Railways of the United States in Single System for War
A wartime analysis praising U S railways as vital to mobilization and logistics. It describes coordinated plans between the War Department and carriers, placards on freight cars, and rules to prevent detours, contrasting U S actions with German state railways and wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Europe
George Bury
Canadian Pacific Railway
War Department
Tampa
Weber
Dt Cihess
Columbia
S. C
United States Army
Germany
Committee On Transportation and Communication
Advisory Commission
The
Council For National Defense
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
DORE S FAMOUS VASE IN AMERICA AND FATE OF ORIGINAL
The only Gustave Doré vase in America, nine feet tall and valued at about 250000, may gain value if the original in France was destroyed. The artifact has stood outside a San Francisco museum for 22 years, costing the city 11000, and now stands as a potential loss if the France original is beyond repair. Word says the original, once missing, has been found in Reims damaged by bombardments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Dore
America
France
San Francisco
Cal
Reims
Unusual Food Supply Sources Are Tapped
Chicago reports a nationwide drive for food with forests and waters used for harvest. Michigan planted potatoes in forest reserves by order of the public domain commission as every acre is utilized. Wisconsin seining of coarse fish aims to lower staple prices, ordered by the state conservation commission under Governor Philipp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michigan
State Public Domain Commission
Wisconsin
State Conservation Commission
Philipp
Court Dismisses Ardmore Bird Killing Ruling
In Norristown Judge Swartz reverses a Lower Merion magistrate and orders Charles Hall to be compensated after he killed a robin a blackbird and a flicker in Ardmore. Hall acted on orders from Police Chief Donaghy to shoot birds over years long infestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Swartz
McClellan
Lower Merion
Charles Hall
Ardmore
Hall
Donaghy
Sun Temple and Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde Rediscovered
Archaeologists led by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes document the Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado unveiling a new type of ceremonial building shaped like a D near Spruce Tree House. Dating suggests construction around 1300 A D with earlier cliff dwellings predating that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Sabinithin
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
United States
South America
Mesa Verde
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Smithsonian Institution
Spruce Tree House
Doctor Fewkes
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Mancos
Cliff Palace
Mummy Lake
Far View House
Sun Temple
Balcony House
Willow House
The Office Boy's Defense at the Ball Game
The boss confronts William about taking the afternoon off and attending a ball game. The boy admits mentioning a funeral and quips that the game was slow, implying a lighthearted exchange over the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Earnest Egoist Speech Challenge in Senate
Senator Sorghum resists making a public speech on the subject claiming lack of heart to waste precious time. He contends any man not convinced by now is beyond argument.
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Senator Sorghum
Multiple Nations Trade and Projects Noted in History Snapshots
St Louis reports taxable wealth at 62 294 830. New York lists 800 unnaturalized schoolteachers. Chile yields 180 000 tons of nitrate of soda annually. Cooperstown plans a 250 000 hospital. New York paid 20 cents per pound for granulated sugar in 1863. Japan to send 20 000 laborers to Brazil within four years. British allies buy 5 000 000 Argentine hides this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Japan
Brazil
Reflections On Character And Worldview In Epigram Fragments
A collection of aphoristic lines on appearance, virtue, fame, friendship, and judgment. It contrasts inner integrity with surface impressions, notes the influence of environment on the self, and links truth in nature to religious or philosophical ideals.
New Inventions and Patents in 1920s Almanac
An array of early 20th century innovations is described. A Minnesota inventor patents a clock attachment allowing calendar dates to advance at midnight. Norway plans titanium ore use for dyes and pigments. A dry battery lantern handle, metal picture molding, a potato planter with hollow wheel feeds, hollow tile blocks with dead air spaces, and British plant growth experiments increasing oats yield are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Iowa
World News Briefs Spark Vanishing Paper Rags Campaign
Britain launches a campaign to save paper by reducing waste. Hawaii reports 75 edible sea weeds produced. Women increasingly occupy English pulpits. Georgia marble companies consolidate. Alberta plans a Belgian colony. Rome consumes more wine. Missouri grants convicts Saturday half holidays. Hungarian gypsies flee to Spain to avoid war service.
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Russia
Kaiser
Imperial Railway Office
Bismarck
Alsace-Lorraine
Dore
Lyoff
Mittukoff
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
St. Louis
Chile
Cooperstown
N. Y
Argentina
Doctor Gardon
Norway
Around the
Britain
Hawaii
Georgia Marble Companies
Alberta
Canada
Rome
Missouri
Spain
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