Reforestation Efforts Grow for Pacific Timber Supply
Humboldt Redwood Reforestation Company of Humboldt County California submits articles as part of a wider push for pulpwood driven reforestation. US Senate committee study may link findings with President Harding administration policy.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
David T. Mason
Portland
Ore
National Lumber Manufacturing Association
Humboldt Redwood Reforestation Company
Humboldt County
California
United States Senate
Humboldt District
Forest Service
Humboldt Company
Pacific Coast
Col
A. C. Goodyear
Great Southern Lumber Company
South
Colonel Goodyear
Sweden
United States
Harding
Alaska
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Forestry
Ups and Downs of a Joke from El Dorado Times
A humorous reflection on marriage vows and changing fashions over decades. The author notes how a man’s reaction to an old joke reveals when he wed, contrasting recent marriages with those from earlier eras when fashions like peas ant blouses and ecrinoline were in vogue.
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Eldorado Times
Monster plow digs ten foot furrow for sugar fields
A giant plow with a ten foot wide blade promises to revolutionize sugar plantations. Gangs of blades move in a circular pattern to turn and pulverize soil simultaneously. It is powered by a 120 horsepower internal combustion engine with caterpillar traction and can turn over about twenty five acres daily under favorable conditions.
Off the Beaten Track Says Science
A Buffalo Express note credits a science feature claiming an airplane traveling at £ miles per hour nonstop would reach the sun in 52 years. The item suggests this as a vacation idea for readers who have not yet planned a trip.
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Buffalo Express
Leap Year Joke Feels Stale From 1920 Office Banter
The humorist recalls a leap year gag dated back to 1920 and cites it as unusable until 1924, a quip noted in a Boston Transcript exchange.
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Boston Transcript
A Happy Horse Speaks on Kind Treatment and Style
ANarrative from a contented horse pleads for humane care and rejects harsh check reins. It urges owners to provide grass hay, ample water, blankets in bad weather, and gentle handling, arguing horses deserve natural movement and respect. The piece ends with a call for readers to advocate for all horses.
Tongue Twisters From The Press
A brief note on playful tongue twisters featuring Charles and Sammy. The item highlights repetitive phrases and alliteration as light entertainment in a periodical.
Dry weather cripples Texas cotton crop outlook
The Texas cotton crop is expected to be 25 to 33 percent smaller than two weeks prior due to dry hot weather. Areas report deteriorating cotton while rain could improve yields. picking underway in South and Central Texas. Farmers remain hopeful the fall will bring better conditions and stronger business, despite hard times.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Brown
McCulloch
Parker
Wichita
Floyd
Ellis, Hill, Navarro
Collin
Cooke
Grayson
Fannin
Lamar
Red River
Kaufman
McLennan
Bell
Travis
Milam
Smith, Miller
Harrison
Nacogdoches
Harding
Wall Street
Coolidge
Comfort Chevrolet Sedan Popular For Family Use
In Comfort the Chevrolet 5-Passenger Sedan is favored for family use due to comfort weather protection and year round home atmosphere for five. it also runs economically with one or two passengers. Its power reliability and low upkeep appeal to men, while women admire its lines upholstery and plate glass windows. Value is set at $860 fob Flint Michigan.
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B. Flint
Mich
Giant Swordfish Captured at Point Isabel Exhibit
A 18 foot 2 inch swordfish, claimed as the largest on the Texas coast, fought off a school of sharks in Brazos Pass before coast guard crews at Brazos Island captured it by roping and towed it to Point Isabel for display.
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Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Point Isabel
Coast Guard
Brazos Island
Brazos Pass
Point Isable
Black Alkali Rift Threatens San Luis Valley Farmland
Investigations link near total fertility loss on 40 50 thousand acres in Colorado's San Luis Valley to black alkali mainly sodium carbonate in valley waters. Subirrigation brings it to surface. proposed remedy uses gypsum to convert carbonates into sulfates and downward surface washing.
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San Luis Valley
Colorado
Speculators Pocket Losses Punned in Humorous Exchange
Mrs. Snaggs notes odd newspaper phrases and her husband jokes that writers say speculators pocket losses while they mean they unpocket them in a playful dialogue.
Don’t Care State of Mind Prompted by Prejudice Mention
A commentator argues that maintaining a detached attitude helps avoid prejudice. The note emphasizes emotional distance as a defense against biased judgments and social pressures.
Echoes in Parlor Turned Quiet quarrel into silence
A wife returns home to find her husband reading and complains of fatigue. He claims interruptions kept him from resting, sparking a terse exchange about echoes and the day’s events. The brief domestic vignette ends without further conflict.
Teacher’s Testy Exchange Over Magna Charta Signing
A rural school board member jeers at a boy as the teacher deflects blame in a classroom moment. The student pleads innocence while the teacher expresses disgust and orders the boy to his seat.
Clever Man Steals Umbrella as If It Belonged to Him
A sharp remark notes how a clever man can lift an umbrella and walk away as if it were his own, implying a sly reclaim of ownership or a boastful display of audacity.
Neither Side of Bread Buttered Until It Falls
A reflective line notes that people Often fail to discover which side is favored until misfortune reveals it. The saying uses a common kitchen metaphor to discuss luck and consequences.
Carnegie Steel to End 12 Hour Day Aug 16
Elimination of the 12 hour day in Carnegie Steel Company plants will take effect August 16. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, announces that workers shifting from 12 to 8 hours will receive a flat 25 percent raise in hourly pay, per the local steel office.
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New York
Carnegie Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
The
Steel Corporation
Dover man completes English Channel swim in 26 hours 50 minutes
Henry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts finished the perilous swim across the English Channel tonight. He landed near the Calais Casino after a time of twenty six hours and fifty minutes establishing a notable feat in endurance swimming.
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Dover
Del
Henry Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
English Channel
Calais
Coolidge Accepts Red Cross Presidency
President Coolidge on Thursday accepted the presidency of the American Red Cross, a role traditionally held by the U.S. president.
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Coolidge
Red Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
United States
Tick eradication report cites 3.125 million cattle dipped in Texas
Dr. Harry Grafke, inspector in charge for Texas with the bureau of animal industry, completed a tick eradication report noting that 3,125,000 head of cattle passed through dipping vats in July as part of the fever tick campaign.
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Texas
Harry Grafke
Bureau of Animal Industry
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