Congress and Conservation and the Taft Withdrawals
The article notes Taft’s use of a new law to withdraw nearly eight and a half million acres of public land including water power sites and Alaska mineral deposits, aligning with Roosevelt and Taft precedents. It discusses authority doubts, congressional responsibility for conservation policy, and a Cadillac editor’s call for road-building incentives while linking road names to posterity and rural accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Alaska
Roosevelt
Congress
Nelson
Public Lands
Committee of the Senate
Supreme Court
Mr. Taft
W. W. Mitchell
Cadillac
Wexford County
Explicit Orders Drill Instructor Casey-Now Phrase
In a terse wartime communique a drill instructor repeats strict discipline orders. The directive emphasizes assembling units, thinning ranks, and returning to prior drill formations with unyielding insistence on obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
DeViers Whittemore Tie The Knot At Holy Name Church
Miss Ora Whittemore and James DeViers wed at Holy Name church on Godfrey Avenue in a ceremony led by Rev. Thomas J. Reid. The bride wore white Swiss chiffon with lace and a long veil, attended by Gertrude Mahoney of Lansing. Best man was Russell DeViers. Afterward a breakfast at the bride’s parents home on Fairbanks street and a reception at the couple’s Vries street home. About 73 friends attended. out of town guests included Mrs. A. Beeker and son Allen of Chicago and Chas Whitney and son Clarence of Belmore, among others. They will reside at 398 Vries Street after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Church
Godfrey Avenue
Ora Whittemore
James DeViers
Thomas J. Reid
Gertrude Mahoney
Lansing
Russell DeViers
Fairbanks Street
Vries Street
City
A. ©. Beeker
Allen
Chic
Chas. Whitney
Clarence
Belmore
Jessie Rockwell
Alma
Chas. Whittemore
Mies
de Viers
Married at Lennox Duncan Melhaui Weds Jessie Fleury
Duncan Melhaui a popular Alma barber secretly wed Jessie Fleury in Lennox Macomb County. The couple returned to Alma and now reside on Woodworth Avenue after a short wedding trip. Friends extend congratulations and best wishes for a long happy life together. Baptist social set for Friday hosts homemade candy popcorn punch ice cream and many treats at Mr L A Sharp 613 State Street. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Melhaui
Ama
Lennox
Macomb County
Jessie Fleury
Melhaul
Alma
Woodworth Avenue
Duncan
Young Ladies of the Baptist] Church
L. A. Sharp
State ‘Street
Those Pies Of Boyhood Health Ad
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a tonic to restore boyhood digestion and vigor. It claims the stomach liver kidneys and bowels gain tone, renewing appetite and health, urging readers to buy at Wheaton & Sons for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton & Sons
Rexall 93 Hair Tone Promises Guaranteed Dandruff Cure
Don’t be bald with Rexall 93 Hair Tone which claims to cure dandruff stop hair loss and grow new hair roots. The ad advertises a money back guarantee for full refunds if unsatisfied and notes two sizes 50 cents and one dollar sold at Central Drug Store Grover Props Rexall store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Central Drug Store
Grover Props
Local Markets Prices From Thursday Quotation Sheet
Market report lists corrected quotations for grains, hay, clover seed, livestock and dressed meats. Wheat and corn prices, rye, beans and buckwheat shown per bushel or cwt, with hay and clover seed values, plus hogs cattle sheep veal and poultry rates, plus fats and hides and produce like butter eggs lard honey.
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S. Messinger
M. L. Perrigo
Forest Hill
Gratiot County
M. L. Perrigo Hardware and Implement
Riverdale Elevator CO
Riverdale
Michigan
John G. Young
Bell Phone
Congress and Conservation
Deviers-Whittemore
Ann Arbor
Crystal Lake
Frankfort
Timothy
Bank of Riverdale
Riverdale, Mich
A. B. Darragh
F. H. Rowland
Hotel Griswold
New York
Graham & Morton Steamboat Line
G.R
Grand Rapids
Macatawa Park
Grndor
P. M. Ry
Holland
St. Joseph
Chicago
Chicago Dock
Wabash Va
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