250000 in Legion Contest for Immigration Essays
American Legion seeks 250000 essays from school children nationwide for the 1923 contest on Why America should Prohibit All Immigration for Five Years. First prize is 750, second 500, third 250 with state awards. essays limited to 500 words and due by October 12. Last year 50000 entries. Ah Sing Ching won.
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American Legion
Ah Sing Ching
America
National Organization of the Legion
Legion
Americanism Commission
Garland W. Powell
The
Americann Legion
Virginia Chastain
Indianapolis
Joseph Giandonato
Bridgeport, Conn
Monument to cost 50000 for Eden Park tribute
The F W Galbraith Memorial committee seeks volunteers to pose for five bronze figures for a 41.4 by 10 foot monument in Eden park honoring the National commander killed in a 1921 Indianapolis crash. Clement J Barnhorn of Cincinnati is sculptor. figures include angels of victory and peace, a sailor, a soldier with Galbraith bust medallion, a kneeling marine, and an army nurse linked by a chain of flowers.
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F. W. Galbraith Memorial Committee
American Legion
Eden Park
Indianapolis
Clement J. Barnhorn
Cincinnati
Colonel Galbraith
Angel of Peace
New Contests Among Posts In Legion Aims Help For Disabled
National American Legion rehabilitation committee proposes district contests to mobilize posts for aiding disabled veterans. Points system rewards hospitalizations, compensation, Section 2 and 3 trainings, insurance reinstatements, training opportunities, and jobs secured for trained veterans. Loving cup trophy suggested to honor top post in each department.
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National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Joe Sparks
National Committee
Legion Post
Sparks
Maine veteran jokes about wives after losses
A hearty Maine man who has buried his fourth wife faces an awkward question from an acquaintance. He pauses then quips that he is “kinder out o’ wives just now” in a dry, humorous aside reflecting his four bereavements.
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Maine
Walter
American Legion Weekly
Legion Man State Engineer R L Cochran of Lincoln named Nebraska state engineer
Governor Bryan appointed R L Cochran a Lincoln resident and World War I veteran to be Nebraska state engineer. A University of Nebraska alumnus, Cochran rose from rodman to Lincoln county surveyor, then state bridge inspector, deputy state engineer, and Army engineering officer before wartime service and postwar return to private practice paving ninety one blocks in North Platte.
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Nebraska
R. L. Cochran
Lincoln
American Legion
Bryan
University of Nebraska
Cochran
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Lincoln County
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Engineering Corps
Army
Coast Artillery
Fortress Monroe
North Platte, Neb
North Platte
Legion Aids Hospital Endowment Drive in Indianapolis
American Legion posts in Indianapolis joined a city wide drive to endow the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children. A team from the Seventh district posts organized the effort and at least one auxiliary unit will endow a hospital room.
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Legion Aids Hospital
American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
National Organization
James Whitcomb Riley
Legion Posts
Funds Awarded to Warren Post in War Chest Suit
Judge Charles Wilkins of the Common Pleas court awarded the Warren post 57034.82 dollars as its share of the county war chest fund raised for soldiers and sailors during the war. Other posts in the county also received portions of the fund.
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American Legion
Warren, C
War Chest Community Fund
Charles Wilkins
The
Common Pleas Court
Cornhusker News End Of Week Standings Report
Nebraska week roundup covers football standings, conventions and local events. Highlights include tax receipts to state treasury, Ak Sar Ben plans, Dues lodge charter in McCook, pharmaceutical convention in Hastings, and pupil enrollment near Chadron State normal. Also notes Crop, weather, livestock and farm affairs across Nebraska.
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Negro Baptists of
Nebraska
Omaha
Harding
McCook
Benevolent and Patririotic Order of Dues
State Pharmaceutical Association
Hastings
Chadron State Normal
George Palmblade
Keane
State Board of Control
Pawnee
R. L. Cummings
Alexandria
Scottsbluff
Roy Lamley
North Bend
State House
Wisconsin
North Platte Valley
State Board of Educational Lands
H. D. Lute
Nebraska Farm Bureau
C. B. Steward
Bureau
South Omaha
Nebraska Crop Growers’ Association
Nebraska Crop Growers ‘Association
Agricultural College
Lincoln
Kimball County
Glen Housley
Central City
United States Department of Agriculture
Tax levies and 1922 state taxes detailed
State and local tax totals for 1922 are listed with breakdowns by state county school city and village and other levies. The article notes changes in appropriation levels for 1923 and describes levy methods varying by subdivision. It also reports local happenings from Hebron’s Fourth of July plans to accidents and obituaries across Nebraska communities.
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State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Big Cities See 1924 Conventions
Washington reports major cities vie to host the 1924 presidential nominating conventions. San Francisco seeks the Republicans, New York the Democrats, while other cities eye either party. The piece recalls historic nomination speeches, mentions Bryan and Grant, and notes growing federal welfare activism led by figures like Senator Gallinger.
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Washington
San Francisco
New York City
Payne the Infant Prodigy of American Drama
John Howard Payne, author of Frame Sweet Home, was an infant prodigy who entered Union College at thirteen. He became a key figure in early American drama as actor and dramatist, the first American to gain European hearing, with 63 works of which four were highly successful. His Brutus or the Fall of Tarquin evolved from seven failed Brutus-themed tragedies and starred Edmund Kean in 1818, running for decades.
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William J. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan
Couse
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Ulysses S. Grant
Union
United States
Payne
John Howard Payne
Union College
Europe
Tarquin
Brutus
Edmund Kean
Personal Economy in a Boston Evening Transcript Quip
A witty exchange about economy in relationships centers on a man explaining why his former mistress left him for being frugal. He notes he wore her clothes, prompting the woman to question the idea of being economical. The dialogue exposes attitudes toward money and propriety in a humorous social vignette.
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Boston Evening Transcript
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American Legion News Service
Galbraith Memorial Committee
Legion Man State Engineer
Cornhusker News
Wichita
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Denver
Aetesee
Nebraska State League
Lincoln Reak Fairbury En
Ena Ae Oe
Norfolk Eae Eeveevee
Beatrice Areewe
Grand Island
Cauvtees D
Hastings Ans
Hebron
Anna Rapp
Aurora
State Asylum At
Ruth Gunn
E. S. Gunn
Adam Bede
Hastings Tribune
Alaska
Wymore
S. A. Walker
Gibbon
Tekamah
Otto Mattson
W. R. Pate
Alliance Schools
Penu Normal School
Fremont
James C. Dahlman
Krug Park
Heath
William Evans
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
John Paul Jones
Marquette
Conrad Wood
Sarah Wood
Columbus
Nebraska City
J. J. Tooley
Broken Bow
State Banking Department
M. R. Sullivan
O'Neill
A. J. Barne
Peterburg
F. A. Boedeker
Nehawka
George Koster
John J. Pershing
Allvin Owsley
J. E. C. Fisher
Frank Jelinek
Berwyn
Nebraska Power Company
New York
Edward B. Clark
Blaine
James G. Blaine
James B. Blaine
William P. Frye
Senator Frye
James Gillespie Blaine
Sam
Congress
District of Columbia
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Gallinger
Senate
House
Robert Roberts
Hitt
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen B. Elkins
Secretary of the Interior
Georgetown
Navy
Senator Gallinger
Uncle Sam
Madison Street
Church Street
Samson Street
Daniel
Virginia
Madison
Samson
Mr. Gallinger
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