Dont Forget the Trees Foresters Mark Mire Prevention Day
Charles Lathrop Pack president of the American Forestry Association urges remembrance of Mire Prevention Day on October 9. He recalls the 1918 forest fires that cost the nation 28.5 million dollars and notes continued damage this year. The photo features Mr. Peck at his Lakewood New Jersey home.
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Port
Charles Lathrop Pack
American Forestry Association
Mr. Peck
Lakewood
N. J
Nine Lives and a Heated Legion Debate
A veteran confronts delegates during American Legion discussions on membership ideas. He challenges the view that lives lost in war would be for nothing, insisting his sacrifices had purpose even as he questions the movement’s stance on Americanness.
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Eros
Tie
Veterans Gather at Corner Reunion Amid Cold Exposure
War veterans share fatigued humor about survival in harsh conditions at their nightly gathering after supper. A camp tale recalls nearly dying from exposure and jokes about the lingering hardships faced by those who stayed stateside.
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Camp Taylor
Hard Bolled
Smith
Educator Urges Higher Wages to Prevent Starving Generations
Professor William F. Ogburn of Columbia testifies in Chicago before Judge Alechuler citing a survey of over 4,000 families. He argues minimum wage must reach 1550 to 1600 dollars to avert slow starvation and notes living costs rose 3 percent since spring 1917 and 8 percent since June 1919. He estimates a five person family needs 1550 to 1600 dollars to barely subsist and lists annual expenditures on hats movies newspapers and postage as examples.
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William F. Ogburn
Columbia University
Alechuler
Chicago
Ogburn
Nest Eggs Drawhen Hens to Natural Nests Study
Prof George M Turpin reports on a test with 40 hens and 16 nests to determine if nest eggs attract hens. Results show 214 fresh eggs with China eggs, 200 with natural eggs, and 108 with no nests, indicating hens prefer natural nests over artificial decoys.
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Biddy
George M. Turpin
Own University
China
Persia Named First to Discover Secrets of Aromatic Substances
London Tit-Bits recounts historic aroma lore tracing perfume knowledge from Persia to Egypt and the Israelites in Egypt. It notes Greek and Roman diffusion of scent practices, with later Arab, Venetian, Genoese, and Florentine fame for perfumery across ages.
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Persia
London
Egypt
Alexandria
Saving of Fuel by Lighting Coal Stove From Top
The article from Popular Mechanics explains placing paper and kindling above the coal to start a fire. A top layer burns first, spreading downward as draft allows, achieving more complete combustion and fuel savings despite harder building and control.
First Finger Print Society Founded in New York
The First Finger Print Society, also called the First National Scientific Registration Society, organized in 2017 in New York to register fingerprints of criminals for the protection of life and property.
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New York
Dreamers and matrimony in reversed roles
A breezy reflection cites a dreamer needing rest due to appetite, a girl disdaining work unless married to a shiftless man, and a martial order of surrender engagement and call to arms. It notes procrastination battles ruin and quotes Hesford and Samuel Smiles on patience and cheerful work.
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Hesford
Samuel
Serbian Families Once Wealthy Live in Barns and Coops
Northern Serbia refugees recount loss after war as estates are ruined and beds become straw. Officers from the American Relief Administration and the American Red Cross report families living in stables and chicken coops with only burlap clothing. Mothers struggle to support children as wages vanish and farms lack machinery and tools.
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Serbia
Reief Administration
American Red Cross
Holland Leads In Systematic Oyster Cultivation
The article states Holland is the most systematic in oyster cultivation, with elaborate methods, and the Scheldt region providing ideal propagation sites. Public dredging is banned to prevent overfishing, with beds surveyed and leased to individuals and firms to propagate oysters efficiently.
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Holland
Scheldt
Europe
The Sidelights of Time in Literature
The great events form peaks in the mountain ranges of time. Literature thrives by legends and glory streams that flow from them and by emotion driven by aspiration, passion and endeavor that lead up to them.
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Ufe
Christian Herald
Onion Production Up This Year in U S Says Report
Government estimate places total onion production in the United States at 21 56 cars this year, compared with 17 124 cars last year, signaling increased output for the industry.
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United States
Daily Thought Out of the Book of Nature
A compact quoted reminiscence attributed to DuBartas notes nature as a learned breast. The snippet frames nature as a source of wisdom drawn from the natural world, invoking a reflective, contemplative mood.
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Book of Nature
DuBartas
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