Program for Development of National Parks as Educational Institutions
The National Park Service created in 1916 and organized in 1917 as a bureau promotes parks as educational centers. Despite little funding, field trips with nature guides, camp-fire lectures, and museum collections accompany field courses in natural history offered with colleges for student credit.
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National Park Service
Congress
Department of the Interior
America
National Parks
Two Major Inland Waterway Systems Mississippi and Great Lakes
The text advocates treating inland waterways as unified transport networks rather than isolated projects. It outlines two major systems, Mississippi and Great Lakes, totaling about 9 000 miles with 3 100 miles of trunk lines and 6 000 miles of feeders, including a north south line New Orleans to Chicago and an east west line from above Pittsburgh through Cairo to Kansas City.
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Great Lakes
New Orleans
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Kansas City
Paris Couture: Dresses as Autos to Detroit
The Paris fashion industry is described as a vast, organized system with 200,000 direct workers in dressmaking. The sector spans tiny tenement shops to famed houses with international renown. Four-fifths of production is exported, with the United States purchasing half.
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Paris
Detroit
France
United States
Stop Orders End Mails Use of Indecent Magazines
The postmaster general can issue stop orders to deny the mails to indecent magazines without awaiting prosecution. He may act once convinced material is illegal, or prosecute for depositing obscene matter if orders are ignored. The current system delays action until after court decisions.
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Federal Post Office
Washington
The Motorist Who Madly Races to Beat the Train
The article discusses drivers speedily racing to beat passing trains at crossings in cities nationwide. It argues the time saved is minor while the risk of collision remains high, citing a hypothetical milelong crossing and a train’s brief crossing time to question the gamble of death for a few seconds.
Maniac Club Slugger Strikes Toledo Across City
Police hunt for a terrorizing assailant who has attacked women with a club in two districts, killing two and leaving five others seriously injured. Eyewitness descriptions liken him to a former lunatic from the state hospital with red ringed eyes as a city wide manhunt intensifies.
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Toledo
J. G. Knight
Knight
Pauline Winover
White Light
Miss Winover
Frank Hall
Putnam Street
Delaware Avenue
All Britain Mourns for Queen Alexandra
Queen Alexandra dies at Sandringham after heart disease. King George V Queen Mary and royal family at her bedside as the Prince of Wales arrives too late, missing a final farewell. The nation marks three generations of service from Princess of Wales to queen mother.
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Sandringham
England
Alexandra
George V
Mary
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Edward VII
Duke of York
Royal House
Sandringham House
Search for bodies as blast ruins Millis home
Firemen from two towns hunted for bodies among the ruins of a stone dwelling demolished by three explosions. A large still was discovered in the burned wreckage. Mr and Mrs Charles Gordon said their daughter Let was missing and feared dead.
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Millis
Mass
Charles Gordon
Grace at Meals Enlarges Morality Urged as Thanksgiving Theme
Gov. A V Donahey in Columbus Ohio urged the revival of saying grace at meals as a force for morality and discipline in children. He proclaimed Thanksgiving Day for November 26 and urged families to bow their heads in gratitude, linking the custom to lifelong guidance.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. V. Donahey
Ohio News Roundup Highlights Indictments and Local Crises
Federal grand jury indicts Rev. Albert Sidney Gregg of the American Civic Reform Union on three counts for sending obscene material through the mails. The Ohio Citi zen suspends publication amid advertising decline. The Woman's Home Missionary Society office is looted of stamps bonds and checks totaling 9300. The Greenwood sank after a collision with the Chris Greene. eight passengers and 30 crew rescued. A kitchen stove explosion burns a family near Mansfield. Wright field contracts to be awarded by March, expanding the army air service station. Bandits rob Tri State Baking Co. of over 20000 in cash checks and stock. Lakemore bootleg tunnels uncovered. owner and workers arrested. A Middletown man repays a six cent government sting with stamped confession. A Cleveland divorce awarded for extreme cruelty after 19 years of marriage. New Straitsville board of education ruling on superintendent removal upheld.
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Cleveland
Albert Sidney Gregg
American Civic Reform Union
Federal Grand Jury
Hard to Account for Hobbies of Collectors
A discussion on collecting reveals shifts from traditional arts like china coins and stamps to odd pursuits such as match boxes river water samples and title pages. The piece argues such obsessions waste time and money and may frustrate heirs or museums.
Helium Becomes Commercial Longevity Water
London Times notes helium, sun element, sold as aerated table water marketed for longevity. It claims helium prevents vascular gland clogging and supports nutrition, with observed vitality data including octogenarians in certain springs. Availability at 10s 6d per dozen bottles in England cited.
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England
London Times
Kings Made Sea Popular
The article explains how sea side holidays gained popularity after royal endorsements. It notes George III's illness led to a physician recommended Weymouth by the sea, followed by George IV patronizing Brighton, and the trend spreading to favor seaside resorts.
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George III
England
Waymouth-by-the-sea
George IV
Brighton
Protestant pilgrims welcomed by the pope in year of pilgrimage
The pope hosted hundreds of thousands of visitors including many Protestants during the year of pilgrimage. Notably two Scandinavian pilgrimages drew 400 Catholics and 40 Protestants, and 80 Catholics and 180 Protestants. Protestants, including several pastors, were registered as Pilgrims and received a special welcome in an informal address.
Wise Child and the Dime Friendship Lesson
A visitor’s remark about foreigners prompts Billy to reflect on true friendship. Billy receives a dime from his uncle and says his playmates will now all want to be his friends, as he pockets the coin after a game with a group of boys.
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Billy
Paul Boner
Pitcair Ave
Jeannette
Sculptor Paul Cons Escapes Russian Prison Reach Bonn
After 11 years in a Russian prison with several failed escape attempts, sculptor Paul Cons finally escaped this year with three comrades and crossed the border to reach Bonn following his capture in August 1914 during the Russian campaign of the German army.
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Russia
Paul Cons
Bonn
Cons
Comys
Bor
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Promises Quick Gastritis Relief
An ad touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a powerful cure for gastritis and stomach trouble. It claims rapid relief from gas bloating and indigestion with a money back guarantee if the bottle fails to help.
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Dave
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