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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
6
Mrs. Smith, dressed up, runs into Mrs. Rogers on the road and answers a string of questions with definite negations. The exchange ends with Mrs. Rogers exclaiming in exasperation at not knowing Mrs. Smith’s destination.
A prospective tenant quibbles with an old house. The real estate agent calls it modern indicating a new burglar alarm staircase that wakes occupants. The gag highlights a humorous take on clever home improvements and security.
Washington and Tennessee ratified the constitutional amendment, bringing the tally to 36 states. The article recounts the suffrage battle from Seneca Falls to the 1919 victory, naming Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul, notes the 1920 state ratifications and the formation of the League of Women Voters led by Carrie Chapman Catt and Maud Wood Park.
The second American Legion national convention opens in Cleveland on September 27 for three days with an expected fifty thousand legionnaires. A parade led by forty tanks, city decorations, a housing plan, and entertainment events across Lake Erie mark the preparations as delegates from the U S and abroad converge to elect officers, amend the constitution, and conduct Legion business. Delegates number over 3 500 with five per state department plus extras per thousand members.
An American post in Pennsylvania hosted a session titled What the War Did For Me where members described how the conflict altered their lives for better or worse. A local paper used the event to urge men stuck in rut to fire themselves promptly and choose a new path.
The American Legion launches a nationwide effort to aid 17 000 ex servicemen in hospitals with disabilities from service. Local posts to organize hospital visitors and post discharge care, with Women's Auxiliary support. Interstate cooperation will welcome discharged men to new states and job assistance plus insurance and compensation help. Arthur Woods emphasizes personal contact and genuine friendship as key to aiding disabled veterans.
Kentucky counties Garrard and Lincoln, longtime feud partners, find peace after World War I veterans from both sides serve together and return home. American Legion posts in Stanford and Lancaster organize a grand reunion to celebrate the ceasefire and mutual friendship.
Adolph L. Lowe of Lansdale Pennsylvania, age 79, is hailed as a remarkable American Legion member after serving in World War I. Despite age preventing sea service, he recalls Civil War era combat, including Fort Sumter bombardment and Charleston blockade, and recounts a voyage to sign as midshipman on the USS Seminole in 1860.
Helene Young, eleven months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs H G Young of Willman Minnesota, accepted as the youngest charter member by the Women's Auxiliary of the Austin E Hanscom Post.
An old Bayer advertisement touts "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" as safe and prescribed by physicians for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Unbroken Bayer packages include directions. Handy 12 tablets tins cost a few cents. Druggists offer larger packages.
A father regales guests with tales from his youth highlighting his eating feats and his mother’s legendary cooking. He recalls pies and strawberry shortcake that set a dream standard. Little John asks if he will someday speak as nicely of mother as his father does.
R J Powell of Sweetwater Texas says Eatonic helped him at once and his daughter experienced marvelous benefits. She suffered water intake misery but was relieved and feeling better after using one box. Hundreds now take Eatonic after meals to curb acidity and toxins, with claims of quick relief for heartburn indigestion sourness bloating. Adv states it costs little and is available from druggists.
A Columbus Dispatch reader recounts a church luncheon mishap where a guest dipped a spoon into soup before meat, prompting a waiter to cry that he was drinking the gravy. The tale highlights humor in a religious gathering and the kitchen mix up.
An advertisement appeals to women with kidney and bladder issues, claiming many guises of illness stem from kidney trouble. It warns of back pain, headaches, and low ambition as signs, urging prompt treatment with Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root and offering a sample by sending ten cents to the sponsor.
A New York Otsego County plan proposes that existing and newly planted forests in each of its twenty four towns, each cultivating 100 acres, will generate profits to cover county operating costs, enabling tax reductions toward minimal levels.
Advertorial copy touts Cuticura products for soothing itchy baby rashes with hot baths using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and occasional Dusting of Cuticura Talcum. Claims purity and fragrance, pricing 25c each everywhere.
A quip notes that travelers to Europe must carry birth certificates to secure a berth, implying strict passenger identity checks aboard transatlantic steamers. The remark underscores early 20th century travel bureaucracy and concerns over paperwork and security at sea.
A quip appears as a lighthearted exchange about marriage. The speaker notes the bride's evident pride in her husband, while the other remarks she has had him only a few weeks, implying novelty and playful humor. Dominant names or organizations are not present.
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