Uncle Sam eyed for summer resort buys under forestry law
Washington considers using the Weeks Forestry law to acquire scenic resort land from downed properties in the Southeast and New England. Nearly 2 million acres are on offer, with total value estimates ranging from 11 million to 100 million. Virginia's Natural Bridge is a highlighted target with a quoted price near a quarter of a million.
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Ashington
Uncle Sam
National Forestry Commission
New England
Virginia
White Mountains
Carolina
Forestry Commission
Warships to be Sold by U S Government Obsolete Fleet Auction
The United States plans to auction 43 obsolete warships including battleships cruisers monitors and gunboats as dreadnoughts outpaced older vessels. Ships named include Kearsarge Kentucky Alabama Maine Massachusetts Indiana Ohio Oregon Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Brooklyn New York St Louis Charleston Milwaukee Olympia Raleigh Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Boston Marblehead Atlanta Philadelphia San Francisco Montgomery Minneapolis Columbia. Total cost of these vessels amounts to 110,721,?
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United States
Navy
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Alabama
Maine
Massachusetts
Indiana
Ohio
Oregon
Missouri
Iowa
Minnois
Wisconsin
Brooklyn
New York
St. Louis
Charleston
Milwaukee
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Raleigh
Baltimore
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Marblehead
Atlanta
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Montgomery
Minneapolis
Columbia
Spies Said Still Active in Washington and New York
Reports from Washington claim foreign spies remain at work gathering defense secrets for their nations. A 1910 encounter in New York revealed a former officer covertly living in civilian clothes and employed at a Staten Island factory near key Atlantic fortifications.
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Washington
New York
Philp
Atlantic
Shaitredly
Gévérnirdat
Seri
Ous
United States
New York City
Staten Island
Diaz Invited to Return to Mexico by Madero
Reports from Chihuahua state that President Madero has asked Porfirio Diaz to return to Mexico and assured him full guarantees. The message was reportedly sent by former President de la Barra as special ambassador to Italy and delivered in Seville by de la Barra's brother, head of the Seville consulate.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
el Pueblo Vasco
San Sebastian
Spain
Porfirio Diaz
Madero
de la Barra
Italy
Senor de la Barra
Seville
Diaz
Majority of U S Employers Support Workers Compensation Act
A National Association of Manufacturers committee reports 99 percent of U S employers favor a workers compensation act. Based on European studies and 15 000 U S responses the panel proposes ten recommendations including employers paying 75 to 90 percent of wages to injured workers.
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ST. Louis
United States
National Association of Manufacturers
Europe
Sioux Falls Considers Strict Sunday Blue Law Ordinance
Sioux Falls faces a strict Sunday ordinance mirroring Massachusetts blue laws. It would ban selling any goods from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday except meat or fish before 9 am, with on premise eating allowed and drugs selling allowed at any time.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Massachusetts
Girl Babies Taller and More Vital Than Before
Boston report says girl babies are born taller and with greater vitality than in the past while boy babies show no change in average weight or height. Miss Charlotte W. Dunn, assistant superintendent of a local hospital, notes the shift in infant vitality.
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Boston
Charlotte W. Dunn
Rebels Proclaim New Republic in China
China is proclaimed a republic by the provisional cabinet elected by rebel leaders. Dr Sun Yat Sen of Canton is named president. Nanking is set as the temporary capital with a recommendation to remain the permanent seat of government.
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Shanghai
China
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Nanking
Farmers Dig Beets From Snow
BRIGHAM CITY December 20 Farmers in the area face harvesting trouble for the sugar beet crop as fields remain snow covered and frost chilled. Many have only dug half their beets and must pull roots from snow, delayed by late digging orders, poor weather, and scarce railroad cars. Still, this season should be better than two years ago when beets were hauled into January.
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Brigham City
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