Great International Pastime and Pigeon Brains in Brief
A column discusses railroad valuation challenges and the effect of routes on regional development. It cites New Haven and Nickel Plate judgments, notes a Treasury debt projection, and critiques the notion of thinking versus affection. It includes brief Q A on neurosis and birds, ending with marble cleaning tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Mr. Eastman
New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Thought for Today on Avoiding Interference
A proverb likens meddling in others affairs to grabbing a dog by the ears. The author notes many would be happier if people cared less about others business and kept to their own matters.
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Lichtenberg
Biggest Rat of Debt: Cities Proportion to Nation
The piece argues citizens face mounting municipal debt, noting national per capita debt around 200 dollars while cities with 2500+ population average over 70 dollars per resident. Norfolk Virginia tops at 258.62 per person as municipal debt grows despite national declines.
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Norfolk
Taxpayer Debt Burdens Grow Threatening State and County
The text warns that rising state and county debts threaten the future as debt interest could overwhelm taxpayers. It notes a looming day of reckoning that will challenge politicians and their ability to raise or collect taxes to cover obligations.
Economy in Public Spending and Road Maintenance
The text argues states counties and municipalities should prioritize durable road paving and avoid grandiose public buildings. It critiques monumental post office design and suggests simpler economical structures, noting the need to balance improvements with debt and community realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Tower of Babel
First in murder rate in world stays with America
American murder statistics show a rate of 9 per 100,000 in 1922 rising to 10.2 last year and signaling higher output this year. Americans kill each other at three times the Italian rate and 12 to 25 times the English rate, with about 10,000 deaths yearly. Deliberate murder is not the only means of removing citizens.
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America
England
Wales
Scotland
Italy
Controlling Power to Prevent Accidents and Murders
A commentary argues that rushing motor cars and unrestrained energy cause many disasters. It asserts three quarters of such catastrophes are preventable by law and carefulness. Emphasizing self control, education, and proper use of power, it links temper and discipline to safer society.
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Virginian
Courtroom farce as chauffeur acquitted in Los Angeles shooting
A dramatic chauffeur admits shooting a rich clubman in self defense of his employer, a famous movie actress. A jury of ten women and two men acquits him amid public adulation, then he is arrested on a bootlegging charge as he exits. The episode sparks satire on law and heroism.
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Los Angeles
Mabel
The Ubiquitous Messenger and the Telephone Network
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, under 50 years old, operates 15,000,000 stations and handles 43,000,000 calls daily. In 1923 its employees totaled 271,987, and taxes paid reached 45,648 dollars, reflecting the extensive reach and private enterprise behind modern communication.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Valuing The Railroads Under LaFollette Act
The Interstate Commerce Commission sets final valuation at 49.1 million dollars for Kansas City Southern Railway as the first major test under the LaFollette Valuation Act. The decision features dissent from Commissioners Potter and Eastman and outlines methodological disputes over how to value railroad properties for rate setting.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas City Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
LaFollette
Kansas City Southern
Potter
Cox
Eastman
Carolina, Clinchfield Ohio Railway
Commission
McAdoo Gains Labor Support Across Worker Voters
Continued analysis notes McAdoo as the strong candidate among delegates and voters. His appeal lies with labor and all workers, with delegates breaking toward the candidate who shows the most strength rather than a preferred second choice. The McAdoo camp remains hopeful as union and nonunion workers rally.
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McAdoo
Al Smith Portrayed as Master of Politics and Money
An analysis asserts Al Smith stands among the ablest politicians, trained from the cradle, knowing every leader, having done favors for major bosses, and able to make promises backed by Wall Street, with experience and money cited as key advantages.
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al Smith
Wall Street
Bryan power looms in convention over Smith conflict
The passage suggests Bryan could block Smith’s convention majority by uniting delegates, with 99 percent of Southern delegates backing Bryan. It forecasts a fierce, ongoing political battle, noting no decisive outcomes for days.
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William Jennings Bryan
Smith
Bryan
Berlin scientist isolates foot and mouth disease germ
A Berlin scientist reportedly isolates the germ that causes foot and mouth disease a finding seen as potentially worth millions in direct impact and billions indirectly. The article notes unproven reports that agitators in the West may have spread the disease by dogs and other means. California is described as a risky ground for such acts, viewed as more dangerous than horse stealing in old Texas.
