Forest policy and land grants spark reform debate in 19th century notes
A Commission advocates repealing land grant laws and curbing forest reserve selections to stop speculator gains. It urges targeted boundaries, withdrawal of certain lands from sale, and careful management to protect settlers and public interest. The article recounts historic football roughness and royal prohibitions as context for public safety concerns.
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Football Association
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Rival Naval Builders Battle Over Connecticut and Louisiana
Rivalship between the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Newport News Shipbuilding over two battleships the Connecticut and Louisiana. Government counts 72 18 percent completion for Connecticut and 51 25 percent for Louisiana with the government vessel slightly ahead despite private build. Louisiana christened August 27 1904 and Connecticut launched September 16 1904, with cost estimates around 24 2 million for Connecticut and 3 000 for Louisiana.
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Newport News
Connecticut
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Shipbuilding Company
Louisiana
Navy Department
United States
Congress
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Brookyn Navy Yard
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King James II Warned Against Football in Old Records
The text recalls King James II declining football for his heir and notes his ban on violent sports. It discusses royal guidance against athletic excess, archery interference, and early legal limits on football as a distraction from military training. It mentions a 1457 Scottish act opposing martial pastimes.
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Prince Charles
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Fossil Footprint Hinting Age of Humankind Found in Mine
A 10000 year old footprint reported in a Pennsylvania colliery sparks claims of a long human record. Ethnologists suggest future finds may push humanity's age into millions of years with preglacial traces. They reference glacial era events about 240000 years ago and ancient mammals in Europe and art buried deep in gold gravels and lava layers.
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Pennsylvania
Europe
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California
Cholly Goodfellow Popular for Friendly Pat Slaps
In Chicago gossip, Cholly Goodfel low is noted for his widespread popularity as townspeople greet him with back slaps, while Van Albert remarks on his frequent coat wear from the same warm receptions.
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Cholly Goodfellow
van Albert
Chicago News
Chestnuts Outshine Potatoes Nutrition Wise
The chestnut is presented as more nutritious than the potato with higher content of edible materials and moisture. Chestnuts can be cooked like potatoes including roasting. The article promotes chestnuts as a promising crop for agriculture and forestry in this country.
Extravagant Perfume Tastes of Nobility Draw Comment
A London society survey notes Lady Curzon once led in perfume spending, with Queen Alexandra and the Duchess of Roxburghe also famed for costly fragrances. Royal dietary limits curb sweets and figure concerns surface from medical advice, while a Washington-born Duchess of Arcos travels to Rome after a jewel robbery in transit.
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England
Queen Alexandra
Duchess of Roxburgh
East
Lady Curzon
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Princess of Wales
Lady Suffolk
Miss Lester
Washington
Alexandra
London
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Queer Odor of Mummies Remains a Mystery
The article reflects on the persistent odor of mummies even when sealed in a glass case. It notes that despite hermetic containment and centuries passing, the scent endures and the origin remains unknown to embalmers.
Egg output would fill crates and require cars to move
The hen's eggs produced last year would fill 23 127 000 crates of 300 eggs each. It would require 107 818 refrigerator cars to transport this crop, and these cars would form a train 4 900 miles long.
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