Annual Tree Crop Urged To Replant Nations Forests
The piece argues that idle land and repeated forest fires threaten timber supplies. It highlights the American Tree Association's campaign promoting tree planting and the town forest concept, with Europe showing municipal wood management as a model. It urges nationwide support and frames forestry as a national asset and growing movement.
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United States
Mississippi River
America
Christian Science Monitor
American Tree Association
New England
Europe
Million Colors and Light Waves Explain Color Theory
Dr. William Ostwald proposes a classification of about 5 500 000 known colors. Light travels 83 000 miles per second and eye sensitivity spans wavelengths from .00004 to .00008 centimeters. Sunlight contains all colors. polished bodies reflect many colors, while absorption yields black or gray.
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William Ostwald
Not exactly terror solicitor in Bow County Court
A London Tit-Bils item quotes a dialogue about a solicitor in Bow County Court and a wife who uses a broom to "bring him round," indicating a domestic comic tension rather than real fear. No formal charges or outcomes are stated.
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Bow County Court
Mushand
London
Chosen car offers heater and blue leather seating
The article describes a business sedan with an exceptional heater and weather stripped doors and windows for warmth on cold days. It notes seat backs tilted for comfort, deep seats in blue Spanish leather, and a spring suspension that provides admirable balance and buoyancy during driving.
Thrift Misunderstood Says Dayton News Editorial
An editorial argues that thrift means intelligent spending not hoarding. It condemns misers as unhappy and unprosperous, stressing thrift as vital for cities states and national prosperity through balanced saving and service.
Squirrel Shot Fracas Sparks Lost Shell Lesson
Pat warns Mike the shotgun is unloaded as they hunt with a single shell. Mike insists he must shoot the squirrel despite the warning, highlighting a risky misassumption and the humor of a near-miss.
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Pat
Mike
Harper’s Magazine
Thedfsord Black-Draught Praised By Carolina Reader
A letter from S F Mintz of Leland North Carolina extols Thedford s Black Draught as a long used family medicine. Mintz claims it relieves feverish feelings and liver stomach troubles and notes buying dollar packages saved him bills.
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S. F. Mintz
Leland
N.C
Thedford
May Photograph Thought Claims Breakthrough by Society
Western research society reports a device that captures thoughts on a film without a camera. Subjects hold film strips before the eyes and, after ten minutes, a cross or object appears on the developed plate as written phrases are read.
Oil Fueled Salmon Rush Up Yukon River Spawning Grounds
Dr. C H Gilbert notes salmon swim at high speed to reach spawning grounds 2000 miles up the Yukon in a short season. They must move 3 to 5 times faster than other salmon and use a special oil supply from nature. The Yukon chum also carries extra oil while reversing its usual habit to surge upriver at about 50 miles daily.
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Yukon River
C. H. Gilbert
United States bureau of fish+eries
Yukon
Water Auction in Arid Aden Draws 3 Million Gallons
An Aden auctioneer offered 3,000,000 gallons of water for sale after a rare storm defied the city’s dry climate. Aden lies on a volcanic crater with scant rainfall, averaging under three inches yearly, making water a rare commodity and rainfall a windfall for the seller. A separate note questions a husband’s financial ambitions.
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Aden
Getting It Right in German Reparations Debate
A Morgan official comments on German reparations, likening the issue to a domestic anecdote about a swift wife and her niece Bertha. The remark illustrates the speaker’s attempt at humor while discussing delicate economic matters.
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House of J. P. Morgan Company
Bertha
Spinach Diet Joke in Way Side Tales
A humor line about a patient on a rigia diet who can eat spinach because he likes it, noting the doctor’s misinterpretation in a witty exchange from Way side Tales.
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