National Park Policy Celebrates Yellowstone Opening Anniversary
John Digkinson Sherman recalls President Harding backing a strict conservation policy for national parks. The piece details battles against damming and railroad plans, recounts Yellowstone’s early discovery, growth into a vast public playground, and Harding's Alaska trip visit to the park. It notes the park’s size 8348 square miles and proposed expansion into Jackson Hole.
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John Digkinson
Sherman
National Parks
Warren G. Harding
National Park Movement
Yellowstone
America
Congress
John Wesley Hil
Lincoln Memorial University
Harding
Yellowstone Park
Bessta
Aanitarium
University
Ali Fm
Friends of the Park
Park
Shell
Rk Ayatem
Doctor Hill
Japan
Lane
Alaska
Continental Divide
Mammoth Hot Springs
Nini
Mre. Harding
Horace M. Albright
Grand Canyon
Fain
John Colter
St. Louie
Colter
Hin
James Bridger
Jim Bridger
Iara
Washburn-Langford
Cornelius Hedges
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Jackson Hole Country
Jackson Lake
Teton Mountains
Legion Man Leads Seattle Baseball Club Purchase
John J. Sullivan, a Seattle American Legion member and former U S district attorney, led a group buying the Seattle baseball club with Barry Wolverton as pennant leader. Born in Massachusetts, Sullivan moved to Seattle 1904, studied law at the University of Washington, and built a public service career including legal work on high profile West cases and Legion leadership during World War I.
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Seattle
John J. Sullivan
American Legion
Wade Killefer
Los Angeles
Charles J. Lockard
Washington
Barry Wolverton
West
Sullivan
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
University of Washington
United States
Centralia
Wash
Madalyn Obenchain
Arthur Bureh
J. Belton Kennedy
Seattle Pacific Coast League
Supreme Court
Seattle Baseball Club
Bullivan
Northwest
Congress
Legion
Legion Is an Aid to Labor and Unionism
President John Walker of the Tunola Federation of Labor praised the American Legion for its work with laborers at a state Legion conference in Illinois. He cited the fight against unrestricted immigration and expressed faith that labor would fully back the Legion, noting joint aims to wipe out illiteracy and promote Americanism along with support for education and mentally disabled children.
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American Legion
John Walker
Tunola
Legion
Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Relationship of Labor
The
Landlady Feeds Boarders Unusual Fare Amid Tensions
A curious dispute unfolds as a landlady serves her boarders head cheese and pig feet, provoking strong reactions and raising questions about hospitality standards and resident rights in a tightly knit housing row.
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Eig
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Promises Pure Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims scientific herb composition and notes a sworn purity statement with every bottle. The ad offers samples for ten cents and urges readers to mention the paper.
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Dr. Kilmer
Firet
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Ole Olsen’s plan to become a fireman joke
A joke from Everybody’s Magazine features Ole Olsen as an engine wiper coached by a thrifty boss. Asked what he would do if an express rushed toward him on a single track he replies I grab the oil can I grab the waste and I jump.
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Ole Olsen
Firenan
Ole
Everybody's Magazine
Unclear fragment hints at a loan scene and moral outcome
The readable lines show a clerk asking for twenty five dollars while a guest questions security for a loan. The text contrasts pacemaker with peacemaker as a possible reward theme, implying a moral or social reflection in a neglected fragment.
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Hatel
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Scott Leavitt
Jerome Locke
Fall
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Franklin K. Lane
Thia
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Taft
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