Noted Authors and Scientists in Early 20th Century Fare
A roundup of literary and scientific milestones features OBERT W CHAMBERS on his writing career and a Paris study background, Albert A Michelson's Nobel win and light measurement work, and anecdotes of performers like Bond and Dippel at the Met. Also notes Alexander Agassiz’s plans for a remote travel expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obert W. Chambers
Robert W. Cham
Paris
Benjamin Constant
Cardigan
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Michelson
Roosevelt
Strelno
Germany
San Francisco
United States Naval Academy
Inter
University of Berlin
Heidelberg
College de France
Ecole Polytechnique
United States Navy
Case School
Cleveland
Clark University
Agassiz and the ageless reach of science and ships
In a sweeping piece the article extols Professor Louis Agassiz and his son Agassiz in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. It notes his wealth from copper mines at Lake Superior and his quest to study coral reefs and the Pacific Ocean desert, plus founding a marine station at Newport. It also covers lawmakers and orators, especially Eugene Hale, and honors Robert Bacon for lifesaving bravery and his distinguished career in law, diplomacy, and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Alexander Agassiz
Professor Agassiz
University Museum
Soa
Caribbean Sea
Marine Zoological Station
Newport
R. I
Pacific
Switzerland
America
Robert Bacon
Eshu Root
State Department
Harvard
Bacon
Robert Reid
Massachusetts Humane
Reid
Finance
7.J. Morgan
Strong cattle and poultry show notes from early farming pages
A farmer’s column highlights prize entries at the international livestock show including a ten month old steer weighing about 1100 pounds. It discusses bulldog attacks, tree care, grain and corn breeding, alfalfa eating horses, and the value of thoroughbred sires for beef and dairy herds. It notes timber seasons, ash disposal, and the rising cost of paper pulp from Canada. It also covers meteorology and leather production statistics.
Man seeks low priced eighty for stock raising in South Dakota
An Illinois man now in California saved money and plans to buy an eighty to support cattle stock. The piece discusses choosing land wisely, favoring land east of the ninety ninth meridian to avoid drought risks, and suggests exploring South Dakota, Indian Territory, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. It also urges careful site visits and consideration of local living conditions. The column then shifts to the value of presence of mind in emergencies, noting drownings and burns where quick, proper actions save lives.
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Illinois
California
South Dakota
Indian Territory
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
How To Make Cheap Imitation Maple Syrup
Read yesteryear tips detailing a simple imitation syrup made from red corn cobs and coffee sugar boiled to a thick consistency. The method claims purity, savings, and a palatable buckwheat pairing, contrasting with scarce pure maple sirup after the federal food law era.
Practical Education Needs In Roosevelt’s Message To Congress
The piece argues for practical education alongside literary study, urging industrial schools for urban boys and agricultural schools in rural areas. It notes Roosevelt’s critique of impractical schooling and calls for training that builds capable citizens who can earn a living, then comments on corn yield reports and rural farmers facing financial strain and dissatisfaction, suggesting systemic educational reform as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Gems In Verse II Winter
Poetry fragment by Josiah Gilbert Lichland describing seasonal landscapes and the contrast of autumn and winter. Vivid images of forests, snow, and towns in tawny red and white. The piece presents nature’s coloring as a quiet, crystalline frame around village scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Gilbert Lichland
Going and Coming in the Passing Day Poem
A lyric about day and night shifting, the sun’s retreat behind a hill, and the hopeful rise of a nobler life. It personifies time, describes autumnal imagery with leaves and harvest, and ends with a farewell to the sun. The second piece evokes a late year mood with thyme, eyebright, mushrooms, and a robin’s chorus signaling winter’s approach.
Steady Resolve Amid Market Turbulence and Reflections
In wary times copper slumps and stock fears grow yet the reader urged to hold fast to right, keep nerve, and not despair while industry hums and orders rise. The piece also presents brief, moral verse on success, virtue, and quiet endurance with literary quotations from Chicago Record-Herald and John Boyle O'Reilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Detroit Free Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chambers
Professor Michelson
Dippel
Bond
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Conrted
Andreas Dippel
Bonet
Bobeme
Andreas Ditu'ti
Richter
In the News
Eugene Hale
Washington
Senate
Congressional Record
Maine
Maine Statesman
Alexander Agasbiz
Dominion Experiment Station
Ontario
Plymouth Rock
Vermont Experiment Station
Canada
Sugar Trust
Government Meteorological Bureau
Burlington
Cape Horn
United States
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
R. A. Moore
University of Wisconsin Experiment Station
Rockford.ia
Edward A. Jenks
Summer
Robin
Rosamund Marriott Watson
Worouar
Jones
Sue
Les
Alcsire
Chicago
John Boyle O'Railly
Johann Bohiller
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