Speed and courtesy urged for safer highways drive
A national push by the American Road Builders Association urges drivers to temper speed with care and courtesy. It cites 2706 deaths in 1927 from unreasonable speed and notes that mere legal speed limits do not ensure safety. A Chicago taxi comparison shows four minutes saved at top speed caused many hazards. The piece warns against thefts from farms during harvest and calls for respect of property, urging motorists to seek consent and avoid trespass.
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American
Road Builders’ Association
Chicago
Association
Ohio
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy outlines weekly menus and dietary advice from his book The Newest Way to Health. The piece includes sample breakfasts lunches and dinners for several days, plus two Q and A items on hyper erythrocythemia and eczema linked to buckwheat. It notes sending stamped envelopes for more articles and to address readers through Ut napet.
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Frank McCoy
FR. A
By the Way in New York News Your Dad Read Long Ago
A mosaic of 1920s New York society items. Details recount Faris invitation to English schools, bankers’ trip, and a 42 room Fifth Avenue apartment for the blind staffed by dozens of specialists. Includes profiles of Sophie Treadwell and others, plus notes on buckwheat notes and Loyalty Day appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillic- Faris
Normal College
England
Scotland
Ireland
Gilbert Swan
Messenger
York
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
New York
Sophie Treadwell
Machinal
Bill McGeehan
Harry Reichenbach
Breaway
Greenwich Village
J P. Mu Avoy
Salem witches executed in 1692 and Hale execution in 1776
On September 22 1692 two men and seven women were executed in Salem Massachusetts for witchcraft. In 1776 Captain Nathan Hale said I regret that I have but one life to give for my country and was executed as a spy. In 1834 Portland Oregon was settled and Cheyenne was chosen as the capital of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Nathan Hale
Portland
New York City Could Decide Smith Hobble in November
West from Albany Sept. 22 reports that New York City appears pivotal in Governor Smith’s bid, with Republicans counting on Ottinger for statewide gain and urban voters likely to shape the outcome amid Hoover’s rising support and possible adverse weather in rural pockets. The piece notes Smith’s past margins, urban enthusiasm, and lingering statewide doubt as October conventions loom and voters stay on the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Hoover
Smith
New York City
Ottinger
New York
Emil
Harding
Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
al Smith
Empire State
Theste
Answers to Questions by Frederick J Haskin
A collection of Q and A on varied topics. Notable items include presidential nomination notices from 1924 with Coolidge and others, estimates of Marines in Nicaragua, Baikal fish not Arctic, meanings of K G and initials after names, bin sizes for coal, platinum vs white gold, Singapore meaning, Marshal Field basement area, clam growth years, and blueberry ornamental use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Washington, D. C
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
W. Va
Charles Bryen
Lincoln
Nebr
Charles Gatea Dawes
Vanston
United States
Nicaragua
Lake Baikal
Lake Maikal
Great Britain
D.B.F. A
Singapore
N.G
Lion's Town
Marshal Field
Chicago
Marshal Field & Company
Washington Street
Puzzle about weights and measures fills Cross-Word
A scrambled crossword puzzle shows horizontal and vertical clues about units of weight length and volume, including questions like what measure four equals and what unit is used for electrical power, with scattered garbled entries and a final note pointing to an answer key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budden
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Sunday Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Obie Select
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Duties
United Prean Service
Lowell
tVain
Roper i K Ward, Inc
Fdth
Wabash Avenue
Marvelous Caterpillar
Arthur Brisbane
NLESS
Hardman
Georgia
Germany
Henry Ford
Jupiter Motors
South America
Azores
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Santa Fe Railroad
G. W. Reed
California Packing Corporation
San Leandro
California
Wai
Complainer
Ohio University
Irish Free State
Thomas F. McGregor
Philadelphia
Pere Ig Rabier
Alcs
Utnapet
R McCox
McCoy
Atladay
W. Kfp
Iraq
By the Way
J.D. Brown
Cincinnati
T. J. Davis
Denver
Colo
National Bankers’ Association
L A. Koons
Office of Prosecuting Attorney
Frank R Grossen
Gggg Club
Carl
Find
Tn Larbor
Samart Waketuld
Alfredi
West Front
Carlos Cameron
Logan
Henry Cameron
J. Halliday Cline
E. C. Woodworth
Athens
Charica Wakfield Cadman
David Lawrence
Athens Messanger
Frederick J. Haskin
Samuel
Tere Deal
Mads
Ars
Anawer
Fosterdas
Vastiatievae IA
Plaleietel
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