Proposals for National Parks Near Washington as Conservation Talk
At a national parks conference the plan to create parks near Washington drew strong support. Proposals include lands between Baltimore and Washington, areas west of Chesapeake Bay, and southern Maryland along the Potomac. Former Ambassador Bryce praised the Potomac’s beauty and urged preservation of Great Falls and surrounding woodlands.
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Washington
Great Falls
Little Falls
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Minn
Bryce
Washington City
Potomac
Virginia
Europe
Constantinople
Bosporus
Aldershot plan brings wide amusements to mobilization camps
Morals board led by Raymond Fosdick announces programs for US Army camps to provide baseball boxing basketball track and field football and other athletics. Singing theaters and glee clubs will be organized with touring companies and free theaters. Bayonet competitions and moving pictures will keep troops connected with fronts and other camps.
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Aldershot
Morals Board
Raymond B. Fosdick
France
High Honor Won by Negro Composer of Music
Harry T. Burleigh, once a hungry ill clad boy outside Rafael Joseffy’s performance, receives the third Spingarn medal for his outstanding achievement as a Black composer. Senator Wesley L. Jones presents the gold medal at First Congregational church, honoring Burleigh’s rise from hardship to prominence.
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Rafael Joseffy
Death’s
Harry T. Burleigh
First Congregational Church
Wesley L. Jones
Committee of Award
Value of Topographic Maps Is Now Recognized
NCLE SAM S says the geological survey should be called the master map maker. The topographic map, the mother map, aids planning and engineering by showing physical features and man made works. It guides route selection for highways and compares routes with nearby alternatives, with surveys covering three fourths of the U.S. population areas and index maps for all states.
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Ncle Sam
Geological Survey
United States
Germans Fail to Halt British Break on Messines Ridge
British armies assault a new front near Ypres and seize Messines ridge after a devastating mine burst and heavy artillery. Gas shells, aerial support, and rapid infantry advances drive German forces from the position, marking a major wartime victory with minimal British casualties.
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France
London
Arras
Messines Ridge
Ypres
The
Somme
Mining and Oil Prices and Developments Report
Western mining and oil market roundup notes copper and lead prices in New York while Arizona oil syndicates form in Phoenix. May and April ore shipments from Boulder to Silverton rise. notable outputs include Tom Reed gold mill at Oatman and Crested Butte coal mines. Local strikes settled, mines reopened, and mining districts in Colorado and nearby towns show strong activity and growing yields.
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Tom Reed Gold Mining Company
Oatman
Stonington
Baca County
Carson Trail
Lake City
Colorado Central
Breckenridge
Denver Mint
Silverton
Premier Hears Guns Roar Over Wytschaete Battle
London reports that David Lloyd George heard the blasts from the Wytschaete attack while staying at Walton Heath 140 miles away. He had been briefed on the plan and ordered a three o’clock wake up. The premier and household heard the detonations as others in London misread them as heavy gunfire.
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No Man’s Land
London
Wytschaete Bend
David Lloyd George
Walton Heath
Lloyd George
New Mexico Mines See Growth With New Companies Forming
In the Magdalena-Kelly district Empire Zinc Co oversees an important strike at 200 feet in the Lynchburg mine. The Lone Tree group, backed by Tulsa capital, is near Magdalena with about 300 workers. Tres Hermanos mountains prospects near Columbus Luna county expand, Gymkana builds bunkhouses, and Kentucky Mining Co advances a 150 foot tunnel and ore assaying $100 per ton.
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Red Mountain
Silverton
Congress
Boulder
C. BE. Bradenburg and Associates
Burton
Leadville
Fanny Rawlins
Lynchburg
Empire Zinc Co
Magdalena-Kelly
Lone Tree Group of Mines
Tulsa, Okla
Magdalena
Tres Hermanos
Luna County
Columbus
Gymkana
Kentucky Mining Company
Oil Companies Report Drilling Progress Across Fields
The Producers Oil Company drills in the Dry Creek field down 2800 feet. Ohio Oil Company operates two tool strings in the Elk basin field. Midwest Refining runs one string in Elk basin. Lusk reports a new well brought in thirty miles east of there.
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Producers’ Oil Company
Dry Creek
Ohio Oil Company
Elk Basin
Midwest Refining Company
Lusk
His Knowledge of the Man
A dialogue about character and trust features a speaker praising Green as trustworthy and a fine map maker while revealing a paradox in lending behavior by noting the speaker has borrowed from Green but never lent. The exchange highlights perceptions of reliability and debt.
Freezone corn remover offered by Cincinnati chemist
An advertisement touts freezone as a new ether based corn and callus treatment from a Cincinnati chemist. It claims instant relief with a drop on a tender area, loosening the corn or callus so it can be lifted away, with no pain or burning.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Venice Notes and Corners in Salvation Navy Talk
A playful exchange imagines Venice with canals instead of streets and asks what the Salvation Army does for corners. The reply jokes about using the navy department there as a humorous contrast.
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Kidd
Venice
Salvation Army
Kidder
Navy Department
Smile on wash day with D Cross Bag Blue
Advert says Blue Cross Bag blue makes clothes whiter than snow and promotes use at all grocers.
Poets' Club Meeting Vote Reported Unanimous
The editor notes the Poets' club meeting ended with unanimous agreement as the reporter reports the I's presumably had it.
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Meeting of the
Poets’ Club
The
I’s
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