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Animal reports or extracts from them ^historical sketches^ 
descriptive circulars^ photographs of improvements or dis- 
tinctive features are requested for use in this departments 
The Village Improvement Society of Sandwich, Mass., has 
undertaken to raise a sum sufficient to guarantee the street 
lighting service for the year 1905. 
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The accompanying illustration shows the tomb of William 
Henry Harrison at North Bend, Ohio. The tomb has been 
long neglected, and the Ohio State Bar Association is taking 
steps to have it better cared for. It is on the estate of Presi- 
dent Harrison, and stands on an eminence overlooking the 
Ohio River. 
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The annual celebration of flower day in the public schools 
of Mansfield, Ohio, was held September 30th, and the 
prizes, amounting to 50, donated by General R. Brinkerhoff, 
were awarded. The prizes were awarded for decoration of 
school and home grounds, and are said to have resulted in 
great improvement in both. 
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At the recent annual meeting of the Beverly Improvement 
Society, Beverly, Mass., reports were made on the results of 
the work of exterminating the brown tail moth. The society 
has spent $1,183 for this work, and the summer residents of 
the town $2,000 more under the direction of the society. 
New officers were elected as follows: President, Miss Bessie 
A. Baker ; secretary. Miss Marion Swasey ; treasurer. Miss 
Bessie L. Kilham. 
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A Connecticut Village Improvement Society recently called 
attention to the following law by having it printed in the 
local paper : “Every person who affixes to a tree in a public 
way or place, a play bill, picture, notice, adverlisement, or 
otlier thing, whether in writing or otherwise, or cuts, paints 
or marks such tree, except for the purpose of protecting it 
ar.d under a written permit from a tree warden, shall be 
fined not more than $50. Every person who wilfully injures 
or defaces an ornamental or shade tree within the limits of 
a public way or place shall be fined not more than $100,” 
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The Municipal Improvement Association of Galesburg, 111 ., 
is holding a series of meetings throughout the fall and winter, 
for the discussion of topics for the city’s betterment. Some 
of the topics announced for discussion are as follows : “Fall 
Cleaning vs. Spring's Pests,” “Winter Filth the Cause of 
Spring Epidemics,” “What Can We Do to Improve the 
Railroad Approaches of the City?” Addresses are to be made 
at these meetings by leading citizens and methods formulated 
for active improvement work. 
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At the annual meeting of the village improvement associa- 
tion at Bar Harbor, Me., reports of very successful work by 
the committees on roads and paths, trees and planting. Vil- 
lage, and Glen Mary Parks were presented. The committee 
in charge of The Green showed expenditures of $2,053 or* 
that tract during the year. It was decided to appoint a 
special committee for the purpose of arousing public senti- 
ment for the protection of wild flowers from the destruction 
that threatens them and has already led to the extinction of 
some of the rare plants. The total expenditures for the year 
were $3,588, and for the sixteen years of the society’s exist- 
ence amount to $33,287. 
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The Laurel Hill Improvement Association, Stockbridge, 
Mass., the pioneer association of America, dedicated a me- 
morial to its founder, Henry D. Sedgwick, at the annual 
meeting in September. The dedication was accompanied by 
interesting ceremonies, participated in by many well-known 
men. There were addresses by Former Ambassador Joseph 
H. Choate, Secretary of the Navy C. J. Bonaparte, Francis 
E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Ion Perdi- 
caris. The memorial was in the form of a unique stone ros- 
trum and stone desk and seat, with a bronze memorial tablet. 
It is situated at the base of a huge cliff, and has been artis- 
TOME OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, SOUTH BEND, O. 
tically designed to harmonize with its surroundings. Daniel 
Chester French, the well-known sculptor, whose home is at 
Glendale, nearby, designed the work, and its erection was 
superintended by Augustus Lukeman, another sculptor of 
national reputation. 
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Daniel H. Burnham, of Chicago, who was sent to the Philip- 
pines by the United States Government to report on plans for 
beautifying Manila, has returned and is now preparing his 
report. In the rehabilitation of the city efforts will be made, 
as much as possible, to preserve the picturesque old Spanish 
architecture, especially adapted to climatic conditions, and 
affording security against earthquakes. Mr. Burnham’s rec- 
ommendations, it is understood, will include : Plans for a 
group of government buildings ; widening streets wherever 
possible ; preservation of the wall surrounding the old town, 
but widening its gates, which at present will admit only small 
