Congressman Rucker's Cedar Chest Franks Mixup Recount
The Cedar chest used by Representative Rucker of Colorado to transport letter files was shipped via a rural post office and delayed, prompting a chase by Washington postal authorities. A rural postmaster explained the box arrived late and a wagon to the station took a week.
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Ashington
Post Of‘office Department
United States
Frank
Congress
Uncle Sam
Representative Rucker
Colorado
Rucker
Denver
Rucker Ridge
Fort Logan
Washington
Statesman
Revenue Cutters Report Record Year 1912
The U S revenue cutter service saved thousands of lives and hundreds of vessels in 1912 with 260 distressed ships aided and 2 212 souls rescued. Capt E P Bertholf notes a $4 36 return per government dollar in property saved and details patrols by 25 cutters and 18 launches including incidents with Prinz Joachim pirates and mutinies on Ferrier and Lark Brema.
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United States Revenue Cutter Service
Red Cross of the Sea
United States
Maine
Texas
Alaska
California
E. P.berthoof
Revenue Cutter Service
Berthof
Bertholf
Prinz Joachim
William J. Bryan
Atwood Cay
Bahama Islands
Algonquin
Ferrier
Charleston
S. C
Harbor
Brema
Mobile Bay
Untraveled Pierce Mill Road to Rock Creek Park Route
Description of an abandoned historic road from Wisconsin to Connecticut avenues leading to Rock Creek park. The route passes the century old Pierce Mill spring house erected by Isaac Pierce in 1801 and details the mossy roadbed, brown turf, and surrounding pines oaks and terrain near Tilden Street.
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Pierce Mill
Wisconsin Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek Park
Tilden Street
Park
Isaac Pierce
Holy Cross Academy
Cost of Bugs and Insect Tax Proposals
Opinion urges radical measures against crop pests arguing annual insect losses reach 800 million dollars and proposing destruction of colleges endowments to fund new universities. It cites insects like Hessian fly Chinch bugs and locusts and claims insect fecundity is astronomical to emphasize agricultural risk.
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United States
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Northwest
Economy and efficiency in the construction of farm buildings
K J T Ekblaw argues 1912 census shows farm buildings worth 6 25,451,528 dollars nearly one sixth of farm property and stresses savings from using concrete and better designs. Proper location on the farm and durable materials cut depreciation and maintenance costs. modern concrete barns residences and granaries offer long life and lower total cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West
Ita
Rations for the 1000-Pound Cow No 1 Through No 10
Detailed daily feed plans list roughage and grain mixes for ten cow rations. Each rate specifies hay type and pounds, silage or stover amounts, and grain to milk ratios with adjustments for heavy or light production, plus interchangeable seeds and substitutions.
Sunday Suit Keeps Up Appearances in Morning Chaos
A mother confiscates his hat on Thursday and has it ironed while a cleaner offers to polish his clothing. The family plans to attend church though the father grumbles, hoping others won’t search pockets for a penny while the son vows to help any heathen who looks.
The After-Glow of Easter
A meditation on Easter as the enduring rise of a lost ideal. The piece parallels Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection with every great cause, urging readers to seek lost ideals at the moment of their perceived betrayal, as the Emmaus journey and the Last Supper echo.
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Calvary
Christ
Emmaus
Jerusalem
Luke
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Jossip Ngton
Revenue Cutters
K. J. T. Ekblaw
Agricultural Engineering
University of Illinois
Craftoian
Ubicksy
Suet
Miouse
Mene
Rane
Prof
C. C. Hayden
Mother
Alice
Gladys
France
Ahjtsne Og
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