Forest Service Seeks More Fire Guards After Idaho Blaze
The article argues that massive forest fires in Idaho and Montana show prevention relies on larger forest guard forces. It notes current 2,000 fire fighters are insufficient, urges Congress to fund more lookouts, better trails, and expanded telephone networks to curb crown fires and protect lives and property.
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Montana
Gifford Pinchot
Henry S. Graves
Chicago
Baltimore
San Francisco
Galveston
Pinchot
Graves
Forest Service
Forest Rangers
Forest Guards
Forest
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Mr. Pinchot
West
Forest Ranger
Campere
Scotland
Europe
America
Uncle Sam
Army Signal Corps
Forest Fire
Forester Graves
Rangers
Growth in New York Budget and Population in Decade
City statisticians show census figures: population up 38.7 percent while city budget rises 74 percent from 1900 to 1910. Expenditures for police, schools, street cleaning, health and fire have all increased, with church membership rising slightly faster than population. Major religious bodies remain led byRoman Catholics and Protestants.
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York
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Greater New York
Oughs
Lutheran Church
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Souvenir Card Restores Heir to $20,000 Share
Corne lius Carney once believed dead in the 1906 San Francisco disaster is revealed in probate court as the rightful heir to a $3,000,000 Chicago aunt’s estate. A mailed souvenir post card from Carney in Oklahoma City prompted discovery, proving his lineage and securing a $20,000 share.
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Cornelius Carney
Oklahoma City
San Francisco
Troy
N. Y
John Carney
Cornelius
Charley
United States Marine Corps
Carney
China
Anna F. Baker
Chcago
Oklahoma
Cook County
Lizzie Pratt
Ant Swarms Drive Kansans From Homes in Kiowa
Reports from Kiowa Kansas describe vast ant infestations alarming residents. Residents fight pests by fumigating homes and flooding floors while some families relocate to escape the invasion.
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Kansas
Sugar Bowl
Titled socialites try farm life at Middlesex retreat
Lady Wolseley opens an antique Middlesex country house to duchesses seeking calm away from society. They live as farm hands with lessons in beekeeping bread making and poultry farming. Spinning classes cost 1 50 taught by a skilled instructor.
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Ondon
Lady Wolseley
Ladies’ Park Club
Middlesex County
Scotland
Absence Makes the Picture Post Yards Accumulate
Ad copy for W N Hide & Fur Co of Minneapolis invites readers to send for a catalog. Fragmentary text mentions yards and storage context with unclear reference to a purgace phrase and a brand prompt.
Distinction Between Father and Portrait Hilarity
Dialogue shows Milly and Tilly debating likeness to a father figure in a playful exchange. Puck undercuts the joke noting the resemblance in a posed picture, highlighting family comedic tone.
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Milly
Tily
Puck
Foot-Kase antiseptic powder cures corns and bunions
An old advertisement promotes Foot-Kase powder for feet easing pain and breaking in new shoes. It claims antiseptic properties and usefulness for tired feet and corns, with a focus on comfort during wear. Local business details are printed but unclear.
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Ampie
Allen
Olmsted
le Ea N. Xe
Out of the Question She Took No Chances
A happily married matron, now wife to a new husband, is the central figure in an odd anecdote told by a friend. On the street she learns of her engagement ring price, and she even buys a commercial report to check the prospective husband's business standing before the engagement is announced.
Grape Nuts Endorsed By Brooklyn Mother For Children
A Brooklyn mother recounts how her weak digestion son improved after eating Grape Nuts breakfast and supper. She notes the husband’s health gains and a friend’s two children recovering from rickets after using the cereal. The ad promotes The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Brooklyn
Wellville
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