Rural Fire Loss in the United States
The U S Department of Agriculture reports farm and rural fire losses total 225 million dollars annually with 100 million on farms and 120 million in small communities. It urges farmers to act as fireman and inspector, adopts fire safety through distance between houses and barns, fire resistant materials, wind considerations, and safer heating and chimneys. It cites ground conductors and careful storage of fuels, noting community fire protection has improved but individual responsibility remains key to reducing 223 million dollars and 3,500 deaths yearly.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
National Fire Protection Association
Fire Protection Organization
Buy Early Campaign Aims to Ease Christmas Rush
For about 25 years a push has urged shoppers to buy Christmas gifts early to prevent the annual crush. The piece notes the strain on stores, post offices, and workers, praising early shoppers as sensible public servants who avoid lines and stock shortages. It laments that habits are hard to change and urges more people to shop ahead.
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Express
Hazards of Exchange and Global Finance Reflections
The piece surveys historic currency use and modern foreign exchange rules, noting German controls and Bernstein treason trial. It links old wealth with paring risk and cautions about the fragility of money. It touches on volcanic earth history, religious peace, and quotes a French prophecy. It ends with a meditation on knowledge as power.
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International Exchange
London
Berlin
New York Times
Hamburg
Grim Point
Arnold Bernstein
Bernstein
Red Star Steamship Companies
Mr. Bernstein
Anniversaries from 1628 to 1936 compiling key figures
A fragmented list notes birthdays deaths and milestones for historical figures and events. Included are John Bunyan Jonathan Swift Ebenezer Kinnersley Samuel Seabury Mark Twain Wary E McDowell John D McCrae and Jefferson Davis, plus events from 1782 treaty to 1936 Nazi policy shift.
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John Bunian
Jonathan Swift
Lbenezer Kinnersley
Philadelphia
England
Samuel Seabury
Connecticut
United States
Grotop Conn
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Florida
Redding
Conn
Wary E McDowell
Chicago
Cincinnati
John D McCrae
Flanders Fields
Guelph
Ontario
France
Notable Births of Public Figures Across States
Governor Henry Lerner of Illinois born in Chicago fifty nine years ago is listed alongside Rear Admiral Perceval S Rossiter, surgeon general, of Santa Barbara born in Shepherdstown sixty three years ago. Frederick W Wise of Washington DC, journalist born in La Porte sixty four years ago. Charles E Hughes Jr of New York, a lawyer born in New York eighteen years ago. Rev Dr Daniel A Poling, president of the International Society of Christian Endeavor, born in Portland fifty three years ago. Dr Arthur Simson of the Na-
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Henry Lerner
Illinois
Chicago
Perceval S Rossiter U
Portland
Ore
Arthur Simson
Roosevelt era shifts to finance big housing and utilities
A chaotic Washington dispatch outlines FDR's maneuvering to revive growth through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and new money for housing and utilities. It notes a tense White House clash with private power interests, the era’s caution, and doubts about who fronts the reform, with Jesse H. Jones linked to industrial loans and potential railroad funding.
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Teven
Hoover-Jones-Rf C Agency
Jones
Preventing Delays in Brake Fixes and Labor Tensions Rise
A National Safety Council warning urges immediate brake checks to avoid highway deaths and injuries. The piece then shifts to labor unrest, noting CIO leaders push broader reforms, potential shifts in conservation policy, and investigations by La Follette’s committee into corporate and anti-labor activities, including waste paper basket findings.
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Mexico
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Boston
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Brussels
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CIO
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