Roosevelt Calls for Southern Appalachians Forest Reserve
In a White House message dated December 19 1901 Theodore Roosevelt urges protection of the Southern Appalachian region. He warns deforestation worsens floods and soil erosion causing billions in damages and argues national forest reserves are essential for rivers agriculture and power. He endorses purchase and preservation, noting regional land limits and federal action will benefit the nation.
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Appalachian
Ghigo
Guill
Atlantic
Mississippi
Chile Con Carne A Northern Hint Of Mexican Comfort Food
A historic recipe explains chile con carne as dissection peppers with meat. It instructs simmering two pounds beef until shredding, then adding six large red peppers, onion, and a hint of spices for a warming dish suited to cold stomachs and northern readers.
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Chile
Sister Republic
Forests of the Appalachians and Northern Growth
On the top of the Appalachians Grandfather Mountain hosts mingling species from east and west and north and south. Conservatively managed forests will sustain and expand regional resources, serve as a practical lesson in preservation, and become self-supporting from timber sales. The passage also oddly contains an agricultural recipe mentioning garlic and tomatoes.
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United States
Appalachians
Secretary of Agriculture
Southern
Appalachian
North America
United Sates
North Pacific Coast
Host Boasts Of Self Raised Food To Obsessive Degree
A guest endures constant claims of self sufficiency as the host touts produce from his own garden and farm. The visitor challenges the claim after two years of residence, doubting the host really raised the chicken himself.
Irving and Booth Great Actors Who Sought to Elevate Drama
England honors Henry Irving for sacrifice to keep London theatre high and laments his later decline. Edwin Booth built a premier New York theatre, prospered briefly, then saw commercialization erase his temple of art and force him back to the road. The piece notes their resistance to decay in the art.
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England
Henry Irving
London
Edwin Booth
New York
Booth
Irving
Epitaph Suggestion for Susan Jones Chase
Beneath these monumental stones lies all that remains of Susan Jones. Her name was Chase but Jones rhymes with stones in this verse to fit the grave marker cadence.
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Susan Jones
Chase
Jones
Unfinished Resolve in a Stately Endeavor
The passage notes a steadfast stance toward a noble effort with undiscouraged resolve and a strong, upright finish. It emphasizes fidelity to the best aims and persistent effort to the end.
Pay of Russian Grand Dukes Burden on People
Observers note thirty to fifty Grand Dukes with annual incomes of two million dollars each and untaxed wealth. The combined burden reaches about one hundred million dollars yearly. The article questions why Russia borrows war funds in Paris when untaxed royal wealth could be mobilized. One duke served in the Japanese War but failed and was recalled in disgrace.
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Russia
Paris
Ham for the funeral and a dying man's last wish
A dying man named John is asked by his wife Mary for nourishment. He hints at smelling ham cooking, hoping for a few slices. She gently corrects him that the ham is for the funeral in a somber household scene.
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John
How long does it take to fight a duel
A short joke questions the duration of a duel with the punchline that it lasts two seconds. It plays on the idea that a duel ends quickly.
Painful Ambiguity at G A R Meeting
Secretary Shaw addressed a largely G A R audience about a world growing better. He recalled boyhood conditions and recent industrial advances and claimed veterans would see further improvement after they pass on. The crowd initially balked but soon applauded vigorously.
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Shaw
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