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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1916
Page
4
Abridged quotation underscores the endless force of human effort shaping the world. It notes how countless small, persistent actions by individuals, through pickaxes and spades, accumulate to overcome great obstacles and unite nations via projects like canals and bridges.
WEMING WHEELER a fur buyer in Alaska led a team that included three full blooded wolves headed for the Koyukuk. He claims the wolves are as workworthy as dogs and more hardy. Many mushers favor the mixed dog wolf for endurance and tractability. Reindeer, though used by natives, prove unreliable as draft animals since they stop to feed or lie down at will.
A Philadelphia Mothers Club discussion on nature as a basis for teaching children life realities and moral ideals. The Ohio State Journal argues nature offers the best educational field, linking spirituality, truth, and citizenry to learning from trees stars flowers birds and winds.
A writer in the Illinois Medical Journal argues women outlive men only up to age 55. After 55, women’s advantage grows. at 70, 1,033 women vs 1,000 men. Massachusetts records in 1897 show 30 of 35 centenarians were women. The piece links male tobacco use to earlier deaths and urges against smoking and chewing.
The New York Evening Post notes Gary public schools have added a course on breeding game birds in captivity. Principal E A Spaulding solicited aid from the American Game Protective Association and Wallace Evans of St Charles Illinois will supply stock to start breeding neck pheasants mallard ducks and gray calf ducks. The plan aims to teach wildlife conservation through captive breeding and sanctuaries, drawing interest from sportsmen and conservation-minded communities for its educational value and broader implications.
The piece notes the historic rise of women in sales from street news girls to top store sellers and mentions the World’s Salesmanship Congress in Detroit set for July 9 to 13. It highlights committee invitations to women worldwide and salesmen’s views on women co workers.
The congress program is broad and aims to interest both women and men. The entertainment committee plans to accommodate the many saleswomen from this and other countries expected to attend and secure signatures on agreements.
Henry S. Drinker of Lehigh lauds student camps as essential to preparedness. He cites camp structure, medical care, sanitation and low cost, praising early rising, gym routines, instruction, and voluntary drills. He warns against excess work and stresses reserve army readiness.
The Des Moines Caritat argues militarism will persist after wars. It cites German chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg, urges continued army strength. It warns promises from Germany and Japan are paper and urges the United States to maintain its own army and navy to defend rights.
The New York Evening Sun extols Bird Day urging children to study birds and cherish nature. John Burroughs is cited praising nature’s pleasures and longevity gained from loving birds. It argues birds control pests and support agriculture, warning against sentimental opposition to eliminating English sparrows and urging egg destruction to reduce their numbers.
Creosoted wood blocks, used for paving, are increasingly adopted as flooring in factories warehouses docks and even animal cages. Blocks from southern yellow pine and other species are pressure treated with creosote oil to resist decay and weathering, laid on concrete with joints filled by hot pitch or asphalt. Cost averages about 1.50 dollars per square yard for blocks and 2.40 for a complete floor, with proper supervision recommended to avoid swelling or shrinking from moisture changes.
Plans completed in Washington to erect a series of Ellen Wilson model homes intended to demonstrate the link between good housing and good health. The project aims to showcase how proper living conditions improve public health and well being.
Thrift lessons spread through Georgia schools with practice like school gardens waste paper sales and school saving banks. Children buy a pig fed from lunch waste its sale funds library books while Daniel W Hoan’s ascent from bus boy to Milwaukee mayor illustrates thrift shaping success.
The article compares Washington and Liverpool efforts to replace insanitary alley housing with new sanitary dwellings. It notes Congress will curb alley homes in the District of Columbia by July 1, 1918 and support a limited dividend housing project, Ellen Wilson homes, to provide sanitarily superior living with bathrooms and hot water, albeit with lower dividends.
New York reports a whimsical sequence of events as Maud hosts a breakfast addicted tour through Michigan then New York. A Boston Animal Rescue League meeting will present dog biscuits as the main tidbit with Maud as chief speaker. Also notes a Broadway preacher and New Thoughtist Sears, rumored palace of psychology, plus Madeline and Ethel Liebert arriving with their consul father from Hong Kong.
A collage of cartoonish quotes and vignette blurbs outlines gossip and urban musings. It notes Mayor Mitchell favoring press agents and cites various witty exchanges on marriage laziness and country living alongside a stray remark about British rifle history.
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