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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
6
A young reporter, called the cub, wakes at 2 a.m. after a late phone tip about a train wreck on the W and N line. He hurries to a bridge watchman to learn if a train eighty five sank, only to be met with disbelief and a confused response.
M L Gelsenberger commanded a tent city set up by Natchez American Legion volunteers after the Red Cross received government tents for flood victims. Legionnaires, with sanitation oversight by a Legion doctor, housed and cared for hundreds initially and the numbers grew as the flood area expanded.
The American Legion Weekly discusses a New Zealand newspaper use of legionary to describe an American Legion member. It argues legionary echoes embattled Romans while legionnaire carries French Foreign Legion connotations, noting sentiment favors legionnaire for the American group.
Proposes labeling song writers and performers as Class 1 to 4 and drafts them into the first contingent. Requires at least six months intensive training in KP and sanitary detail before composing songs. Threatens death for those who write sing or perform doughboy sentiment without prior training, to be sent over the top at midnight with a lantern in each hand.
The Seattle district of the Veterans' Bureau trains 8 800 vocational trainees in agriculture as a future farming vocation. Trainees say it is a great life and a new occupation offsetting past work with cows and chickens.
Amy Kaukonen, wartime U S Army medical service volunteer, serves as Fairport mayor. She supports the American Legion Auxiliary, calling it a distinctly American organization with no political or selfish interests. Its cornerstone is American manhood liberty fraternity and service, reflecting broad principles under the flag’s shadow.
The Argonne association formed in 1918 to aid French orphans plans to expand its care model to the United States. It runs a homey system with a community school playground and vocational training in France, avoiding farmed-out placements and stressing three training stages.
During Marshal Fochs US tour, Ernest Hall acted as governor in his absence and recalled serving in WWI as Corporal Hall of the Twenty-seventh Engineers. Hall also serves as chaplain for the Frank Luke Jr post of the American Legion.
The American Legion in Nebraska dedicates a 2300 memorial hall 24 miles from a rail road and 40 miles from the Sandhill region. Funds were raised for a radio receiving set in Maswachugotia. Free traveling libraries are sent to five state hospitals, with book collections kept for two months. Commander Hanford MacNider endorses troop adoption by posts and supports Boy Scout promotion as key to American education.
The article reviews children’s millinery and flapper styles, noting durable classic hats like milans, leghorns, beavers, and velours that return each season. It describes dresses in crepe weaves and voiles with simple lines, accessories, and color-contrast trim, emphasizing youthful, refined attire.
Mrs. Frank Wilkie of 229 Cedar Street Syracuse says Tanlac freed her from stomach trouble after eight years of suffering. She describes relief from heartburn improved appetite better sleep and restored energy noting her prior illness in Buffalo where she was matron at the State Reformatory at Industry. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists in a paid advertisement.
A Chiggersville Clarion editor recalls a delegation of lady voters ordering an editorial, noting their influence in local politics. The reflection contrasts the power of women with men chasing future prospects as urban winds fail to turn the outcome.
Fragmentary obituary-like note describes a Cumberland Maryland woman who relied on Lydia E. Pinkham’s vegetable compound after childbirth and persistent health issues. The speaker reflects on maternal relief and future hopes for other women seeking relief.
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