Swam Under Fire for Meuse Valor Receives Italian Cross
Sergt. M. Waldo Hatler of Joplin Missouri swam the Meuse river under fire after a comrade fell, entered German lines, and returned with vital information. He earned Italy's croce di guerra, equivalent to the French Croix de Guerre, after meeting Gen Armando Diaz at a National American Legion convention in Kansas City and a ceremony in Joplin. Hatler also holds the Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre.
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France
Sergt
M. Waldo Hauntler
Joplin
Meuse
Italy
Hatter
Armando Diaz
American Legion
Kansas City
Cronkite Named Vice President of Forty and Eight Group
C. E. K. Cronkite of Los Angeles California holds the vice president title of the Forty and Eight, a Legion group named after French boxcars. A former first lieutenant in the 322nd field signal battalion Cronkite stands as a high ranking member of the organization’s Roughhouse club.
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C. E. Cronkite
Los Angeles
Legion Roughhouse Club
Ter Nationale
A. E. F. Patois
Legion
C. EK. Cronkite
Cal
Three Hundred and ‘Twenty-second Field Signal Battalion
Queen of the Canal Zone election winner named
Miss Viola Bissell topped the contest held by the American Legion Panama department with 1,307,800 votes. Supporters praised her tall athletic build and radiant smile, declaring she embodies the true American type.
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Viola Bissell
American Legion Department of Panama
the Canal Zone
American Legion
Department of Panama
America
Europe
Deficient Applicant Fails Commission Exam Under Fire
An eager young man, claimed soldier material, fails a commission exam after stumbling through the test and exposing vast gaps in knowledge during graphic questions. An officer erupts over misinformation, exclaiming that the candidate cannot even locate the country’s defense origin, leaving the room in disbelief.
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American Legion Weekly
Fort McPherson Cemetery Holds WWI Unknowns and Heroes
Middle West National Cemetery at Fort McPherson Nebraska on the Platte hosts the region’s only national cemetery. Fifteen World War I dead from France were buried there by the Fort McPherson post of the American Legion, marking many graves with the word Unknown on the markers.
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Middle West National Cemetery
Platte River
Nebraska
Middle West
Fort McPherson
Plains
France
American Legion
No. 11 Convict Rumor Prompts Chicago Spotlight
A fragment mentions Convict No. T11 and Convict 117 as popular thieves in Chicago. It claims the pair changes their methods and sometimes returns car fare to victims, portraying a sensational and sensationalist view of crime and criminals in American Legion Weekly.
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Bill
Chicago
American Segion Weekly
Minister Is Post Leader In Large Texas County
The county, larger than Rhode Island, has no World War commissioned officers. The top ex-soldier is a former ordnance sergeant. Moran Legion post leader Rev. H G Scoggins, a truck driver and Methodist minister, is a former buck private who was reduced to corporal. Under his lead Moran post shows 99 percent membership of possible county members.
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Texas
Ithode Island
Legion
Moran
H. G. Scoggins
Buck
Infantry
Mulvaney
Chair for the Commander Honorary Philippine Gift
A chair of woven reeds, designed to hold six men, decorates Commander Hanford MacNider’s American Legion office. Gifted by the Department of the Philippines, it borrows a Moro chieftain throne model. Built in Manila with split bamboo and reeds, the chair is nail free and painted in sunlike colors.
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Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Department of the Philippines
Manila
Defense of Negro Appointment to Annapolis Aide
Representative Martin Ansorge defends Emile Treville Holley, a Negro freshman named to Annapolis, citing justice for the district’s large colored population and patriotism of 500000 Black servicemen in World War I. Harvard University denies discrimination amid all Negro posts in the American Legion.
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Annapolis Naval Academy
Martin Ansorge
New York
United States
Emile Treville Holley
College of
City of
Harvard University
American Legion
Carrying On With the American Legion
War veterans programs and Legion efforts appear across reports from Maryland Indiana Michigan and Texas. Topics include scrap of mine sweepers 10 a month and 25 extra for overseas service for Maryland veterans 198 officers moved from Washington and proposed draft board reforms to aid veterans in finding jobs Hoosier Legionnaires canvassed 130000 veterans noting 1500 disability compensation and Liberty bond cases William Strother a Texas WWI veteran in Paris seeks to climb the Eiffel Tower for a French veterans group and Detroit court action frees unemployed ex soldiers for jury service at 4 dollars a day
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Indiana
Hoosier Legionnaires
William Strother
Houston
Tex
Paris
France
Eiffel Tower
Legion
Detroit
Mich
Nebraska crops and storms raise alarms across counties
Nebraska weather and farm news recounts wind and hail damage to wheat in Platte valley. heavy losses from worms in Richardson county. a lightning sparked fire at George Luther’s farm. cattle TB testing completes in Clay county. Pawnee City power plant accepted after test run. river drowning near Arlington. large crop and livestock notes across counties including Lincoln, Lancaster, and Holt with town improvements and public works.
