Arbor Day's mission and history of tree planting
The article traces Arbor Day origins from B G Northrop and J Sterling Morton, noting widespread state adoption by 1888, and explains movable dates by climate. It highlights forest loss from fires and war demand, Roosevelt Pinchot conservation, and memorial trees as tributes, urging school plantings and future France memorial groves to honor fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Northrop
Connecticut
Board of Education
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Daylight Saving Sparked By War To Boost Food Supply
The piece extols Daylight Saving as a wartime measure started last spring and set to begin again in March. It highlights benefits for home gardeners, increased food production, and fuel savings, with quotes from garden leaders and editors praising the policy's impact on workers, families, and national coal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congressional
National War Garden Commission
United States of Administration
Calder
New York
Ben Franklin Daylight Saving Idea Recalled
Old Ben Franklin called the father of thrift and used his name in the Thrift Stamp campaign. He was an inventor and statesman who advocated daylight saving, long before it was implemented. His writings note London residents living by candlelight while the sun shone, yet complaining of candle duty and tallow prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asthird
Europe
Ben Franklin
Richard
Thrift
Franklin
London
Night Hour Aid for Aid to Food Programs
A fragment discusses an extra hour of daylight benefiting men women and children of a permanent institution in the United States. It asserts the value beyond a temporary fad urging Americans to be a people engaged in sustained aid and food relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Sloan
Salt Lake City
United States
Alander Jackson
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Naoo Staat Mennpamsage Chevohe Et Eal
Whemsityes
Old Time Use of Thumb Prints
The article notes thumb prints as early identification tools used in China and spread to India. Merchants impressed thumbs as signatures on documents, with thumb prints still used on wills and legal papers in interior China. Police adopted fingerprint use as a means of identifying individuals in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Willis
India
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Errphere
the International Syndicate
Forest Services
Agricultural Department
Great Northwest
Big National Forest
Mt. Ranier National Park
Mississippi River
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
New Jersey
Boy Scouts of
Los Angeles
American Forestry Association
America
Forestry Association
Wilson
Cincinnati
Huns
Gunner
France
Che Her
Suze Ra
COLES
Victory Gardens
Victory
Shaitinasben
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