Chicago Legion Acquires Indoor Rifle Range at Field Museum
The American Legion in Chicago takes over the old 1893 World’s Fair Field Museum building for an indoor rifle range. Hyde Park post No. 34 gains access to a deluxe 200 yard facility plus shorter ranges, turning a famed art structure into a veteran shooting area.
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The
American Legion
America
Hyde Park Post
No. 34
Legion
Chicago
Field Museum
Hungry Plymouth Rock Ends Ill Hunger Auction
A Plymouth Rock rooster in Cimarron Kansas devoured 288 grains of corn after five hours without food. The event, staged to raise funds for the Womens Auxiliary of the American Legion, offered 1000 grains of corn as bait with ten cent guesses. The bird was kept in a show window on Main Street and netted $328 for the auxiliary.
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Plymouth Rock
Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Cimmarron
Kap
Kansas Town
Auction Recap Highlights Mrs Klein’s Auxiliary Work
The article notes a charity auction where proceeds totaled 328 dollars, about 1.15 dollars per grain of corn eaten. Mrs Selah L Klein, national executive committee member from the Kansas Auxiliary, oversaw the contest. Her husband served as a medical corps captain and was gassed in the Argonne-Meuse offensive.
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Selah L. Klein
Kansas Department of the Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Klein
Wellesley College
New England Conservatory of Music
Argonne-Meuse
American Legion Girl Miss Sousa Debuts in Legion Film
Miss Margaret Sousa daughter of John Philip Sousa gains the title American Legion Girl for starring in the Legion motion picture Lest We Forget. The film portrays disabled veterans seeking justice and unemployment relief for those injured in World War I.
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Margaret Sousa
John Philip Sousa
American Legion
Legion
First Hob Nails On Ship Stir Talk Of Davy Jones
Report on a transport where Sam received his first hob nails. He quips that a fall overboard would send him down at tenshun, a lighthearted line reflecting sailor life and superstition from American Legion Weekly.
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Davy Jones
Sam
Tenshun
American Legion Weekly
Legion Man Haan Leads National Service Division
Albert E. Haan of Michigan appointed head of the American Legion national service division after a career as a sailor traffic policeman a first sergeant and assistant provost marshal. Wounded in action at Juvigny France he later directed welfare work including $5,000,000 in war risk insurance and parole efforts for 150 ex servicemen while serving in the Legion.
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Albert E. Haan
Michigan
American Legion
National’ Service Division
Mr. Haan
Juvigny
France
Walter Reed
Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
War Risk Bureau
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Legion’s Welfare Department
Legion
Haan
United States Navy
U. S. S. Idaho
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Infantry
St. Nazaire
Books for Disabled Heroes
Congress appropriated 100000 dollars to supply three or four new books to each of about 23000 disabled World War veterans in hospitals. The American Library Association oversees libraries in larger hospitals, while American Legion posts have supplied books in smaller facilities. The funding will augment and reinforce both groups’ efforts.
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Congress
American Library Association
American Legion
American Library Association of the
Creed of the Disabled Man Adopted by World War Veterans
Disabled veterans of World War I in Washington DC and Walter Reed post members presented the Creed of the Disabled Man to President Harding who praised it. The creed vows to remain useful, seek no favors, and be a man among men despite physical handicap. A Paris cost of living note from an American Legion member says meals can be affordable with modest dining options in side streets.
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Walter Reed Post
American Legion
Washington, D. C
Harding
Paris
Chateaubriand
Good Care and Feed Key to Preventing Undersized Livestock
United States Department of Agriculture notes that breeding, proper feed composition, and attentive care prevent runts. An Indiana swine grower describes a foundation stock approach yielding a 165 pound boar reaching 1,015 pounds by 28 months, with other hogs reaching 600 to 850 pounds under careful management.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Eliminate All Females That Are Not Good Mothers
Quote on breeding animals dismisses female cows as unprofitable not adequate mothers. The speaker criticizes treatments and notes numerous misleading before and after illustrations seen in papers but not in feed lots.
Scrub Pigs Cost Farmer More Than They Earned
Page county Virginia farmer bought four scrub pigs after a pig club contest began. He fed and butchered them by January with the largest at 175 pounds while the club winner weighed 330 pounds after five months. He says scrubs cost more than the meat they produced.
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Page County
Virginia
Tme
Best Ration For Fattening Steers For Efficient Gain
A practical feeding plan recommends a daily ration of 50 pounds silage, 2 to 3 pounds oil meal, and 2 to 3 pounds clover hay. As corn price is low locally, gradually increase corn in the final two months of the feeding period.
Early Shearing Favored for Health and Weight Gains
The article advocates practice early shearing to improve sheep and lamb health. It notes mothers avoid heat strain, lambs benefit, and wool weight gain after warm weather is minimal, making removal preferable for animal comfort.
Care for Fattening Lambs After Weaning
Special care should be given to fattening lambs as soon as they are weaned. Abundant succulent forage age supplemented with grain foods grown on the farm, plus a small amount of wheat bran and oil meal, has always produced the best results.
Dream of Expectation Guides Course Choices
A reading on expecting a person to arrive shaping decisions. If the person comes, the chosen path seems safe. if not, the course appears unwise and should be altered.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns Against Substitutes Across Uses
An advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin tablets with the Bayer Cross and claims safety proven by physicians over 21 years and millions of users. It cites uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and other pains. Boxes cost a few cents with larger packs from druggists.
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Bayer
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Cuticura Ads
An old newspaper clipping promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier, claiming it restores normal conditions. It also advertises Cuticura products for sore hands with application tips and a general endorsement.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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