America Leads Earth in Roads and Automobiles
United States leads globally with the most improved roads and vehicles. The American Road Builders association reports $1.0 billion spent on highways, nearly 20 million autos, and 3.0 million miles of highways with 500 thousand surfaced last year. The Chicago convention during Good Roads week 1927 will discuss needed highway expansion to handle 20 million automobiles.
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United States
American
Road Builders’ Association
Canada
Afganistan
Abyssinia
Germany
American Road Builders’ Association
Chicago
Peril of Broken Glass on Roads Sparks Protest
Connecticut state highway officials warn motorists about the danger from broken glass on roadways. The maintenance division notes that glass from collisions and headlight breaks has created ongoing hazards, though roads cannot always be kept completely free.
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State Highway Department of
Connecticut
Highway Department
White Line on Highway Saves Costs by Reducing Damage
Ohio highway director George F. Schlesinger says painting white lines on state roads improves safety and lowers repair bills. Drivers stay farther from the edge, reducing pavement chip and breakage, prompting marking of hill crests curves and other danger points on state highways.
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George F. Schlesinger
Ohio
High Cost of Roads Raises Minnesota Highway Costs
The Minnesota highway department reports a 55 percent rise in upkeep cost per mile for unpaved trunk highways over three years. M Babcock cites faster traffic longer tourism and winter travel as causes, urging permanent road surfacing to curb expenses.
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Minnesota
State Highway Department
M. Babcock
Future highways set to widen and light city roads
Highway engineers predict 25 years hence roads will be at least 120 feet wide with bright illumination and stop and go signals. Grade crossings will be removed by grade separation, parkways planted with trees, and speed limits fixed as a minimum rather than a maximum.
Good Roads Movement and Congressional Study Origins
The good roads movement began in August 1912 and continued through 1913 and 1914. In 1914 Congress created a joint committee of five senators and five representatives to investigate government aid for post road construction. Several members used floor speeches in the Congressional Record to inform constituents.
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Congress
U. S. Set to Fight Maternal Mortality
Washington reports a National program outlined by the Children's Bureau to reduce maternal mortality and infant deaths by expanding prenatal, confinement, and postnatal care. Dr. Robert Morse Woodbury analyzes 1921-24 data, noting poverty, race, and nativity affect death rates and that true maternal deaths may exceed reports by about 12 percent.
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Washington
United States
Children's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Robert Morse Woodbury
Children’s Bureau
Woodbury
New York Missing Persons Crisis Revealed
New York reports about 60 missing inquiries daily, totaling over 20 000 yearly. The police missing persons bureau uses 40 detectives to organize searches and has a streamlined process to locate missing individuals.
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New York
The
Police Department
Auto Perils Mount Washington
Official statistics show 3,274 deaths this year in 66 cities. Norfolk Virginia is listed as safest city while Camden New Jersey is deemed most dangerous by averages.
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Washington
Norfolk
Camden
N. J
Foolproof Planes Predicted at Auto Engineers Convention
Automotive engineers predict Philadelphia planes will be foolproof and affordable for many. They forewarn a surge in air traffic and the emergence of an airplane police to manage it. The remarks were delivered at the convention.
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Philadelphia
Papyrus fragment may be early Bible text linked to church leader
An Ann Arbor papyrus fragment of Matthew from the third century or earlier is studied by Henry A. Sanders of the University of Michigan. The piece shows unique punctuation marks guiding readers and suggests a church leader as scribe. It arrived at Michigan two years ago via the Near East research group.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Henry A. Sanders
University of Michigan
Doctor Sanders
Antioch
Alexandria
Cesserea
Sanders
Jesus Christ
University
Old Southern Stamps Bring Small Fortune
In New York buyers seek old Southern stamps with several high prices reported. An 1858 Tuscaloosa Alabama S-cent stamp sold for 520 dollars, a 1851-8 Charleston South Carolina 2-cent stamp brought 100 dollars, provisional Confederate issues commanded 105 dollars each, with a Macon Georgia S-cent yellow stamp and a Memphis Tennessee S-cent red on orange stamp also traded.
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New York
South
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Charleston
Confederate States of America
Macon
Georgia
Memphis
Tenn
Missionary Leader Warns on European Paganism
G. F. Byron, general treasurer of the Wesleyan Missionary society, told a York church conference that European paganism is more severe than Africa’s and anti Christian sentiment in Eastern Europe is the worst in the world, urging missionaries to address both regions with equal urgency.
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London
Europe
G. F. Byron
Wesleyan Missionary Society
York
Western
Africa
Eastern
Value of cosmetics and toilet preparations in 1925
Commerce department reports U S production of perfumery cosmetics and toilet preparations for 1925 at 141 488 000 dollars. This shows a 19 percent increase from the 1924 census figure of 119 237 060 dollars. Main products include creams rouges dentifrices powders and perfumes with several smaller categories listed.
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Washington
Sol
Commerce Department
Collar exposes man with double life in Omaha and Council Bluffs
Henry A. Barnts of Omaha kept two wives at separate addresses in Council Bluffs and Omaha. A colored collar he bought last week linked him to both households and led to his arrest for bigamy. Wife No 1 seeks punishment. Wife No 2 plans to annul her marriage and wed him after divorce.
