Shipboard Romance and the Windles Mystery
In a staged comedy aboard a liner Sam Marlowe and Billie Bennett scheme to wed amid family disapproval. Eustace Hignett confronts secrecy as Sam reveals Billie’s engagement to him while the ship’s concert tests all. Sam must improvise a graceful finish or face consequences.
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Mia
Horace Hignett
New York
Eustace
Windles
Hignetts
Iifa
Sam
Mallaby Marlowe
London
Wuslace
Atlantic
Bream Mortimer
Bennett
Wilhelmine Bennett
Billie
Bream
Eustace Hignett
Bumatffy
Frank Tinney
Trinity
Father
Mr. Mortimer
England
Deuce
Lim
Bille
Samuel Marlowe
Hignett
Hustace Ignett
Hustace Hignett
Sun
Phe
Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina Bennett
Hustace, Hignett
Allence
Bustace
Day
Trinity Smoker
Waslace
Mortimer
Uke
Marlowe
Schopenhauer
J. B. Midgeley
Dumdum bullets name origin tied to British India factory site
The article notes that the hollow-nosed bullet known as "dum-dum" originated at a factory in Dumdum town in Bengal, British India. It cites the Hague Conference banning their use and mentions superstitions about luck linked to quay geese.
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Dumdum
British India
Bengal
Bengal Artillery
Disabled Legionaire Landreth Harrison Earns Carnegie Fellowship
Landreth Harrison of Minneapolis a member of the American Legion and a rehabilitation student under the Veterans Bureau is hailed as a top disabled veteran. A former lieutenant in the One Hundred Fourth Aero squadron he recovered from a hellshock and pursued graduate studies in foreign trade relations. He earned a Carnegie endowment fellowship in international law and continues at the University of Minnesota as he works toward a PhD in Paris where he is affiliated with the American Legion Paris post.
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Landreth Harrison
Minneapolis
Minn
American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Harrison
One Hundred and Fourth Aero Squadron
Hia College
Carnegie’ Endowment For International Peace
Harri
Graduate ‘School
University of Minnesota
International Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Creat Lakes- St. Lawrence
Lieuten Harrison
Carnegie
Parle
Legion Affairé
Paris
Crow Hunt Led by Legion Men From Wamego Kans
In a novel stunt, Harold Johnson Post No 172 American Legion organized a moonlight crow hunt. About 120 townsmen and farmers, led by two captains from the post, traveled by auto to a rookery fifty miles away. The war trained strategy yielded 1 441 enemy casualties and a bounty paid to the post treasury. Proceeds from refreshments supported the post auxiliary.
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Harold Johnson
American Legion
Wamego
Kan
Ihoaén
Legion Post
Legion
Bolshevist Propaganda Film Questioned by Legion
The American Legion post in Binghamton protests a motion picture alleging Bolshevist propaganda. They claim the film, booked for show in the city, is sponsored by a group tied to radicals and would spread anti government propaganda.
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Russia
American Legion
Binghamton
Flm
Pub No
the Legion
Legion Men Seek Bandit After Bombing Terror in Toledo
Toledo Legionnaires and police hunt a bomb thrower who terrorized the city. Four bombs exploded including incendiaries and an attempted derailment last winter caused heavy damage before Legion volunteers helped halt the threat.
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Legion
Toledo
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Baker's
Elder
Walter Baker & Co
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Montreal
Bocier
News York
Buy and Globe
California
Blue Line Storage Co. Ltd & Elm
Des Moines
Iowa
Kimball Gouna Armen
Malena i Gente
AME State Bank
Nebrabka
Paso
Fayeen
Chu Noe
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N. U, Dbs Moines
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