High school fashion talk and a bold Atlantic dam idea
Portland columns discuss Lincoln High School girls advocating simple dress to avoid extravagance and encourage usefulness. The piece pivots to Brooklyn engineer L Riker and a bold Atlantic dam concept to curb iceberg dangers, supported by Lewis Nixon and the New York Board of Trade, with broader notes on budgeting, politics, and inherited institutional tone.
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Lewis Nixon
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Greenland
Iceland
The Happy Warrior Poem as a Positive Ideal
The Denver News reports Woodrow Wilton favors Wordsworth's The Happy Warrior. It praises the generous spirit who endures pain with moral resolve, learns continually, and remains true to reason, virtue, and self discipline amid conflict and sacrifice. The piece highlights a life of steadfast integrity, inner light, and service to a higher cause.
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Denver News
Woodrow Wilton
William Wordsworth
Happy Warrior
Heavier Blanket Shields Wheat More Effectively
A study finds thicker coverings improve wheat protection against cold and pests. Researchers note heavier blankets reduce moisture loss and stabilize grain quality, though practicality and cost must be balanced with field conditions and farm scale.
Prison chief told to ship Bob Anderson to capitol
The Florence state prison superintendent received a Phoenix call ordering Bob Anderson sent to the Capitol on the next train. The warden weighed guarding options then was told to give him a ticket and send him alone, with “Hunt speaking.” The case unsettled him before the voice clarified.
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Arizona State
Florence
Phoenix
Bob Anderson
Capitol
Thiis
Hunt
Governor frees life-time convict in desert journey
February Technical World Magazine reports Governor Hunt's surprise act releasing a life-time convict. Randall R. Howard recalls Anderson's one-week trek across the Verde and desert, aided by a prison team and supplies, provoking fierce editorials about insanity or conspiracy. Arizona cites this event as a test of its convict honor system.
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Randall R. Howard
Technical World Magazine
Governor Hunt
Verde
Anderson
Arizona
Union
Amareeta and Amarceta In Love’s Spring Poem
A lyrical verse by John R. Thornton extols Amareeta as a source of brightness and joy. The speaker envisions future beauty and love, saying a rose will adorn Amarceta in a place where all is beautiful and fair.
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Oregon
John R. Thornton
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