Deed of Heroes Monument Erected for Dollard and Companions
The Montreal landmark honors Dollard Sieur des Orménois and 16 volunteers who perished defending Ville Marie in May 1660. Alfred Laliberté’s granite statue in Masouisine Park marks their stand at the Long Sault near the Ottawa and the Lake of Two Mountains, where Iroquois attackers failed to overrun the palisade after five days of siege.
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Montreal
Adam Daulac
Dollard
Sieur Des Orménar
Lene Sault
Canada
Cty
Alfred Laliberte
Masouisine Park
Astory
Ville Marie
Paul de Chomedy
Sieur de Maitsonneuve
Deflard
Baisonneuve
Richeleu River
Ottawa River
Three Rivers
Que Bec
Ottawa
Turtle
Deserste
St. Lawrence
Lake of Two Mountains
Carillon
Palisade
Toyo
Sault
Troquois
Dispatch from Berlin Details Exiled Monarchs Finances
A Berlin dispatch reports funds allocated for the exiled former emperor to finance his Doorn house, with payments to Count Bentinck owner of Bentinél castle where the monarch resided in Holland. It notes full allowances granted to former royal princes.
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Berlin
Doorn
Count Bentinck
Bentinél Castle
Iet
Holland
Adams Named National Judge Advocate for Legion
He was chosen after an amendment to the Legion constitution at the Cleveland convention created the office. Mr. Adams, 29, has practiced law since 1916 with a prominent Indianapolis firm. A Washington and Jefferson graduate who also attended Harvard Law School, he will supervise the Legion's legal department, employ counsel, interpret legal questions, and handle eligibility issues.
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Legion
Cleveland
Adams
Indianapolis
Washington and Jefferson College
Harvard Law School
the Legion
Prince Paul of Greece Named Heir at Nineteen
Prince Paul of Greece, youngest brother of the late King Alexander, is offered the throne. He is nineteen years old.
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Prince Paul
Greece
Alexander
He Ias
Iroquois Assault on Fort Dollard Ends in Defeat
In early December 1920 at Montreal the Iroquois siege failed after Dollard used a musketoon charge. Despite breaches the defenders held, causing heavy casualties among attackers. The Iroquois retreated, preserving Montreal Three Rivers and Quebec city from capture, as 17 young Montreal heroes perished in the defense.
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Valley City
North Dakota
Dollord
Dollard
Montreal
Three Rivers
Same Couple Remarried in Lawrenceburg Church After 30 Years
In Lawrenceburg Indiana the marriage of Nicholas Probst and his wife was repeated after 30 years. The bride Mrs Nicholas H Probst and her bridesmaid Mrs Katherine Haag stood together as the ceremony was reenacted in the same old church. The original guests were all deceased but the couple recreated the wedding dinner in the same fashion as the prior ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Nicholas H. Probst
Katherine Haag
Nicholas Probst
Palace of Gold graft probe in Argentina spawns suit
Buenos Aires reports detail a graft inquiry into the Palace of Gold, the capitol building project begun in 1807. Officials allegedly disbursed 5.5 million pesos unduly while costs soared to 27 million. Investigators cite wagon loads of material entering and vanishing from the front to back doors amid marble versus concrete claims.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Washington
el Palacio de Oro
Palace of Gold
National Accountancy Department
Police Hero Decorated for Rescue of Refugee Child
Policeman Charles L. Mangels of the San Francisco police force was decorated by four year old Estalle McDaniell for rescuing Vera Mihailova after she fell from a transport about to sail to Petrograd with Russian refugee children.
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Charles L. Mangels
San Francisco
Estalle McDaniell
Vera Mihailova
Petrograd
Payments to ex Kaiser pave Prussia after exile
Dutch florins totaling more than 62 million, equivalent to about 25 million dollars, have been paid to former Emperor William as king of Prussia by the Prussian government since his flight to Holland. The figure was disclosed to the legal committee in an official statement.
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London
Wiliam
Germany
Prussia
Holmand
Gruel Boiler From Oliver Twist Offered to Museum
An iron boiler said to supply gruel to Oliver Twist and other inmates at St George's workhouse Borough has been offered to Southwark Museum. The workhouse yard featured a public house once run by the mother of highwayman Jack Sheppard and has since closed.
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London
Oliver Twist
Oliver
St. George's Workhouse
Borough
Southwark Museum
Jack Sheppard
Ice Bound for Months Explores Arctic Endurance
Nome reports Capt Joe Bernard and A Anderson arriving aboard Teddy Bear after four years in the Arctic. They spent 25 months ice bound at Taylor Island in Victoria Strait near King William Land. Bernard says he found sod houses of great age on East Carination gulf and recovered fossil ivory and curios from ruins. He brought a Stefansson era native and notes the absence of blonde natives after two years of search.
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Nome
Alaska
Joe Bernard
A. Anderson
Arctic
Taylor Island
Vieteria Strait
King William Land
Bernard
Stefansson
East Carnation Gulf
Legion Announces Robert A Adams as National Judge Advocate
Robert A Adams, national judge advocate of the American Legion, rose from private in the Eighty fourth division at Camp Taylor to major during World War I. He served overseas with the Thirty first heavy artillery brigade in the Aisne Marne and Meuse offensives, then worked in the judge advocate general office at G H Q. After fourteen months in the A E F, he joined Indianapolis based national headquarters staff to address bootlegging and eligibility statutes.
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Robert A. Adams
American Legion
National Executive Committee
Camp Taylor
Mr. Adams
Thirty-first
Aisne-Marné
Oise-Aisne
Argonne-Meuse
Judge Advocate General's
Legion
National
Indianapolis
Steer
Legion leaders back drive to build Women's Auxiliary
National Commander F W Galbraith Jr pledged full use of the American Legion machinery to grow the Women's Auxiliary. The plan envisions an independent future with the first national convention next spring and a system of orderly state and national organization expansion. The Cleveland convention removed doubts, allowing the auxiliary to chart its course while the Legion assists without imposing policies.
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American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
The
Cleveland
Galbraith
Auxiliary
Legion
AIDED IN GROWTH OF LEGION NATIONAL CHAPLAIN INZER
Rev John W Inzer long identified with Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion activities. He helped initiate the Legion and served on the national executive committee traveling to spread the work. Born January 6 1880s in Hamilton County Texas he began ministry at nineteen in Birmingham Alabama. He served as army chaplain in WWI with the Fourteenth Infantry and at Camp Dodge Iowa then Camp Grant New Jersey until March 1919. He married Miss Mario Smith of Alabama in December 1918.
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American Legion
John W. Inzer
Viest Baptist Church
Chattaweege
Tenn
Veterans’ Organization
Inter
Legion
Bui Us
National Executive Committee
Hamilton County
Texas
Birmingham
Alo
Fourteenth Infantry
Northwest
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Grant
Mario Smith
Alabama
Legion and Labor Stand on Square Deal for All
The American Legion declares its attitude toward organized labor mirrors its stance toward all citizens seeking a square deal, upholding law and order. In capital and labor conflicts, the Legion remains nonpartisan, aiding law enforcement only when lives or property are at risk, and while individuals may take sides, the Legion as an organization will not.
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American Legion
The
Legion
Indianapolis
D'Olier
Keeps Eye on Legion Money Robert H. Tyndall Reappointed
Robert H. Tyndall was reappointed national treasurer of the American Legion by the national executive committee. A native of Indianapolis, he served as colonel of the One Hundred Fiftieth Field Artillery in the Rainbow division during World War I and commanded the regiment throughout the war. He later joined the Indiana National Guard, serving from 1898 onward and fighting on the Mexican border in 1916 17.
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American Legion
Robert H. Tyndall
Aatonal
Artonal
Tyndall
Indianapolis
One Hundred and Fiftieth Field Artillery
Army of Occupation
Germany
Indiana National Guard
Twenty
Indiana Volunteer Battery
Porto Rico
Indiana Field Artillery
Legion asks for military escorts for Philadelphia burial
The Philadelphia county American Legion appeals to President Wilson for at least two firing squads to escort fallen soldiers home from overseas. They argue the adjutant general cannot fund transportation, urging the commander in chief to assign 16 escorts from Camp Dix or Frankford Arsenal to honor the dead in Philadelphia.
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War Department
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County Committee of the Legion
Wilson
Camp Dix
Prankford Arsenal
American Legion
Adjutant General of the Army
the Legion
United States Army
Legion
Romain
Haserick
Legionnaires Honor Ward at Arlington Funeral
Impressive ceremonies marked the funeral of Elbert F Ward former commander of the Department of Panama his passing marked with a Guard of Honor by Legionnaires at the National Cemetery Arlington Virginia during the rites several details reflect formal military tribute and solemn procession through the cemetery grounds
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Legionnaires
Elbert F. Ward
Department of Panama
National Cemetery
Arlington, Va
Pioneer Radiator Co Seeks Auto and Tractor Radiator Repairs
Pioneer Radiator Co offers recory or repair of any make of auto or tractor radiators with a 24 to 36 hour service. They guarantee all work and buy old radiators or accept them in exchange. They sell second hand radiators and are agents for S. J. Radiators and Cores guaranteeing they never leak from freeze. Located at 515 W Main St Jamestown ND.
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Pioneer
S. J
Main St
Jamestown
N. D
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Railway Review
Mme. Zenaide Ragozin
Mme. Zenaide A. Ragozin
New York
Russia
Prince Paul OF
Scott's
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfeld
Police
Ex-Kaiser
William
American Legion News Service
Ron
Legion and Labor Question
Clevelanding
Bulletin
Philadelphia County
Minnesota
Thief River Falls
Minn
C. E. Johnson
Middlewest Bank
E. A. Pray
J. Rea
van Houten
M. D
Gray Blook Valley City
N. DL
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Postoffice
Winterer & Ritchie
Lawyers Valley City
Theodore 5
Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchants Bank
N.D
Novacaine
J. E. Featherstone
American Exchange Bank
Scott
Scott & Bowns
Bloomiley
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