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Berlin
West
California
Texas
Restrictions on California autos lifted historic note
The statement claims all restrictions on automobiles entering or leaving California have been removed, characterizing it as a past historical difficulty. No official sources are cited and no concrete dates or entities are provided.
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California
Patriot road trip from San Diego to Seattle
A travel exhortation praises a thousand mile journey from San Diego to Seattle as a fully educational patriotism lesson for every man able to undertake the trip with his family. It frames the voyage as a national learning experience and a duty.
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United States
San Diego
Seattle
Seattle Harbor Promises Private Boat Retreat
The piece urges two weeks in Seattle, advising a study of the City and Port as destined to rival historic maritime centers. It envisions Seattle and its port growing into a grand Pacific hub with private boating potential, likening it to famed maritime locales.
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Seattle
Great Pacific
Marseilles
Constantinople
United States Debt Total Reported in Opaque Figures
The piece notes the United States total debt at twenty one thousand million dollars with a small additional sum described as a few hundred million, stressing the vast public liability borne by the nation and by individuals.
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United States
Everest Visionary Ascent Foiled By Monsoon
The account portrays Mallory and Ervine as heroic explorers killed near Everest’s summit during a monsoon. It reflects on the mountain’s dominance and speculates that future climbers will ascend with ease to build an astronomical observatory, using flying machines and adapting the atmosphere to their needs.
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Mallory
Ervine
Mt. Everest
Earth
Questions and Answers Information Bureau Ad
Public notice explains The Athens Messenger Information Bureau led by Frederic J. Haskin offers to answer questions for two cents postage. It clarifies limits on legal medical and financial advice and that replies go directly to the inquirer.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Imquirer
Questions and Answers on Weather, Feasts, and Veterinary Queries
The column answers diverse reader questions. It covers whether radio affects weather, defines movable feasts, veteran widows’ payment start dates, horses and rheumatism, the cock emblem, a butter statue for the Wembley Exposition, and methods to remove toadstools with lime.
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Bureau of Standards
N. R
Bureau of Animal Industry
France
Prince of Wales
Wembly
G. D. Kent
Beauchamp Hawkins
Alberta
Pea Weevil Emerges as New Threat to Cotton
Sparta Georgia reports the pea weevil as the latest destroyer of cotton in the area. Farmers express considerable interest and concern as infestation spreads through the crop in the region.
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Sparta
Experiments on Cotton Weevil Heat Tests At Farm
Researchers from a university lab tested cotton damage by a pest nicknamed the pea weevil. They measured temperature effects on a coal pile simulating a furnace system and found heating pipes need good insulation and well designed cold air ducts. A new ten room test house funded by the National Warm Air Heating and Ventilating Association will expand data collection.
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C. M. Layson
Cal Laboratory
Sevsec
National Warm Air Heating and Ventilating Association
University of Illinois Turns Furnace Feet Into Science
In Urbana Illinois the University of Illinois studies furnace feeding as a science. It uses a skeleton house to test heat flow and coal combustion revealing how heat is lost and why rooms stay cold. Researchers joke a degree in the basement may be needed for future furnacemen.
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Commission
Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Radium Ore Findings Reported in Turkestan
A hearing notes that radium bearing ores have been found in Turkestan in quantities sufficient to justify extraction and development of radium salts for use.
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Turkestan
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Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago
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West Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio
the Security Savings Bank
Columbus Oil Company
Fintiron
Athens
Guthrie Auto Gales
C. BE. Norris
Athens Co
Buick Co
the City Garage
Rulitep
C. R. Featherston
G. W. Davis
Sugar Creek
O. John Wilson
Amesville
O. KE
TF. Abdella
Chauncey
C. Chauncey Auto Sales
H. C. McDaniel
Millfield
O. Smith Bros
Jacksonville
Chas. Palmer
Red Town
C. M. H. Leasure
R. A. Antle
Trimble
Wallace & Bryson
Glouster
C. Seebee Tire & Supply Co
Gleasoe
Ray James Garage
Lowery
Circle Hill
Charles Evans
Nelsonville
Bert Wolf
Ben Wagner
Buchtel
Factory Street
Ralf
John Dyker
Murray City
L. W. Russell
Beaumont
H. A. Tipton
Plains
O. White's Mill
R. Hysell
New Marshfelé
Game Pinon
Poe
Orenes &Ngham's
Keay
P. V. Coe
Albany
O. Williams
Burlingham
O. Gaston Brothers
Guysville
R. H. Bean
Guyeville
P. T. Winner
Stewart
M. F. Goddard
Beebe
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