American Legion urged to clean up politics in essay prize
Somerville Mass post prize winner Miss Eleanor Randall calls on the American Legion to purge graft and corruption from politics and to aid immigrants. She argues veterans who fought in France must guide the nation toward democracy, help the immigrant, and uplift the downtrodden, framing service as the nation's greatest contribution.
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American Legion
Somerville
Mass
Post
United States
Eleanor Randall
France
Miss Randall
Gold
America
Legion Bulletins Routed Through 9,600 Posts
There is one young lady who organizes and distributes bulle tins and circulars from national headquarters to reach 9 600 posts and 2 000 000 members of the American Legion.
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The
American
Legion Transcribes Material After National Approval
Miss Irene Harvan transcribes and mimeographs material once Lemuel Bolles, the national adjutant, has approved it.
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Legion
Irene Harvan
Lemuel Bolles
Two Hundred Tubercular Patients Stay at Saranac Lake Sanitarium
Two hundred former service men in Saranac Lake will remain at the sanitarium, reversing an order to transfer them to other government facilities. The decision follows protests by the American Legion and advocacy by Richard T. Beil and John T. Taylor, who urged the case with the Public Health Service and Legion leadership.
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Saranac Lake
American Legion
Richard T. Beil
Service Division
New York State Department
Saranac
United States Public Health Service
John T. Taylor
Relief Day urged to aid Armenian orphans in need
North Dakota urges citizens to adopt Armenian orphans left in Armenia as starvation and displacement kill hundreds of thousands. The appeal cites a 1919 U S act and asks fraternal groups churches and clubs to sponsor five dollars a month per child, with donations directed to food and clothing rather than overhead. H A Shuder state secretary directs Near East Relief for North Dakota from Fargo.
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U. S
Armenia
United States
North Dakota
America
Grange
Congress
H. A. Shuder
Near East Relief
Fargo
Charity or Business in War Aid Debate
A fragment urges support for a Europe relief fund, urging five dollars a month to feed and sustain Christian children whose fathers were killed. It argues the Turks may occupy the land if the children die and cites Herbert Hoover endorsing Near East relief as essential during wartime.
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Europe
Asia
Arabia
America
Herbert Hoover
Anya
Rust resistant wheats and rust findings shared by North Dakota station
A Washington office letter to Wylie Nielson from Sept 13 1920 outlines rust resistance studies on Marquis D-5 and other wheats at northern Great Plains stations. It notes durum wheats often yield better in semi arid areas with D-5 high rust resistance but poor breadmaking, recommends alternatives like Kubanka Monad Acme Mindum and Kota across regions, and mentions upcoming bulletin publication and seed availability two years hence.
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Wylie Nielson
Department of Plant Industry
Wington
D. C
Washington
Valley City
N. D
Greatrae
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Western Wheat Investigations
Baby Boy Born to Stiles Cross Family
Mr and Mrs George Stiles received a telegram from their daughter Mrs Thos Cross announcing the arrival of a baby boy Thos Cross Jr Both mother and baby are reported to be doing well and Mrs Cross will be known locally as Effie Stiles.
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George Stiles
Thos. Cross
Thos. Cross, Jr
Mrs. Cross
Effie Stiles
Mart's Mart Property Listing Headlines City Lots and Homes
A partial catalog from Mart's Mart lists properties for sale in a city. Properties include strictly modern seven to ten room houses on multiple avenues and streets, near city limits parcels of 87 to 400 acres with buildings, a stock and dairy ranch, and a cheap five passenger auto with a Three Bottom Gang Plow in good repair.
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City
Pioneer Radiator Co. advertises repair and exchange services
The Pioneer Radiator Co. at 515 W Main St Jamestown ND offers to repair or recore radiators for autos and tractors from 24 to 36 hp, buys old radiators, resells second hand units, and acts as agents for S. J. Radiators and Cores with a guarantee never to leak from freezing.
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Pioneer
S. J
Main St
Jamestown
N. D
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