British traffic experts praise American pedestrians
Four officials from Great Britain's Automobile Club surveyed U S highways and praised American pedestrians for obeying traffic signals. They also lauded white lane markings and suggested Britain adopt similar lines to improve road safety.
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Philadelphia
Great Britain
Automobile Association
United States
Frank Newson-Smith
London
British Automobile Club
Peirson Frank
W. V. Gibson
H. A. Evans
England
Peirson
Britain
Palace Hotel 15 Years Old Celebrates San Francisco Landmark
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 UP The Palace Hotel, once the wonder of the west with 860 rooms and 9 000 colors, marks a birthday. Built for 5 000 000 in 1975, the hotel holds a gas lit, Barbary Coast era memory with its cuisine still famed worldwide. Inheritance passed from Wild William Ralston to Sen William Sharon then Mrs Janet Johnston the present owner. The first building burned in the city fire. a Baby Palace opened and today’s grand hotel dates to 1909 when a golden key drifted to sea. The palace now offers 2 000 beds and 200 chefs maintaining its grand tradition.
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San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Wild
William Ralston
William Sharon
Janet Johnston
Tough on mailman How ard braves flood route in Tennessee
Dover Tennessee November 21. An RFD mailman Harry B How ard described this flood season as the roughest yet. On his 44 mile route he arranged two extra cars and some canoes. He crossed flooded highways by cane to reach parked cars and continued by land and water until returning to Dover.
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Dover
Tenn
RFD
Harry B. Howard
Howard
Undertaker 87 Outlives Life Expectancy Skeptic
Springfield Mass November 21 Confronting a grim joke Charles J Roadstrand an 87 year old undertaker says he has buried about 27000 people over six decades and has no plans to retire Doctors once gave him three months to live in 1916 but he outlived those estimates and still works after a hospital stay for a broken collarbone.
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Springfield
Mass
Charles J. Roadstrand
Pickets Strike Over Chair Row Stirs Detroit Home
In Detroit on November 21 UP reports Leon Mandell’s two children picketed their father for taking the best chair in front of the TV. After the small protest, Mandell now sleeps on the sofa while the kids share the orchestra seat.
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Detroit
Leon Mandell
Mandell
George Washington Memorial Bridge Wire Surplus Spans World
The George Washington memorial bridge in New York holds enough wire to circle the globe four times, a testament to its sprawling infrastructure and engineering scale.
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George Washington Memorial Bridge
New York
Soft Water Boosts Cows milk Output
Chicago November reports from a Culligan water softening test show cows increase milk output up to fifty percent when given soft water. EB J Culligan notes a cow produced eighty pounds more, and minerals in hard water may hinder digestion.
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Chicago
EB. J. Culligan
Culligan
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