Roosevelt names national conservation commission
President Roosevelt has named the forty eight members of a national conservation commission to advise on the preservation and development of natural resources. The group includes senators, representatives, Interior Department members, civil engineers, geologists, and other leaders from across the United States. An executive committee is led by Gif ford Pinchot and aims to secure cordial state cooperation through state commissions.
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National Conservation Commission
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Bureau of Soils
The
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Geological Survey
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American Society of Civil Engineers
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White House
Prompt national conservation commission announced
Deliberations emphasize delicate ties between nation and state and urge patriotic unity. Promptly appointed commission promises swift plans for congressional consideration in December. The scale of the undertakings and the future welfare of the United States are cited as central, with a goal of a perfected working machinery guiding the commission’s work.
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United States
National Conservation Commission
Taft Delegates Fight Sparks In Contested Alabama Arkansas
The national committee ruled Taft the winner in Alabama and Arkansas contests amid protests by rival candidates. Critics say proxies and agents of one candidate taint the decisions, undermining fair play. The case may go to credentials or the convention as protests remain unresolved. Col Henry Watterson predicts Bryan would need no ballot for nomination.
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National Committee
Taft
Alabama
Arkansas
Credentials Committee
Convention
Court of First Resort
Teddy’s decisiveness marks national committee operation
The speaker notes Teddy’s decisive mark on national committee actions and compares figures like Bob La Follette with a whale if he matched his sighted nature. A humorous aside questions sending duties to a war secretary and lampoons Lansing as lively for smallpox with no moss or smallpox there. The president’s bear hunt is mentioned as not signaling Hitchcock case interest.
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Bob la Follette
Nobody's Sorry Uncle Joe Is Out of It
A concise social note reflects public sentiment that Uncle Joe should remain out of the spotlight, with most people expressing that they wish he would stay away.
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Joe
Meeting of National Brewers Reflects Around-the-Clock Work
A national brewers gathering notes that even giants in the industry keep late hours. Leaders discuss trends, production efficiency, and market pressures shaping the craft and mass beer sectors.
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National Brewers
Giants
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Adage
A light anecdote from The Catholic Standard and Times features a quarrel between an ignorant woman and a salesman over a thermometer. The exchange notes the etymology of thermometer as measuring heat, not cold, illustrating humorous misapprehension.
Philanthropy and a West Side Mrs Malaprop
In a lively exchange Professor Zeublin of the University of Chicago clashed with a charity expert on modern philanthropy. The expert cited a case where society aid saved a whole family, to which Zeublin conceded that philanthropy can do good. A digressive anecdote followed about a rain plagued Mrs Malaprop after church, lacking umbrella and carriage.
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Charles Zeublin
University of Chicago
Prof. Zueblin
West Side
Malaprop
New York Times
German tobacco shops offer a call with each purchase
A Yonkers Statesman quotation notes a man who buys a cigar can call the dealer after smoking to share his opinion. The remark suggests the practice as a safer alternative to speaking to someone in person.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers
Realistic battle songs inflame listener in London Tit-Bits
In a London Tit-Bits excerpt a young man questions a major about a singer who performs battle songs. The response agrees the realism is so strong it stirs the listener to feel like fighting as the vocal delivery grips the audience.
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London
Geography Defied by Little Rosie in School Tale
A New York Times anecdote recounts Rosie, a city pupil with a reluctance to study geography. When a note to her mother prompts a reply she cannot read, Rosie quips that her mother and aunt married instead of knowing geography, while the teacher remains puzzled.
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New York Times
Cherry History in English Taste and Festival Roots
The account disputes the view that cherries were rare for a century after introduction. It cites Wright’s vocabularies showing early commonality, notes cherry fairs as gathering festivals, and links cherry culture to the king's Westminster garden and ancient Rome via Pliny.
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Thomas Wright
Gower
Westminster
Henry VIII
Pliny
Lucullus
Rome
Pontus
Britain
Cornhill Magazine
Robert A Smith of St Paul Retires After Long Mayor Career
From the Boston Globe notice Robert A Smith of St Paul retires after fifty years as an office holder and chief executive. He leaves the mayoralty penniless and with a storied clean career, having withstood temptations after a bank failure. Citizens present him an $11,000 subscription check.
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Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
American Hall of Fame
Preserving the Proprieties
A Tennessee mountain traveler hides in a cottage bed as night falls. The paterfamilias asks his daughter Mandy if the young man is there and if he has his arm around her waist. The daughter replies the man is a stranger and tells him to send the visitor away, the exchange ending with the man saying he will.
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Tennessee
Decidedly Stuck Up Honesty Clash
Phamley Goodley accused of snobbery after a lively exchange with Catholic Stan. The exchange involved Phamley offering candy to children and placing them on his lap, prompting debate over his demeanor and style.
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Goodley
Tail of a Chicago heiress at Shepardson College
Miss Mildred Kelliher of Chicago, 23, a student at Shepardson College Granville, is revealed as a divorced woman. The so called millionaire uncle who visited her and rode in a red car was not a relative but an admirer. She had married and faced a sensational divorce, shocking the school’s social circle.
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Ohio
Shepardson College
Mildred Kelliher
Chicago
Kelliher
Ini
Angel
Death-trap mansion tale ends with a visitor promised
In a largely unfurnished mansion, Sam Statham reveals a hidden death-trap as intruders Charlie and Max uncover Maud Petrovitch and Marion Rolfe. Statham keeps secrets about his sister and a future visitor, while asserting calm control over the tense night.
In His Head He Promises Morning Alarm Tablets
A humorous Harper's Weekly vignette describes an inventor who claims to create tablets that wake users at a chosen hour by causing ringing in the ears. He envisions the product upending the alarm clock industry as he explains taking six tablets to rise at six. The crowd disperses before hearing more.
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Harper’s Weekly
Take Care of the Pennies Probably a Deal Recalled
Gobsa Golde asks about a deal and Mydass grimly answers a million dollars on the line. The dispute hints at high stakes and fiscal tension in a tense exchange between two figures.
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Mydass
The Main at the Bat Brings In The Winning Run
A nostalgic defense of baseball and its heroes. The speaker contrasts politics and trust investigations with the sport, praising the players who perform, win, and earn respect through real deeds rather than noise or rhetoric. The line about the main at the bat emphasizes clutch, decisive action.
Candidate Shakes Hands Freely on Free Man's Soil
A Washington Star poem-like passage praises a candidate who welcomes supporters with strong grips and kin-like warmth. It emphasizes pride in being addressed as “Feller-citizen,” the need for daily toil, and a preference to campaign by shaking hands over visiting, highlighting civic pride and candidacy.
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Washington Star
Sounded That Way Lodge Roughhouse Rumor
Nashville American reports chatter about a roughhouse at a lodge. A quoted exchange suggests strain and worry among attendees while a husband mentions a troubling incident with chairs. The item captures a parlor discussion and social tension without detailing names or places.
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Nashville American
Lightning Changes Millionaire Buy For New Car
A salesman offers the latest automobile model to a seated prospective buyer in a showroom. The millionaire requests an upgrade as the newest model just arrives and changes the options.
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