Taft Urges Broad Conservation Reforms for Lands and Waters
President Taft sends a special conservation message to Congress detailing plans to improve waterways, reclaim arid lands, protect forests, and manage public domain lands. He calls for authority to withdraw land, regulate water power sites, fund reclamation projects with bonds, and prevent monopolies while expanding irrigation, dry farming, and forest management.
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Rye Cakes and Condiments from a Tasty Era
Recipe list includes Rye Cakes with rye meal and yeast, Chicken on Toast with rich milk gravy, Sweet Chutney from peppers and apples, Green Pepper Catsup with peppers and spices, Red Pepper Catsup with horseradish and mustard, plus a wry aside about people marrying for a short fling.
Orange Charlotte and Mustard Chow Chow Recipes
A collection of kitchen directions from the Boston Post includes an Orange Charlotte recipe with gelatin, orange juice, lemon rind, eggs, custard, and a light meringue. and a Mustard Chow Chow using tomatoes onions peppers plus flour sugar turmeric and vinegar to thicken and bottle. The notes mention serving ideas and a pie with potato crust.
Southern Fried Chicken Method from Boston Post
The article describes frying southern style chicken under two and a half pounds. It instructs to keep breasts whole with the second joint attached, dip in egg and seasoned flour, fry over quick heat covered, turn every three to four minutes, and keep warm in the oven. A gravy is made from flour and water with mashed yolks and sliced egg whites, seasoned to taste.
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Boston Post
Kitchen Tips From a Bygone Era on Tables and Desserts
Practical hints from a historical menu note include serving cheese on a separate plate and coffee from urns, lamp chimney polishing with dry salt to brighten glass, whipped cream on hot chocolate, and using bread and butter plates. Additional tips cover cocoa enhancements with vanilla or marshmallow, fruit fritter batter, and fruit sirup to improve flavor.
Do not pull a growing plant up by the roots
A Washington Star note warns against removing a growing plant seedlings and applies the idea to child care. It questions maternal overcaution and urges mothers to avoid over watching. The piece cites Reggie and Harper's Bazaar as context for protective parenting.
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A Queer Superstition at Assisi Pilgrimage
The Washington Star reports that thousands of Calabrians and Sicilians travel to Assisi for St. Francis birth anniversary rites. Pilgrims run around the saint’s tomb to save souls from purgatory, and iron gates open to crushes as the crowd surges inside.
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St. Francis
Washington Star
Seed Travelers in Nature's Seed Spreading
A Washington Star article explains how seeds travel with wings or other mechanisms. Maple and elm seeds flutter, dandelion and milkweed seeds sail, and some seeds hitch rides as "tramps" carried by birds and even cling to mistletoe gum on birds' feet.
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Washington Star
Devotion of Modern Mothers and the Overprotected Child
A tale shows Reggie the orphan boy stifled by a devoted mother who never lets him out of sight. A child specialist warns constant watching drains vitality and urges letting him face life more independently.
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Reggie
Mother Nature Prepares for the Cold Season
Washington Star describes signs of approaching winter with trees shedding leaves and animals growing coats. Squirrels store nuts, worms and caterpillars prepare for cocoons, birds migrate south, and farmers harvest to shield crops from frost as Jack Frost nears.
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Jack Frost
Washington Star
Birds Learn Species Songs Through Exposure Says Scientist
A Youth's Companion excerpt reports Davies Barring ton arguing birds' songs are learned, not innate. Experiments with skylarks, wood larks, and titlarks show young birds adopt instructors' tunes when raised near them, while early removal from nests can prevent learning. Cases include a goldfinch mimicking a wren and a house sparrow adopting linnet and goldfinch songs.
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Davies Barrington
Philosophical Transactions
Kingston
Cipher Message From Pulitzer To Cobb In Maine Woods
Frank I Cobb editor of the New York World was on vacation in Maine when Joseph Pulitzer sent a cipher. A country operator delivered a garbled message and offered a dollar for its delivery, but Cobb declined.
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Reversible Rubber Block Tire Invented in Pennsylvania
A new tire design from Pennsylvania uses rubber blocks mounted in a steel channel and is reversible to expose a fresh surface as wear occurs.
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