Growth of Travel in New Mexico From Highway Study
The New Mexico State Highway Department reported traffic at 120 stations from September 11 to 18 with tourists filling out exit questionnaires. In 1927, 236,600 non resident cars visited, carrying 709,800 passengers and spending 16.325 million dollars in the state. Average stay was five and a half days with per person expenditures around 29 dollars and per car 68.84 dollars. 35 percent of counted cars were non resident, with many travelers using camps, hotels, or homes.
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New Mexico
Clovis-Roswell
Clovis- Texico
Clovis-Fort Sumner
Clovis-Grady- Tucumcari
Sunshine
Women and Cigarettes: Zona Gale Defends Modern Women
Zona Gale recalls when New York society smoked in private 25 years ago and women appeared unescorted after dark was taboo. She contrasts past strict norms with today’s more public social scenes in Harpers Bazaar June issue.
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Zona Gale
New York
Fifth Avenue
Miss Gale
Harpers Bazar
Gale
Redmond
Sherry's
Be Or's
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Virginia and Niel face entangled fortunes and debts
Virginia Brewster, after losing her father and wealth, moves in with Clarissa Dean. Her fiancé Nathaniel Dann distrusts Dean. A mistaken late night call strands Virginia and Niel as Dean schemes to push them apart. Virginia seeks money to honor her father’s obligation with Oliver Cutter’s reluctant help.
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Virginia Brewster
Clarissa Dean
Nathaniel Dann
Dean
Virginia
Niel
Chiri
Clarissa
Ginia
Oliver
Oliver Cutter
Writer notes fears of Salome era and secessionist photographers
The passage records a writer shuddering at Salome as a symbol of changing tastes and deploring the photographic secessionists, reflecting cultural tensions of the period. The quote frames a critical stance toward modernist trends and visual experimentation.
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Salome
Dancing energy could fund movie nights for mothers
W C Martin of Artesia Advocate muses that if nightly dancing energy were used for dishwashing 99.9 percent of mothers could spend evenings at the movies. Fred Story calls motor accidents due to Thoughtlessness in his Childress Index editorial. A Lubbock man says he would rather have twelve daughters than a million dollars, noting twelve daughters suffice while a million might not.
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W. C. Martin
The
Artesia Advocate
Mothers of the Land
Fred Story
Childress Index
Lubbock
Will Hays to take up residence in Gotham high rise
From Wil Hays new front window in Manhattan, the publicist will soon live in one of Goth ams highest residential spots. The piece notes the city views from 37 stories up and compares high rise life to quiet country surroundings while citing taxi traffic patterns and potential route allocations.
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New York
Wil! Hays
Manhattan
Mons Hays Secon
Filmland
Central Park
Parkway
Will Hays
Gotham
Arthur Brisbane
Mothers Sacrifice To Save Children In Tragic Incidents
An Indiana mother, Mrs Verious Allen, leapt onto a disc harrow to shield her sleeping son from the blades and died. In Bradford PA, Mrs Elizabeth Freeman, 80, perished saving her daughter Gertrude Cook from a fall. A tale on maternal instinct frames loss and the price of motherhood.
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Verious Allen
Fairmount
Indiana
Elizabeth A. Freeman
Bradford
Pennsylvania
Gertrude Cook
Odd Agricultural Wonders and Modern Baby Gym Buzz
A quirky claim about a plant producing potatoes underground and tomatoes above. The piece argues food production must rise with fewer people and jokes about pumpkins on one stalk. It mentions a Berlin baby gym offering exercises for year olds, critiquing modern necessities replacing traditional female work.
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Gentral
Berlin
Eating for Brain Power and Diet Advice from Dr McCoy
Health columns discuss lean brain workers and light diets to boost mental energy. Readers ask about gaining weight and canned vegetables, with Dr McCoy answering on proper foods, exercises, and occasional yeast use for stomach issues.
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H. G
Homebound Visit Ends In Forced Departure
Narrator recalls breakfast with Pop Ant Fanny and a plan to pack as homesickness grows. The exchange turns odd when Pop jokes about the hospital discharge and a sudden mock scolding leads to a staged kick in the shin ending the visit.
Letter Golf Puzzle Promises Par Five On Back Page
The note explains letter golf rules to convert one word to another in a set number of strokes. Each step must be a valid common word with one letter changed without reordering. A complete solution is printed on the back page.
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Amarillo Daily News
Eee
J. E. Nunn
Amarillo
Dallas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Texas
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Audit Bureau OF S &Culations
News-Globe
Daily News
Robert Fulton
Herais
America
Fulton
Napoleon
NEA
Book of Knowledge
Fulton’s Folly
England
Grolier Society
BY Williams
Custer
UGHT
San Juan
Curly
Ros
Pat Off
Williams
MEA Semvice, Inc
Ruth Dewey Gro
NEA Service
Jeanie
Lot
Luke
Johnson
Tri-State
Allene Sumner
Grace Wilson
Ethel
Demeter
Persephone
Bessey
Braucher
Morgan
Diamond Jim Brady
Henry Ford
Andrew Mellon
John D. Rockefeller
Alo
Mary S
Bank of the United States
Philadelphia
Taylor and Fillmore
Harrison and Reid
Andrew Carnegie
Benny
Pop
Ant
Pop Seri
Little Joe
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