Santa Oregon and Mormon Trails In Public Eye
Historian debate over designating the Oregon Trail as a national highway grows. Congress and maps provoke clashes over historic accuracy and impact on Mormon and Overland trails, with Utah and other states defending their legacies. A broad chronology links key events from 1641 to 1869 and urges memorials for westward pioneers and routes.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Northwest
St. Louis
San Francisco
United States
Congress
Utah
Forty-ninera
Abraham Lincoln
Kansas City
Gardner
Kan
Council Grove
Council Oak
Coches
Santa Fe
Senate
Oregon Trail
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
McNary
Laramie
Fort Laramie
Addison T. Smith
Missouri River
Oregon Country
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
California
England
America
House of Representatives
United States of America
Independence
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Lows
Seaside
Ore
Olympia
Wash
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Gardner, Lawrence
Topeka
Rossville
Louisville
Frankfort
Yakbury
Hebron
Grand Island
Omaha
Fremont
Columbus
Kearney
North Platte
Lewellen
Bayard
Scottsbluff
Torrington
Douglas
Casper
Alcora
Muddy Gap
Eden
Granger
Kemmerer
Cokeville
Montpelier
Soda Springs
Pocatello
American Falls
Burley
Twin Falls
Buhl
Glenns Ferry
Mountain Home
Boise
Nampa
Caldwell
Payette
Parma
Ontario
Welser
Huntington
Baker
la Grange
Pendleton
Umatilla
Columbia River
Dallas
Hood River
Portland
Astoria
Vancouver
House Committee On
House
Montana
Elmer O. Leatherwood
Leatherwood
Daniel Boone
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Salt’ Lake City
Mormon Church
Historical Record
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Salt Lake, City
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Coronado
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France
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Russi
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Robert Gray
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Astor
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Hunt
North West Company
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Great Britain
Oregon Territory
Monroe
Mexico
Lee, Whitman
de Smet
Whitman
Washington, D. C
Fort Bridger
Overland Stage Line
Pony Express
Illinois
Salt Lake City
Union
Lewis and Clark
Pacific
West
Old Glory
Railronda
Ogden
Italian Names Adapted as Naturalized in Italy
The Baltimore Sun notes growing Italian nationalism prompts translating foreign names into Italian. Historical figures and living dignitaries get Italianized, including Shakespeare and Washington, with frequent misspellings for American presidents.
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William Shakespeare
Italy
Gugliemo Shakespeare
George Washington
Giorgio Washington
Baltimore Sun
Theater Magnate Had Studied Human Nature
An AD actor recalled Thomas H. Ince, the movie magnate, during a tale of a road tour with the company. He described a three-in-a-bed squabble among three actors over who slept in the middle, and Ince’s calm closing with the line that windy people never come to blows.
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Thomas H. Ince
Ince
World’s Oldest Forest Unearthed Near Gilboa New York
Dr. John M. Clarke state geologist and paleontologist identifies a fossil grove near Gilboa New York as the oldest forest. He notes the ancient trees resembled modern tree ferns and likely reached heights of 50 feet or more in a hundred million years ago.
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Gilboa
N. Y
John M. Clarke
New York State
Brooklyn inventor drafts telephone call meter
A Brooklyn inventor designed a meter attached to desks phones that records calls when the receiver is replaced on the hook. It automatically logs each conversation, helping users check their monthly telephone bill.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Popular Science Monthly
Cuticura Trio Promoted for Baby Skin Care
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soothing red rough itching skin with hot baths and Cuticura Ointment for application. It recommends occasional use of Cuticura Talcum powder and endorses the Cuticura Yallet Trio as indispensable for babies.
Average man runs to keep up with running expenses
Fragmentary lines note a caricature of daily struggle with finances and a jab at egotism, suggesting a satirical take on money and vanity. The text hints at swift action as a metaphor for managing costs and pride.
Scientist Wins Leidy Medal For Studies Of Amebae
Dr. Herbert Spencer Jennings of Johns Hopkins University Baltimore receives the first Joseph Leidy medal from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The prize honors work on primitive animals the amebae and wheel animalcules rotatoria and is awarded every three years in memory of paleontologist Joseph Leidy.
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Herbert Spencer Jennings
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Joseph Leldy
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia
Joseph Leidy
Academy
Outside the cim cle where biology is practiced
The text argues that people prefer the outdoors over degrading condescension. It asserts biology alone is a sufficient science to entertain a mind if inclined, implying independent inquiry beyond social pressures.
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