Oklahoma Uplift Aims Home Study And University Links
Guthrie Oklahoma correspondent describes a state wide effort to extend university education and home improvement through a block of study subjects. A committee led by Rev A Grant Evans and including J W Scruggs and others plans home study credits and a state extension diploma with lectures for all ages.
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Oklahoma
Geete
A. Grant Evans
Oklahoma University
A. C. Scott
Epworth University
J. W. Scruggs
Kingfisher College
John D. Benedict
Muscogee
Henry Meter
The
State University
L. P. Whitcomb
Southwestern Normal School
Weatherford
R. Cameron
Guthrie
Okla
Cor
Kansas City Star
Payne Tariff Joke Strikes a Chord with Mr Payne
Representative Sereno E Payne jokes about an unconsulted schedule and a Washington baseball trip as senators study his tariff bill. Newspaper men, eager for a story, leave with a dubious quilt of humor and context.
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Sereno E. Payne
Senate
Payne
Washington
Giant Washington Naval Orange Largest in Chamber History
L C Weathers of Riverside produced a giant Washington navel orange for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce weighing just over three pounds and sixteen inches in circumference. The tree bore only its second crop, and all other fruit on the tree was small.
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Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chamber
L. C. Weathers of
Riverside
Taft's Beverly Summer Home Described in Detail
The Taft family will occupy a two and a half story green cottage at Beverly Massachusetts this summer. The estate features a guarded entrance, a wide veranda ocean views six second floor chambers with bath rooms, a music room library and a dining room with mahogany furniture. Modern conveniences include electricity and a large stable with ample garage space. Nearby golf links hunting clubs and churches are listed as amenities.
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Beverly
Massachusetts Coast
Taft
Mass
Ober Street
Montserrat Golf Links
Hamilton Golf Club
Besex Gol Club
Myopia Hunt Club
World's Biggest Engines On Way To California
Two colossal locomotives destined for Southern Pacific in the southwest were en route to California from Chicago. They weigh about 300 tons combined with engines and tenders, feature eight drive wheels, and use fuel oil. Each unit weighs 430 000 pounds with 390 000 pounds on driving wheels, and train fuel and steam systems include a high and low pressure setup with a super heater.
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California
Southern Pacific
Southwest
Chicago
Water Gun for Scorchers on Calumet Avenue
Hammond police plan to deter speedsters on Calumet avenue by a field telephone and a three inch water gun with 100 pounds pressure. When a chauffeur refuses to stop the stream can lift him from the car without serious injury.
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Hammond
Ind
Calumet Avenue
Drama to Run Five Evenings in St Petersburg Opera
War and Peace adaptation staged by permission of court officials at the Imperial Opera in St Petersburg. The long novel is trimmed into fifty scenes and will unfold over five successive evenings on the European stage.
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Count Tolstoy
St. Petersburg
Imperial Opera
Policeman Wins European Trip for Foiling Burglary in Trenton
Officer Hamilton Crisp of the Trenton New Jersey police is rewarded with a three month European tour for catching a burglar at the Misses Emma Lillian and Mary Madden James private school home on Greenwood Avenue. The trio fund the trip aboard the Merion of the American Line leaving Philadelphia. Crisp plans to tour Europe and return with souvenirs while his pay is suspended during leave.
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Hamilton Crisp
Trenton
N. J
Europe
Greenwood Avenue
James
Emma
Lillian
Mary—madden
Misses James
Piccadilly
Avenue Bois de Boulogne
Philadelphia
Crisp
Criep
Three James Sisters
Board of Police Commissioners
Steins
New York Herald
Balloon ascension tariff set by Aero Club of New England
A Boston dispatch reports the Aero Club of New England issued a 1909 season price list for balloon ascensions. Boston balloon rides cost 65 dollars per passenger with a pilot, while Massachusetts trips with pilot cost 115 dollars. Fees cover all expenses except travel to and from the ascent and landing sites. The pilot is provided by the club. Ascension committee head by Charles J. Glidden and H. Helm Clayton, with 42 members awaiting trips.
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Aero Club
Aero Club of New England
Boston Dispatch
Boston
Club
Massachusetts
Lome
Charles J. Glidden
H. Helm Clayton
Mississippi in miniature at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Fair
The waterway commission will display a scaled Mississippi River concept at Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. A miniature valley from Chicago to New Orleans will depict deepening, straightening, and widening the river from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and show the lakes and Gulf in faithful form.
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Seattle
Wash
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi
How We Are Increasing Population Projection for 1919
The article estimates that at the current rate of increase the United States population will reach 100,000,000 in 1919. It presents a concern over rapid growth and implies economic and social implications of a larger national populace.
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United States
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