New A A U Chief Sees Bright Amateur Sport Future
Everett C Brown elected president of the Amateur Athletic union outlines strong youth development through school playgrounds. He defends current football rules, supports boxing as healthy sport, and highlights US leadership and widespread amateur program expansion. Brown has long police ties to the Chicago Athletic club and Farragut Boat club as a former champion sculler and sports organizer.
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Amateur Athletic Union
United States
Chicago Athletic Club
Brown
Mr. Brown
Aimteur Sport
Ammteur Athletic Union
Chicago
Puarragut Boat Club
Chicago Navy
Calumet Lake
Farragut Boat Club
Oneida
Chicago Grammar
Chicago College of Law
Law Department
Lake Forest University
Chicago Athletic Association
Chicago Yacht Club
South Shore Country Club
Livestock Commission
Washington Notes on District Governance and Senate Dining Redesign
Resignations leave Henry B. Macfarland and Commissioner West off the District board leaving Major William V. Judson engineer commissioner in charge. Roof renovations at the Treasury building and a $30,000 expansion to add large top floor rooms are planned by January. L Enfant memorial commission presents a marble monument design costing about $1,000. Printing office space remains tight with $25,000 brass galley assets held and 800000 pounds of metal in type pending use. Senate dining room redecorations feature mahogany, red and old gold colors, and a single large room with private elevator access. House dining room is unchanged.
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Henry B. Macfarland
Board of District Commissioners
West
William V. Judson
District of Columbia
Macfarland
Treasury Department
Treasury
Glenn Brown
American Institute of Architects
Congress
L’enfant
Arington
L'Enfant
City of Washington
L'Enfants
National
America
Brown
Caspar Brown
The
Senate
Carl Schofield
Winter Landscapes Offer Cheerful Inexpensive Shrubs
A nursery owner urges homeowners to plant berried shrubs and colorful barked small trees to brighten northern gardens through winter. He highlights snowberry, Japanese barberry, American barberry, high bush cranberry, Rosa multiflora, mountain ash, Cockspur, and colorful dogwoods, noting low cost and easy establishment before ground freezes.
Rabbits Flourish in Abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad Ground
Loci on abandoned Pennsylvania railroad land prove ideal for preserving rabbits for next year. Thickets deter pet hunters, rabbits avoid dogs among small trees, and refuse to leave their retreat to be shot.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Ruling on Chinese Nationality Law Clarifies Eligibility
China's new nationality law states that any person who has resided in China for more than ten years is over twenty one, of good moral standing, and helpful to China may be allowed to assume Chinese nationality.
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China
Buffalo Jones Announces Africa Wild Animal Roping Expedition
Buffalo Jones vows to rope and handle dangerous African wildlife with bare hands as he leads an expedition planned to start next March. He cites financing by unnamed patrons and plans to recruit top ropers M. F. Loveless and James T. Owens, using specially woven restraints and trained cow horses.
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Africa
C Oh
Buffator Jones
Buffalo Bill
Pawnee Bill
Aiden
Mr Jones
Mr. Jones Wis
West
M. F. Loveless
Capitan
James T. Owens
Fredonia
Ariz
Buffalo Jones
Arizona
United States
Split Log Drag Revolutionizes Dirt Roads
A Missouri farmer named Wing devised a split log drag to smooth dirt roads by shaping the surface with a simple two‑piece log, braces, and a chain hauled by horses. Its effectiveness spread, with Iowa mandating its use on all country roads and critics hailing its low maintenance and wide impact on agriculture.
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Missouri
Wing
Ife
Middle West
Iowa
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