Iowa American Legion Drives Ahead With Nationwide Plans
Iowa's American Legion reports 92 percent of last year’s membership by December 31 and notes gains in Eleventh and First Districts. A July 1 national drive with MacNider Week and extensive outreach follows, while essays contest offers up to 1000 dollars. Knights of Columbus back adjusted compensation for veterans, and auxiliary rest stations advance nationwide.
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Iowa Department American Legion
James F. Barton
Iowa
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
MacNider
Knights of Columbus of
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
National Organization
United States
Lowell F. Hobart
Legion Posts Plan Summer Chautauqua And Parade
The Rockhaus Bartele Legion post in Tripoli Iowa sponsors a summer chautauqua. Commander Harry H Polk of Argonne Post Des Moines is in charge of bands and the parade for the G A R encampment in Des Moines this fall.
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Estherville Legion Post
Rockhaus-Bartele Legion
Tripoli
Iowa
Harry H. Polk
Argonne Post
Des Moines
Legion seeks retired pay for former enlisted officers
Dr John Markey chairman of the military affairs committee says The American Legion will push a bill in Congress to grant retired pay to all retired enlisted men who served as commissioned officers in World War I. The pay would be provided regardless of retirement eligibility timing.
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John Markey
The
American Legion
Legion
Congress
Awards of Honor for American Legion Auxiliary Units
Awards of Honor will be given to all units of The American Legion Auxiliary organized since January 1922 that increase their membership by 25 percent by July 4. The awards are signed by the national president and secretary and counter-signed by the department president and secretary. Kansas units have already qualified and awards come from national Headquarters on department recommendations.
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Department Americanism
American Legion
National Americanism
The
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion Auxilliary
Department
Kansas
Love at first sight turns sour after a prank call
A Chicago Journal reader recalls a dusk dance and a midnight walk home with two escorts. One young man asked her to call the next day, but when she did he asked which girl she was, ending the romance.
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Hin
Chicago Journal
Origin and spread of Alpine peoples across Asia
The text claims Alpine types such as Purkeman Turkish or Tartar Armenian and Levantine are native to Asia, noting Asiatic origin for Alpine groups. It asserts half of present world Alpinid types come from the Pamir uplands and that Homo Sapiens Alpinus roundheads from France and Germany appear in Afghanistan and Samarkand, suggesting ancient, non-migration roots.
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Pamir
Asia
France
Germany
Afghanistan
Samarkand
Early Times in Monmouth and Washington County
A letter from 8. R. Hamilton of Monmouth Illinois recounts 1855 56 life in Washington Iowa, Des Moines travel with Cooper Greene County Ohio, arrival October 16 1855, work painting for $16 monthly, meeting Knox and James Dawson's Store, Washington college brief, first county fair October 1856, Dutch Creek church, stage to Oskaloosa, Rev Terrence Tate, cupola shows from Iowa City, list of painters, November 4 1855 election, and December 11 railroad vote with Hamilton's first cast ballot.
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Ed Cooper
Greene County
Des Moines
Washington
R. Hamilton
Monmouth
Journal
Stewarts
James Harper
Knox
Winters
Iowa House
Mr. Knox
James Dawson
Kilgore
Washington co@lece
Doig
Wilson
First United Presbyterian Church
Washington College
Andrew Brownlee
Ohio
Dutch Creek
Oskaloosa
Terrence Tate
Huston
Mr. Hamilton
Thompson
Chilcote
Marek
Ewing
McMillan
Dittmars
Crandall
Judge
Burris
Donaldson
Cook
Martin
Yockey
Holden
Patrick
Young
Andrew Kendall
Hamilton
Remont
Bacon Hotel Legend Stays In Town Square Memory
A reader recalls the Bacon hotel on the northeast corner of the square an old building where the landlord was said to serve bacon three times daily. The note asks for a cleaned up readable rewrite and to share a copy once done.
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Bacon Hotel
Dunes and Great Lake Moment Vividly Described by Reed
Earl H. Reed captures the dunes and the lake's grand sweep along wild shores. Restless waters and distant bands of blue and green contrast with the gray sands, adding vivid color to the scene.
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Earl H. Reed
Tomb of Eve Said Located in Meera Seaport
The Arats claim Eve's tomb lies in a secluded graveyard near the seaport of Meera. A thousand years unused, a great tomb with a palm tree sprouting from its stone roof marks the believed final resting place of humanity’s first mother.
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Eve
Diddah
Meera
Biglow Papers and the satirical voice of James Russell Lowell
The Biglow Papers were humorous satirical poems that boosted James Russell Lowell to prominence in U S history. They appeared first during the Mexican War in 1848 and again during the Civil War and reconstruction in 1867, published under the pseudonym Hiosea Bighow.
Broken Prome Text Sparks Noise in Foston Transcript
A fragment from a Foston Transcript shows jumbled phrasing and ivory word choices. The imperfect scribe records unclear lines that hint at a broader discussion on language and phrasing.
Hopeful Gardener Eyes Bend on Living Costs
A playful note imagines the Hopeful Gardener tackling high living costs this year with clever work. Neighbors discuss forthcoming chicken and seed supplies as the community anticipates a feast and garden plans.
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Hbor
Ne Chbor
Willbury Pratt Boy Buried At Winfield In Car Crash Tale
A Davenport report on a crash near Dixon Iowa details Roylo Pratt driving a Studebaker with his family aboard. William Pratt age 13 was fatally injured. his sister aged 9 was seriously hurt. Mr and Mrs Pratt suffered severe cuts and bruises. An inquest will determine blame.
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Clyde Pratt
Rock Island
William Pratt
Rollo Pratt
Winfield
Ralph Pratt
Althoit
Mr. Pratt
King
Pratt
William
Davenport
Rapidest river claim forRhône in France grows
A science note identifies the River Rhône in France as the world’s most rapid river of any size with currents recorded up to forty units, cited as a remarkable example of swift water dynamics during a regional geography feature.
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Rhone
France
Ancient authors chronicled the bookworm’s ruin
The earliest writings describe the bookworm’s ravages with Evenus around 450 B C being the first. Later poets and writers such as Horace Ovid Pliny Martial and Lucian also depicted its harm to books and libraries.
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Evenus
B. C
Horace
Ovid
Pliny
Martial
Lucian
Shackles for Prisoners on Long Train Journeys
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a restraint that encircles the ankle with a 50-pm and steel ring and includes a separate shoe housing under the foot to support the ring when the wearer sits or stands still in order to prevent escapes during travel.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Odd Australian Birds
A list of unusual Australian species includes the Mack swan the lyre tied the Awneysicker and the brush turkey. It notes animals whose young form in eye like structures and are cared for by the mother to maturity such as the water tole or uckbill and the porcupine ant eater.
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Austtalia
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