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Newspaper

Anita Record

Location

Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1919

Page

5

National Parks Association Forms To Promote Parks

The National Parks association, organized by an informal group of friends of the parks, aims to educate the public about nature’s laboratories and scenic wonders. It operates independently of government, co operating with the National Parks Service while expanding public involvement, education, and research through lectures, publications, and university programs.

GE National Parks Association Friends of National Parks National Parks Association Union Trust Building Washington, D. C National Park Service Bureau Department of the Interior Congress America Switzerland Aeu National Parks and Monuments National Parks System Rethen Pak National Parks Educational Committee Charles D. Walcott Smithsonian Institution William Kent California Muir Woods National BB. Macfarland Waghin Fman R. 8S Yard National Parks Service Belmore Browne Henry G. Bryant Geographical Society of Philadelphia William J. Colby Sierra Club George Bird Grinnell Boone and Crockett Club Glacier National Park Pioneer George D. Pratt Camp Fire Club Charles Sheldon American Game Protective and Propagation Association The American Bison Society John B. Burnham Edmund Seymour George F. Kunz American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society W. W. Atwood Warvard John H. Tinley University of the State of New York EB. M. Lehnerts University of Minnesota Arthur F. Bestor Chautauqua Institution J. Walter Lewkes Bureau of American Ethnology LaVerne W. Noyes Chicago Academy of Sciences John Dickinson Sherman General Federation of Women's ‘Clubs Henry B. BF. Macfarland Washington D. C Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University John Mason Clarke National Academy of Sciences Henry Suzzullo University of the State of Washington Charles J. Bell American Security and Trust Company of R.S. Yard Ways and Means Huston Thompson Government Bureau Popular Association Tke Association University of the City of New York Chicalgo Rocky Mountain National Park Columbia Mount Rainier Grand Canyon Waiter Yosemite Valley Agricultural Department Interior Department National Forests Forest Service Ag Forest Service Biggest United States Ees

Bedbugs at Hotel Prompt Harold and Mother Alarm

Harold and his mother found their hotel infested with bedbugs after returning home from a journey. The landlady claimed no bedbugs existed, while Harold quips they are "married and have got families." The Chicago American notes a benign remark about Hazel and a photographer’s occupation.

Harold Chicago American

Aztec Magic Mirror in British Museum Linked to Crystal Gazing

Article notes a real obsidian mirror used by the Aztecs and ancient Mexicans, now in the British Museum. It was connected to Texcatlipuco and daily world events, with parallels to glass crystal gazing. The piece, with a textile cord, likely served religious and wizardry practices.

British Museum Japan Texcatlipuco

Cure for Shell Shock Dream Therapy in the British Army

The British medical corps uses dream study to treat shell shock and army nerves. An officer records nightmares and visions to identify traumatic memories and tailor methods to counter their impact, as described in Popular Mechanics Magazine.

British Medical Corps Popular Mechanics Magazine

The Reason for She

Dialogue snippet contrasts perception of gender with a sly pun. A speaker admits failing to understand why calls refer to a vessel as she while another retorts that steering proves otherwise. The exchange hints at nautical metaphor and humor in brief dialogue.

Revenge of a Reporter and the Bishop's Boots

A retired Oxford bishop, Doctor Gore, was targeted by copy hungry American reporters during a visit to an Episcopal church. A local paper published a fictitious interview with sensational opinions and scathing political jabs. An illustration showed huge boots with the caption Are these feet or yards.

Doctor Gore Oxford London

Giant Apricot Tree Near Van Nuys Rumored World’s Largest

On the Muir fruit ranch between Van Nuys and Lankershim stands the Integest apricot tree. J W Grimes, a noted fruit industry figure, inspected it last week and Los Angeles Times recently cited his opinion. The tree is 35 years old and 54.5 inches in girth two and a half feet from the ground and reaches 25 feet in height. Grimes has toured nearly every California fruit region and studied apricots in depth.

Muir Fruit Ranch van Nuys Lankershim J. W. Grimes Los Angeles Times Grimes California

Senator Twobble on public pulse and telegrams

In a Birmingham Age-Herald voice, Senator Twobble quips that he need not exert himself to gauge public mood as he is swamped with constituent telegrams daily and notes the public’s pulse appears accelerated from all the messages.

Senator Twobble Birmingham Age-Herald

Fresh Meat

A terse phrase from the Boston Hyming Transcript depicts a tense moment with a wolf at the door and a plan to coax it inside for meal. The fragment hints at looming danger and a coercive or predatory scenario reflected in historic dialogue.

Boston Hyening Transcript

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