Burnham Urges Forest Reserves At City Beautiful Talk
Architect D H Burnham led an address at the Lewis Institute Chicago last Monday urging forest reserves. He proposed a broadened boundary from Michigan City Indiana through Laporte Kankakee Woodstock Zion City to include Chicago area interests, with five sections forming reserves. He argued the plan costs only a few dollars per acre and could create a scenic forest around Calumet Lake within twenty years.
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City Beautiful
Lewis Institute
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Laporte
Kankakee
Woodstock
Zion City
Burnham
Calumet Lake
New England Saving vs Illinois Waste
A Bloomington man recounts a trip through Vermont New Hampshire and Maine noting neat New England farms with white paint covering weathered wood and metal. He contrasts this with Illinois farms he saw from Chicago to Bloomington where machinery sits under trees and fences lean, arguing Illinois farmers should learn to prevent waste and emulate New England practice.
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Bloomington
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
New England
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Alton
Chicago
Vaudeville Act by Furniture in Portland Haunts House
Portland residents report a four hour sp impulsar event as furniture and other objects moved about a city house eyewitnesses describe a table lifting on two legs a sofa tipping a clock turning to 3 30 and dishes tilting during the strange occurrence Theories cite weather or an energized child as possible causes per the Chicago Tribune
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Portland
Ore
Chicago Tribune
The Roots of Altruism
The piece outlines three eternal roots of altruistic energy: justice, equality before a moral law. charity, infinite tenderness toward all people. and free will, the ability to choose to help. It adds a definite judgment concept, that actions will matter to both helper and helped in the long run.
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Riverdale
Dolton
Schwabs Department
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Schwab’s Department Store
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