Nature study push in public schools gains federal support
Mrs John Dickinson Sherman chairs the General Federation of Women's Clubs conservation department and backs nature study in schools with approval from Dr Philander P Claxton. The program links conservation, natural resources, and Americanization to develop character and sympathy, urging nature study as essential as reading and math.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Conservation
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Ler Tzu
Hfe
Budget measure moves in Senate committee action
Senator Medill McCormick chairs a special Senate subcommittee reviewing a national aid budget. Members Kraves Simmons and Fant support a tied budget plan tied to the Good Will program previously debated. They expect treasury approval and committee revisions before presenting a final spending proposal.
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Medill McCormick
Nimeis Chertradt
Senate
Himmself
Kreves
Dee. Simmons
Fant
Neo Departaent
Secre of
Treasury
Pelare
Giheer
Extremenus Burenus
Rhodes
Benson Advocates Strong American Shipping Board Leadership
Admiral William S. Benson, former head of the United States Shipping Board, argues for robust U S shipping policy and naval power. He notes personnel shortages after wartime demobilization but says the navy will rise with capable leadership and strong mercantile interests guiding policy.
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Uxgeression
William S. Benson
United States
Eniy
Wilsem
Benseanm
Benson
Authors Fight Royalty Taxes at League Meeting
Rex Bened portrait introduces Chicago novelist president of the Authors league which resolved to challenge federal taxes on royalties from books stories and other works. The group argues writers should not face normal income tax while royalties may be treated as dividends. if upheld authors would pay only the surtax on dividends over five thousand dollars. Executive committee members include Gelert L Burgess George Creel Owen Davis Parker Fillmore James Forbes and others.
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Rex Bened Q
Chicago
Authors League
Sam Ghothe
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Teague
Gelert L Burgess
George Creel
Owen Davis
Parker Fillmore
James Forbes
Hale Holden to Head the Q and Burlington Line
Hale Holden and Claude George Burnham are named to lead the Chicago Burlington and Quincy rail road fund and associated lines as Uncle Sam ends control on March 1. Holden becomes president and executive chairman of the Q and also heads the Colorado and Southern. Burnham is executive vice president of the Burlington. Both are Chicagoan railroad leaders with long service in the nation’s railroading.
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Hale Hielden
Claude George Burnham
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Associated Systems
Sam
Mr. Holden
Colorado and Southern
Burnham
Burlington
Holden
Kansas City
House in Winchester Marks General Wood Birth Home
The Winchester New Hampshire house on Main Street is noted as the birthplace of General Leopard Wood born in 1860. The lower floor now serves as the town post office opposite a Civil War dead memorial statue.
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Gen. Leopard Wood
Winchester
N. US
Debutante Nancy Lane Highlighted in Washington Society
Latest photograph features Nancy Lane debutante daughter of Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Franklin K Lane. She is described as one of Washington's most popular young social figures among many buds in the capital.
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Nancy Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Washington
Things Worth While Today
Today urges self improvement with calls to love and forgive and to change for the better. It counsels apologizing, honesty, smiling, generosity, saving, and encouraging others while abandoning blame and greed. It encourages looking for good in others and turning from past evils toward worthy goals.
Just Thoughts From A Penny-Wise Page
Debating money morals and manners, the column dishes aphorisms on creditors, patience, reputations, courtship promises, self reform, and the folly of idle tongues reflecting on finance and social behavior. It notes irony in wealth and restraint amid crowd dynamics at sale events.
Quotes on happiness and virtue from sages and authors
A collection of aphorisms on speaking wisely living well and seeking happiness. Notable lines compare talking to eloquence and emphasize prudent thoughts and moral duty. The passages contrast happiness in giving and serving others with the false wages of sin.
Birth of Modern Shorthand in 1857
Dr Timothy Bright published charaeterie in 1857 as the first English shorthand work. Many systems followed, all based on the abstract method, but Pitmans phonography based on sound became dominant and displaced rivals.
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Timothy Bright
Isaac Pitman
Pitman
Feathertop Heads to Races Amid Witty Exchange
In a light moment a couple discusses Mr Feathertop's plan to attend the races this afternoon. He jokes about losing his head but his wife cautions him to guard his money.
Curious Facts Snapshot From a Bygone Era
A collection of obscure trivia touches on snail speeds, artificial gems, a three handed French watch, a Russian freight record, Australian opossums, high altitude microbes, Sweden's inheritance equality, global sugar plantation size and labor, and Straits Settlements rice policy improving shortages. The tone resembles a period science notes column.
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Australia
Sweden
Straits Government
Straits Settlements
Daddy’s France Service Tells Daughter Why No Medals
A father returns from two years in France aiding the wounded in a hospital amid German air raids. His daughter studies him closely and asks why he did not fight in a war with medals, seeking reassurance about his service.
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France
Proverbs About Wealth and Governance From Diverse Traditions
A collection of aphorisms discusses balance over wealth whether gold or lead. It warns against overindulgence and advises prudent management of a difficult task. The quotes include Spanish, Arabian, and Elizabethan reflections on prudence and commerce.
Expensive Leather From Chan Chan Foo in China
A listing claims Chan- Chan-Foo in China makes the finest leather goods. It notes the feather is crafted from lizard, shark, dolphin and snake skins, praised as strong and durable for canes pipes purses and pocketbooks.
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Chan- Chan-Foo
China
Burglars and Statesmen in a Quip by Uncle Rastus
Uncle Rastus muses on being obliging yet avoiding an undertaker who reads him, then ponders a world where burglars become statesmen and statesmen become burglars to settle momentous questions quickly. He notes the trouble is both groups feel able to fill their roles.
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Gregory Weinstein
Martens
America
Weinstein
Trotzky
United States
Brother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
Mother Gray
Kentry
The Right Thing to Do comedic exchange
A joke line notes a leading Indy being told her makeup is wrong. She does not speak aloud but changes countenance.
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Indy
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