Boston War Hero's Exchange Aids Disabled Vets
Mrs. C A Edwards wife of Major General Edwards opens a Boston exchange April 10 with $2000 capital to help disabled veterans sell products made in hospitals. Items include canoes belts rugs jewelry and leather goods with sales proceeds sent to patients monthly. Authorized by American Legion auxiliary to sell veterans' work across multiple states and DC.
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Clarence R. Edwards
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France
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Veteran of two wars became national American Legion commander
Dr Edward J Barrett of Sheboygan Wisconsin a veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars was named national vice commander of the American Legion Born in Wisconsin he studied at Wooster and the University of Cincinnati He served as major in the US volunteer engineers during the Spanish American War and as assistant surgeon in the Forty first infantry in the Philippines He commanded Fox Hills hospital Staten Island and led hospital work at the port of embarkation Hoboken He led the Sheboygan Legion post in 1920 chaired Wisconsin department and sat on the national executive committee 1921 22 and served on the national rehabilitation committee
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Edward J. Barrett
Sheboygan
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American Legion
Wooater
Barrett
University of “Wooster
University of Cin- Dr
J. Barrett
Einnati
Palmer House
Chicago
United States Volunteer Engineers
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Honolulu
Doctor Barrett
Forty-first Volunteer Infantry
Islands
Fox Hills
Staten Island
Foboken
N. J
Legion
Wisconsin Department
National Executive
Additon
Mystery of Three Pounds of Meat in Missing Cat Case
Mr Bwiger finds three pounds of meat vanished before dinner. His wife spots a guilty look on the family cat and points out there is the meat. The cat weighs nothing, leaving the trio puzzled as to where the cat went.
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Bwiger
Swivel
American Legion Weekly
Jelly dessert feeds a large family with one box
An advertisement promotes Plymouth Rock Pink Gelatine as the best jelly for a large family. One box makes four pints without lemons or cooking, offering quick, attractive jelly suitable for many mouths.
Perhaps You Know This Kind by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The American Magazine essay by Mary Roberts Rinehart recalls camping with men and contrasts male tolerance of a woman in camp with irritation at her presence. It likens attitudes to a slovenly dresser and ends with a remark on stage life and money.
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Thif Kind
Mary Roberts Einehart
Ramp
Eastern University
Anderson
New England
Mise Anderson
Detroit Free Press
Father Grabs Daughter During School Exhibition
A ten year old girl and her sister perform a duet at a public school event. Maggie’s accompanist repeats the final line of each verse as four line stanzas portray three graves. Mid performance the father silently takes the narrator off stage after eleven of thirty three verses.
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Maggie
Chicago Tribune
Ghosts and laughter in a mixed comic column
A humor piece recounts a startled husband who claims a ghost in donkey form, Mrs. Carter’s skeptical, and a string of wry vignettes including a London bishop dinner with a garbage collector and rat catcher, plus brief reflections on clever retorts and simple explanations from Merrill in Indianapolis.
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Oliver Herford
Words of Wisdom from a Child on Beauty and Soul
Robert six and his auntie sit on the veranda when a teacher greets them. The boy wonders if Miss Blank will marry, replying that a pretty soul might attract a husband. The aunt continues reading as a child defends inner beauty with a hopeful retort.
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Robert
Miss Blank
Perfection In Ancient Grecian Foot
A remark on the Grecian foot viewed as the most perfectly formed and proportioned in ancient Athens at the height of its culture. The note adds a playful line about love finding a way and fashionably lampoons opposition.
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Athens
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