Uncle Sam's Treasury Vaults and Massive Gold Reserves
A detailed portrait of the Treasury Building in Washington, its thirteen vaults and security network, and the immense government assets. The piece notes vault construction, alarm systems, and the large scale of public finances from 1897 to 1910 including postal revenues and total gold, silver, and currency holdings. It also covers historical building expansion, operation, and the Treasury's broad role in managing public money.
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Ncle Sam
Treasury
Washington
Watch
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Minta
Internal Revenue
Postal Service
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Washington Monument
Congress
Fifteenth Street
State Department
Department
Treasury of
The
Across the Isthmus Panama on the first envisioned voyage
A narrated imagined trip through the yet unfinished Panama Canal from the Atlantic entrance to the Pacific. The guide describes lifelike details of Gatun's locks and dam, the Chagres valley, Culebra cut, Miraflores locks, and Balboa Pacific approaches, highlighting fortifications, ships, engineering feats, and scenic vistas surrounding the long transit.
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Colon
C. Z
Panama Canal
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Atliantic
Great Canal
Panama
Porto Bello
Mediterranean
Palma
Margarita Island
Toro Point
Colon Harbor
Bay of Limon
Washington Hotel
Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
Latin America
Cristobal
Columbus
Eugenie
San Blas
Gatun Lake
Tiger Hill
Lion Hill
Gatun
Chagres
Therest
Shorea—La
Chagrea
Bobio
Frijoles
Chagressito
Tabernilla
Manuel
Juan Grande
Gorgona
Matachin
Gamboat
Culebra
Towers Gold Hill
Miraflores
Pacific Ocean
Ancon Hill
Balboa
Naos
Perico
Canal
Tobago
Sland
Japan
Ocean Channel
Flowers Adapted for Dainty Bouquets by Baby-Breath Grower
Lavilla Wright Macomber shares a perennial gardening method using gypsophilia paniculata to create dainty bouquets. She describes sowing seeds in June in poor sandy soil, mulching to retain moisture, and avoiding extensive watering. Over two summers the plants form a sprawling, white bloom display that pairs well with gladiolus and zinnias, yielding plentiful blossoms from May through summer. The baby breath proves hardy, surviving five winters unprotected and expanding clumps yearly.
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Lavilla Wright Macomber
Backward glance at a borrowed dime tale
A Kansas City Star item recalls a stock yards tale where a hungry man asked an Exchange building agent for a dime for car fare promising repayment on Saturday. Weeks later the man returned at the same hour asking for another dime, and the agent recognized him and obliged.
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Exchange
Kaneas City
Depth of Soil to Add Nitrates
Depth of Soil to Add Nitrates discusses how alfalfa enriches the top foot with nitrates while deeper soil becomes poorer. It notes deep alfalfa roots pull nutrients downward and nitrogen-fixing bacteria work in the top soil, concentrating nitrates for subsequent crops.
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H. P. Fishburn
Idaho Experiment Station
Covered barn yards defend manure and aid cleanliness
Professor Roberts and Professor Frazier promote covered barn yards as shelters with roofs for dairy cattle. Manure is moved from the barn to a spread surface with bedding, forming a compact moist mass that preserves plant nutrients. The system provides exercise and a healthful environment, and cows are cleaner than in stables.
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Roberts
Cornell
Frazier
University of Ilinoie
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