Giants of the New Deal Governance Rise in Washington
The piece surveys top federal posts filled by the new administration. It highlights Indian Affairs, the Post Office with 150 000 employees, the Rural Organization Service, the General Land Office led by Clay Tallman, the Navy Bureau of Navigation under Rear Admiral Victor Blue, and insular affairs chief Brigadier General Frank McIntyre. It notes Treasury gains under John Burke and law adviser John Bassett Moore among other appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. A. DuPuy
Philadelphia Record Indian
Indian Affairs
Lane
Department of the Interior
Cato Sells
Cleburne
Texas
Sells
Department
Post Office Department
Daniel C. Roper
Roper
Army
Department of Agriculture
Rural Organization Service
N. Carver
Harvard
Carver
National Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Sam
General Land Office
Michigan
Ilinois
Indiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Laska
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Florida
Clay Tallman
Nevada
Tallman
State University
State Senate
Congress
Federal Executive Service
Victor Blue
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Bureau of Navigation
Pacific
Pacific Fleet
General Board
Daniels
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Leutenant
Military Service
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Peoples of
Gold Guardian
John Burke
North Dakota
United States
Adam
Treasury
Burke
State Department
John Bassett Moore
Names and Values in Naming Our Sons, a Kansas City Star Quote
Adam Croaker quotes readers on the old Kansas City Star piece suggesting boys be given simple names like Bill or Tom to avoid strong religious or moral associations. The letter laments the impact of names on destiny, citing examples of incorrigible youths and reform school outcomes while questioning the weight of names in character formation.
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Adam Croaker
Holton Recorder
John Weasley Smith
Reform School
Min
John’ Calvin
Bill
Tom
Jake
Jeff
Kansas City Star
Art and Truth Clash Over Absolute Truth
The Idealist says art reveals absolute truth while the prosaic speaker counters that truth is fine but artfully presenting a thermometer is not artistic. The dialogue humorously contrasts lofty ideals with practical skepticism about art.
Dirigibles Costly: Britain Faces Airship Fleet Challenge
London reports outline the high costs and hurdles in creating a British fleet of forty rigid airships. Estimates place Zeppelin prices at £50,000 each and hangars at £80,000, with total costs near £4 million plus ongoing maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
London
Germany
Zeppelin
Schutte-Lanz
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
A Very Much-Travelled Dog Across Continents
The Russian wolfhound owned by Montgomery Schuyler, United States minister to Ecuador, has circled the globe from St. Petersburg to Madrid, Asia to Japan, and back to America. The dog has accompanied its owner through embassies and legations, earning wide admiration and bearing a collar inscribed in Oriental and Occidental characters. It carries a smooth coat and a refined build, though its facial features lack the classic Roman look.
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New York
Montgomery Schuyler
United States
Ecuador
South America
St. Petersburg
Mageovite
Legation
Schuyler
Europe
Asia
Japan
America
Wolf Coursing and Tackling Dogs. Mr. Schuyler
Injured girl shows stoic courage on Nevada ranch
Thirteen year old Elizabeth Rood, nicknamed cowgirl, was thrown from a pony near Carlin Nevada breaking her arm in two places. She reached St Francis hospital that night with her uncle Jack Yore who helped secure the best medical care and the bones were set without a word from her.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth Rood
Carlin
Nev
St. Francis
Jack Yore
Rip van Winkle
Lone Mountain
Jack
A Strange Freak of Hens in Athol Pond
In Athol Massachusetts residents visit Charles F Maynards farm to watch a flock of swimming hens in a pond. A hen named Kiddy dived for fat bugs on a lily pad and swam with life saver like skill while other hens joined, turning the pond into a regular water insect feast.
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Athol
Mass
Templeton
Charles F. Maynard
Mr. Maynard
Baby Hangs Self in Crib in Phoenixville
Ten month old daughter of John Hallman of Phoenixville was found hanged in her crib. The child’s body hung by the neck between the crib bars with feet near the floor after being placed to sleep only minutes earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
John Hallman
Man Caught In Own Trap Emerges From Circus
Windsor Massachusetts farmer Albert Smith, aiming to guard against pickpockets, arranged fishhooks in his wallet. At the circus he reached for money at a candy stand and found his own trap snagging his hand, requiring a surgeon to separate the hooks.
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Windsor
Mass
Albert Smith
Smith
Woman attempts suicide by swallowing bichloride of mercury
Mrs Lydia Eury of Cumberland Maryland 47 widowed mother to four year old George and three boys William 15 John 12 and George 4 attempted to kill herself by ingesting three tablets of bichloride of mercury She failed to force her son to join her and fled when he resisted Despondent over family breaks since her husband died she lived with J T Yost at 316 Race Street pending recovery doctors say overdose may allow survival.
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Cumberland, Md
Lydia Eury
Columbus W. Bury
Western Maryland Hospital
George
William
John
St. Mary's Industrial School
Baltimore
Ram with cats in his wool baffles Gallion farmer
David Lynch of Gallion Ohio reports his ram has a wool coat covered with cats. The animals scattered as rain fell and the sun returned, continuing for several days.
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Gallion
David Lynch
Human Sand Bag Does Duty at Poydras Levee
In New Orleans Ralph Sirpas a young Louisiana boy stood in the gap of the Poydras levee holding back floodwater until sandbags could be filled to take his place and prevent a collapse. The act saved the day though the risk to his life was high and the embankment seemed doomed to fail.
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Matthew Simpson
Alexander Campbell Jones
New Orleans
Ralph Sirpas
Louisiana
Poydras Levee
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