Cactus Putnam Advice From a Practical Homesteader
A humorous letter from Thomas Jefferson Putnam offered as practical homesteading guidance. He describes self sufficiency on a 160 acre claim, warns about wind damage to a shack, suggests securing the structure, living on the land with livestock such as jackrabbits, and outlines eating ideas while avoiding market risk. He shares comical anecdotes about insects as entertainers and critiqued homestead laws with a light tone.
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Putnam
Prowets County
France
Pershing
Sargeant
K. P
Agriculture College
Fort, Collins
Sigma Chi
Service Bureau
Sam
Chuck
Iallus
Names of Delegates and How to Pronounce Them
Washington hosts armament conference delegates from France Italy Belgium China Netherlands Portugal and Japan with pronunciations for each official. The list includes Aristide Briand Rene Viviani Ferdinand Foch Jules Jusserand Le Marechal and Vittorio Ricci among others with titles and roles.
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Washington
France
Monsieur Aristide Briand
Armsteed Breethn
Rene Viviani
Ray-nay Vee Veea-Nee
M. Albert Sarrault
Al-bear Sarro
M. Jules Jusserand
Zhule Zhussair-ahn
United States
M. le Marechal Ferdinand Foch
Fair-dee-nahn Fosh
Vittorio Rolandi Ricci
Luigi Albertini
Railroad Equipment Ordered by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul placed the largest railroad equipment order since privatization. It calls for 2,500 steel coal cars at an expenditure of 4.5 million dollars. The note about birds over heads adds a humorous aside.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ford opens modern sawmill to save wood and freight
Henry Ford has built a state of the art sawmill at Iron Mountain Michigan. He owns over four hundred thousand acres in the region and plans scientific forestry to ensure a permanent timber supply for his mill. The Forest Service says standardized dimension stock would cut waste by four to five billion feet yearly.
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Henry Ford
Iron Mountain
Michigan
Ford
United States Forest Service
Buffalo Car Shops Reopen Under New Management
The Eastern Buffalo Car Repair Shops of the New York Central Railroad reopen after nine months of closure with management separated from the railroad. About 1,500 workers are expected to return to work.
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Buffalo
Eastern
New York Central Railroad
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Farmer
Missouri
Western Farm Life
Challe
Yyeo
Tallus
Arkansaw
Jeferson Putnam
Victor Records
Hodaks
Italy
Carlo Schanzer
Karlo Schanzer
Japan
Tosmosaburo -Kato
To-mos-a-buro Ka To
Kijuri Shidehara
Kee-ju-ro
Shee-da-hara
Prince Tyesato Tokugawa
Lya-Sato To-koo-pa-wa
House of Peers
Belgium
Baron de Cartier de Marchinne
de Kar-teeay de
China
Sao Ke Alfred Sze
Zau Kay Alfred Zee
Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo
Wee Thuin W. Kouo
England
Chune-Hui Wang
Chune-mhai Wang
Supreme Court
Chao-Chu Wu
Chao-Chew Wu
Cien Affairs
Netherlands
Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek
van Car-na-beek
Airnes-Lo Vas-kon-cel-lo
Diplomatic Service of Colonies
Annabel Desmond
South Pacific St
Dillon
Djer Kiss
D'Lorigon
Leo Trefle
Azurea
Mary Garden
Jivualse
Waterman
Gem
Keen Kutter
Durham Duplex Gillette
Strop
Pocket
Whitman
Liggett
Potts
Rexall
Buffalo Car
Lawrence G. Dunlap
M. D
Anaconda
Montana
Wale
Tadd Fae
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