Doughboy of Idaho statue chosen by state memorial panel
Avard Fairbanks created the lifelike World War I doughboy study for Idaho. The Idaho War Memorial Commission ordered county memorials to feature the statue, praising its realism and its link to American Legion ideals.
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War Memorial Commission
America
Idaho
Avard Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Utah
A. E. Ff
Bowie
Amer
Idaho Commission
Fairbanks
Doughboy
American Legion of Idaho
American Legion
Legion
Legion Man Bebergall Leads California American Legion
Fred F. Bebergall of San Francisco serves a second term as California department adjutant and is noted for active Legion work and labor union ties. Born to a single father, he worked from youth, educated at night, and rose through San Francisco Typographical Union 21 before joining the U S Army medical department in World War I. He helped organize California’s American Legion.
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Fred F. Bebergall
San Francisco
American Legion
California
Legion
Bebbergall
Bebergall
College of Hard Knocks
California Department
William D. Stephens
American Legion Department of California
Russell C. Gross Post Named to Honor War Hero
Overbrook, Penn. American Legion post to honor Russell C. Gross of Philadelphia by naming their community house after him and changing the post name to Russell C. Gross post. Deserter arrests and public lists cited to support the Legion stance on publishing deserter names.
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Russel C. Gross
Philadelphia
Slacker Bergdoll
France
Overbrook
Penn
American Legion
Russell C. Gross
Fletcher’s Castoria Warning to Mothers
A public notice warns mothers about imitations and counterfeits and urges trust in Fletcher’s Castoria. It cautions against substitutes for babies and stresses Castoria’s thirty years of use and safety.
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Fletcher
Remedy Gratitude Letter and Humorous Exchange
A Carolina reader thanks Remedy Co for relief after diphtheria and neuritis. A Birmingham Age-Herald cartoonish exchange recalls a wife accusing her husband of removing department store ads from the family paper.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
What is senatorial courtesy according to the Louisville Courier Journal
A brief quotation discusses senatorial courtesy and mutual listening in political speak. The Louisville Courier Journal frames a quip about exchanging attention between speakers as a commentary on civility in procedure.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Anyway scheme works keeps fingers touching to sleep
A man unable to sleep follows a quirky tip to press the finger tips of his hands together and rests in silence until daylight. He hides the act from his wife who finally asks what he is doing and he admits nothing, then sleeps from fatigue.
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Edward
Intelligence ranking of apes in zoological lore
Scientists rate the chimpanzee as the most intelligent animal after man with gorilla orangutan and gibbon following in order. A Life quote notes a light humorous aside about Bobbie’s eating between meals at All Hours.
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Bobbie
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Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
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GILBERT BROS. # CO
Baltimore
Allen
Rubens
Frea Sample
Rubens Paint & Glass CO
Richmond
Atlanta
S.S.S
Mons
L. E. Polhemus CO. Hardware and Firearms of
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Aris
N.Y
Charlotte
American Legion News Service
Legion Man Union Officer
Army
William G. Rockefeller
John D
Greenwich
Conn
Florida
Jacksonville
Joe Berchan
University of Georgia
Jacksonville Soldiers
South
Ephrata
Washington
F. W. Galbraith Jr
The
Hopewood Post
Pittsburgh
Anthony
Kansas
Blue and Gray Association of Oklahoma
Bridgeport
Oklahoma
Alvin York
David King Summers
Chattanooga
Tenn
York
Organization of the Legion
Paris
American Legion of
Hardin, Mont
Ralph Altman
Melrose
Minn
Rayne
Legion Post
St. Charles, Mo
Azalea Post
Oteen
New American Legion
Minnesota
Brook Park
Clarissa
Morgan Park
Duluth
Birchdale
Albany
Rose Hill Burial Park
New Orleans
Vod Ey
Gantaé
Tae Centaur Goxpas
New York
Castoria
Fletchers Castoria
Ild
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Bea
New York City
Stanley
Robersonville, N. C
Person Remedy Co
Charlotte, N. C
J. C. Cummings
Eatonic
C. O. Frappie
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