Arbor Day notes on forestry prizes and tree planting drive
The article details forestry awards by New York State College of Forestry Syracuse and prizes to California and Washington universities with ties to George W. Pack. It highlights Arbor Day growth into a national observance, plans for National Garden Week, and large scale tree planting and reforestation efforts including 60,800 members in the American Tree Association.
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Adirondacks
New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse
University of California
University of Washington
Pacific Coast
University of Midtwin
George W. Pack
Great Britain
America
Finiister Squmer
Tl. L. Green
Slso
John D. Sherman
Department of Applied Education
Bureaus of Education and Plant Industry
Forest’ Services and Extension Service
Ilo
General Federation 8 Arso
American Tree Association
Washington
Charles Lathrop Wack
Charles Lathrop Pack
Giate
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Senate Select Committee On
McNary
Oregon
United States
Foresta
Huya
Theodore Roosevelt
Rich Sold Papers And Amassed A California Fortune
A man known as Rich amassed wealth via newspaper ventures and estates in California after a European tour. He claims 700 in gold was hidden abroad, endured confinement, and later received US consular aid including $500 then up to $160,000 before returning to America. A separate note mentions a new ruling barring convicts in British Columbia from private labor.
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California
Bottize
France
Germany
Qually
Italy
Peotra Thiere
United States
America
Cijelannt! Enquirer
Briteh Columbia
Pont
Bears in the wild imaged as peaceable yet daring wanderers
The Saturday Evening Post describes black and brown bears as generally peaceful, preferring to flee when humans appear, and notes a berry patch encounter where Jim Loney faced a bear with a bridle, earning a narrow escape. The piece contrasts bears’ calm nature with occasional fearless, swashbuckling behavior among the species.
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Jims
Jim
Saturday Evening Post
How Not to Eat in Seventeenth Century Etiquette
A quotation from Hannah Wooley in The Gentlewomen's Companion (1876) critiques 17th century table manners urging women to avoid ravenous gestures. She warns against clacking teeth, showing anger at the teat, burning morsels, snapping lips, slurping, stuffing cheeks, and blowing to recover breath.
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Hannah Wooley
Gentlewomen’s Companion
Miss Wooley
Famous Bunker Hill order remembered in 1775 Detroit News
In the early Revolutionary War Colonel William Prescott led American forces to seize and fortify Bunker Hill. British troops approached as defenders hid, while officers urged restraint with the famous order Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
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Bunker Hill
William Prescott
Prescott
Detroit
Clay Dogs and Fossil Concretions Sent to Garden for ID
Paleobotanist Dr. Arthur Hollick notes many odd objects arrive at museums for identification or to test a rider's belief. Concretions or clay dogs form when a nucleus is layered by minerals, often appearing in clay deposits and mimicking various organic or inorganic shapes.
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New York
Botanlent Garden
Arthur Hollick
Tinglish letter of resignation from Manila teacher
A Manila Bulletin note reproduces a teacher’s letter to the Director of Education, Manila, in Tinglish. The writer, Josefina, resigns noting many duties and scant pay, mentioning affectionate pressure from a supervising teacher. The tone is formal yet humorous in its spelling and phrasing.
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India
Manila
Bir
Josefina
Manila Bulletin
Embarrassing Ad Inquiry Praises Patronage
In the Buffalo Express ad snippet readers note an embarrassing question about whether merchants show better attention to patrons. The item reflects a claim of receiving strong merchant attention due to patronage and hints at broader ad copy dynamics.
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Buffalo Express
Time to Cheer Steamboat Captain Overboard Rescue
A college student deckhand shouts guidance as the steamboat captain falls overboard. The Denver Clarion records the incident with urgent nautical call and crew urgency aboard the vessel.
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Aly
Denver Clarion
Iowa State News Bits From Davenport and Across Iowa
A broad Iowa update lists Davenport postoffice plans on junking chain letters, a Ma nuoketa chamber tax plan for roads, a Waverly Legion sale for a community hall, new bridges in Storey county, and a Cedar Falls farm lease for truck gardening. It notes a Cherokee hospital canning plant, Taft autographed UI photo, and mining HQ shifts. also probate of Henry F Miller estate, Pocahontas county association start, and state declamatory semifinals in Humboldt.
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Davenport
Cedar Falla An
Cherokee State Hospital
Methodist Church
Wayurly
United Mine Workers of America
Albia
Dés Moines
Henry F. Miller
Jefferson
Pocahontas County
William Howard Taft
United States Supreme Court
University of Iowa
Towans
Town City
Towa
Humboldt
Iowa
Des Moines
Kendall
P.M. Lawellyn
Bedford
Badford
Yarrabea
Farm Bureau
Germany
South Dakota
Nebraska
Sioux City
C. CO. Culbertson
Animal Husbandry Experiment Station
Brata College
Iowa University
National Red Cross Life Saving Corps
Department of Latin and Greek
Iowa City
Union Liie
Agreeville
Wilton
Cefer County
Tawa State College
Board of Superviaors
Powe Bhisk Fonty
White Way
Grinnell
Brooklyn
Monument Awarded For Argonne Heroes In World War
The commission to erect a World War memorial in the Argonne region of France has been awarded to Mrs. Nancy C. Hehn of St. Louis, honoring Missouri heroes who gave their lives.
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Argonne
France
Nancy C. Hehn
St. Louis
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