Adirondack Pioneer Murray Pioneered North Woods Fame
The article recalls Rev. William Henry Harrison Murray of Boston, author of Adventures in the Wilderness, and his role in popularizing the Adirondacks. It traces his life from Guilford Connecticut to Yale, his Boston pulpit, and the Murray Rush that sparked mass travel to the Great North Woods. It notes his death in 1904, his lasting legacy in Adirondack lore, and the region’s creation of state park protections and preserves.
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John Dickinson Sherman
National Park
Lafayette
Mount Desert
Maine
Adirondacks
Great North Woods
Jack Frost
Republics
William Henry Harrison Murray
New York
Great Triangle
St. Lawrence
Champlain
George
Mohawk River
Lake Ontario
Lake Champlain
Parnall
Beaver Huntley
Canada
W. H. H. Murray
Boston
Murray
Guilford
Conn
Yale
New England
Park Street
Henry Ward Becher
Wendell Phillips
Sumner
Gough
Ticknor & Fields
Ourray
Emerson
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Hawthorne
Walleck
Agassiz
Prescott
Beecher
Phillips
Fields
Inti
John Norton the Trapper
United States
Empire State
Adirondack Park
Hamilton County
Essex
Franklin
Warren
Merkimer Counties
Adirondack Preserve
Essex County
Mt. Marcy
Lake Placid
John Norton
Coopera
Western Brevities from Western States
Various brief items: oil field shut ins and vandalism in California and Nevada, a Kelso murder warrant tied to editor Thomas Dovel, a missing Nevada girl and a kidnap case in Caldwell Idaho, destroyer sale at Mare Island, fatal plane crash in Spokane, Tule Lake rail connection plans, Teamsters convention in Seattle, Hoo Hoo forest talk, SP railroad land grant accounting, pelican shipment to Washington, trunk line plan for Portland to Ogden, and parole for Ford linked to Wheatland riots.
Rural juvenile courts and the spread of the model
A Chicago celebration marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the first juvenile court in America. Grace Abbott predicts extending juvenile courts into rural areas as over half of U S children live in rural communities yet only 40 of 800 federally approved courts serve these areas. The development has just begun.
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Huckleberry Finn
America
Chicago
Biles Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau of
Washington
United States
Federal Bureau
English Women to Farm in Southern Alberta Ranch
English author Miss Carlisle plans a ransing colony in southern Alberta near Moss Cap Ulgie's ranch. She will bring educated English women to learn agriculture and later establish their own ranches. The group includes a London surgeon, three teachers, and three businesswomen.
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Alberta
Canada
Mies
Carlisle
i@ Franch
Calgary
Miss Carlisle
London
Moss Capulgie
March of Progress in Music Room for Radio
In a busy scene, the music room becomes a hub for radio preparation. Participants debate aims and methods as they adapt songs and rehearsals for broadcasting. The tone suggests a community push to expand audio use and public programming.
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Music Room
USKIDE Shoe Sales Promoted by Rubber Company
An advertising notice touts USKIDE as a durable waterproof product for shoes. It claims substantial rewards for insisting on KIDS and USKIDE sales, urging re-bottoming of old footwear and new shoes with the USKIDD USKIDE branding.
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America
Rubber Company
Worl
Uskidd
Uskide
Pet Fun and Puns at the Local Amusement Page
A humorous quip titled Playing the Game offers a playful exchange about reactions when a person begins to pet another. The joke hinges on wordplay around petting and pettish behavior, reflecting lighthearted social humor.
Cuticura Ad Promises Clearer Skin and Relief
An advertisement urges readers to use Cuticura Ointment on rising and retiring, wash with Culibera Soap and hot water, and claims dramatic improvements for poor complexions, dandruff, itching, and rough hands.
Benzene Discovery and Modern Uses Noted in Brief
A note marks the hundredth anniversary of benzene’s discovery by Faraday. It remains widely used today in explosives dyes poisons and fumes across industries.
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Faraday
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