Hadley Promotes Back to the Soil Movement
Governor Hadley leads a nationwide back to the soil plan with the National Farm Homes association. The program envisions 32 forty acre colonies in states like Texas and Missouri with model farms, homes, schools, and central farms supervised by experts. Tenants pay over time, profits projected at 3500 dollars yearly, and philanthropists can invest via a million dollar stock issue.
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United States
St. Louis
National Farm Homes Association
Herbert S Hadley
Missouri
Hadley Long
Europe
Association
Texas
Alabama
Hadley
Kansas City
St Louis
Around the World on Horseback Plans by Captain Hicks
Captain Harry Hicks, noted scout, will leave Muskogee Oklahoma around June 1 for a second horseback voyage around the world. He will ride to San Francisco, sell his horse, board a liner, then buy another horse abroad to continue lecturing and performing shooting exhibitions. His first trip lasted three years and he once commanded Troop K under Colonel Roosevelt in Cuba.
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Harry Hicks
Muskogee
Okla
San Francisco
Hicks
Roosevelt
Cuba
Bold Hunter of Criminals Byrnes and His Methods
A biographical sketch of Thomas F Byrnes former New York police chief and famed hunter of criminals. It recounts how he secured evidence to convict McGloin for murder by using psychological pressure and staged scenes with accomplices, a pistol, and a window overlooking the courtyard.
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Thomas F. Bynes
Sermon
Ann Tate
Thomas F. Byrnes
New York
Mulberry Street
Scotland Yard
Michael BE
McGloih
Byrnes
MccGloin
Banfield
McGloin
Sunday School Convention in Washington May 1924
The World Sunday School association meets in a triennial Washington convention in May 1924 with leaders predicting the largest ever gathering. Highlights include a parade down Pennsylvanian avenue, mass meetings for women and men, and an international congress focusing on foreign participants.
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Washington
Sunday School Association
United States
Robert Raikes
Supreme Court
America
Pennsylvanian Avenue
Census Tale From Mil lerton on Silver Mountain
Census Enumerator Conklin reports a curious scene as an eighty nine year old man on Silver Mountain reveals his father battered him. The elder explains his son was struck by stones thrown at his grandfather who died after injuries leading to his mother being treated with sticking plaster.
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Conklin
Millerton
N. Y
Silver Mountain
Burial places of Edward VII and royal tombs at Windsor
A historical account describes Windsor’s Albert Memorial chapel and St George's chapel at Windsor, detailing Wolsey's tomb house, Henry VII's unfinished projects, and assorted royal burial sites. It notes the chapels' renovations under Queen Victoria and the line of monarch burials including Edward VII, Edward IV, Henry VII, and others.
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Albert
Windsor Castle
Albert Memorial
England
Edward VII
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Henry III
Edward the Confessor
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Cardinal Wolsey
Windsor
Admiral Nelson
St. Paul's Cathedral
Wolsey
James II
Sir Gilbert Scott
Prince Leopold
Duke of Albany
Duke of Clarence
Edward IV
Edward TV
St. George's Chapel
Jane Seymour
Commonwealth
Henry VI
Charles I
George III
George IV
Charlotte
Willam IV
Duke of Kent
St. George
King's College
Cambridge
Westminster
John Q A Ward Sculptor Dies in New York at Eightieth
John Quincy Adams Ward famed American sculptor died in New York at age eighty near his home in Peekamoose Catskills estate. Born in Urbana Ohio his career spanned decades with notable works including Washington Sheridan Hancock in Philadelphia and New York Central Park statues of Shakespeare The Indian Hunter and Commodore Perry. He studied under Henry K Brown and mentored by Daniel French while earning marked recognition as an indigenous American artist.
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John Quincy Adams Ward
New York City
Urbana
Mr. Ward
Ohio
Henry K. Brown
Washington
New York
Sheridan
Hancock
Philadelphia
Blunter
Shakespeare
Central Park
Henry Ware Beecher
Borough Hall Park
Broolyn
Commodore Perry
Newport
R. L
Israel Putnam
Hartford
Conn
Daniel ©. French
Ward
Edwin Booth
Mr. French
St. Gaudens
General Thomas
Cincinnati
Hiram Powers
Brooklyn
John Ward
Jamestown
Pennsylvania
Concrete Barge Demonstrates Unusual Marine Engineering
The Panama Canal Commission recently launched a reinforced concrete barge weighing 60 000 pounds. Two more concrete vessels will be completed soon. Proponents claim they float with greater carrying capacity and are durable, light, and resistant to sea worms and marine growth.
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Panama Canal Commission
Canal
Paris Plans Street Named for King Edward
The Paris municipal council has decided to name a leading city street after King Edward. The decision signals a lasting honor and connects local geography to historical ties with the British monarch.
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King Edward
Paris
Municipal Council of
The Fork's Arrival in European Tables
The London Chronicle notes that forks did not appear as standard table implements until the 17th century, with 13th century gold and silver forks made for special uses. Diners used a treacher, napkin, spoon, and carried their own knife, mopping trencher with bread as courses arrived.
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London Chronicle
Comparing Notes on Wife Remarks About Husbands
Two women share humorous takes on husbands. Mrs Slowboy complains her husband is so lazy he would miss bedtime entirely without her. Mrs Rhcounder counters that her husband stays up late, hardly ever going to bed in time to wake.
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Slowboy
Rhcounder
Appropriate Treatment for the Man with a Poor Mouth
A quip Welsh about treating a man who mocks others with a poor mouth. The Funny Fellow suggests sending him to a dentist, implying dental reform as remedy.
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Packards
Packard
A. W. Barkley
Grays Harbor
E. Wishkah
Floto
Pwr
Patterson A Locke Co
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