Reforestation Urged Amid Timber Shortage Warnings
Statements from Wilson Pinchot and others warn that America faces a rapid depletion of timber. They urge large scale reforestation and continuous tree planting as a national policy, stressing that 100 billion feet of timber are used yearly and virgin growth remains limited. The piece cites editorials from the Philadelphia Press and New York Evening Post urging action after war years.
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Halle
Oogrens
Wilson
Uch
Pinchot
Ile
Tomber
Philadelphia Press
SCHOOLS FOR MINERS PLAN TO TRAIN IN MINING SAFETY
Boston Herald notes dawn of plans by Pennsylvania anthracite managers to open schools teaching operatives how to handle technical and foreseeable dangers. Advocates that prevention reduces need for harsh discipline, urging state supervision to be costed and tempered by such proactive education.
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Pennsylvania
Boston Herald
END OF NIGHT RIDING AND TOBACCO MONOPOLY LESSON
Night riding fears ease as Burney Tobacco Society sales yield 14 million dollars to American Tobacco Company. Kentuckians warn that such profits may invite renewed anarchy unless farmers pools gain exemption from monopoly laws and selling agents bid for bales.
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Kentucky
Burney Tobacco “Society
American Tobacco Company
History We Ought to Study
A Boston Traveler essay argues historians focus on lines and faces rather than the people and incidents behind events. It calls for scientific, unbiased history that explains motives and justice, urges attention to racial histories, and stresses understanding immigrant groups to aid assimilation.
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Rome
Europe
Iistory
Boston Traveler
Shrinkage in Incomes for US Physicians Draws Debate
Boston doctor argues shrinking earnings stem from crowding and high living costs while others note broader access to sanitary knowledge and stronger public health safeguards. The Boston Transcript cites varied diagnoses on why professional income is waning across the medical field.
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United States
Boston
Koston Transcript
Paris Opera's Die Gotterdammerung Dining Intervals
London papers note a Paris opera trend allowing dining in the theater during intervals for Die Gotterdammerung. Patrons favor the scheme, the interval is shortened, and performances start at 7 30 with two ten minute entr actes, ending at midnight.
The Actor and His Part in Theatrical Fame
The piece argues stars shape plays through audience demand and fame. It notes Cushman, Cushman and Jefferson as past exemplars and praises Sullivan's Jekyll and Hyde adaptation for Mansfield. It adds that Tokyo holds 800 public baths.
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Meg Merrilies
Charlotte Cushman
Fanny Janauschek
Rip van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson
Rip
Boucicault
Sothern
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
T. Russell Sullivan
Richard Mansfield
Louis Stevenson
Altutak Lagoon Shark Tickling Fishermen Net a Prize
Beatrice Grimehaw notes in her book that Altutakian shark hunting follows a unique method. A shark is teased with tickling while a noose is slipped over its tail, then pulled aboard and killed by islanders. The meat and fins are sold, with fins exported to China for culinary use.
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Aftutaki
Cook Islands
Australasia
Que
Altutaki
Beatrice Grimehaw
South Seas
Altutak Lagoon
Alois
Fie
China
Pacific
Archibald’ Wittingham Butt
White House
Loosevelt
Rand
Meyer
India
Dion’ Cassius
Bronx
New York Sun
Tts
Boston
Emerson
Wit of the Youngsters and Household Snippets
A collection of humorous exchanges from children and a few quips about travel and hospitality. Jokes touch on birthdays with a bare-faced watch, kids wanting a waker instead of a sleeper, and a detective as an aspirational career. Other lines poke at sermons, crusts, and vacation lodging.
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Freddie
Lola
Fala
Elmer
New York and Surrounding Areas Show Vast Telephony Reach
A long list notes New York and nearby suburbs possess 450000 telephones. It also highlights a Washington state high school girl winning a contest with a 102 foot 6 inch baseball throw. The Alaskan Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle features a silk plant from worms to looms. Other items touch frost damage in Europe, a wireless signaling device in Omaha, and various historical anecdotes.
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New York
Seuburhbe
State of
Washington
Japan
Seattle
Europe
Union ‘Pacifie Shops
Omaha
Dhe
Stillong
Loti
Ax Fey
Naan “Ab AG
Herbert Foster
Bear
Weetees
Con
Issh
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Vaxrishing
New York Evening Post
London Papers
Flay
George Midin
Tokio
Wasmiwo
Suanxs
Mamma
Bessie
Tommy
Willie
Peru
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