Air Mail Shows Heavy Increase for This Year
International News Service reports American business is rapidly adopting air mail. From January 15 to September 1, 1928, air carried mail surpasses 1927 totals, with 1,266,432 pounds in the first seven months. Crary notes 30 percent volume gains since the five cent rate and parcel-rate cuts. He estimates mail planes will cover nine to ten million miles in the coming year. Banks remain top users, with single-day flights moving substantial stock and bonds.
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International News Service
Chicago
American Air Transport Association
Harold Crary
Crary
America
San Francisco
New York
Paclc
Alaska
Seattle
St. Louis
E Bélles
Great Fall
Montana
California
New ‘York
Ohio
Los Angeles
Concord
Mass
Middlesex
Nine Acre Corner
Emerson Hospital
Westvale Mill
Oscar E. Beckvold
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County
Court House
Cambridge
View
Concord Enterprise
Ralph N. Smith
Ralph N. Smifh
Henry L
Forest fires blamed on discarded cigarette butts in Oregon and Washington
Forest service officials report that more than a third of man caused fires in Oregon and Washington stem from cigarette and cigar butts. With 293 man caused fires this season, about 100 started by careless smokers, the study notes odds of ignition are high and tests show butts can ignite under mild winds, making smoking materials a major forest danger.
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Portland
Oregon
Washington
Forest Service
United States
United States Bureau of Standards
German Silk Men Open Spinning Mills in Hanover
The growing silk worm industry in Germany prompts setup of the first silk reel in Hanover. Twenty four provincial associations of silk worm breeders back the venture. Also mentions Concord High School preparing for a new school term starting September 5.
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Berian
Germany
Gelle
Hanover
Association of
Concord High School
4ENT RISE ADS PAY BEST Ane not sr ae
The readable fragments show an advertising snippet with emphasis on best pay rates and a promotion. No clear event, person, or organization is identified beyond generic references to ads and earnings.
U S Farm Production Outpaces Population Growth 1922 26
The United States saw farm output rise about fourteen percent in 1922 26 versus 1917 21 while population grew under nine percent. Dr O E Baker cites higher output despite less land and fewer workers, suggesting living standards may remain steady due to mechanization and science in farming.
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United States
O.E Baker
United States Department of Agriculture
China
India
North America
Europe
Doctor Baker
United’ States
Malthus
Ricardo
United.States
Lacy Evening Gown Opulation Ends Substitution Battle
Japan has achieved a breakthrough in fashion and industry marking a shift from subsistence methods to refined textile production. The report notes a notable replacement of simpler garments with elaborate evening gowns signaling economic and cultural progress.
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Japan
Japan's Advances and Agricultural Labor Challenges
The text notes Japan's technical progress and economic growth doubling real income per capita and population over fifty years. It highlights farmers' reliance on human muscle, the humid climate aiding high yields, and science enabling three quarters of arable land to remain in crops.
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United States
China
India
Japan
Ifidia
Facts and Figures from a Fragmented Almanac
A jumble of historical tidbits with mixed accuracy covers Kipling birth in Bombay, cash only sales, baby elephant weight, Tyler’s death, skunk tastes, counting money, Banneker clocks, Swedish population in Minnesota, infant mortality, New England naming, Mayflower passengers, Gouverneur Morris talkativeness, Paine words, Lincoln and Franklin schooling, Saratoga and Gettysburg battles, Washington College, religious tolerance, Yale and Harvard, John Jn as educator, John Jn fathering twenty children, Brigham Young’s fifty six offspring, and Dickens on Barkis in David Copperfield.
Future home lighting powered by radio waves predicted by Dr. Karl Compton
Dr. Karl T. Compton, Princeton physics professor visiting Berkeley, predicts wireless neon lighting and filamentless bulbs operated by radio waves. He notes ongoing research with neon display lights and atomic radiation experiments, calling the forecast a logical prophecy supported by current demonstrations.
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International
San
Compton
General Electric .Company
Washington, D.C
Common
Pune
Tennessee Mountaineer Whittles Wood Teeth for Show
Chicago dental labs marvel at a Tennessee mountaineer who carved an entire set of false teeth from a single block of oak and basswood. The upper row fits mouth cavities perfectly and can chew corn on the cob, a feat praised by Dr. Clements of the University of Tennessee at a National Dental Laboratory Technicians convention. Hobbs, the carver, is made an honorary society member for this achievement.
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International News Service
Chicago—Dental Laboratory
Chicago
C. E. Clements
University of Tennessee
National Dental Laboratory
T Ee Mountaineer
Joe
Clem
Clements
Association
Hobbs
Mosaic Floor From 5th Century Church East of Jerusalem Found
A well preserved mosaic floor from a church built in 479 is uncovered at Khan Elahmir six miles east of Jerusalem. The site lies with the fifth century monastery of St Euthymius, a key Orthodox stronghold after Chalcedon. The tomb chamber of St Euthymius reveals a vaulted chapel covered in frescoes.
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Jerusalem
Khan Elahmir
Palestine
Chalcedon
Saladin
Beybers
Huthymius
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