Call of the Wild and the Sportsman Way to Vacation
The piece argues Americans need balanced play and rest this summer, defining the sportsman as a fair, self disciplined outdoorsman who respects nature, follows game laws, and helps others. It urges planning vacations, mixing pleasure with recuperation, choosing suitable scenes, and avoiding rough camp habits with practical don ts for companions, water safety, and cooking.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Stevenson
Wilds
Walt Whitman
Honor Birthday of Buddha Ceremonies Mark April 8 Across Lands
Readable passages describe April 8 as the Buddha’s birthday observed in Japan India and by Buddhists worldwide. Amacha water bathes statues while worshipers rub corresponding body parts and then themselves. The year also marks Shotoku Taishi’s 1300th death anniversary with rites tracing to seventh century practice. Cardinal Manning scene in Liverpool notes a cook’s humorous blessing.
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Gautama
Japan
India
Ninmyo
Shotoku Taishi
Suiko
Constantine
Byng Named Governor General of Canada
The appointment of Lord Byng of Vimy as governor general is broadly welcomed though controversy over Canadian consultation remains. Byng, famed for Vimy Ridge, later led the Third British Army and received a lordship and a sizable gratuity. He is the seventh son of the Earl of Stafford.
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Lord Byng of Vimy
Canada
Crown of Canada
Byng
Vimy Ridge
Earl of Stafford
Navy reshuffles Pacific Fleet leadership in Navy ceremony
Eberle named commander in chief of the Pacific fleet with Admiral rank as Hugh Rodman moves to Hampton Roads. Vice Admiral Jones takes Atlantic fleet command, succeeding Wilson at the naval academy. The changes reflect ongoing debates over fleet reunification and broader policy.
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E. W. Eberle
Atlantic
Pacific Fleet
Hugh Rodman
Naval Operating
Hampton Roads
H. P. Jones
H. B. Wilson
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval Administration
Daniels
Amundsen Escapes Starvation After Arctic Ordeal
Captain Roald Amundsen and his four companions were rescued at Nome Alaska after two months battling the elements when their polar ship Maud failed off Siberia. They were picked up by the Herman at East Cape after crossing the Bering Strait on foot. Amundsen plans to tow the Maud to Nome for repairs and resume exploration once waters thaw.
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Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Maud
Amundsen
Nome
Alaska
Explorer
East Cape
Siberia
Herman
Bering Straits
Seattle
Pole
Northwest Passage
America
Asia
Europe
Dawes Named Budget Director in Washington
Brig. Gen. Charles Dawes, chair of the Central Trust Co in Chicago, assumes duties as director of the budget in Washington after a conference with President Harding. He will enlist leading businessmen to aid without pay in reorganizing federal finances on economical, scientific lines. Dawes brings William T. Abbott as assistant director and seeks two coordinator officers from the War Department.
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Charles Dawes
Central Trust Company
Chicago
Washington
Harding
Pike’s Peak
Smoot Warns of Soaring Federal Costs as Agencies Expand
Senator Reed Smoot, titled treasury watchdog, warns four year total costs will not fall below four billion dollars per year. He argues reorganizing departments will be erased by new spending as people and states seek federal aid for roads commissions maternity bills and other duties the government has no business performing. He cites Washington overrun by government employees and widespread department bloat despite protests from lawmakers and officials.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
The
Treasury
Smoot
Washington
Smooth
Imagination and cheerfulness quote from The Kitchen Cabinet 7
A fragment reflects on imagination being essential in daily life and the joy of make believe. It notes Dickens how cheerfulness preserves youth and the power of self persuasion. The passage urges staying playful and believing in wonder.
Practical Household Hints on Food Prep and Utensils
Advice on preparing new potatoes with sack cloth and skin rubbing, carrying kindling with canvas, using an old awning to move wood, and alternative tools such as a horse shoe nail as a milk bottle opener. Guidance covers avoiding granite dish damage, using wooden spoons, rice water starch for starching, proper potato cooking, lemon juice as tonic, and hot lemonade for colds.
Tempting Table Trifles Recipes From The Table
A faded food column presents Spiced Tongue and Date and Apple Salad as two featured dishes. Spiced Tongue uses boiled calf tongue with butter onions peppers carrots dates raisins and the tongue’s cooking liquor reduced into a sauce. Date and Apple Salad mixes dried dates apples lemon juice salt paprika and ginger with lettuce and French dressing. A note claims potatoes contain all body minerals except fluorine and are rich in potassium salts for nerves and muscles.
Words Are Cheap Er Than Stones
An author shows a visitor his half-built home. She laments grandiose descriptions in his books versus the small actual house. He replies that words are cheaper than stones, explaining the difference between fiction and construction.
Elders and King’s Elder Ducks Compared
The article explains two elder duck varieties the common elder and the king s elder. The king s elder supplies exported down from Greenland while the common elder yields down mainly from Iceland. About ten thousand pounds of down come annually from Iceland. The elder is larger than the common duck with the drake black and white back while the female is brown with white spots.
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Greenland
Iceland
Not to Be Blarhed
A Boston Transcript quote notes a widow remarrying after her late husband’s will supposedly left her legacy to a distant relative. She pursued the relative and wed him, defying the anticipated outcome.
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Boston Transcript
Lines to be Remembered with Theophile Gautier Quote
A compact quotation praising gentleness as a persuasive tool from Theophile Gautier. The line asserts that women wield gentleness as a powerful argument and influence.
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Theophile Gautier
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League of Nations
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Izack
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Eberle
Navy Department
Dawes
France
Col
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Service of Supply
Merece Marweth
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