National parks lure 1925 summer travelers across the nation
The piece notes a summer surge in road travel with more than 10 million Americans expected to tour by car. It highlights 8000 auto camps, 10000 hotels, and the economic scale of flivver trips, plus Rocky Mountain and Palisades parks as prime destinations and Dr. Charles Walcott leading northern expeditions. It urges careful driving and respect for nature to avoid fires and damage.
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Captains of
Tin Lizzie
Europe
Scenic West
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Maine
National Parks
Chicago
New York
Washington
Estes Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado Rockies
National Park
Longs Peak
Rocky Mountain
Front Range
Continental Divide
Grand Lake
Fall River
National Park System
Timber Line
Mercury
Omaha
St. Louis
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Doctor Walcott
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
Canada
North America
Congress of the
Parliament
Dominion of Canada
Palisades Interstate Park
Hudson
New Jersey
New York State
Bear Mountain
Anthony's Nose
Peekskill
E. H. Harriman
Oath Seeking Lobster Stirs Detroit Shopper Tale
A man in Grosse Pointe reports a lobster escaping a delivery wagon on Kensington road and crawling along in a vivid green color as he hurried to a streetcar. He says it was morning and no one would doubt his unusual sighting.
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Kensington Road
Grosse Pointe
Detroit News
Korean Women Admired Yet Subservient In Korea
A historical account praises Korean women as attractive and well built while noting stark social subservience. It describes their dress in white garments and wide skirts and claims arranged marriages without prior acquaintance, emphasizing virtues of silence humility and timidity.
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Korea
Familly Merald
Words of Wisdom in Mother's Will
A New York widow Mrs Lydia Harding Hammond leaves a simple testament to her children urging them to value love and faith over possessions. She asks to bury her body cheaply, keep her books with her son Henry, and live by kindness and unselfish devotion to all. The letter, praised by the Boston Globe and New York Sun.
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New York
Lydia Harding Hammond
John Dennis Hammond
Henry
Lynx
John
Boston Globe
New York Sun
Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Gulf
Dramatic Exchange Over Post Office Run Ends Satire
An ex-official recalls a confrontation at Sandy Mush with Bud Rubb who demanded mail and claimed a postcard had been missing. The official refused to cooperate and fired back that Rubb should run the post office himself, then walked away, ending the feud.
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Bud Rubb
Sandy Mushc
Kansas City Star
Military Etiquette Differences In Jugoslav Army
The Jugoslav army blends Serb Croat and Slovene ranks with distinct customs. Serbs value comradeship and equal treatment off duty, while Croats and Slovenes lean toward Austrian Prussian etiquette that places soldiers as inferior. A Slovene major resigned after opposing a Serb colonel dining warmly with a soldier.
Three-fruit Tree Grows Lemon Orange and Grapefruit
In the Transvaal an experimental lemon tree was trimmed to three branches. One branch bears orange, another grapefruit, and the third remains lemon. This year the tree produced about six specimens of each fruit, showing three distinct fruits on a single plant.
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Transvaal
Excursions in Correspondence by Thomas Arkle Clark
A humorous essay contrasts how men and women write letters. Clark notes women use better stationery and detail while men write terser, and he cites a female tenant letters about a rent dispute. He argues emotion shapes women's prose and prefers concise business communication.
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Brown
Columbus
America
Western Newspaper Union
Gentlemen and the search for true rare qualities
Thackeray muses on finding men of generous aims and constant truth who rise above fashion and pretension. He questions how many true gentlemen exist beyond well dressed coats and polished manners, urging a collective exercise to list such rare figures in society.
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Thackeray
Preachers Grow Scarce Across United Churches
Federated church authorities report 39 000 churches in 10 000 villages lack regular preachers. Many communities receive a preacher only once a month and some remote areas go even longer between services.
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United States
Federated Church Authorities
The Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertisement
The Cuticura Toilet Trio cleanses and purifies with Soap Ointment and Talcum. Keep your skin clear by using Cuticura daily as part of your toilet preparations. This advertisement promotes cleansing soothing and perfuming benefits for regular use.
Does he play by ear yes and by mouth lungs hands and feet
The quote attributes a humorous reply about musical play style. It notes the subject improvises with ears and uses mouth lungs hands and feet to produce sound. The fragment suggests a lively, performer centered exchange.
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Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
Women’s Letters
Monarch Breakfast
Reid
Thinnie Och
Boston - Pitts Burgh
United States Rubber Company
China
Japan
Italy
Rch Manufacturing Co
Gounall” Drafts, Iowa
Toledo, Ohble
Miss Darling
Mr. Bore
Chesebrough Mfg CO
State
W. N. U. Des Moines
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