Taft Urges Conservation of Nation's Resources
President Taft outlines a special message to Congress on conserving public lands water power forests and reclamation projects. He discusses classification of lands water power rights river development and the need for bonds to finish irrigation and flood control works while warning against monopolies and waste.
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Congress
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Senate
House of Representatives
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Geological Survey
United States
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Hove Department of Agriculture
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
Department of Agriculture
Far West
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Missouri
Ohio
Dame
Oulo
Pittsburg
Cairo
Ohio River
Mississippi
St. Paul
St. Louis
Kansas City
Boards of Army Engineers
Gulf
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Waterways Commission In
Europe
Germany
France
England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Forest Service
Agricultural Department
Alpine White Bear Mystery Rises in Italian Alps
Mount Blane yielded a white bear body moved to Aosta. Initially thought three centuries dead and preserved in ice. Later analysis shows death occurred only days ago, suggesting living white bears may still inhabit the Alps and plans for expeditions to test the theory.
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Mount Blane
Aosta
Fce
Alps
Unclear courtroom banter cited in magazine fragment
An obscure exchange between a lawyer and witness confuses distance with cries and flights. The fragment hints at a stylistic miscommunication within a magazine text rather than a clear factual report.
Mrs Betsy Baxter Visits Dorcas Doolittle for Dinner
Betsy Baxter arrives unannounced at Dorcas Doolittle’s home and requests a hearty, informal supper. She asks for fried chicken, tea biscuits, red currant jelly, quince preserves, pound cake, hot apple fritters with maple syrup, coffee, vegetables, and baked sweet potatoes, insisting she will eat whatever is prepared.
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Betsy Baxter
Dorcas Doolittle
Puck
Nighttime arrival joke from a domestic exchange
The dialogue plays on a domestic misunderstanding as a wife questions a late night arrival. A playful punchline centers on what time the husband reached the head of the stairs, delivering a light humor beat.
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