Paris Customs That Surprise Washington
Americans learn Paris manners as guide to daily life in the capital. The piece contrasts seating and ticketing at Paris theaters with American practices, notes hotel soap scarcity, streetcar zoning, taxi tariffs, and the notable courtesy of Paris police and locals toward visitors, highlighting the friendly, if sometimes perplexing, Parisian system.
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Washington
Paris
Physia Bulletin
National Geographle Society
Walter
Lye
Taydog
Che Feane
Delig
Jill
Lome
Seventeen Year Locusts Expected in 1927 Rumor
Washington scientists study a potential 17 year cycle as entomologists in Virginia Georgia Iowa and Missouri prepare to report any sightings to Washington The American Nature Association notes the cicada emerges after long underground life and could swarm in 1927 across several states with loud chorus and bark coverage as records trace back to 1724
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Washington
Scientific House
Bureau of Entomology
Virginia
Georgia
Iowa
Missouri
American Nature Association of
Washington, D.C
Kopw
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinola
Kan- Sar
Triple Wedding at the Allen Home
Three sisters from Mrs Joy Allen tied the knot in a simultaneous ceremony at the Allen home. Miss Maria Aten wed Vincent Yreneer of Los Angeles, Miss Virginda Allen married Richard Miller of Los Angeles, and Miss Catherine Allen became Mrs Lyrel Bullard of Chilts.
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Joy Allen
Allen
Maria Aten
Vincent Yreneer
Los Angeles
Virginda Allen
Richard Miller
Los Aoyales
Catherine Allen
Lyrel Bullard
Chiles
Locust Emergence Described in 17 Year Cycle
The passage notes sightings of 17 year locusts and explains these insects emerge at different intervals. It mentions yearly appearances of locusts and the idea that broods shift between years, reflecting a historic discussion of locust cycles and their periodicity.
Padded bunk misleads man to coffin in city night
New York-Lawrence Phillips from North Carolina slept on a padded bunk in a Long Island City building and woke in a coffin at the National Casket company plant. A patrolman arrested him as a burglar, but he was discharged in Flushing court. Poison gas now used to kill rats in tunnels and under buildings.
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New York
Lawrence Phillips
Noth Carolina
Long Tgland
National Casket Company
Phillips
Flushing
Rural roads reshape the American farmer's life in 1926
Reliable estimates say the United States will spend over one billion dollars on rural roads in 1926 shrinking isolation for farmers. The rural route connects him to markets, schools, churches, and city life, making him a better citizen and voter as he travels a shared highway with urban residents.
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United States
Rube
Minneapolis: Daily Star
America
Center Road Hog Menace to Traffic on Highways
The American Automobile Association notes widespread complaints about slow drivers occupying the center of streets and highways. Rules require keeping to the right, but many motorists ignore this, blocking traffic and risking lives. Readers ask why enforcement fails and urge action against middle lane cruisers.
Time for Action on Paved Highways Urged
The Mankato Minnesota Free Press argues for immediate paving of highways as the most economical choice. It states hard surfaced roads cost less to maintain than gravel ones and will benefit auto owners with long term savings.
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Mankato
Minn
Free Press
Kansas Paving Plan Says 8440 Miles By 1940
Kansas will have 8 440 miles of paved highways in 1940 according to Walter Van Buek, state highway engineer. New Jersey prohibits throwing glass or sharp substances on highways, with fines from 200 to 500 dollars.
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Kansas
Walter van Buek
New Jersey
Gasoline Bum Apestin West The Migratory Worker
The piece discusses a new class of migratory workers in the far western states described as gasoline bums. In Oregon such travelers beg gas from motorists, then may beg shelter or meals, later looting farms. Oregon forms an employment commission to recruit resident labor for harvests, but farmers hesitate to specify needs, leaving many idle or seeking only minimal work while camp followers and vagabonds accompany the travelers.
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Oregon
Monthly Labor Review
Special Resistance Coil Used In Car Ignition
A typical ignition system uses a closed circuit where contact points break current in the primary circuit to create a spark. Since the primary spark coil has low resistance, a special resistance coil is added in the circuit to limit current. If the battery dies, short-circuit starting may be possible to get the motor running.
How to Start a Gar by a Short Chault When a Battery Goes Dead
Practical note from Popular Science Magazine on starting a motor after battery failure. It describes bypassing internal resistance with a short wire to allow maximum current, then removing the wire immediately to prevent damage to the coil.
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Popular Science
Nineteen Miles an Hour Most Dangerous Speed
Maryland roads official argues speed around 79 mph is where crashes peak. He cites 25 percent of accidents occur at that pace and notes 95 percent happen near 19 mph. He seeks regulation to avoid crashes by steady, reasonably rapid travel and elimination of jockeying.
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Soan N. Mackall
Maryland State Roads Commission
Thief Headache Tale Sparks Child’s Crying Outburst
Nancy Jane seven and a half, frightened by a car ride, blurts in at the final steep descent, I wish who the world wrinkled It hadn't wrinkled all deen. A letter from Richard A. Davitt mocks headaches as a thief and endorses Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy.
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Nancy Jane
Brooklyn
Richard A. Davittson
Carter
Carler
Britons Stay Home To 125 Leave 140504 Subjects Abroad
Britons remained in Great Britain with 140,504 British subjects living abroad. The figures show a falling trend in those leaving the country, with 155,000 in 1924 and 258,284 purchasing homes elsewhere by 1928. The passage asserts self-governance lessons drawn from Goethe.
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Great Britain
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