The Thinker Leads Modern Progress
John Lonsdale argues the world needs interpreters of our times in agriculture, finance, politics, and industry to clarify unknown situations. He says prosperity comes from business insight, warns that disaster follows unheeded trends, and urges leaders and interpreters to read the signs of the times for future action.
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John
Lonsdale
American Bankers Association
Daniels
America
Atylea
Black Ants Protect Cocoa Trees In Java Plantations
A sign proclaims black ants are kept on central Java cocoa plantations to combat Helopeltis beetles. The ants patrol cacao trees benefiting harvests by disturbing beetles while the white cocoa louse feeds them. Native labor maintains nests, receiving payment in return.
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Java
Oregon Dads and Mothers group elects Rufus H Kimball president
Rufus H Kimball of Palo Alto was chosen president of the newly formed Oregon Dads and Mothers association in California. The group gathers parents of University of Oregon students and mirrors existing Oregon Mothers and Dads organizations. Dr Arnold Bennett Hall attended the San Francisco meeting as University president. Mrs Clifford Conly of Berkeley was elected secretary-treasurer.
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Rufus H. Kimball
Palo Alto
Oregon Dads and Mothers Association
California
University of Oregon
Oregon Mothers
Oregon Dads
Arnold Bennett Hall
University
San Francisco
Clifford Conly
Berkeley
U. of Oregon to hire Reginald Coggeshall as journalism professor
Reginald Coggeshall, sports editor for the Paris edition of the New York Herald, will join the University of Oregon as professor of Journalism next fall. Dean Eric W. Allen announced the appointment to fill the vacancy created by Ralph D. Casey’s resignation. Coggeshall brings five years of newspaper work and prior teaching at Harvard and Tufts.
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Reginald Coggeshall
Paris
New York Herald
University of Oregon
Eric W. Allen
Coggeshall
Ralph D. Casey
University of Minnesota
Magnetic compass aids gas main locator method
Popular Mechanics reports a gas company used a mariner style magnetic compass to locate unknown gas mains. By holding the compass at the surface the needle deflected toward the pipe, useful for pipes buried up to two feet and for locating piping within house walls.
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Popular Mechanica Magazine
Clever misquote sparks domestic debate on priorities
A husband and wife quarrel over a pile of astronomy books. The wife recalls the suggestion to study astronomy, while the husband corrects her, insisting his emphasis was on studying economy rather than astronomy. The exchange ends with a humorous reversal of intent.
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Gir
Hard of Seeing Alice Finds Cleaning Joy at Home
In a humorous incident from our archives, Alice, the sole member of a certain Earth side family who enjoys cleaning, celebrates a day when paper hangers were at work on her house. One man struggled with a ceiling strip, repeatedly peeling and reapplying it until Alice declared with calm disdain that he must be hard of seeing.
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Alice
Weil
Indianapolis
Summer schools attract students to University of Oregon
The University of Oregon summer sessions in Eugene Portland and aboard cruise ships open June 23 and run to August 1 with post sessions and Hawaii centered Alaska cruises. Alfred Powers says courses from art to education will draw national attention, featuring Carnegie funded art instruction, a Shattuck school demonstration, a clinic for problem children, and an intensive Portland lab course.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
United States
Portland
Alfred Powers
Pacific Coast
Carnegie Foundation
Shattuck School
Grace Fernald
Los Angeles
Medical School
Oregon State Board of Health
Alaska
Hawaii
Lewis R. Alderman
Oregon
United States Bureau of Education
C. W. Bailey
Holt
Liverpool
England
F. A. Cotton
Schoola
Indiana
David Snedden
Columbia University
Moises Saenz
Mexico
Powers
Alexander Goldenweiser
William Morris Davis
Harvard
Clara ©. Howard
New Jersey College For Women
Charles N. Reynolds
Stanford
R.A. Rice
Smith College
C. G. Vannest
Harris Teachers College
W. Spears
W. M. Reinhart
William L. Hayward
BB. R. Knollin
Spears
Farnald
B. W. DeBusk
Mies Ruth Kneeland
Ballevue
Lillian Rayner
University of Oregon Medical School
H. J. Sears
Frog Barks Like a Dog at New York Zoo
A horned Brazilian frog arrived at the reptile house of the New York Zoo and alarmed staff by barking and snapping at a photographer. The five and a half inch green bronze creature, though small, appeared dangerous when stirred.
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New York Zoological Park
Popular Science Monthly
Travel By Slow Steam And Stage Ablaze With Delays
A 125 year old account describes a New York City to Buffalo journey by sailing vessel to Albany then coach to Schenectady and Mohawk boats to Utica Oswego Lewiston and onward. Total travel time could stretch a month depending on conditions and connections.
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New York City
Buffalo
Albany
Schenectady
Mohawk
Utlea
Oswego
Lewinton
Vatican Name Origins in Roman Era History
The Vatican name likely derives from Vaticum an Etruscan settlement on the Tiber right bank. In Roman times the area was Ager Vaticanus and later tied specifically to Vatican Hill. The district was viewed as distinct from ancient Rome.
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Vatican
Vaticum
Tiber
Ager Vaticanus
Vatican Hill
Monta Vat
Ano
Rome
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Indiana Territory and the origins of the state name
The word Indiana began as a name for a triangular tract of about 5,000 square miles, now part of West Virginia. Granted by the Six Nations around 1778 to the Indiana Land Company, it was an indemnity for merchandise taken by a war party. The area later faded from state notice, then became Indiana Territory in 1800 before evolving into the region that would become Indiana.
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Indiana
West Virginia
Six Nations of
Indiana Land Company
Northwest Territory
Indiana Territory
Lodiona
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Rogers @ Goodman
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Arlington
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W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
Pendleton
Peterson & Lewis
Attorneys At Law
Pendleton, Oregon
W. H. McKinney
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