Forest service to set up six district field HQs nationwide
Plans for six district forest service field headquarters modeled on the Washington office advance rapidly. Each site will have a district forester, an assistant, and specialists in grazing, lands, silviculture, operations, and products. The system aims for closer public contact while land title decisions remain with the Interior land office.
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Forest Service
West
Washington
Portland
San Francisco
Albuquerque
Salt Lake
Denver
Missoula
Mont
Interior Department
District Forest Service Organization
Office of Lands
Nevan
Pinchot
Boy with aliases found in drug store near 21st and Troost
A 3 year old, calling himself Willie, Jimmie or Leo, was found at a drug store on Twenty-first and Troost. Sergt Cassius Larrabee from Walnut Street station relayed a gruff call as the boy, wearing a white tam o shak, was hungry and distressed. His mother Mrs Miller is sick at 2316 Charlotte. Authorities urged swift search for Leo.
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Sergt
Cassius Larrabee
Walnut Street
The
Kansas City Times
Twenty-first
Troost
Willie
Jimmie
Neena
Jonn
Leo
Wright backs manned flight by mirroring buzzard lift
Wilbur Wright, famed aeroplanist, argues that future flight may imitate a buzzard riding rising air currents to soar with minimal energy. He contends propulsion will shift as understanding grows and notes current machines require practice and study. Wright reflects on past trials, aims to refine his apparatus, and expects public tests to propel progress.
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America
Mr. Wright
Doling
Manteo
N. C
Wright
Les Hunandieres
Bell Ringing Carried On Across Mexico City Districts
A large workforce of more than 2000 bell-ringers is employed in Mexico City with bells tolling daily for religious celebrations. Bell towers house workers and families, often with generations serving, while bells are rung by hand despite their heavy weight and the city’s constant clang.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Quote about presidential succession from a judge
A brief quip notes that if the president dies the vice president would not fill the slot. The judge delivers the undertaker punch line implying a grim outcome. No specific people, places, or dates are provided in the readable text.
Odd Portrait of Napoleon at West Point Declares War Heroism
This life sketch of Emperor Napoleon, drawn aboard HMS Bellerophon by Captain Marryat, later passed from Sir Henry Irving to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Painted in 1815 en route to St Helena after Waterloo, it shows Napoleon still bearing the Legion of Honor star as the world recalls his fall from power.
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Legion of Honor
Russian Meat Dishes and Pilaf Diets Featured in Vintage Fare
The article surveys traditional dishes from Russia and the Baltic, detailing pilaf with mutton broth and croquettes, a cheap angel food cake, and elderberry wine. It touches on vegetarian themes from Daniel and contrasts meat diets with pulse and water, noting dietary evolution and historical context.
The Little More Weighs In Everyday Trade
A reader laments the habit of merchants giving extra weight in small measures and overcharging subtly. The piece notes how a pound is often more when ordering, while a yard or two of goods can be longer than expected, and butter and lard arrive in inflated quantities. The author questions why customers tolerate this and attributes it to consumer weakness.
Apple health tips and simple desserts from a scribbled menu
A fragmented kitchen note extols apples for digestion and sleep, urging an apple before bed and listing apple puddings, sauce, and celery salad. It includes a rough caramel sugar method, a grocer’s bottle of cola hint, and a pineapple frappe recipe with vague steps and measurements.
Do You Know That Food Hacks From A Home Column
A playful set of kitchen tips on chilling blackberries with juice and sugar, cured pork coatings, frying apples in bacon grease, French prune flavoring, and improvised mucilage and pan greasing methods. Includes a method to grease pans without touching fat with a brush and a homemade mucilage recipe using gum arabic.
That Fly Paper Funeral Fears Word of Sticky Insects
A playful piece describes a household invasion of dead flies stuck to sticky fly paper. The mother shouts about intruders as flies crowd windowsills, milk bottles, and chairs, prompting curious questions about screens and an imagined funeral for the pests.
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Philaren Ory
Practical Kitchen Tips From A Historic Note
Handy household hints for cooking and prep. Brown gravy with a sugar splash, jelly from plum juice, blanch macaroni in cold water, keep lettuce fresh in cold water under a wet cloth, loosen rusty screws with heat, and quick lunch ideas with toast ham poached egg and fried tomato wedges.
Vegetarian Soup Recipe Instructions Rewritten
A historical note describes making a vegetarian soup with tapioca and milk. It instructs soaking one third of tapioca, simmering with two cups water, then adding a quart of fresh milk, onion, celery, and mace. Finish with butter and adjust with water for desired consistency.
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St. Helena
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Owkei
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Grandad
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