Forester policy and Royal scuffles mingle with early football history
A read of forest reserve boundary debates and land grants intersects with a long retrospective on football’s rough origins. The piece traces executive actions on forest reserves, land negotiations, and public notices, then shifts to a historical survey of English and Scottish kings banning or moderating football to curb violence and protect public order. It cites Edward II and early 14th century London prohibitions, 1501 Edinburgh Sabbath bans, and Shrove Tuesday outbreaks, illustrating football’s notorious roughness and a long push for regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
New York
Rival Naval Builders Clash Over Connecticut Louisiana Contracts
Rivalry between Brooklyn Navy Yard and Newport News presses over the two battleships Connecticut and Louisiana. Government built Connecticut leads in completion percentage, with Louisiana launched earlier but cost and schedule debated. The ships, 450 feet long and 16 000 tons, will carry heavy armament and sail at about 18 knots.
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United States Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Newport News
Connecticut
Louisiana
Shipbuilding Company
Navy Department
United States
Congress
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dwck Company
Connelcut
Hotll
Brooklyn Navy
Thosa
Stiller Calibes
Forest lands and timber act repeal debate described
The document discusses land exchanges within forest reserves, rights of interior control over unperfected claims, and a push to repeal the Timber and Stone Act. It notes private holdings, government appropriation risks, and the impact on settlers, corporations, and public development, with calls to preserve public use. It cites proposed reforms and concerns about open land access.
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Birge Holdings
Auch
Linda
Maothera
Pabile
Alfmnin
Tntorier
Bartie
Gaelias
Tv Gees
Timler
Celal Ff
Buna
Ao Inn
Ie Cuan
King James Opposed Football For His Heir In Early Times
Fragment from a historical piece notes King James I was a patron of sport but opposed football and rough play He warned his son Prince Charles against joining the eleven citing dangers and hindrances to a throne he later held The text also hints at earlier archery restrictions and football’s contentious beginnings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King James 1
James
Prince Charles
King James
Ancient human footprint claim shocks antiquity scholars
An article reports a 10 000 year old footprint found in a Pennsylvania coal mine as evidence of a long human past. Ethnologists suggest man may be traced to preglacial periods with estimates reaching 240 000 years. they note artifacts buried under lava layers in California and note humans existed before volcanoes like Vesuvius and Etna rose.
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Pennsylvania
Act
Europe
Vesuvius
Aetna
California
Local Quips and Odd Phrases From Town News
In town chatter many friendly pals discuss Cholly Goodies as a popular item. Rodrick notes Van Albert promoting an 807 9 percent fit while people joke about him. Chicago News mentions India’s temple baskets sometimes being supported by elephants in Hin temples.
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Rodrick
van Albert
Chicago News
India
Chestnuts Compare To Potatoes In Nutrition And Use
Chestnuts are similar to potatoes but more nutritious. They contain about 33 percent water versus potatoes 76 percent, with chestnuts leading in nutritive ingredients. Chestnuts can be cooked like potatoes by boiling, washing, or roasting, and the chestnut tree cultivation offers an inviting field for agricultural and forestry enterprise.
Royal perfume excess and pastry orders spark gossip
The article recounts high society taste for costly East perfumes among Lady Curzon and the Duchess of Roxburgh, notes retrenchment by Queen Alexandra, the Princess of Wales’ scent mix, and a royal pastry concession. It also reports Queen Alexandra’s weight concerns and a theft of jewels from the Duchess of Arcos’ trunk during transit from St. Petersburg to Rome.
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Lady Curzon
England
Queen Alexandra
Duchess of
Roxburgh
East
Curaou
Alexandri
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Princess of Wales
Lady Suffolk
Miss Lester
Washington
Alexandra
Frm
London
Virginia Lowry
Italy
Rome
St. Petersburg
Turin
Ome
Calva
Queer Odor of Mummies Reappears in Essay Tone
A reflective note on the persistent odor of ancient mummies. The author argues that even sealed glass cases cannot suppress a mummy’s scent after thousands of years, leaving the origin of the odor unexplained and puzzling to modern embalmers and researchers.
Hen eggs crop would fill crates and require long train
The hena eggs produced in this country last year would fill 43 127 000 crates of 300 eggs each. It would require 107 818 refrigerator cars to transport this crop, and these cars would make a train 900 miles long.
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Rogsevelp
Roosevelt
Edward II
Naval Builders
Janx
Mitches
Football Association
Rugby Union
Oregon Forest
Edward
Whitelaw Reid
Earl
Tgol
H. T
Wine Sewna Macune Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Eagle Tank Co
N. Green 8T
Chicago, Il
Masons
Faulin
Pensions
Durpese
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman CO
Warder Bug
Foster
Wateou-Stillman Co
Webb Publishing CO
St. Paul Minn
Lynch Perfection
Yale Principis
Baleomen
Lynch Meg. CO
Madison, Wis
Marta Parte
Erie
Tively
Hewes & Potter
Lincoln
Coevon
Mass
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