Biggest Check in World 15 Feature Legion Campaign
Aurora Illinois hosts a gigantic 24 by 10 foot check signed by Mayor Charles N. Greenson to inaugurate the 1920 American Legion membership drive. A parade, a ParisCity theme float, a mutt dog parade, and mass outreach including church cooperation and a telegram campaign drew 1000 undiscovered veterans into the campaign.
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Coyotes May Be Protected Instead of Jack Rabbits
Denver report notes a Colorado bill allowing counties to set a jack rabbit bounty while some counties urge protecting coyotes. Observers say coyotes kill many jack rabbits and other pests, potentially saving farmers money and benefiting the state. Hunters claim coyote and wolf extermination boosted jack rabbit numbers on the plains.
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Denver
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Colorado
Pat women with small feet than slimmer sisters
Chicago on December 28 AP reports shoe dealer George M. Spangler ties foot size to bone structure and obesity says pat people are usually small boned and that exercise has not enlarged feet but reduced them with more muscle and smaller size overall.
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Chicago
George M. Spangler
Veteran Listed Dead Receives $760 Check
Derfield Massachusetts December 28 Major 5S William Saxton a Civil War veteran aged 96 who was listed as dead received a $760 life insurance payout after insuring his life 38 years ago The event coincided with his wife’s 89th birthday The veteran formerly worked as a printer for the Harbinger Roxbury organ of the Brook Farm Association
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Derfield
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Willam Saxton
Brook Farm Association
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