Forestry as a national issue urged to save floods and forests
A public speech argues forestry from New Orleans to the Rocky Mountains and Canada is essential to prevent floods and preserve resources. It criticizes the timber and stone act, calls for consolidating forest reserves under a single bureau, and advocates state forest districts and irrigation-backed land policy to protect water, lands, and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Alleghanies
St. Francis
House of Congress
Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Senate Committee On the Public Lands
United States
House of Representatives
Bureau of Forestry
North
Dakouta
Montana
Oregon
West
Hermann
Williamson
Oregon Grand Jury
Portland
Public Lands Committee
California
National Irrigation Association
Oregon Line
Mexico
Senate
House
Great Plains
Kinkaid
Rocky Mountain States
Stillings Named Public Printer Head of U S Government Printing Office
Charles A. Stillings is appointed executive head of the Government Printing Office after Senate confirmation. The office spent about 4.62 million in wages and nearly three million more on supplies last year. Stillings is cited as a progressive young man with broad experience in Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Stillings
Frank W. Palmer
Roosevelt
United States
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Stillings
Government Printing Office
Senate
Revolution in Russia Promises a New Republic
The piece argues that European Russia cannot be crushed by force and will move toward a republican system after ongoing upheaval. It compares Russia’s revolution to France and predicts a future of battles, liberty, and a parliamentary creed guiding a new republic's rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuarts
Great Britain
Dourbons
France
Russia
European
Moscow
Poland
Lithuania
Finland
Baltic
Black Seas
Warsaw
Cromwell
Napoleon
England
Europe
Reichstag
Spain
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Nat Goodwin Helps Confused Stranger At Broadway Corner
An amusing incident in New York features actor Nat Goodwin on Broadway and Thirty Fourth Street. A country-looking man asked how to reach the Brooklyn Bridge amid many car lines. Goodwin answered briefly with a sharp, corrective remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Broadway
Thirty-fourth Street
New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
Improvised Excuse Note Confuses School Officials
Tommy missed a full day of school and returned with a handwritten excuse. The note claimed he was detained at home but the penmanship and content suggested it was forged. The letter, signed by Mrs Mulligan, stated the reason as torn pants and included odd wording that raised suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Fragmentary obituary note on Mary Ann and Abraham
An oblique line appears about Mary Ann and her head on the bosom of Abraham. It contrasts Mary Ann’s pleasant rest with Abraham’s difficulty, implying a death scene with biblical imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann
Abraham
Didn't Milk the Bicycle in a Cattle-Driven Gag
A New York bicycle salesman visits a Central New York village and touts the time saving device. An old farmer responds by showing a Jersey cow bought with bicycle money and quips that milking a bicycle would be far funnier than riding one to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Farmer Wilson
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Minnesota
Treasury
Public Lands Committee of
United States Treasury
House Public Lands Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Feneral Land Office
Senate Committee On Public Lands
T. Walker
Northwest
General Land Office
National Treasury
Phillips Grammar School
English High School
Griffith- Stillings Press
Mr. Strings
NEW Public Printer
Revolutionary Russia
Hyouw
Ita Gind
Wing & Son
13Th St
Bent
True Blue CO
Dept
Mass
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago
Ike
Sislos
Eagle Tank Co
N. Green St
Chicago, Ill
Mxwel
Howenamer
Mack
Maxwell
Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
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