The Nation’s Highway System Then and Now
A National Geographic overview traces the United States road network, 2,862,198 miles, and the planned federal aid system. It contrasts indigenous and pioneer routes with modern highways, cites historic trails such as Lincoln and Dixie, and notes the evolution from Conestoga wagons to contemporary vehicles.
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United States
Bureau of Public Roads
New York
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Fremont
Rome
Onondaga
Finger Lakes
Kentucky
Middle West
Paw Paw
Mich
Logansport
Indiana
Chicago
Kaskaskia
Lima
Ohio
Cincinnnati
Detroit
Erie
Franklin
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Cumberland
Uniontown
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
St. Louisa
Virginia
New England
Great Lakes
Cumberland City
General Braddock
Cumberland Gap
Mississippi
West
Pony Express
America
Universal “Car” of
Lancaster
Universal
Gains of World War Trifling but Losses Incalculable
A signed editorial argues World War benefits are minor while losses are vast. It notes a 15 to 20 percent blanket mortgage across property, immense war debt of 300 billion dollars, and the deaths of millions, urging that such collective wrong must not happen again and will fall when exposed.
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America
Caesar
Rudyard Kipling
Aristide Briand
Recreation Shapes Character in Early Forming Years
The speaker argues character building hinges on four forces church home school and playground with play or recreation having the strongest impact. He notes most character forms before age ten and claims nations neglect work in youth while daily play shapes lifelong behavior.
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America
League of Nations
Enduring Peace Depends on Conquest of Human Nature
The author argues lasting peace requires mastering human nature with scientific truth. Past wars and current arms levels show politics need a fusion of old lessons and new approaches. Neither extreme preserves peace. balance and self-conquest are essential for enduring global harmony.
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Europe
Republics must make institutions simple and effective
The article argues that republics must simplify and strengthen representative bodies to prevent dictatorships. It notes postwar unrest, historic shifts to dictatorship in crises, and that people’s will may not be fully expressed by current parliaments. It opposes state socialism and communism, asserting progress arises from individuals.
Love Needs Outlet and Proper Guidance for Youth
The piece argues young people require a constructive outlet for their affection and time. It emphasizes directing love through noble friendships and disciplined conduct after meals, warning that parties or dances can derail futures while controlled love leads to worthwhile outcomes.
State Fair and Livestock Show Opens August 25
Des Moines prepares for the largest State Fair and Livestock Show yet with a national livestock exhibit of 7000 head, farm demonstrations by college and government experts, 1000 Iowa 4 H youths, extensive women’s exhibits, and a five day horse racing program plus fireworks and midway shows. Nearly 500,000 vacation seekers are expected between August 25 and September 3.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Union
United States
U. S
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Boys and Girls
Arthur Middleton
Hollywood Itch Drives Star To Write A Novel
In Haysiland weekly guidance the authorial fever hits Hollywood as top men aim for he man status with fiction. A screen favorite declares his new novel question How many words are there in a novel anyway The scenarist estimates about a hundred twenty thousand words and the star responds I’ve finished mine.
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Haysiland
Hollywood
Zane Grey
James Oliver Curwood
New Yorker
Paris Plans to Have Markets Underground
Paris officials propose moving city markets into the catacombs beneath the city, a vast hollowed space once used to store bones. With lighting and ventilation, markets could operate underground after removing the remains, freeing surface space from the congested central markets.
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Paris
Pierre van Paassen
Atlanta Constitution
Oldest Buddhist Work Among Korean Collection for Congress
Five of ten volumes forming the Buddhistic treatise Ri Nyon Mi Ta to Chng Cham Pep are brought to the Library of Congress for the Korean collection. Translated as Rules for Confession in the Temple of the Merciful and Compassionate One the book is printed on Korean mulberry paper from wooden breecks dated 1218 AD. This may be the library’s oldest printed book.
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Congressional Library
Eunyin
Ch’ung Ching
Library of Congress
Great Personages of the Bible
Mary and Martha devotion shows mutual sharefulness as the home ideal. Mary chooses the better way of service by listening to Jesus while Martha tends to banquet tasks. Later, after Lazarus is revived, Mary anoints Jesus and shows heartfelt gratitude. A poem on knowing others ends the piece.
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Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Jesus
Easy to Misconstrue Mrs. Jones Observations
A golf championship day sees Jones fail three times at the first tee drawing laughter from a large crowd. Mrs. Jones, watching from the stands, expresses pride and fury as her husband endures nervous misses and jeers.
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Mrs. Jones
Jones
London
Enceladus Buried Under Mount Etna After War With Gods
Mythological hero Enceladus, son of Tartania and Gaea, one of the hundred-handed giants, warred on the gods. Jupiter overpowered him with thunderbolts and buried him beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. Tradition says flames from his breath fuel the eruptions and that his shifting posture shakes the island.
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Enceladus
Tartania
Gaea
Olympus
Jupiter
Mount Etna
Sicily
Kansas City Star
Fundy Tide Power Plan Requires 5000 Workers Five Years
Engineer Dexter P. Cooper outlines a Bay of Fundy tidal project to build dams and gates costing about 75 million dollars. The plan would generate at least 500000 horsepower, with potential to rise to 700000 as development proceeds.
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Dexter P. Cooper
Bay of Fundy
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Trail Systems of Indians
California
David Starr Jordan
Ernest Thompson Seton
Woodcraft League of America
William Lowe Bryan
University of Indiana
Jacob G. Schurman
Germany
Frank Durwald Adams
State Fair Grounds
Leonard A. Barrett
Western Newspaper Union
Harnessing Fundy
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