Nature study urged in public schools by federation leader
Mrs John Dickinson Sherman chairwoman of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs conservation department advocates nature study in schools with Dr Philander Claxton’s approval. The 1920 report links conservation, natural resources, Americanization and thrift to character building and suggests outdoor based natural science curricula with continuity across grades.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Conservation
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Authors to Fight Royalty Taxes
Rex Beach leads the Authors league in challenging the federal income tax on royalties. The group argues royalties from books and plays are dividends and that writers should file as such, risking only the surtax on dividends over five thousand dollars if sustained by the internal revenue commissioner.
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Rex Beach
Chicago
Authors’ League
Uncle Sam
Author's League
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
League
Gelett Burgess
George Creel
Owen Davis
Parker Fillmore
James Forbes
Arthur Gutterman
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Rupert Hughes
Orson Lowell
J. Hartley Manners
Alice Duer Miller
Harvey O'Higgins
Channing Pollock
Arthur Somers Roche
Leroy Scott
Jesse Lynch Wiliams
Eric Schuler
Budget Measure Gains Backing in Senate Committee
Senator Medill announces a unanimous sub committee endorsement of a national budget bill blending the McCormick and Good proposals. It creates a Budget Bureau in the Treasury to collect and revise department estimates, transfers extraneous bureaus, and establishes an independent Accounting Department to review expenses and report to Congress.
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Medill
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury
Accounting Department
Hale Holden to Lead the Chicago Burlington and Quincy
Hale Holden and Claude George Burnham named to head the Chicago Burlington and Quincy system as the era of private rail control begins March 1. Holden, 51, will be president and chairman of the executive committee and also presides over the Colorado and Southern. Burnham becomes executive vice president of the Burlington. Holden, born in Kansas City, rose from lawyer to rail executive after Harvard Law School.
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Hale Holden
Claude George Burnham
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Sam
Mr. Holden
Colorado and Southern
Burnham
Burlington
Holden
Kansas City
Rails
Williams College
Harvard Law School
Rails Roas
Bar
Baroness Avezzano Arrives in Washington with Ambassador
A new photograph shows Baroness Romano Avezzano wife of Italy's ambassador to the United States. She and her daughter recently arrived in Washington with the ambassador. Charlton plans memorials note the ether discoverer Morton born there.
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Romano Avezzano
Italy
United States
Washington
Charlton
Massachusetts
Chariton
William T. G. Morton
Danger from pets spreads disease claims Upsala professor
A Upsala University professor warns of pet related disease risks. He cites a family struck by tuberculosis from a cat and urges precautions for animals with poor health. Professor Petit of France supports the alert noting diphtheria spreads more easily through cats than other diseases.
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Upsala University
Petit
France
A Well Known Institution Dr Pierce’s Hotel in Buffalo
A well known institution in America is Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York a modern sanitarium with latest facilities for diagnosis and treatment. Dr Pierce founded the line of medicines and published the Medical Adviser and Favorite Prescription and now operates a free correspondence bureau offering medical advice and home ready medicines at reasonable cost. Letters are confidential and diagnosis is provided by a physician of high professional standing.
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America
Doctor Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
It isn’t difficult to pose as a financier with funds
The remark notes that with sufficient money one can convincingly pose as a financier. It reflects on appearances and the ease of lending authority to wealth, implying skepticism about authenticity when funds are available.
Jad Salts Kidney Flush Ad Sparks Cautionary Note
An advertisement urges using Jad Salts to cleanse and stimulate kidneys, claim relief from back pain and bladder issues, and promote overall health. It cites a local druggist and emphasizes a grapefruit lemon lithia formula, plus Cuticura products for skin care in the same notice.
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