Old Sycamore Giant Wins Long Island Contest
The 57 year old Old Sycamore on James Hill’s Wheatley place was named Long Island’s biggest tree by Normal Taylor of Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Experts date its age between 300 and 400 years, with a ground circumference of 24 feet and limbs larger than many forest giants. The tree’s history includes use of the area by a county butcher, soil fill around its base, and recent measurements deeming it in splendid condition for a century or two more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hill
Wheatley
S. 1
Long Island
Normal Taylor
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Columbus
San Salvador
Hendrice Hudson
Long Ie
Taylor
New York World States
Hill
Hil
Followed Sea Fifty Years Captain Christie Retires
Captain J W Christie, former commander of the White Star Dominion Miner Canada, retires after 51 years at sea. He began at age ten and endured notable episodes, including 1877 service on Seaforth carrying Hudson's Horse to the Dardanelles during the Rosso Turkish War. A mounted horse swam ashore, evaded Turkish fire, and reached the beach before the rider was forced back. The horse and rider returned to the ship, leaving Christie with a lasting distaste for international conflict.
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J. W. Christie
White Star Dominion
Mner
Canada
Christie
Seaforth
Hudson's Horse
India
Dardanelles
Cyprus
Wood and Furniture: The Unique Texture of Each Inch
This piece argues that thousands of wood species differ in texture from inch to inch, noting plain-sawed versus quarter-sawed yields distinct appearances. It likens tree development to human growth, praises wood’s central role in civilization, and contends hardwood belts shaped national success and home furnishing.
He Belonged There
A narrator recalls an evening as friends waited for a ride. A stranger driver declines space saying there isn’t room for all, while the narrator and escort depart without apologizing for the intrusion.
Furnishing the Home Idea and Individual Style
The passage advises starting a furnishing project with a clear effect in mind and choosing furniture to harmonize with personal taste. It cautions against copying others and stresses developing an original plan suited to the user's own home.
Great Lakes Things Apart and Their Cultural Role
A reflective piece extols the Great Lakes as more than statistics. It highlights vast ship traffic, unique water depths, and immense tonnage through Sault Ste. Marie locks, arguing the lakes’ influence on American civilization and cultural factors beyond numbers.
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Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Manistique
Sault Ste. Maurie
Suez Canal
Detroit River
Harold Titus
America
Great Lake
Surety Inallonable Right in His Own Home
A Richmond man John Smithers is caught by his wife in a woodshed tryst with a young woman. She scolds him for neglecting his duties as she works hard, while he argues a man has a right to some privilege in his own home.
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John Smithers
Richmond
Hosay
Old John
Indianapolis
Leaderless orchestras in Moscow concerts
Soviet press champions performances by orchestras without conductors saying the absence of a baton-dictator preserves dignity and aligns music with political ideals.
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Moscow
Gas Consumption Soars Across Years In Early 20s
Daily U.S. gasoline use rose 48 percent from 1918 to 1922. In the first quarter of 1918 the average was 7,000,000 gallons per day. By the first quarter of 1922 the average daily consumption reached 11,583,000 gallons.
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United States
Mexico to Try Radio Installation in Department of Communications
Mexico plans a trial of new radio installations in its department of communications. Two sets are being supplied for initial testing, with potential wider lighthouse and coastal coverage if results are satisfactory.
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Mexico
Department of Communications
Islamic revival Fraternities Shape 19th Century Movements
The Sennusslys led by Seyid Mohammed Sengussl advocate strict spiritual revival within Islam, avoiding political alliances, while Djemaled-Din acted as a political propagandist, warning of Western power and urging unity of the Muslim world. The piece contrasts religious and political roles, notes English scrutiny, and mentions broader comments on science and culture.
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Sennusslys
Hey
Amos Doshaw
Christian Herald
Seyid
Mohammed Sengussl
el Sennusel
Base Sina
Senpussi
Djemaled-Din
Seanusal
Telam
Stoddart
Egypt
Semusal
Well Worthy of Reward Quote from Andrew Bonar
A quotation attributed to Andrew Bonar on rewards for bearing burdens without murmuring. The speaker emphasizes that true reward lies in enduring hardship with quiet resolve.
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Andrew Bonar
Maroa Notes April 11 Iva Blakeley ill. many local updates
Iva Blakeley has been absent from school with a severe cold near pneumonia. Rev and Mrs A C Evans enjoy their new Paulina home with 38 new church members on Easter. Malone moved to Jasper Bea’s former house. Pinochle games, horse injury to C B Dryden, Evelyn Buchanan visits, Mrs B J Malone ill, Easter guests in Twin Falls and Alaska, Maroa Women’s Club met with 19 members and 19 children present, program planned, hostesses named, Easter dinner at Leonard Pond’s home.
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Iva Blakeley
Achool
Pheumonia
Sra
A. C.hvans
Paulina
Lowe
HB. Malone
Jasper Bea i
Dryden
Evelyn Buchanan
Mie Velma Grimm Peart Small
Lorene Hawking
Filer
Anne May Diehl
W. 5
Parish
Twin Falls
Austin Grimm's
B. J. Malone
Carl Chasteen
Ruth
Den
Stewart
Clarence Bradley
Alaska
Mra. Wiltradley
Maron
Conover
R. F. Horting
A. E. Pond
Erskine Brow
Leonard
Community Social Planned at School House Date To Be Announced
Mrs. L L Peterson and family prepared to travel overland to Shoshone and on to Carey after Easter, meeting Mr. Peterson upon arrival. A brief Easter Sunday school program followed with recitations and a vocal duet by Eva and Neva Moseley. Lucilie Jennings also performed. Mrs. R P Harting accompanied the solos.
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L. L. Peterson Cille
Shoshone
Peterson
Carey
Lucilie Jennings
Eva
Neva Moseley
R. P. Harting
Games ingratitude Looked For Milk of Human Kindness
A fragmented note reflects on ingratitude and human kindness, noting that some reactions are expected. It conveys a literary tone about gratitude and moral behavior with limited readable phrases.
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Faetere
Arctic Ocean
Scientific American
London
New York
U. S. Meat Company
Arthur L. Swim & Co
Idaho
MAROA
Fresh Feat
Tes
Dees
First National Bank
South Yakima Avenue
F.C. Graves
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