Conservation Congress Emphasizes Farmers Practical Side
The national conservation congress in Kansas City September 25 28 will focus on practical farming topics. Secretary of War Stimson will speak on The Farmer and the Navigable Rivers while experts like Mumford Hoard Ten Eyck Hopkins Pinchot address soil fertility cultivation and rural life issues.
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National Conservation Congress
Kansas City
Executive Committee
Conservation Congress
Country School
Country Church
Henry L. Stimson
Missouri River
Mississippi
Frederick B. Mumford
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
W. D. Hoard
Wisconsin
E. N. Ten Eyck
Kansas State Agricultural College
Cyrus G. Hopkins
University of Illinois
Gifford Pinchot
Country Life Movement
St. Paul
General Grant puzzled by discharge purchase trend
General Frederick D. Grant reports 623 discharge by purchase applications handled by the Department of the East in the last fiscal year. He questions why so many soldiers would pay for release when government benefits to servicemen are generous.
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United States Army
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
War Department
Grant
Hearing Restored After Lightning Strikes Tree Near Pittsfield
Miss Ida Smith, a deaf domestic of Park Avenue, Park Ave Park? No. Miss Smith, about thirty five, regained hearing when lightning struck a tree near Mrs. Henry A. Barton’s Pittsfield home. She heard a sharp bang like a pistol shot and felt a heavy electric current pass through her body.
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Henry A. Barton
Pittsfield
Mass
Ida Smith
Park Avenue
Miss Smith
Millions In Perse Pact Signed At White House
Arbitration treaties at the White House bring 528,501,253 people into a single peace pact, creating a vast international accord centered on shared security and cooperation.
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White House
Toothache Trial Could Cost Rail Line 20000
Jurors in Spokane county superior court will decide damages after John H. Larson, forced to walk 24 miles for dental care when he was ejected for alleged fare nonpayment on a Great Northern Railway train. He seeks 20000 for humiliation, pain, and disgrace.
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Spokane County
Larson
Stedman
Spokane
Waukon
Cure for Lying Discussed by Holy Cross Professor
The Rev. Robert Switherath, history and pedagogy professor at Holy Cross College, told the Boston Teachers' Congress that a confirmed liar is not hopeless and may be cured with patience. He spoke on prevention and cure of school evils, noting causes like egotism, imagination, nervousness, or misguided heroism. He emphasized that prevention of lying is more important than its cure.
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Robert Switherath
Holy Cross College
Teachers’ Congress
Boston College
Railroad Man’s Magazine
Drummer Samuel Johnson Retires From President's Own After 33 Years
Samuel Johnson, longtime first drummer of the marine band, resigns after 33 years, saying he is tired of beating a drum and will try something else for a while. He previously retired in 1894 with Sousa, then returned three years later to rejoin the Marine Band.
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Samuel Johnson
Marine Band
Johnson
John Philip Sousa
Marine Corps
Bartlett A Freshman Ex-Congressman Enters Nevada
George A. Bartlett former Nevada congressman begins as a university freshman at Nevada studying general chemistry mineralogy and mining. He will devote four hours daily to class work and will not play football. At forty one he is a leading Democrat and a possible 1914 gubernatorial candidate. He served as congressman at large from 1907 to 1911.
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University of Nevada
George A. Bartlett
Nevada
University Hall
Bartlett
Bradford presses sewage cake for fertilizer from city waste
Bradford authorities manufacture a pressed sewage cake from thousands of tons of city sewage. About 15,000,000 gallons are treated daily as grease and moisture are removed. The resulting cake is disposed of as a fertilizer.
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Bradford
England
Dr Wiley Poem Parody On Potter Ham And Microbes
A Harper's Weekly verse by Horace Dodé Gastit mocks Dr. Wiley and the Potter Ham through a Files-on-Parade chant. It imagines microbes cheering Wiley’s departure and promising resilience for the future.
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Dr. Wiley
Rudyard Kipling
Files-on-Parade
Wiley
Dr Wiley
Horace Dodé Gastit
Harper's Weekly
Senate Gains in New Mexico Arizona Split Over Senate Control
The 1912 outlook sees four new senators from Arizona and New Mexico after statehood. Republicans increasingly favored in New Mexico. Arizona remains contested though Democrats expect victory. Senate balance hinges on these admissions and 1912 presidential votes.
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Taft
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Senate
Hughes
Colorado
Frye
Maine
Washington
Andrew
Andrews
United States Senate
Congress
Oklahoma
Bryan
Wheel Problems and Plant Forces in Nature
A Scientific American excerpt discusses the physics of moving wheels and the perception of circular motion, detailing experiments with candle flames and boards to illustrate rotation. It also notes how delicate plants like maidenhair fern can break pots, curbstones, and even rocks, and describes mangrove growth contributing to the island Aldabra's erosion near Madagascar.
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Aldabra
Madagascar
Scientific American
Birds Spread Disease Claim With Pigeon Experiments
Baltimore physician Dr. Francis W. Hartley reports he fed five pigeons with throat ailments to test disease spread. His wife, Mrs. Hartley, developed diphtheria two days later and improved only after multiple diphtheria antitoxin injections. Health officials confirmed the birds carried diphtheria, though experts doubt transmission to humans.
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Baltimore
Francis W. Hartley
Health Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Hartley
Bathrooms In Paris Observant English Journalist Estimates Paris Bathrooms
An English journalist in Paris privately census 2800 bathrooms in flats and houses. He wagers he could pitch a cricket ball from his garden across adjacent bathrooms. The piece notes architectural differences and cleanliness observations comparing Paris and London.
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Paris
London
London Chronicle
Pier encounter over treatment and customs ruling
A lady on a pier complains to an inspector about rude treatment and the handling of goods. The inspector remains calm and notes no treasury ruling on the matter, advising declaration and proper classification of any items brought in.
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Treasury Department
Harper’s Weekly
Island of Hongkong Described as Rugged and Steep
The Island of Hongkong is about eleven miles long with a width of one to three miles. It consists mainly of hills and features a seaside road on part of the coast. Steep grades up the mountains deter practical automobiling and streets are too narrow for heavy cars.
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Island
Hongkong
Enthusiast Browne Pledges Earnest Sportman Pursuit
An Enthusiast is described as a real earnest participant. Browne notes he would refer to himself as a sportsman even after being sent on a wild goose chase. The Catholic Standard comment reflects on character and self-perception.
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Towne
Browne
Hood Quote on Thought and Heart
The saying notes that evil arises from both lack of thought and lack of heart, attributing moral failing to mental and emotional deficiencies. The maxims reflect a cautionary view on character and judgment.
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Hood
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