Tiny upstate line shows fare cut pays big dividends
The Fonda Johnstown and Gloversville railway in upstate New York tested a cent per mile passenger fare and found passenger traffic and cash revenue rose. The result suggests larger roads might profit from lowering fares to boost ridership and revenue.
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Toes Dangle in House Shoes Diary Observations
A rambling 1920s style column from O. O. McIntyre in New York, noting gossip on fashion, radio, and public figures. The piece blends playful forays on clothes, cinema, and street life with wry humor about taxes, politicians, and daily urban scenes.
Peter Rabbit Caught by Stones in Old Orchard
Peter Rabbit is trapped between two stones along the Old Orchard wall. Friends like Sammy Jay and Jenny Wren offer advice while warn against dangerous options. The tale follows how the community reacts and contemplates Peter's peril.
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School Days Quiz Reveals Odd Travel and Bird Facts
A fragment lists riddle style questions and answers. It asks what is the oldest travel agency, mentions megapode birds that hatch and fly immediately, and notes the printed English Bible was 400 years old on October 4. The tone imitates a school lesson with concise trivia and dates.
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Tanks and Ethiopians Show Modern War Gap
Analysis notes how tanks airplanes and machine guns widen the gap between trained armies and volunteer levies in Ethiopia. It contrasts colonial era odds at Aduwa with today’s mechanized warfare where brave Ethiopian fighters face an unbeatable modern army despite valor.
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Aduwa
Newfound student sobriety reshapes American universities
Glenn Frank notes a shift from apathetic youth to socially minded students. He observes diverse groups from the National Student League to Vigilantes forming across campuses and warns that external pressures turn campuses into arenas of competing propaganda requiring critical analysis.
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Blue Door Holds Se cret Intrigue in Worthville
Ruth Woodson a 19 year old seeks work in Worthville. She hides as Elaine Chalmers while falling for John McNeill. Elaine arrives and Ruth is driven away. Bertha Gibbs, known as Penny, guards a mysterious past linked to Elaine and a patient Duncan Hunter. Elaine later returns as tension rises amid hospital chaos and a blue front door symbol.
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Bertha Gibbs
Penny
Ruth
Elaine Chalmers
John McNeill
Elaine
Graycastle College
John
Bertha
Duncan Hunter
Cleveland
Fella Jones
Florence McNeill Burr
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Mr. Duncan
Glorious Failure Or Turning Back On 6000 Mile Flight
Stories In Stamps details pilot Segmund Levanevsky who started a Moscow to San Francisco flight via the North Pole but had to turn back due to a defective oil line. He earned Soviet praise and a Special stamp for the rescue of the ice-breaker Tehma skin in 1944, and another stamp honors that heroic act.
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San Francisco
North Pole
Segmund Levanevsky
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Teheluskin
Bering Strait
Fall Down Elevator Fatal to Operator in Oklahoma City
James Harrison Davis 19 a elevator relief operator died after plunging 20 feet into an office building shaft in downtown Oklahoma City His body hit machinery in the pit Two witnesses said Davis opened the door believing the car was on the first floor The article also notes a mine in Utah the Bingham Canyon caper mine as the largest man made hole and cites over 232 000 900 cubic yards of material removed from the mine.
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James Harrison Davis
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Bingham Canyon
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Word Builder at Convention Leaves Boy With Sling Shot Lesson
A convention scene shows a boy using a writer’s identity as a toy in a sling shot prank. The narrative then shifts to a Friday Word Builder answer about spilled ink seeping into a blotter. It describes circular motion and creeping escape, noting the precise moment the circle stops growing.
Terror Cry Heard As Youth Drowns
The body of Morris Crow, 15, a junior high student, was recovered from Lake Wichita after two boatmen heard a terror cry and found a drifting leaky boat. He had joined his father at the lake despite a warning against going on the water. authorities believe he leaped in as the boat began taking on water.
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Wichita Falls
Morris Crow
Lake Wichita
E. D. Crow
Legendary Robber Puzzle Clues and Word Bank
A cryptic style puzzle listing across and down clues. Entries include England thief legend famous figures, tools, colors, family terms, and musical notes with many paired definitions and cross references for solving.
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