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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lyric equal to the soldiers' songs sung during that war, nor one of high moral import. We are living in a utilitarian age, and the spirit that actuated that great war appears to have gone. "What have we now? Yes, We Have No Bananas, Take Us To the Land of Jazz, Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here-songs of the vulgar type. "The most dramatic and the most pathetic and most plaintive of all the war songs sung on both sides was Tenting Tonight On the Old Camp Ground. That song was written by Walter Kittridge...
...high prices in recent years for furs, especially for muskrat, have resulted in a steady increase in the value of swamp land in many parts of the U. S. and in the rise of the new business of muskrat farming...
Twenty years ago the muskrat was often considered a worthless pest Dy farmers. Their skins brought as little as 25 cents apiece, and the swampy land in which they live was looked upon as valueless and unproductive. Today, muskrat fur is in constant demand at good prices and some muskrat swamps are now worth far more than nearby arable soil. In proportion as irrigation projects are reducing the swamp area of the country, both the muskrat and his habitat are gaining steadily in value...
...Nature's fliers left Miller Field on Staten Island about the same time. The first three pigeons soared high above the aviator, led the race till plane and birds were all lost to view. Quite evidently they had speed. But although Kendrick, fighting strong head winds, had to land twice for gasoline-once at Philadelphia and again at Baltimore-he beat the fastest bird by 2 hours, 41 minutes. The fastest pigeon took 6 hours, 11 minutes to reach the home of his owner-one F. W. Dismer of Columbia Road, Washington. Pigeons can fly enormous distances- birds have...
...second class matter in the Post Office as early as 1906 and is now publishing its 19th volume. Moreover, the religious Liberty secured its name, not from George A. Elwell of Youngstown, Ohio, but from the book of Leviticus, which said (25 :10) : "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof...