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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
8
A fragmented OCR item references the Apetican Legion and a Flom event numbered 1. The readable text offers no clear names dates or places, but indicates a ceremonial or parade context tied to the legion group. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
B. M. Bowzet of Winchester Virginia has been named to two offices by the Virginia Department of the American Legion including feature historian and chairman of the departments American something commission. He also serves as historian of his post. Born in Baltimore Maryland he was educated there and at Johns Hopkins University where he earned AB and PhD degrees. He was a fellow in astronomy and instructor in mathematics at Johns Hopkins and later taught physics mathematics and chemistry in Washington DC public schools. From 1900 to 1908 he was hall master of the Sewanee Grammar School and headed the preparatory department at the University of the South. Since then he has been superintendent of the Shenandoah Valley Academy at Winchester a military school. He served eighteen months in the Army overseas and was discharged as a major and now holds a Reserve Corps commission.
The American Legion will receive a free exhibition program of educational travel motion pictures from the Bureau of Commercial Economics. A 1000 topic catalog will accompany the films, with copies for each Legion post and minimal express charges. Distribution centers will be set nationwide under state department coordination.
Jacob Teinowitz of Chicago, adjutant of Willer 8 Prague Post 161, announced he changed his name to Jacob Legion Tenny to honor the American Legion. He plans to keep his first name while adding Legion as a middle name, noting he may be the first to name himself after the Legion. Tenny, a lawyer and former Democratic municipal judge candidate, served overseas with the first contingent from Chicago.
Fort Worth engineer RE Rees renewed search for the legendary honey cave said to hold billions of pounds of honey near Menard Texas. He claims to have maps and plans to build a refinery if the cave is found, potentially worth about a billion dollars.
A Texas woman on a country road two miles from Dallas encountered Alex Kobelniko of New York City who tried to strike up a acquaintance with Mrs. J. C. Moody. The woman’s brother joined and Sheriff Harston arrested Kobelniko for aggravated assault after shots were fired as the car sped toward town.
In Fair Play Cedar county reports a white cap group akin to the Ku Klux Klan operates secretly in the eastern part of the county. Formed a year ago, the band disciplines victims and then disbands with no whistleblowing. A Cedar county farmer was reportedly whipped after alleged abuse of his three year old stepson, marking the group’s growing reach.
A recount of Chauncey Depew’s belief that health and happiness arise from work, praising lifelong effort and enduring friendships. The piece celebrates an eighty six year old voter for Fremont, who dined with Gladstone and attended Republican conventions, declaring each year better than the last and happiness found in work.
A government official from a London Post camp near the Uganda railway reports vast wildlife. He describes four thousand head of game feeding on the plains and mentions species such as wildebeest, hartebeest, Grant's gazelle, Thomsom's gazelle, impala, ostrich, waterbuck, eland, and many zebra within close proximity, noting unparalleled abundance compared with other African regions.
A Californian rancher tired of litter, fence repairs and trespassers placed signs at entry points reading Danger Poison Oak Keep Out. The warnings proved highly effective as visitors avoided the thickets, deterred by the risk of painful exposure.
Fifteen more young women sailed during September and October under the W C A to carry on war work abroad. Social work for girls and women expands in many countries with new readers recruited to meet demand. They take roles as executives cafeteria directors physical training teachers industrial workers club leaders and recreation leaders. The group goes to the near East Roumania Italy Belgium France and Russia with others to China Japan and India.
A London joke from the Londaville Courier about a party and a proposed sales stand for rheumatism liniment at the hall. A playful note shows Algernon ending an engagement after a marriage to Mr Flubdub and a light remark about leaving the cage.
Mr Wimples mocks a visitor named Bob for being dull while his daughter Gladys notes Bob cannot discuss weather. Henry explains Bob’s rival kissed Gladys in front, prompting discussion of foolishness and social missteps in a London TH Bits style snippet.
A brief comic exchange unfolds as a driver insists he has parked, while an inn attendant warns him and jests about spelling a nickname. The scene conveys tension over a parking rule and a clash of manners in a small setting.
A collage of cartoon captions and quips blends a sit-com style dialogue with playful lines about manuscripts, pessimists, bets, housemaids, bridge games, co respondents, and a magician’s elephant. The flow resembles a magazine humor page with brief vignettes and wordplay.
A monument to Gen. Harrison G. Otis, a soldier and journalist, stands at the end of a boulevard by a park lake in Los Angeles. A life sized Otis figure, a soldier on his left, and a newsboy on his right block the road to prevent accidents from embankment drops.
A returned soldier and his sweetheart appealed to a judge to wed them. The groom, after the ceremony, saluted the bride with a military gesture, then faltered as he stood before the bench.
A Lincoln Neb Post No 3 of the American Legion calls for Henry C Jarms post master of Emerald Neb to be relieved. The move stems from Jarms opposing two Legion speakers at a church event over language use German versus American. The incident ended with the speakers ousted and the pastor resigning. A Lincoln paper praises the Legion policy of inviting speakers and setting a peaceful example to assimilate foreign elements.
Frederick E. Peiper Post of the American Legion in Clinton Michigan unveils a monument for local sons who served in four wars. Citizens donated land around the stone monument with a bronze tablet bearing the inscription in memoriam for the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I.
The American Legion post in Schuyler Nebraska seeks aid for a Civil War veteran suffering from cancer. Relatives support him but funds for nursing are lacking. The post asks for advice and assistance from readers and organizations to help this remaining veteran.
A garbled OCR note shows a speaker promising speed and fire on the road while a Vietin-Weill figure is praised in unclear phrases. The text mocks a confident impression of a man and hints at a team and burden of responsibility amid confusion.
After Robert A. LaRoux addressed joint Nevada legislative sessions, C. W. Partington and AFL Nevada officials declared harmony with the Legion and endorsed its anti radical stance. A number of assembly and senate members supported the Legion’s policies and aligned with its fight against radicalism.
In a fast clean clash the 1918 champions overpowered the 1921 squad 45 to 18 at the High School gym. Bundicker Stenshoel Anderson Bowen Cook led the visitors, while Larson Ford Holm starred for the locals. Alumni used height to gain edge as HS team heads to Fargo for three games at Agricultural College with Hodge officiating.
Frank Goheen, a 1920 Valley City baseball star, signed to rejoin the 1921 squad as an outfielder and occasional catcher. Manager J H Sampson said negotiations are underway to add more former players, with hopes many heavy sluggers return and new players appear. Goheen, known for heavy hitting and sportsmanlike play, aims to help Valley City regain prominence on the baseball map.
North Carolina, from Raleigh’s 1584 expedition to the Roanoke colony, Virginia Dare, Newburn town in 1710, and settlement waves. The state’s rise to fourteenth colonial rank, ratification in 1789, and electoral votes are noted, with Carolina named for Charles IX and I.
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