Missouri River Improvement Gets Senate Approval
The Missouri Valley cheers as Senator Curtis wins Senate approval of 12,000,000 for upper Missouri River improvement from Sioux City to Kansas City. The measure, long backed by regional business groups, signals early river work and potential lower freight costs, with irrigation prospects tied to Mississippi watershed prosperity. Senator Curtis credited for much of the success.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Sion City
Iowa
Curtis
Senate
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Sioux City
Missouri
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Middle Weet Prairies
Missous
St. Louis
Middle West
Mississippi
Pinchot to Lead Forest Service Fight in Washington
Governor Pinchot plans a Washington campaign to oppose mining and timber interests clashing with public forest policy. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot backs his fight for Giant Power and federal protection of natural resources while targeting Muscle Shoals privatization and Prohibition enforcement debates.
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Penass
Harrisburg
Pinchot
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Natural Walter Resources
Duda
Alabama
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Luz
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Norris
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Milford
Senate
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Ile
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Dinner tales and scholarly chat at P. En. club
Burton Kascoe chronicles a New York dinner at the P. En. club with guests Hugh Walpole Ford Madox Ford and Osbert Sitwell. Walpole recalls a lecture tour anecdote about vanity while Ford notes the spinach story and a tale of a Philadelphia dinner. Ford and others discuss attire confusion in prewar society and a Wisconsin president Glenn Frank incident. A Middletown event notice closes the column.
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Ford Madox Ford
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Walpole
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Sonia
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Iida
Australia
Philadelphia
Glenn Frank
Century Magazine
University of Wisconsin
Frank
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Americans Reject Rome’s Fear and Embrace Universal Citizenship
The author contrasts Rome’s slave society with the American ideal of universal citizenship. He argues the United States rejects social ostracism, supports equal rights for all children, and aims for a democracy without noble birth determining status.
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Hegen
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Tulius Caesar
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Moral duty to learn American history and local facts
The author argues for intellectual responsibility toward fellow citizens and local history. He notes naturalized citizens learn national milestones while natives forget them and mocks misconceptions such as Orange County’s origin. A call favors reading as a practical method to nurture informed patriotism.
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Johm Erskine
Orange County
Wister
Bacon
England Faces Egg Shortage from Foreign Imports
The British Ministry of Agriculture warns that foreign eggs have displaced native British eggs, with the Latvian Mithonian Norwegian Danish German Polish varieties now common. The report notes twenty million pounds yearly spent on alien eggs and calls for more British hens, while considering higher import tariffs to protect domestic production.
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United States
Ministry of Agriculture
Railroads Demand Tax Relief Amid Taxation Strain
Railroad owners warn that the tax burden must be lifted to prevent further rate increases or enable reductions. They report total taxes around 400 million dollars annually with September taxes rising eleven percent from 1925, while earnings grew only 4.7 percent. In 1911 taxes were about 8.6 percent of cross earnings, and railways argue current taxation outpaces gains.
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Ilroad
United States
Pirate Gold Haunts Louisiana Marshes in Quest for Treasure
In Vermilion Parish and along the coast southwest of New Orleans, diggers persist for a century to unearth pirate Jean T La Pitta loot buried in tidal lands. Disturbed mounds and looted arrowheads mark the search, while modern life and technology fail to quell the eternal lure of gold and adventure.
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Tor
New Orleans
Belgium
France
Peace Island
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Epworth League to Meet Friday in Ridgebury
The Ridgebury Epworth League plans its January monthly business and social gathering at the Pansh House on Friday evening. Mrs. L Hitcheack, sister of W D Loucks, is visiting for a week or ten days.
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Epworth League
Pansh House
L. Hitcheack
W. D. Loucks
Ay Nia
J. R. Schoonmaker
Thrall Hospital
Mr. Falshaw
Drew
York City
Misa V. Treby
Old Friends and New Bonds Form Strong Ties
The column reflects on aging and friendship, noting that lasting ties often form with congenial new acquaintances after old ones drift away. It recounts meeting Chic Sale after a vaudeville show, highlighting how shared tastes create durable bonds and trust.
Question Editor answers reader queries on history and science
A sample of Q and A from the Question Editor column explains origins of terms, scholars, and figures. Topics include Kingsley's verse, wisdom personification, Israel’s name origin, university enrollments, actors, French Revolution governance, Alpha Centauri, and a 1876 ten cent note value.
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Judea
Columbia University
New York
United States
University
of California At Berkeley
California
Columbia
Ergt. Quirt
A. Edmund Lowe
San Jose
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East Lynn
France
Natonal
Legislative Assembly
National Convention
Meredith
Treasury
Annual Meeting at Goshen Methodist Church Elects Officers
Reevs Makuen was re elected superintendent of the Goshen Methodist Church Sunday School at the annual office board meeting held at Mrs Wattie Makuen home. Others named for the coming year include Irving Ackerman as assistant superintendent Miss Warjorie Gren secretary Miriam Duhr assistant secretary Mrs Hattie Makuen treasurer Miss Wilmach Wer assistant treasurer Miss Alice Tlerbie librarian Mrs Reevs Maknet memorial superintendent A S Doremus temperance superintendent Mrs Hattie Makuen grade roll superintendent Miss Audrey Doremus. Refreshments were served. The board voted to award Sunday Serin s attendance this year. WEADS Game Club John Rothery of Newburgh was elected president of the Orange Lake Fish and Game Association, which now has more than 600 members.
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Goshen
Reevs Maknet
Mérionry
S. Doremus
Hattie Makuea
Misa Audrey Doremus
WEADS
John Rothery
Newburch
Orange Lake Fish and Game Association
Newburgh
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