Railroads Race to Meet New Competition and Speed
Railroads push new streamlined trains and innovations to recapture passenger traffic from buses planes and cars. Narration notes several advances including air cooled dining cars, night club cars, electric systems and advanced signaling as American railways recount a century of expansion from Civil War to early development.
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Western
United States
National Geographic Society
New England
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Pacific
Sacramento
Mississippi Valley
Cowboy’s failed lasso ends in hawk attack on Dewet resident
Zelma O’Neill, once a local cowboy, tried roping a hawk on a fence post. The bird clung to him and pecked causing knee and neck injuries before fleeing. O’Neill collapsed, was cared for at home by his wife and remains laid up.
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Dewet
Texas
Zelma O'Neill
O’neill
O'Neill
Hawk
Guillotine Chief Says He Will Retire After 300rd Execution
Anatole Delbier, famed national executioner of Marseilles, guillotined the 300th criminal at dawn, Camille Maucher the post office robber. Delbier, paid 7500 francs per execution, plans retirement for a comfortable fortune while racing to complete two new fool proof guillotines, details undisclosed.
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Marseilles
France
Anatole Delbier
Post Office
Camille Maucher
Delbier
Ita
Railway expansion guided by growing traffic needs
Europe the chief history of railway construction has been that of roads laid down to meet the demands of traffic already there. In this country tens of thousands of miles of line have been built through virgin territory, which it was hoped would grow up to their facilities.
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Europe
Real Fact of Life in Russia Says Lyons Reveals Contradictions
American correspondent Eugene Lyons reports from Moscow on life in the Soviet Union. He contrasts rapid industrial growth and improved cities with overcrowded homes, exile, and food card controls, noting executions are euphemized and state rhetoric clashes with daily hardship.
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New York
Eugene Lyons
Russia
Soviet Republic
Stugsin
Lyons
Cyclist Sees Africans as Ordinary People Says Wilson
James C. Wilson, former college instructor, asserts that Africans are just ordinary folks who work daily and share a good joke, reflecting a humanizing view from a visiting cyclist.
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Washington
James C. Wilson
War and Faith Intersect Across Frontiers and Time
Fragmentary religious commentary traces themes of war, truth about Africana peoples, and frontier barriers, juxtaposed with a sermon on resurrection and the Great Commission. It cites Jesus rising, women meeting him, and the disciples’ duty to teach nations and baptize in the triune name.
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Worl
Wilson
Jesus
Rats Live On Milk Iron And Copper Diet Long Survival
Scientists report rats can survive a prolonged period on a diet consisting solely of milk iron and copper maintaining good condition. The finding highlights nutrient flexibility and potential metabolic adaptations in rodents.
The Empty Tomb and the Great Commission Lesson
The June 17 lesson reviews Matthew 28 1 20 focusing on the empty sepulcher and the angelic proclamation. It emphasizes Christ's resurrection as proof of victory over sin and a living savior guiding believers to share the gospel.
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Jesus
Christ
Crazy Water Crystals Offer Home Mineral Treatment
An ad extols natural mineral waters for rheumatic and other ailments, noting high travel costs to Europe. It promotes Crazy Water Crystals from Mineral Wells, Texas, claiming they reproduce mineral water benefits at home for about $1.50 per box.
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Europe
Eusrope
Crazy Water. Co
Mineral Wells
Texas
Kruschen Diet Aid Claims Weight Loss and Vitality
A reader from Tampa Florida credits Kruschen with dropping 39 pounds in three months and improving health. The ad touts a half teaspoon daily in hot water plus an 85 cent four week trial with a money back guarantee and urges readers to seek Kruschen as a safe slimming option.
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Mia
B. C. Terry
Tampa
Fla
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