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Nebraska
G. A. Loveland
United States
Platte Valley
Starmers
Leo Stuhr
Clay County
George Luther
Looper
Pawnee City
Richardson County
Joseph L. Worrell
Nebraska City
McCook Lodge
Pawnee
Harry Jennings Lamb
United Spanish War Veterans
Hastings
Bruce Newton
Omaha
Jefferson County
Fairbury
Hebron
Lodgepole
Forest Bartlette
Blue River
Pairbury
Star
Epworth League
David City
Henry
Scottsbluff County
Nebraskaa Elks
Columbus
National Walther League
Fremont
James MacPhillips
Lindsay
Old Independent Telephone Company of
James H. Hanley
Los Angeles
John Albert Williams
St. Philip’s Church
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
York
George Spadt
Friend
H. L. Wood
Columbus Light and Power Company
New Mexico
State Department of Trade and Commerce
Farmers Bank
Crawford
Bloomfield
University Place
Holt County
Shelton Hardware Co
Gumprechit
Merdinger
Gilbert Swanson
Lindsey
Mr. Swanson
Fairbury Court House
Johnson County
J. F. Purbaugh
Buffalo County
Platte
Elmcreek
A. L. Jenkins
D. B. Cropsey
William Gross
Wisner
Nebraska Hampshire Breeders Association
Norfolk
Columbus Board of Supervisog
Old Court House
Market Review: Livestock and Dairy Prices Held Steady or Mixed
Receipts of hogs were heavier on seven principal markets with a midweek recovery after a Monday decline. Cattle ranged steady to strong for better heel steers while worn grades lagged. top beef steers around 9.00 to 9.25, choice cows to 7.25, yearlings to 8.05, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, veal down 0.50. Sheep eased midweek. lamb prices firm to lower. dressed lambs weak. Wheat rose after a Monday dip. corn fluctuated with steady to higher prices on some grades. government crop estimates cited. Butter firm amid high receipts. storage stocks down year over year. 93 score butter at 85 to 86.c.
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Board of Control
William James Broatch
Omaha
Lord Lister Hospital
M. Tu? Endress
Douglas County
Dan Cropsey
Nebraska
Cropsey
John Murtey
Cass County
Alvo
Rock Island
Cooper
Humboldt
Ifrremont
Nebraska Supreme Court
Wieetske Wierstra
Jantze “Zylstra
John
Albert Blaw
Holland
Raymond Smith
Elkhorn
William Kuhlman
Chester
Kansas City
Adams
Chicago Board
Chicago
Local Price, Inc
Coquette's Explanation Playfully on Engagements
A young man asks why women become engaged to several fellows at once. The woman replies that with only one match the flame tends to go out, suggesting the engagement pattern is due to multiple suitors. Source: Boston Transcript.
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Coquette
Boston ‘Transcript
For Husbands Only. Easiest way to get over a message to friend wife
Brooklyn Eagle notes a cheeky tip suggesting the simplest method to bypass a friend’s wife is to pretend you are speaking in your sleep. The quip reflects playful suburban satire on miscommunication and marital privacy.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Philip Caught Oh
Philip was slow in studies until an aunt visited and praised the cousins progress in school and music. He thanked Aubtie for trying to instill ambition, showing a turning point in his outlook and effort.
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Philip
Paris Opens First Public School for the Blind in 1784
The city of Paris established its first public school for the blind in 1784, marking a milestone in educational access. The institution aimed to provide specialized instruction and support for visually impaired students.
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Paris
Ironing Machine Saves Water Damaged State Records
In Phoenix a severe storm flooded the Arizona state capitol basement soaking valuable documents. An Arr ametric ironing machine, used by an electrical salesman inspiration, dried the papers with virtually no loss, though it took weeks to restore the mass of water damaged records.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Capitol
Detroit Pree Press
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claim Best in World
An advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world and asserts that every woman who has used it knows this to be true.
Soap Factory Near Siberian Lake Discovery
A lake rich in carbonate of soda near Kulumba in Siberia has been announced by Science American as fertile ground for exploitation. Steps are underway to establish a soap factory adjacent to the lake to capitalize on the mineral wealth.
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Kulumba
Siberia
Scientific American
The Simpler Life Infuriated Suburban Neighbor Threat
A suburban resident warns a neighbor to keep bees from his garden or risk being shot. The quarrel escalates as he swears vengeance and uses strong language to express anger over the disturbance. The brief records the tense exchange and the threatening tone.
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North Sea
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John Grier Hibben
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The
Nebraska State Bureau
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