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Omaha, Neb
Henry A. Barnts
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Henry
Mr. Barnts
First Avenue
Mary Barnts
South Twenty-second Street
Emily Barnts
Barnts
Burnts
Barnts Marriel
Cornell Bluffs
No. 1
No. 2
Shark Claims Rescuer's Grasp in New Jersey Surfing Tragedy
In Seaside Heights a decapitated body identified as 18 year old Charles A Burke of Trenton washed ashore after a rescuer failed to pull him from the water. An onlooker said a large fish dragged the boy from the rescuer's grasp and three sharks were seen on the beach later. Coroner Parker confirmed shark attacks on the remains.
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Seaside Heights
N. J
Charles A. Burke
Trenton
David O. Parker
Ocean County
Postcard From Ellenburg Center Reaches Easthampton Woman
A 1909 postcard mailed by a friend in Ellenburg Center New York on August 9 1909 arrives in Easthampton Massachusetts addressed to Mrs Clara Coopee Marion. She pays the extra penny postage to receive the card.
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Springfield
Mass
Ellenburg Center
N. Y
Clara Coopee Marion
Easthampton
Most Children Defective Says U S Bureau
The United States Children's Bureau reports that nineteen million of twenty two million school children are physically defective in some way. Only four million have unpreventable defects, prompting calls for physical examinations and better medical care.
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Washington
United States Children’s Bureau
Welsh Bards and the Glorious First Huisteddfod
Time recalls a sixth century tale where Welsh harpers cast their harps into the River Conway and swam ashore then sang. Prince Maelgwn Gwynedd welcomed the singers, awarded gold, and staged a water trial to prove song surpasses instrument. The Eisteddfod has since become a yearly cultural fixture.
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Conway
Maelgwn Gwynedd
North Wales
Italy grants free life insurance to aviators and civil pilots
The decree provides free life insurance to military aviators and civil aviators who join the Italo Aero club. It praises those defending the skies and promises aid for families. A proposal seeks free airplane rides for children interested in aviation.
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Italy
Italo Aero Club
Chicago News
Bayer Aspirin Warning Ad
A vintage advertisement urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin tablets or packaging to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 26 years. It warns that without Bayer branding the product may be dangerous.
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Bayer
Youth and Age at New York Supper Club Dance
Cortlandt Bleecker described a dance of undressed young girls at a New York supper club. An aged captain of Industry reportedly watched with excitement as a girl refused his request to remove her hat, calling him too old to view such a dance.
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Cortlandt Bleecker
New York
Germany?s game bag compared to the United States
Germany yields a yearly game harvest likely exceeding the U S total. Deer totals run about 250000 annually, over 5000 per state for 48 states. Prussia shoots about 8000000 hares and rabbits yearly. Germany assigns a food value of 13000000 dollars to its annual game bag.
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United States
Germany
Union
Prussia
George Was Good to Her
A honeymoon-tale vignette from American Legion Weekly where a wife extols her husband George as “Just darling.” She recalls him showing how to open a can of milk with a nail and hammer during a first visit after marriage, as the mother-in-law listens.
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George
American Legion Weekly
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
Illinois
FourYearOld Predicts Rain After Rainy Spell
Billy, four, rushes in to dinner claiming the sky looks dirty and predicts rain during a recent stormy spell.
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Billy
Skibo Beach Noted for Lady Lifeguards
A brief remark comments on Skibo beach offering lifeguards who are women, highlighting the presence of lady lifeguards at the seaside.
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Skibo Beach
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Woman
Hartford City resident Ethel May Snider reports overwork and illness improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the medicine restored her strength, enabling housework and caregiving. The ad touts testimonials from various women praising the tonic's benefits.
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Ethel May Snider
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hartford City
Ind
R. R
Lydia
Pinkham
Star
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Senator’s Court Dress Joins Smithsonian Costume Collection
The Smithsonian in Washington adds a diplomatic ensemble worn by Henry Cabot Lodge to its costume collection. The outfit includes a black velvet jacket white silk waistcoat black velvet breeches patent leather pumps hose and a black tricorn hat. A glass case bears a placard noting Lodge wore it at a Buckingham Palace reception in 1895 and it was presented by the Lodge estate.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Buckingham Palace
London
Lodge
Magazine demand shown by New York subway stand
In New York the popular magazine stand at a large subway terminal stocks 50 different publications. The selection includes fiction, trade journals with limited circulation, and other periodicals.
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New York
No, I Won't Call You a Rake
A brief, witty exchange cited from the Sydney Bulletin features a caller retorting a jab about character with a pointed reply about being a rake, illustrating newspaper humor and verbal sparring.
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Sydney Bulletin
Bat genius must be born not taught
Quotation attributed to Dryden states a belief that natural talent defines expertise, while training cannot create genius. It emphasizes inherent gifts over instruction.
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Dryden
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Indiana
University of Chicago
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Collar
Shark
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Dr Caldwell
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