What the Wilson cabinet members do now
Washington report on former cabinet members shows long ago salaries and new plans. Tom Marshall says he must earn money, Colby and Burleson launch law ventures, Baker returns to Cleveland, Daniels steers the Haleigh News and Observer, and others plan law practice or farming roles while weighing future moves.
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Ashington
Wilson
Tom” Marshall
Columbo City
Ind
Colby
Washington
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Balotridge Colby
Labor
W. B
Des Moines
John
Berton Payne
Secretary of the Interior
Chicago Club
Michigan’ Boulevard
South Park Commission of Chicago
Palmer
Washington, D. B
Houston
Missouri
J. W. Alexander
Wind Forest Disaster Prompts Emergency Funding Demand
Senator Jones proposes a 100 000 appropriation to aid Olympic National Forest after a massive windstorm felled 5 to 8 billion board feet of timber over a 7 by 30 mile strip. Ass aistant Forester Sherman notes wind speeds of 132 mph near the Columbia mouth, with higher gusts and widespread road, trail, and telephone line destruction. Transportation disrupted. elk forage areas ruined. air surveys needed due to impassable terrain.
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Jones
Washington
Olympic National Forest
Sherman
Columbian River
Pacific Coast
California
World War claims flood U S Court of Claims
War era lawsuits flood the United States Court of Claims as private citizens sue the government over war costs. Claimed amounts total about 124 million filed so far, with estimates suggesting two to three billion dollars in potential claims. Agencies named include Internal Revenue, Shipping Board, Railroad Administration, and others.
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United States Court of Claims
Department of Jasca
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The
Shipping Board
Railroad
Housing Corporation
War Risk Bureau
Food and Fuel Admiralistr Atong
Miss Robertson of Oklahoma Seeks Federal Education Dept
Misa Alice Robertson, Oklahoma cafe owner and educator, told a National Education Association Atlantic City gathering that while she supports study of a federal department of education she is not yet confident the nation is ready. She emphasized conservative stances, noting she is Christian American and Republican.
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Oklahoma
Misa Alice Robertson
Federal Department of Education
National Education Association
Atlantic City
Mids Robertson
Department’ of Education
Mins Robertson
Christian
Noman
Hauling Keeps Farmers Selling Fresh Dairy and Produce
A rural farmer narrates juggling milk and berries as a two hour haul prompts a plan to hire neighbors and form a cooperative motor truck route. The idea, inspired by USDA bulletins, fixes prices per hundredweight and aims to provide affordable daily town delivery, scaling to a cooperative stock company when volume grows.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Old Jimny
Stevens
Hamton
Grogner
Phillppa
Jones
Maryland
Pelephon
Nationwide efforts push to exterminate rats in multiple states
County agents and rodent experts coordinate campaigns across Blackstone Virginia and Vargo North Dakota with local groups joining the effort. Projects employ poisoned bait like barium carbonate and aim to curb infestations, while Texas plans a statewide eradication drive with a Bureau of Biological Survey specialist to oversee operations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
States Relations Service
Bureau of Biological Survey
Blackstone
Biological Survey
Vargo
N. D
City Commission
Commercial Club
Health Department
Boy Scouts, Women's Clubs
Texas
Bureau of Blological Survey
Seed Germination Test With Moist Paper Method
Instructions describe testing old seeds before planting by creating nine testers from two dinner plates. Place seeds on moist blotting paper in one plate, cover with a second moist plate over weeds, invert the other plate, wait days, then uncover and count germination.
Dinner ideas and recipes from a 19th century kitchen
A column of varied recipes and cooking tips offers Cauliflower and Tomato Soup, a mutton pickle roast with bold aromatics, Date Bran Muffins, and Rhubarb Soup. Also includes a brief morale note about unselfish happiness attributed to Mrs. Besant.
Household Tips From scraps and simple home fixes
Handy advice covering leather care using shoe polish for scratches and restoration, using leftover pancakes in eggs, creating lamb broth and soup with rice and vegetables, renewing old hair brushes, reducing lard waste by grinding, repairing furniture casters with hot paraffin, preventing rug slips with rubber strips, removing wallpaper with hot glue, repurposing seashells for decor, mending cracked linoleum or vinyl with adhesive tape, painting the inside of cans with leftover paint, and refreshing house ferns by steaming weekly for new shoots.
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Ferna
Mausoleum Joke From Churchyard Prank
A colored man builds a handsome mausoleum in a churchyard and boasts about it. A church officer later asks about judgment day and jokes that on that day they will “take the bottom out” and let him fall.
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Harper's Magazine
Modest Trends Highlight Fashions By Lady Duff-Gordon
The fashion leader notes that styles are becoming more modest than in the past. A lunch discussion recalls a shopper asking for the latest afternoon gown, with retailers offering equally short and transparent options, illustrating shifting standards.
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Duff-Gordon
Adam
Quiet Wedding Plan Shocks Village Church
A man entered a church and told the parson he wished to marry on a set day. When asked for his fiancé, he refused, saying they would not have any formal engagement or ceremony. The improvised plan focuses on a quiet, private union.
Pa Ought to Know Mother We must get a nurse
A playful exchange contrasts parental need for a nurse with a New Pop suggestion of a night watchman. The dialogue hints at caregiving concerns around a baby, reflecting family dynamics and humor. No external events or dates are provided.
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Autotruck
City Station
Cael
Mrs. Besant
Ts Hot Springs
Arkansas
U. S
Hot Springs
Lisa
Missouri Pacific
Sofian
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