City Homes on Country Lanes Vision for Garden City Living
The article argues urban growth is outpacing rural life and foresees a national shift toward garden cities. It highlights the war garden program led by Charles Lathrop Pack, the need for new agricultural policy within fifteen years, and the Homelander concept of self sufficient garden communities surrounding cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Senate Committee On Reconstruction
New England
Middle West
Michigan
William E. Smythe
America
Sion
Mr. Cline
Europe
Lane
National War Garden Commission
Washington
Charles Lathrop Pack
Lakewood
N. J
American Forestry Association
Abraham Lincoln
Burbank
Test questions show wide gaps in general knowledge
A reporter tests a cross section of workers and students with questions about history and geography. Answers vary: several correctly answer some items while many struggle, averaging about 67 percent on ten questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Standish
America
Siam
West Indies
China
Plymouth Rock
New Hampshire
Maine
University of Chicago
United States
Liam
James Watt
Maila
Cuba
Miles Stadish
John Smith
Plmouth Rock
Jamaica
Gether
Northwester University
Love and Life in Wyoming Oil Fields Trial Explains Flames
In Wyoming a ten year murder trial unfolds over an oil field romance and a fatal bunkhouse blast. Albert Lampitt stands accused of planting an infernal device that killed Grace Lee and four bunkhouse mates after rival Harry Foight sought to settle a dispute.
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ASIN
WYCO
Wyoming
Albert Lampitt
Harry Foight
Grace Lee
Foight
Lampitt
Grass Creek
Holdredge
Saboieees
Ohio Oil Company
Mississippi River Comeback Signals New Steam Navigation Era
In late October a fleet of four steel boats built to new designs appeared on the Mississippi from St. Louis to the Gulf, signaling a possible shift in commerce. The vessels Iowa Missouri Minnesota Illinois, 265 feet long, carry two freight barges and crew quarters, with no cargo of their own, marking a government assisted test of Gulf trade by river.
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St. Cro
Mississippi
Louis
Gulf
St. Louis
Iowa
Misouri
Minnesota
Illinois
St. Paul
Minnepolis
Gulf of Mexico
Back to Nature and the Simple Lift in Massachusetts
In Taunton area, Carl Sutter and wife live frugally on six dollars a week in a Sabbatia lake shack. They trap fur to earn fifteen to twenty dollars weekly, while rationing meals from game and fish. Sutter, a former vaudeville shooter turned shoe cutter, emphasizes low costs and enjoyment over wealth.
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Fixaunton
Mass
Carl Sutter
Sutters
Sabbatia Lake
Taunton
Margaret Sutter
Sutter
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