Europe on the brink of bankruptcy after war
The article reports Henry B. Davison’s synthesis of postwar Europe’s dire state. It notes widespread economic collapse outside neutrals, with Germany and Austria crippled, and vast poverty, disease, and currency depreciation across Central and Eastern Europe. It calls for urgent government action to provide food, clothing, and transport to stabilize regions and enable recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Henry B. Davison
Rowland Thomas
New York Sunday World
H. P. Davison
J. P. Morgan
Azerica
Board of
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross
Geneva
Davison
Sunday World
Ccess
Balfour
League of Nations
Spain
Switzerland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Austria
Russia
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Despond
Mr. Nitts
Ruasta
Poland
Armenia
Waldorf-Astoria
Hue
Inar
Taft Offered Running Mate by Lucy Gaston at Chicago Banquet
An official reports no word of a Taft run, while Miss Gaston claims Taft said he was qualified to be her running mate. The Chicago trip included a staged publicity event with a tobacco abstainers claim and a hotel checkout noted.
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Caiston
Lergue
Batts
Howard Taft
Nimsele
Lucy Boge Gaston
United States
Committee of Fifteen
Chiang
Mr. Taft
Hi. Teen
Taft
Descendant of Pilgrims Praised at Tercentenary Event
Representative Edward C. Little of Kansas, with Funston in the Philippines, notes John Alden lineage traced to a Kansas City high school student. Ancestors include Col. Moses Little and battles at Louisburg and Bunker Hill. Highlighting immigration and liberty, the talk links Pilgrim heritage with a Russian mother and central Kansas Russian colony.
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Edward C. Little
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Kansas Volunteers
John Alden
Johnathan ‘Taylor
Louisburg
Bunker Ain
Col
Moses Little
Bunker Hil
Bunker Hil. In the Course of His Remarks Colonel Little
John
Priscilla
Kansas City
Kans
America
Plymouth Rock
Come Back Indian Tribe Revived Through Sheep Farming
Mrs. Cato Sells observes the Jicurifa Apaches in southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico as United States Indian commissioner Sells explains how a revival began. A dozen hundred tribal men embraced new ownership and sheep-raising to restore their economy and spirit, transforming a once doomed community toward recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cato Sells
Colorado
New Mexico
Indiana
Sells
Ife
Nominates Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell for Mines Director
President Wilson sends to the Senate the nomination of Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell to head the Bureau of Mines, replacing the resigned Yun H. Manning. Cottrell, born January 10 1877 in Orkland California, developed the Cottrell process for removing fumes and dust, a globally used method. He has held top roles in the bureau since 1911 and directed projects including a plant to recover helium from natural gas near Petrolia Texas. He received the Perkin Medal in 1919 for his work in electrical precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Cottrell
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Senate
Wilson
Yun H. Manning
Cottrell
Orkland
Cali
University of California
Research Corporation
Cottratl
Petrolia
Texan
Perkin
New York
The
Society of Chamical Industry
Thirty Thousand Miles Planned for National Forest Roads
The nation needs about thirty thousand miles of roads over the next decade at no less than 150 million dollars to properly develop national forests and nearby communities. Agriculture Secretary has approved 5152 miles costing 26.463 million, contingent on federal and cooperative funds. Government has authorized 15.74 million for this purpose. Feeder roads are largely postponed until the primary forest road system is completed. Costs are expected to rise as surveys update estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
National Forests
Farmer and Good Highways Boost For Roads
A farmer shifts from opposing road spending to championing good highways as improved roads lift land value and speed deliveries. He now sees roads as a boon to farming, turning his land into a suburb of nearby cities and making him a hard working advocate for better infrastructure.
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H. W. Slauton
Lesiie
Gravel Proves Useful For Highways When Properly Applied
Gravel at 48 a mile offers a workable highway surface when spread and leveled evenly. Properly laid gravel maintains holes filled and allows year round travel, unlike many dirt roads.
Farm roads made of earth need grading and upkeep
The article argues that most farm roads are earth paths yet can be improved by grading them to resemble public highways and kept in good condition. It stresses practical maintenance rather than constructing stone or gravel surfaces.
Farm roads are essential to farm operations
On the farm good roads matter as much as public roads. The piece urges recognizing practical value of solid farm access for efficiency, safety, and productivity, stressing essential networks within agricultural properties. It highlights that private farm road quality affects daily work and overall outcomes.
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Henry P. Davison
Baltic
Black Seas
Baltic States
Czecho-Slovakia
Ukraine
Hungary
Roumania
Montenegro
Albania
Serbia
Greece
Czecho-Brovatia
Vienna
Renault
Sir William Goode
Re Met
RB Marnzy
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Floyd Hill Road
Denver, Coin
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