Gifford Pinchot Advancing Private Forestry Policy
A profile of Gifford Pinchot detailing his career from early private forestry work with the Vanderbilt and Whitney holdings to leading the U S Forest Service. It notes his push for cooperative plans with private owners, emphasis on use with protection, and impact on Pisgah and Adirondack holdings as lessons in sustainable forestry, plus calls for forest taxation reform and federal standards benefiting farmers and lumbermen.
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Gifford Pinchot
United States Department of Agriculture
National Academy of Sciences
Hoke Smith
U.S. Department of the
United States
U.S. Forest Service
Pinchot
George W. Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Vanderbilt Forest
America
Pd Pinchot
Adirondacks
Willian C. Whitney
Seward Webb
Henry S.graves
U. S. Forest Service
Graves
the & S Forest Service
National Forest Administration
Division of Forestry
Grector
Yale Forest School
Milford
Pike Cow
Vannile
McKinley
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Forest Service
Vanderbilt
Whitney
United States Forester
Madison
Wisconsin
Pennsyyatia
Jonz
Shane
Uneven Shoulders and Corrective Arm Exercises
A health note explains uneven shoulders can make wearing ballroom gowns difficult and painful. It prescribes daily corrective exercises, including standing erect with one arm raised and the other gripping a heavy iron, then pushing up with the upraised arm while pressing down with the lowering arm, keeping hips steady.
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Flere
Svith
Getting Evan. Schoolmaster and Scholar Exchange Quip
A London Tit-Bits quip records a schoolmaster chiding a scholar for lateness and the boy replying that he was kept in. The exchange captures a brisk, humorous moment reflecting school life and discipline.
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Evan
London
Minister and Maid Swap Suits on Odd Station Mix Up
The DuBois Courier recounts a minister Rev. Mr. Smits and a maid who swapped travel coats at Falls Creek station. A suitcase containing a young woman’s wardrobe instead of the minister’s Sunday outfit caused embarrassment and a telephoning scramble between Clearfield and Falls Creek before the mixup was resolved.
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DuBois Courier
Mr. Smits
Creek
Tinnilen
Creek Glass
Falls Creek
Charfield
Palte Creek
DuBois High School Auditorium Dispute Over Auxiliary Meetings
The DuBois High School board denied protests by Knights of Malta and taxpayers and refused to alter its grant of permission for the Ladies' Auxiliary to use the auditorium for their O H convention sessions. The matter moved to Judge Bell for decisional rights on semi sectarian use. Witnesses testified for petitioners borough solicitor L B McCall and for the board's counsel J P O Laughlin and James Gleason.
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DuBois
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Hibernians
DuBois High School
O. H
Jorge Bell
Jane
Knights of Matta
Arrest of American Geog Society President in Germany
Confirmation that Arthur M. Huntington, president of the American Geographic Society, and his wife have been arrested and imprisoned by German authorities was reported by Ambassador Herrick to the U S State Department. Paris dispatches add that the Huntingtons faced detention on August 10 with details pending.
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International News Service
Washington
Arthur M. Huntington
American Geographic Society
State Department
Herrick
Paris
Huntingtons
Negotiations Update From Grand Hotel Ledger
A fragment notes Nurmerie Herrick negotiating for release at the Grand Hotel. No mention is made of alleged brutalities or treatment, leaving uncertainty about motives or condition of those involved.
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Nurmerie Herrick
Bigler Township Wins New State Highway Project
Road construction will run from Bigier town Slip near Pine ran to the line between Corley McCairt properties. The 19 brick blocks, 16 feet wide, should be completed by next June as part of a long sought project for Madera residents.
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Pine
Madera
Hearing Testimony in Curwensville Liquor Case Rehearings
This afternoon testimony is being taken in the rehearing for Thomas Casey and Dorsey Griffith of Curwensville after their liquor license refusals in March. Judge Beil set today at 1 30 for both sides to be heard, with many Curwensville residents present as witnesses are questioned.
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Thomas Casey
Dorsey Griffith
Curwensville
Messrs. Casey
Griffith
Beil
Guessed Right in Ohio State Burnal Exchange
A brief exchange shows a woman asking about a distant object and a man replying it is fertilizer for land, amid a curious reference to Ohio State Burnal. The fragment hints at a rural or agricultural setting with regional dialogue.
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Ohio State Burnal
Beach Hello and Government Ownership Debate
A column quoted by The Washington Star discusses Vanessa’s eyes and a remark by Pifiepunk and Judge Skinker Skakks. It contrasts Uncle Sam as an employer with views on government ownership, noting skepticism about nominal wages and the scope of work expected by government positions.
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Vanessa
Pifiepunk
Skinker-Skakks
Judge
Uncle Sam
Tan
Washington. Star
Mexican Figures Tripled Population Claim Debunked
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reader dismisses a sensational claim that Mexico’s population tripled in the past year. The letter argues the figures are nonsense and questions the basis of the reported fatalities, noting the usual five persons per man killed in the Mexican war zone.
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Mexico
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ready for the Worst In Mourning Shop Encounter
A fragmentary scene shows a woman in a mourning shop pressing a clerk with a hopeful prompt. The informal exchange hints at ongoing worry about someone not yet gone, capturing a tense domestic moment in a clipped, period-voice mood.
Balloon ascent planned for Labor Day event
Boosters club committee completes balloon arrangements and prepares for a baby show. Headquarters for baby registrations opened in Croyle room 2. Mothers urged to attend as preparations begin for the Labor Day display attracting visitors.
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Croyle
Wi Lain
France Declares Germany Pre Meditated War
Paris August 10 An official statement says mobilization posters on walls in Vie and Moyenvic Alsace Lorraine prove German premeditation. The towns were occupied by French Friday and the posters were said to reveal that war was decided as the Triple Entente pressed for peace.
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Paris
Vie
Moyenvic
Alsace-Lorraine
Local Mystery: Body Found Near Jersey Shore Drive
Last winter a tumbler jack appeared at North Bend and today his body was found in the driveway at Jersey Shore, raising questions about the odd incident and its circumstances.
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Jack
North Bend
Jersey Shore
Clearfield Borough Authorizes Sewer on Hannah and Olive Streets
An ordinance from 1914 authorizes laying a public sanitary sewer on Hannah and Olive Streets in the Third Ward of Clearfield PA. The sewer will extend from near Lawrence Township line to Turnpike Avenue, using terra cotta pipes eight inches or more. Costs are to be assessed to abutting property owners, with collection as provided by law.
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Hannah
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Township
Hannah Street
Turnpike Avenue
Borough of
Hannah and
Olive
Lavwrene Township
Olive Street
Olé Street
Engin
Frederick B. Kerr
Connell
Conneely
Conneil
Hobart Callahan
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Pinchot Wan
Overtone
Price
United States Forest Service
Sfocestry
Uhcal
Hins Stan Oiler
Kansas City
John B. White
Holland
Whit
Wilson
China
Whit Baseball Club
Bele
Germany
Bigler Township
the Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Watts Plant Farm
Curwensville, Pa
Oscar Mitchell
Snyder Bidge
France
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