Expert plan calls for centralized highway supervision
The American Road Builders association committee on highway finance and administration proposes centralized supervision of highway construction. It urges ending state highway financing by county aid and restricting gasoline tax funds to highways. The report favors legally authorized regional planning bodies to enforce recommendations and notes a national shift toward centralized planning while maintaining local financing where needed.
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American Road Builders’ Association
St. Louis
Committee On
United States Bureau of Public Roads
How Remodeling Will Make Attractive Home
A guide to modernizing homes with affordable changes. Interior updates like tearing divisions, new floors, and modern equipment improve livability, while exterior upgrades such as porches, doorways, bay windows, and steel casements add architectural charm to older box-like or flat-roofed houses.
Duty of Property Owners Prevents Large Fire Losses
Public officials must inspect buildings to safeguard life in crowded spaces while owners must act to prevent fires. Defective flues wiring waste buildup inadequate sprinklers faulty construction and careless smoking cause vast U.S. fire losses, according to the Exchange.
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United States
Fire safety lessons from history and modern costs
The passage recalls the Chicago fire sparked by a cow and lamp, noting the city’s destruction and a century of caution. It argues that Americans again neglected fire safety last year, with vast wealth burned and thousands killed, urging personal responsibility in prevention.
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Chicago
Light and Dark Paint Hues Cool Exterior Heat
In warmer climates light colored exterior paint keeps houses cooler. Lighter hues reflect heat while dark shades absorb it. Use two or more colors with a small dark accent to complement larger light areas.
Tree Planting and the Aim of Shade and Beauty
The piece discusses how trees can become problems if they grow fast or shed blossoms and become nuisances. It emphasizes the purpose of trees and shrubs is to provide shade, shelter, and beauty, framing the home landscape. if they fail to do so, the planter has not achieved the intended result.
Hypochondriacs and the Martyr to Ill Health
A Harper's Magazine excerpt discusses hypochondriacs in daily life, noting their hostility to relief and tendency to boast of ailments. It describes reactions to others claiming illness, the sneaky self-pity of chronic sufferers, and the challenge for physicians in assessing real symptoms.
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O Wilk
ABC
Hubert S. Howe
Sarah Comstock
Harper’s Magazine
Ancient Grimsel Hospit destroyed by rising lake waters
Swiss news notes the Grimsel pass hospit near the Aare valley swallowed by floodwaters as Lake Grimsel rose with rain, the two story whitewashed building abandoned and burned. The ruin marks a historic inn dating back to 1307, thriving until 1880 when the Gothard tunnel redirected traffic.
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Grimsel Pass
Switzerland
Zurich
London Sunday Observer
Aare
Europe
Grimsel
Gothard
Costs Of Operating A Radio Station
The text outlines radio station economics with 1000 watt transmitters costing 5000 to 40000 dollars and annual studio rents 15000 to 40000 dollars. Big stations require 750000 to 1000000 dollars, plus pickup gear 10000 to 15000 dollars and line charges about 10000 to 12000 dollars yearly. Electricity around 15000 dollars yearly and other incidental expenses about 15000 dollars. Microphones start at 75 dollars.
Thrift by the Clock a French Savings Timepiece
A new device blends a clock with a savings bank. It will not run unless the owner deposits a daily franc or more. The clock acts as an incentive to thrift and timely installments, reflecting French frugality and modern time payment habits.
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Missouri
Untitled Phrase Snippet From Playful Beach Dialogue
A fragment shows bathers nearby with one venturing farther out and a spectator suggesting bringing chairs to sit. The casual exchange hints at leisure seaside activity and light social commentary.
Have you got your horse paid for yet
A brief exchange notes the rider asking about finishing payments on a horse. The seller explains two payments remain and ownership will transfer to the buyer’s friend. The item reflects a local sale anecdote from the Syracuse Post Standard.
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Syracuse Post-Standard
The Eternal Triangle theater play teased
In a playful dialogue a professor and his wife discuss a theater outing naming the imagined play The Eternal Triangle with a nod to mathematics and romance. The line hints at a witty conceit linking love and geometry.
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Ellen
Last Is Not Least Income Tax Inspector
The notice lists an inspector asking about dependents with a line about two children and a landlord. The phrasing suggests a political or opinion piece reflecting on tax questions and personal status.
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Least Income Tax Inspector
Bank Bandit Loot in 1930 Over 4 Millions
Bank bandit loot in 1930 totaled 5 104 750 dollars securing 497 holdups. Of 262 member banks and 235 non members were hit. 311 bank robbers were arrested. January had 30 holdups, June 86, September 64, and December 63 as the banner month.
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New York
American Bankers’ Association
Association
Bandit Demands Three Kisses For One Dollar
A San Francisco bandit collects three kisses as a rebate and returns one dollar to a man after pressing his lips to the man’s companion. He had already obtained 2.59 dollars from the man before giving back one dollar.
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San Francisco
al Brown
Brown
Nina Wolfe
Miss Wolfe
America's Vacation Budget Set at 5 Billion, A Amass
The American Automobile Association estimates this year's vacation cost at five billion dollars. About 3.2 billion will fund motor tours in the United States and 400 million will cover travel to Canada. Air travel is projected at 25 million and rail travel at 750 million.
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Washington
America
American Automobile Association
United States
Oasis
Canada
Radio Cruisers Help Cops to Nab Suspect
Detroit officers used car radios to broadcast a bandit description during a loitering stop, aiding the arrest of Charles Thompson, a holdup suspect. Two patrolmen questioned him when the radio alert arrived.
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Detroit
Charles Thompson
Poultry Prices Advancing and Feed Advice
A farmer columnist urges poultry keepers to balance grain with essential hen feed to boost egg production. He notes crop harvests provide grain, but eggs demand more nutrition, and prices look better. The writer signs off as W. F. Priebe encouraging prudent management for profit.
Drury College Origin Marked by Springfield Rename
This week in Missouri History notes a milestone on August 5 1873 when Springfield College in Springfield Missouri was renamed Drury College marking a major step in southwest Missouri education.
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Drury College
Missouri
Floyd
Shoemaker
Springfield College
Springfield
Drury College Origins and Early Missouri Park News
The article recounts the naming of Drury College in 1873 after benefactor Samuel Fletcher Drury and details early leadership under Rev. Morrison and successors. It also reports Missouri Game and Fish news, including Wallace State Park development, Holt County land deals, deer creek dam, and fishing, hunting regulations, channel cat facts, and predator control results.
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Ter
Missouri
H. B. Fry
Carthage
Springfield Association of Congregational Churches
Springfield
Neosho
Nathan J. Morrison
Olivet College
Olivet
Michigan
Morrison
Drury College
Pierce City
L. L. L. Allen
Drury Colleee
Springfield College
Samuel Fletcher Drury
Mich
Albert Fletcher Drury
Benton Avenue
Dr. Morrison
George H. Ashley
Paul Roulet
Francis T. Ingalls
Charles D. Adams
Edward
Lowsend Godsey
State Park Board
Missouri State Game and Fish Department
John H. Ross
Wallace State Park
Cameron
Big Lake
Holt County
Clinton County
Caldwell County
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Wallace
Deer Creek
Ross
Mark Twain State Park
Monroe County
Missouri River
State Game and Fish Department
Arthur Williams
G. M Kirby
Missouri Game and Fish Department
Kirby
North
Federal
Predatory Animal Control Bureau
Missouri Department
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Bandit
W. F. Priebe
McMurtry
Thomas William Nadal
Drury
Game and Fish News
Hoover
North Central
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