Feeding the Hungry and the Reclamation Program
A long defense of the government reclamation service led by Theodore Roosevelt era policy. It highlights irrigation projects across 18 states, converting 1.25 million acres from arid land to productive farms, with $48 million spent and 35 projects planned or in progress. The piece argues the program fosters home-making, stabilizes citizenship, and ensures food supply to keep costs from rising.
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Reclamation Service
Roosevelt
Ballinger
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Kansas
Pacific
Mexican
Canada
C. J. Blanchard
Washington
West
Governmnt
Blanchard
Omaha
Country Life Commission
Interior Department
Reclamation, Wealth, and Platitudes in Public Debate
The piece argues reclamation services empower the masses by linking outlays to national production, contrasts this with tariff and corporate privileges, and praises Roosevelt's moral sermons and platitudes as essential to a republic. It cites $500 initial settler outlay and $15,000,000 spent thus far, framing the issue as a test of national values.
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Alaska
Reclamation Service
Roosevelt
Ballinger
As Others View It Taft's Serious Loss
A column paints Taft beset by enemies and scandal as he loses support and his cook Martha Peterson to a police officer. The piece details Martha's romance, her White House duties, and an upcoming marriage to Policeman James M. Mulvey, with commentary on public platitudes and Roosevelt.
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Taft
Mr. Taft
Martha Peterson
Sweden
White House
Martha
James M. Mulvey
Idos
Depair
Baltimore Snr
New Organization of the House By Charles Ferguson
Roosevelt used fast action to preserve forest reserves by ordering mapping and withdrawal of over 15 million acres before signing the agriculture bill. The piece critiques congressional party power and advocates independence, primaries, and recall through reorganized House rules.
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Charles Ferguson
House of Representatives
Reed
Congress
Great Britain
United States
House
Independence League
Asleep Among the Chimney Pots
Addison W. Baird M D describes building a roof sleeping room on a New York City house to vent open air living. The 12 foot square roof-house uses double walls and a cupola for ventilation, costs under 400 dollars, and aims to boost health by sleeping outdoors despite winter and rain. He notes quieter sleep, a sense of remoteness, beauty of rooftop views, and improved appetite and vigor, arguing the climate of New York benefits urban dwellers seeking hygiene via fresh air.
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Board of Education
Brooklyn
Sam Weller
Taft
New York
Great Soldiers Yet In Daily Service Poem
A Baltimore Sun poem extols quiet heroes, the great soldiers of daily life. It honors those serving with clean swords of trust in unseen battles, fighting care and toil from dawn to dusk, while laments and praises weave through humble, steadfast duty.
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Baltimore Sun
Boston Economist Hatpin Debate Sparks Public Wrangle
A Boston economist resists surrender of hatpins amid legal friction, declaring defiance of the law in a public exchange captured by the Boston Herald. The dialogue centers on personal accessories versus regulatory limits, highlighting regional discourse.
Ring for sale in Auckland engagement ad
An Auckland paper carries a stark ad seeking to sell an engagement ring described as five rubies and almost new. This brief item notes the ad as a poignant and ironic mockery of love’s failing dream.
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Auckland
New Zealand Free Lance
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Indianapolis
Paris
Milwaukee Journal
Kansas City
New Speedway
Noah Webster
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Forest Service
Fiftyninth Congress
General Land Office
Geological Survey
Capitol
Metropolitan Magazine
Committee On Rules
Cannon
Asquith
Rules Committee
Addison W. Baird, M. D
Boston Economist
Boston Herald
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