New Hampshire Wins Legion Membership Push Prize
New Hampshire won the American Legion nationwide membership push May 17 to 22, earning a stand of silk colors as first prize for enrolling the largest percentage of eligible ex servicemen before June 15. South Dakota took second prize, a stand of woolen colors, with a tally of many other states in order. The national commander Franklin D. Roosevelt will present prizes at the Cleveland convention. The Legion reports 9,452 posts, 1,027 women’s auxiliary units, and over 2,000,000 total enrollments since the drive began 15 months ago.
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New Hampshire
American Legion
Legion National
South Dakota
Franklin’ D'Oller
the Legion
Cleveland
North Dakota
Nebraska
Vermont
California
Kansas
Oregon
Iowa
Washington
Wyoming
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Nevada
Minnesota
Tlinois
Arizona
Ohio
District of Columbia
Michigan
Utah
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
New York
West Virginia
Connecticut
Delaware
Texas
Missouri
Florida
Montana
Arkansas
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Legion
United States
Chaplains Medal Proposed by War Churches
A commemorative chaplains medal by Protestant churches will honor American army and navy chaplains who served in World War I. Designed by Laura Gordon Fraser of New York, the piece depicts a chaplain in ministering act and a battleship on the reverse, symbolizing service across Army and Navy theaters.
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Laura Gordin Fraser
New York
Wade Stone
General Committee of Army and Navy Chaplains
Pins Not Long Perfected in Early American Industry
In 1775 Congress offered a £50 bonus for the first twenty five dozen domestic pins equal to imported ones. By 1824 Lemuel Wellman Wright invented a wire forming process to create solid pin heads automatically, and in 1831 John Ireland Howe, a Bellevue Hospital doctor in New York, developed a machine for perfect solid headed pins leading to a Derby Connecticut factory.
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American Congress
England
Timothy Harris
Lemuel Wellman Wright
John Ireland Howe
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Derby
Conn
Samuel Slocum
Connecticut
Doctor Howe
Curious Courtroom Anecdotes and Early Pin Sticking Machine
A judge’s quip about cross examining a plaintiff and defendant named Jones and Smith appears amid tales of courtroom nerves and a humorous note on Sir Edward Carson. The piece then describes Samuel Slocum’s 19th century pin-sticking device used by Doctor Howe, detailing its boxy mechanism and synchronized pin feeding into folded papers.
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Sir Edward Carson
Edward
J. A. Strahan
Bench
Bar of England
Attorney
Jones
Smith
Robinson
Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway in a Chicago Journal excerpt
The Chicago Journal asks what drew William Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway a woman ten years his senior who lived in Shottery cottage. He married at eighteen and she bore him two sons and a daughter. In his will he left her his best bed.
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Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway
William Shakespeare
Shottery
Chicago Journal
Man's Ever-Faithful Friend
A reflective quotation notes dogs judge a man by kindness, not wealth, and share in hardship and danger. The piece laments that animals will follow a tramp as readily as a millionaire, and their unwavering loyalty remains when a man falls.
How Does She Do It. A Moral Courage Analyzed
An Ohio State Journal item muses on women's moral courage versus men's, noting how a slim young woman often endures fashionable dining to bear discomfort without complaint, provoking wonder at what keeps her upright and how society observes such restraint.
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Ohio State Journal
Poland Faces Destruction From Reds Near Warsaw
Bolshevik cavalry operates 60 miles north of Warsaw as Trotsky’s forces threaten the capital. Polish engineers fortify defenses with earthworks and barbed wire while women join the fight. Brest-Litovsk occupancy reported. armistice terms seek independence guarantees and disarmament. Russian forces push from Brest-Litovsk toward Lemberg and distances from Warsaw range 90 to 120 miles.
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Poland
London
Warsaw
Eipact
Trotsky
Elds
Red
War Office
Lomza
Berlin
Brest-Litovsk
Lloyd George
Moscow
Soviets press hard on Polish armistice terms
Paris reports Basle dispatches quote Soviet sources demanding Poland renounce Vilna Minsk Grodno Cahlin, surrender all war material and 7 percent of rolling stock, accept five years of military occupation, and cede coal and salt mines as security until 1927 with Poles to choose future government thereafter.
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Paris
Basle
Poland
Vilna
Minsk
Grodno
Cahlin
Russia
Officials Hope Favorable Action On Freight Increase
St Paul Aug 2 Railroad officials expect a favorable ruling from the railroad and warehouse commission after hearings on August 16. The state's railroads have filed to authorize an intra state increase in Minnesota following the interstate commerce commission’s last Saturday grant.
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St. Paul
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Air mail route service to begin soon in St Paul
St Paul August 2 The first air mail service is expected to reach St Paul on August 10. A telegram to the postmaster says planes will land August 10 and depart for Chicago the next day. The two trips are for mapping the route.
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St. Paul
Chicago
American Believed Executed by Villa Bandit Leader
An American citizen Brusu Persas of San Antonio Texas is believed executed by Francisco Villa the bandit leader according to advices to the state department arriving in Washington on August 2.
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Washington
Brusus Persas
San Antonio
Texas
Francisco Villa
State Department
Disloyalty Case Goes To Trial In Chicago Court
William Bross Lloyd and 19 co defendants faced trial in the state criminal court at noon on charges of participating in a conspiracy to overthrow the government.
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Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
State Criminal Court
Unity in Republican Banks Admitted
Democratic spokesmen admit unity within the Republican party while criticizing Warren G. Harding according to a statement issued from Harding's headquarters dated today in Marion Ohio.
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Marion
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Irish Bill Approved by Cabinet
London August 2 cabinet approves the Irish bill as presented and expects its introduction into parliament today with swift passage anticipated by officials.
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London
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Chaplains’ Medal
Lemberg
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