Small Town Opportunities for Young Men in Merchandising
A long essay urges graduates to seek paths in small towns rather than big cities. It recounts a West town merchant who rebuilt a general store into a women and children focused shop aided by local advertising and agents. It also highlights bankers, farmers, and local newspapers as gateways to success in rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Thornton, JR
Detroit
Old Sandy
Horatio Alger, Jr
Stulf
America
West
Chicago
Pitul
Dnery
Caesar
Longfellow
Rome
United States
Middle West
Jim Ingalls
Jim
Tutaren
Ingalls
United State
Theresare
Binet Hey
Weeks Law established forest reservations to protect watersheds
The speaker notes the existence of numerous sanctuaries and preserves in national parks across the United States including the Rocky Mountains and the Middle West. He cites the Weeks Act of 1911 creating forest reservations to safeguard watersheds of navigable rivers, enabling public access to western states and areas near the Appalachians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National ‘Forest
United States
Mountains
Middle West
Mississippi River
Fragmentary historic note on game laws and breeding
A weathered fragment references sacred or legal claims east of a missal era, mentioning Weeks and purchases for purposes of breeding and protection of game birds and fish. It hints at established sanctuaries and the people's interest in regulating wildlife.
New International Mandate Concept Explained
An analysis outlines the mandate idea as a league backed duty to civilize and care for backward nations. It distinguishes three principal mandate classes of former territories and notes Palestine as a fourth in the broader framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of the Civilized Nations
League of Nations
Council of the
League
Council
The
Nations
Mesopotamia
Pacific
Banator
Equator
Western states push reclamation plan to Harding
Eight Western governors meet in Denver to press for reclamation legislation, aiming to advance the Smith McNary cooperative reclamation act. The plan would create a 250 million dollar revolving fund for irrigation projects and give veterans preference on lands opened under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Harding
Congress
Thomas B. Campbell
Arizona
League of the Southwest
D. W. Davis
Idaho
Emmet
D. Boyle
Nevada
Utah
Washington
Josephi
Dixon
Montana
Shoup
New
Mexico
Jas
Akticipate
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