Legion Convention Sets Record Attendance for Illinois
Delegates elected by posts indicate a record Cook county and north shore turnout for the sixth annual American Legion convention in Champaign Urbana September 1 to 3. Labor Day events include a large parade, boxing bouts, auto races, and a massed song festival with 25 soldier bands and soprano Kathryn Browne. 25,000 visitors expected. state commander election features Howard Savage, Col John Clinnin, Harry Newby, Claude Faubre, and Gen George Bell Jr. as candidates.
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Cook County
North Shore
American Legion
Department of Iinois
Champaign-Urbana
Chicago
Sird
86Th
Rainbow
Soldier Bands
Kathryn Browne
Chicago Civic Grand Opera Company
Howard P. Savage
State Department
Savage
Winnetka
Wilmette
Peter J. Huerter
John V. Clinnin
Glencoe
Harry A. Newby
Claude Faubre
Gen
George Bell, Jr
Our Sentry Go book review by Jeannette Grace Watson
A wartime memoir recounts France during the early years of World War I through letters diary entries and anecdotes from European royalty and American figures. The reviewer highlights Mrs Watsons soft voice and diary style alongside translated Kaiser orders and a cosmopolitan perspective on relief work by Americans in Paris.
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Jeannette Grace Watson
France
Watson
Samuel Newell Watson
St. Elisabeth's Episcopal Church
Glencoe
Paris
Children Have Own Day at Cook County Fair
Cook County sets Thursday August 28 for Junior Cook County Fair with free admission for all county students. Edward J. Tobin directs school contests and exhibits with life-directors, featuring a 1:30 pm track meet for under 14s and twelve exhibit classes including radio projects and domestic science. Entries due August 27. prizes offered and livestock, produce, and crafts on display with Bachman’s band and acts at the grandstand.
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Cook County
Edward J. Tobin
Country Life
Nations Observe Father and Son Week Worldwide
Walter W. Head of the National Father and Son committee reports that over twenty nations observe Father and Son Week with more than three million U.S. fathers and sons participating last year. Originated at a 1907 Providence YMCA banquet, the movement aims to foster world brotherhood and duties of men as companions and mentors to their sons.
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America
Geneva
Switzerland
Walter W. Head
Omaha
United States
Y.M.C. A
Keepsake Book Departure From North Shore To California
A keepsake notes the departure of a party from the north shore to California. The work is published by Ralph Fletcher Seymour in Chicago.
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North Shore
California
Ralph Fletcher Seymour
Chicago
Cummins Visits Winnetka During Dawes Notifi cation Week
Senator Albert H. Cummins of Iowa, president of the United States Senate, visited his brother Benjamin F. Cummins in Winnetka while attending Charles G. Dawes’s notifi cation as Republican VP nominee. He dined with Dawes, met with the Republican national committee, and traveled back to Iowa after a private conference. A note on copper used in minting and the first aerial lighthouse at College Point, Long Island rounds out the piece.
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Albert H. Cummins
Iowa
United States Senate
Benjamin F. Cummins
Ridge Avenue
Winnetka
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Cummins
Winnietka
Mr. Dawes
Republican National Committee
Jellnty
Skelton Favored in Championship Swim Meet
Edgewater beach hosts national AAU swimming Sunday where Robert Skelton of Wilmette defends his 200 meter breaststroke title and challenges for the 440 yard breast stroke. Oliver Orn, indoor back stroke champion, swims 220 yards. both compete for Illinois Athletic Club. The 880 yard relay is also contested as star swimmers vie to dethrone Skelton after his Olympic form.
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Edgewater Beach
Robert Skelton
Wilmette
France
Skelton
Minneapolis
Coal Worries Prompt Winter Heating Questions
A reader expresses concern about wife responsibilities and household heating amid coal shortages. The note asks why she should shovel coal next winter and hints at dawn chores and furnace failures. The piece reflects domestic strain and energy anxieties.
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Bloomington
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Tracy Holmes Motor CO
Davis St
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Edinger & Sons
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