Aged Huntsman Faces Death in Dense Forests
Horace Jackson, a 63 year old Chicago businessman, survived five days and four nights lost in Minnesota forests with frostbitten toe and meat of moose bragging rights intact. He described a lonely march through snow, dense brush, and cold, aided by frozen cranberries and fiery signals, finally sighting a log shack and narrowly escaping death with help from a companion.
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Chicago
Horace Jackson
Chengo
Minnesota
Jim
Heath
Ma Jackson
Ely
Northwestern
Jackson
E. C. More
Mr. Jackson
Sheridan Road
Howard Jackson
Arthur Jackson
J. J. Bagley
Arsen
Ald Iman
Jaelsul
Woman Earns 68 A Week Washing Five Loads
Miss Georgianna Cuthbert testifies in an equity case that she earns 68 weekly by handling five washes. Neighbors say she avoids bleach and acids, and the court hears experts who deem a rear laundry in Ardenmore Pa permissible despite local building restrictions.
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Norristown
Georgianna Cuthbert
Marie Lusson
Miss Cuthbert
Aridmong Pa
Mount Holly auction for Miss Eliza McHenry wardrobe
Mount Holly New Jersey public sale proceeds to fund maintenance for Miss Eliza McHenry an elderly resident whose 25 year compulsion to collect clothing filled seventeen trunks chests and closets with over 200 dresses 50 hats 8 fur coats 12 fur sets 100 pocketbooks and large quantities of jewelry and shoes prompting Walter Dill of the Unters National Bank to supervise the sale.
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Mount Wolly
N. J
Eliza McHenry
Walter I. Dill
Unters National Bank
Mount Holly
Signals for game hunters in trouble in Upper Peninsula
Thomas B. Wyman of the Northern Forest Protective Association distributes deer hunter signals. Help means pour shots in quick succession. Injured means shot pause two shots pause shot. Lost means three quick shots pause shot. Call heard two quick shots pause two quick shots. Large placards warn hunters to keep flynts before their minds.
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Marquette
Mich
Thomas B. Wyman
Northern Forest Protective Association
Upper Peninsula
City Planning Emerges as New Profession Across Cities
Town Panning has drawn heavy interest in the last decade, with corporations selecting sites for plants. The University of Pennsylvania created a city planning course led by Haldeman and Newnan experts. Cities like New York, Cleveland, Dallas, Galveston, Birmingham, and Reading adopt definite plans guiding future improvements.
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University of Pennsylvania
Aintrim Haldeman
Piadelphia
Carol Arorovici
Bernini Newnan
Philadelphia
James PP
New York
Sion
Cleveland
Dallas
Galveston
Dex
Birmingham
Reading
Concrete signposts to mark Limealn streets in Neh
Popular Mechanics describes heavy reinforced concrete street name signs for Limealn Nebraska intersections. Four sided posts seven feet tall cost about eight dollars, designed to resist damage and be sightly, though legibility at night requires strong illumination.
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Limealn
Neh
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Empty lots made over by Bloom Denver garden crusade
Denver is carrying on a school garden crusade aimed at transforming every vacant lot into a pleasant space. Results are said to be memorable with thousands of empty plots, many unattractive. Some spaces show beauty, but most remain plain. Still, constructing beauty here is easier than anywhere else in the country.
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Huntsman
Juckeon
Perty
Moro
ha.Bchaefer
Ely
Howard
R Binnleh
Denver
Thatiabgr
Best kind of combination for garden borders noted
In a garden near Tuxedo New York four rows of lilies with a backdrop of blue delphiniums stretched across the end of a large plot. The owner recalls the striking beauty and fragrance, saying once seen this pairing motivates a homeowner to recreate it.
Street signs cluttering Philadelphia streets must be controlled
The piece argues that signs encroaching on streets create danger and clutter and should be banned or strictly regulated under the municipal ordinance. It urges police enforcement to reduce overhead signs and improve street safety amid prior lax attitudes.
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Philadelphia
The Country School as Key to Rural Progress
A reflection on rural life arguing that improvements in roads telephones and cars matter less than access to education. The author asserts that genuine progress requires building better country schools to satisfy innate human drive for mental development and to sustain democracy through educated rural populations.
Fresh Air School Rooms Boost Vitality and Brain Power
New York adopts ventilated classrooms with windows opened to the cold. Temperature kept near 50 degrees with no heat except extreme weather. Students wear sweaters and are said to gain weight and resist illness. Fresh air fosters rapid learning and reduces need for constant drilling.
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New York
Onpn
Outdistancing Conscience: A Man's Best Friend or foe
The piece argues conscience resists evil, warning that denying inner truth harms the soul. It frames conscience as humanity's guide, arguing even severe trials and adversity refine character rather than destroy it.
Water Power Holds Vast Undeveloped Worth for Industry
The article argues that vast water power remains unused and wasted. It estimates current industrial and public utilities need at least 30 million horsepower, with only about six million horsepower produced by water. It states coal use is high and that shifting to water power could save millions of tons of coal annually, though development is limited by distance to markets and other costs.
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Counstry
Nott
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