George Washington to visit Paris Bay Bordeaux Tarbes and other sites. They dedicate monuments honor doughboys fought in World War I and tour battlefields meeting French officials and veterans. The mission concludes with posts in Paris before sailing home around September 15.
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Franco
American Legion
AEP
New York
George Washington
United Statnes
John G. Brey
Franklin Lier
Hairy
Lindsley Weer
Leltnves
Paris
Mina
Joan
Bits
Cher
Kunin
A. Ib Kvery Why Visited To the Former de Tepders Bay
Ayia
Wherry
Toulector
Fuirey
Kadads
Mlasouri
Recep
Paria
Youngest Auxiliary Member Named in Lewistown Legion
Ruth Buell Thorp, 31 months old, during the Montana American Legion convention in Lewistown, was chosen as the youngest member of the Woman's Auxiliary. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs RB Thompson of Lewistown.
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Ruth Buell Thompson
Seviletown
Montana
State Department
Promo
Ruth Buell Thorpson
American Legion
Lewistown
American Legion of Montana
Baby Thompson
Mr. and
Sirs, RB. Thompson
Honeymoon Hike Leads Kinnoat Jackson Across Continent
Kinnoat J. Jackson, a First Division veteran wounded in France, begins a honeymoon walk with his bride from New York to San Francisco. They stopped in Indianapolis to visit the national headquarters of the American Legion, the journey crossing a continent-wide route.
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Kinnoat J. Jackson
France
New York
San Francisca
Indianapoliy
The Girl on the Job How to Succeed and Get Ahead
A mother discusses futures for her three daughters seeking independent work. She plans commercial design training for the eldest, domestic service and catering for the second, and a course in a yet unspecified field for the third. The mother funds modest stipends for education aiming at freedom from low pay.
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Jessie Roberts
America
Weller
Mtr
Fragmented Verse Sketches From Lyrical Life Poem
Fragmented OCR shows poetry by Douglas Malloch with misspellings and garbled lines. It alludes to beauty, nature, and quiet dignity, mentioning themes of aesthetics and feminine color usage in a stylized, incomplete form.
Mothiers Cook Book and Dessert Recipes For Family Meals
A fragmented cookbook page offers methods for meat centers and savory dishes, melon cream, frozen fig pudding, banana cream, and melon lilies with ginger sauce. It includes steps for forming meat cakes, thick tomato sauce, melon frozen desserts, and garnishes with citrus and vanilla notes.
Unchanging Guatemalan Market Preserves Preconquest Attire
In Guatemala a Sunday market preserves 400 year old wares and the Lolians festival dress. May townspeople trek from valleys and volcano slopes carrying baskets and babies, trading country produce in a foggy hillside market scene.
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Guatemala
Mtr
Fragmentary note hints at love and daily life
Fragmentary text mentions fog and faking emotions and a person seeking good times and supplementation. Names, places, or dates are unreadable, but the snippet hints at social or personal aspects rather than a clear event.
The Mother In Forming Leaders
Samuel Matthews VAUCLAIN, head of Baldwin Locomotive Works, argues that a boy’s future largely depends on his mother’s influence rather than the father’s. He cites Lincoln, Napoleon, and Foch as examples of maternal impact shaping leadership and character across history. He asserts a mother’s prudence and ambition guide sons to success.
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Amuel Matthews Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Vouetain
Maby
Aldo
Ching Thaing
Yor Foyther
Moore
Eneironent
Abraham Lincoln
Napoleon Bonaparte
White House
Corsica
Europe
Marshal Foch
The Gossip or Word Origins in Medieval Society
The article traces the term gossip from its roots in Anglo-Saxon and Scottish usage. It explains godparent ties, sponsor roles, and the evolution of gossip from sacred bonds to idle tale. It notes French verbiage com merage shows similar linguistic paths to gossip.
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Ossip
Chaucer
Manpshire
Perkonk
God
Scotland
Lord Bellomont No Pirate Lord Bellomont Not Captain Kidd Says Archivist
Massachusetts archivist John B. Edmonds argues Captain Kidd was a privateer, not a pirate, and that Bellomont manipulated events to favor a government treasure narrative. He cites trials, suppressed French passes, and contemporary claims that Kidd’s treasure never existed.
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Kidd
Lorton
John B. Edmonds
Massachisetts
Edmunds
Lord Bellomont
Pirites
Bellomont
New England
Captain Kidd
Robert Stringston
Charicellor
Somers
Earl of Oxford
Admiralty
Earl of Romney
Duke of Shrewsbury
Secretarive of
Wate
Straw Men
Vexkel
Om Cragier
Times
Lord Betlomont
Admiralty Court
Betlomont
Ust
Supa
Wny Min
Tenet
Boyish President Calls Out Office Boy in Told Tale
A Philadelphia Ledger Police Post report recounts a rush caller demanding service. The office boy, posing as president of the company, reveals the firm’s hierarchy in a terse exchange. A new Royal Canadian Mounted Police post opens at Pond's Inlet, extending northern authority and customs control in Buffin's Land.
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Mr. Jones
Philadelphia Ledger
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Pond’s Innet
Baffin's Land
Scarlet Riders
Chesterfield Inlet
Cape Burwell
Hudson's Straits
Pond’s Inlet
Buffin
Iand
Gossip Wagon Draws Attention in Small Town Tale
Six year old Nuble rushes home excited about a crowded scene she saw near a wagon and a woman. Mother notes the crowd may be gossip rather than a real event, hinting at local rumor versus spectacle in the neighborhood.
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Nuble
Nellie
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Washington Woman's Auxiary
Flirey Monument
Geen
By Douglas Malloch
Beanty
Ceinaon Barnes
Beatty
Mothiers Cook Book
PF. A. Walker
Pirate
Massachusetts
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