We Are Cutting Our Timber Supply Three Times as Fast
A forest service report by R S Kellogg warns the United States is draining its forests at triple the growth rate. It notes 550 million acres with 200 million mature, 250 million partially cut, and 100 million worst-impacted areas, urging conservation and coordinated action by individuals, states, and the federal government.
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Washington
R. S. Kellogg
Office of Forest Statistics
Forest Service
United States
Germany
France
Air Lodge No 1 Formed At Elevation In Greenfield Mass
Aerial lodge No 1 of the A F and A M meets at seven thousand feet in Greenfield Massachusetts marking a historic first for the organization. The event highlights the innovative formation of a lodge with air as its theme and location.
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Massachusetts
Greenfield
TenyAg
Limberger in Shoe Case at Sunset Cafe
William Linz, a Sunset cafe steward, is charged with battery after allegedly placing limburger cheese in waitress Jemma Schultz’s shoe when she refused his advances. Schultz testified he then struck her. Linz denied the accusations at the hearing before Justice Weller. In Chicago, a walnut bed once slept in by Abraham Lincoln at the Sherman house sold for 26 dollars to a woman identified only as Mrs. Kelly.
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San Francisco
William Linz
Sunset Cafe
Jemma Schultz
Linz
Justice Weller
Miss Schultz
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Sherman House
Kelly
Escape by a Ruse: Andaman convicts flee to Burma and Siam
Three survivors recount a perilous escape from the Andamans. The group of five convicts, led by Po Lu and Nga Pya, abandoned rifles, navigated by sail and oars, then endured weeks of hunger and illness while fleeing toward the Burma coast and Siam. A deception as government elephant hunters aided their progress before a local headman tipped off police and the escape ended with arrests.
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London
Andamans
Bissan Singh
Burmins
Nga Naing
Nga Tun
Nga Pya
Nga Po Lu
Rissan Singh
Nga ‘Naing
Port Blair
Po Lu
Burma
Tenasserim
Kyunchoung
Amherst
Goung
Biggest Snake Swallows Rattler in Wadesboro Tale
In Wadesboro Anson County J Frank Randall and family witnessed a dramatic encounter between a large rattlesnake and a smaller kingsnake on a road near his home. The kingsnake bound the rattler, swallowed its head, then slowly consumed the rest of the prey in a tense, graphic display.
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Wadesboro
N. C
J. Frank Ranall
Ansonville
Randall
Mr. Randall
Quarrelled Tramps in Fostoria Jail Amid Hose Wash
In Fostoria Ohio Capt Harry Smith carried out part of Acting Mayor Johnston’s sentence on loitering prisoners. The jail riot saw the cleanest and angriest quarrel of tramps in the United States as inmates were stripped and washed with the hose and given five days on bread and water. In Paris the Abd el Aziz jewels pledged in 1907 may be sold at public auction in a fortnight.
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Fostoria, O
United States
Harry Smith
T. P. Johnston
Paris
Abd-el-Aziz
Mr~occo
Historic Virginia Homestead Tied to Washington Family
Fredericksburg cottage once home to Mary Washington near Kenmore preserves relics from the Washington lineage. The two story dwelling on Charles and Lewis streets, cared for by the Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, showcases Mrs. Washington's bed, steel engravings, and a bare dining room same as in her time.
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George Washington
Betty Washington
May
Pielding Lewis
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington
Kenmore
Charles
Lewis
Washingtons
Pierson Elected President of American Bankers Association
Lewis E. Pierson of Irving National Exchange Bank New York was unanimously elected president of the American Bankers Association at its Chicago convention. He is 38 years old.
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Lewis E. Pierson
Big New York Financial Institution
Chicago
Irving National Exchange Bank of
New York
American Bankers’ Association
Pierson
Metuchen native becomes bank president in 1904
A Metuchen, New Jersey native rose to presidency of the New York National Exchange Bank on January 12, 1904 at age 33 after starting as cashier in 1898 and later becoming vice president. The bank absorbed Irving National Bank in 1906 and Pierson remained president of the enlarged institution.
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Metuchen
N. J
New York National Exchange Bank
Irving National Bank
Pierson
Bullfrogs as a Campaign Issue in Howell
An independent mayoral candidate in Howell runs on a platform advocating extermination of the local bullfrogs. The issue arises amid ponds teeming with frogs and local races with regular party candidates. The independent candidate is seen as having strong odds to win.
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Howell
Lydia E Pinkham Veget able Compound Claims Large Female Heal thy Benefits
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as extremely effective for women's health. It cites testimonials from Minneapolis readers and notes mass laboratory archives with over a million letters praising its results. The copy asserts it saves women from surgery and is made from roots and herbs, harmless and targeted to the female organism.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Minneapolis
Minn
John
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