Trees Live Long Says Forestry Bureau
The forestry bureau states that average tree age lies between 200 and 300 years with some trees known to exceed two millennia in existence.
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Bureau of Forestry
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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
3
The Need for Taxes and National Finance
A political aphorism notes that national repose requires arms and armies must be paid, with taxes the only source of such pay, underscoring the link between taxation and state power.
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Tacitus
Corked Bottle Finds Ireland Beach After Atlantic Drift
A corked bottle launched into the Atlantic off Florida drifted for ten months before washing ashore on an Ireland beach, a 4,000 mile journey recorded in the sea’s currents.
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Florida
Ireland
Prohibition Enforcement Budget and War Dept Updates
The treasury announced a 13 million dollar request for prohibition enforcement in 1928. President and Mrs Colidge hosted health directors from the Americas for an international convention. The War department will discontinue semaphore and wig wag signaling in the U S Army. Assistant Secretary Hanford MacNider reported rising public interest in national defense after a 5 000 mile trip. Secretary Davis stated the Philippines remain under military rule and Governor General Wood appointed army officers to his cabinet due to civilian funding shortfalls.
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B. C
War Department
Hanford MacNider
General American Poblic
Davis
Philippines
Wood
$6 Billion in New Building Planned for 1927
The American Federation of Labor reports that $6 billion in new United States construction is expected in 1927 based on permits plans and builder estimates. Heavy activity is projected on the Pacific coast and in Florida with near billion dollar programs. Wages contracts have been renewed at higher levels, signaling optimism for a busy year.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Amercan Federation of Labor
Department
Pacific Coast
Florida
Thousands Driven Out by High Water
Chicago reports floods in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri with four killed and thousands homeless. Beards town suffers a 30 foot dike break and tents are requested. Ver million River flood forces lowland residents to rooftops. Mississippi hits record fall at Alton. many Illinois highways submerged. Beardstown faces over 500000 dollar losses. Petersburg cannot bury dead due to Sangamon river current. Pike Scott Brown drainage districts flood. three deaths total in Kansas and Oklahoma flood crossing into Missouri.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Beardstown
Adjt
Carlos E. Black
Danville
Mississippi
Alton
St. Louis
Ill
Harris
Petersburg
Sangamon
Fall, Doheny and Sinclair Lose Special Appeals
Former secretary of the interior Albert B. Fall and oil magnates Edward L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair must face trial on criminal charges tied to naval oil reserve leases. The District Court of Appeals dismissed their special appeals under a new congressional act curbing such jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Doheny
Sinclair
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
Real Estate Operator Browning Separates From Wife Frances Heenan
Edward W. Browning aged fifty one and his sixteen year old wife Frances Peaches Heenan have separated, new information from New York reveals.
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Peaches
Brownir
New York
Edward W. Browning
Frances “Peaches
Heenan
Bank Robbery in Rockford Nets $60,000 in Cash and Bonds
Four masked men burst into the First National Bank in Rockford North Carolina, locked staff in the vault and escaped with about 60000 dollars in cash and bonds. Police searched the area for suspects and valuables missing ca. 60,000 dollars.
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Rockford
N. C
First National Bank
Three Thousand Friesland Calves Bound for Argentina
The Hague reports that three thousand Friesland calves are being exported from Holland to Buenos Aires to upgrade Argentina dairy herds. The shipment aims to bolster milk production and genetics in Argentina's dairy industry.
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Argentina
Hague
Holland
Buenos Aires
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