Railways to run highways beside rails eyed by official
A road official discussed a revolutionary transport idea to build highways parallel to existing rail lines to serve distant points. The plan would require a heavy initial outlay but could be offset by savings in operating large buses and trucks instead of trains. The winter has brought severe storms with widespread damage to trees and bridges, threatening the maple crop and timber industry in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.
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New York
Chautewqua
Cattaraugus
Jamestown
Hamburg
Buffalo
Handicap on trial exposes jury language barrier in New York
In Federal Court New York a costly month long trial ended with 11 jurors voting to convict while one juror, a Cuban who could not speak English well, dissented. The judge dismissed the dissenting juror, raising questions about the jury system and possible retrial. An investigation is planned.
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New York
Thes
Little Opposition in Russia to Soviet War on Religion
Vice manned dispatch from Moscow reports minimal public resistance to the Soviet anti religious drive. Despite church closures and anti religious campaigns, observers find little organized opposition across cities and countryside. The atheism push has extended for 12 years, with Russians largely acclimated and outwardly calm.
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ED L. Keen
United Press For Europe
Moscow
Russia
Collectivizi
Ues
Perham
Russsia
Market myths and social duty in industry and investing
An essay set contrasts on beating the stock game with Willford King’s barometer method and notes that long run advantages favor the house. It discusses the shift to professional hiring, the fate of unfit workers, and the need to utilize all workers as industry grows despite charitable pressures and ongoing investigations.
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Monte Carlo
Bamix
Willford King
Wall Street
Arthur H. Young
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
van Camey
Mr. Young
Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon
Daily English instruction lists common word usage and pronunciation guidance from W L Gordon. It covers common mistakes like spoke versus spoken and mispronunciations such as grandeur. The page promotes vocabulary growth with a daily word, here subside meaning to fall quiet, become tranquil, or abated.
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W.L. Gordon
Quick Answers From Yesterday's Quiz and Inquiries
Quick lessons cover whether quicksand exists as a scientific hazard, if the Lindbergh air mail stamp bears his portrait, and the upheaval linked to Robespierre Danton and Marat. It also recalls whether 1900 was a leap year and locates a proposed site for a second canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific.
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Robespierre
Danton
Marat
Atlantic
Pacific
Miles City
Mont
John Adams
Rhode Island
Twenty Years Ago Journal Findings February 25 1910
A review of Meadville and nearby headlines reports the College funding gap covered by $19000 in looters securities. Liquor licenses revoked, signaling end of race betting at Corry driving park. Thomas Earl of South Dayton killed by train near Titanite plant. Cambridge Springs sick with smallpox, Callie Pier fractures leg in milk sled accident. City tax board finalizes valuation at $1,922,716 with 268 horses and 181 cows listed. Reverend Heisley to West Aurora New York with family.
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Corry
Trie County
Thomas &. Earl
South Dayton
N. Y
Penn
C. J. Earl
Gould Street
Nelson Drake
Scista
Board of Tax Revision and Appeal
A Problem a Day Loan Interest Puzzle
A problem asks for the sum that earns the same interest in 19 months at a certain percent as a $750 loan for four years at 76 percent. The answer links to yesterday's 76 percent and uses a numeric method involving percentages and fractions to reach the equivalence.
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Paren
Who Is He A Centenarian Statesman Known As Counsel to the World
The 85 year old man fits Root, honored with the eightieth birthday title Counsel to the World. A former secretary of war under McKinley and Roosevelt, secretary of state under Roosevelt, and U.S. senator from New York, he advised internationally. He helped plan a permanent world court and a program aiding Chinese students in American colleges.
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Root
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
New York
Court of International Justice
I J
Oren Root
Hamilton College
Ciibe
Nation's per capita wealth shows increase
New York news reports a thorough survey by the National Industrial Conference Board placing the United States per capita wealth at 3000 dollars with total tangible assets of 260.1 billion as of 1928. The study notes an eight percent rise since 1922 and a 27 percent gain in purchasing power. Nevada tops at 7088 dollars per person. Pennsylvania is listed at 3300 dollars per capita.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
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Spartansburg
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Allegheny College
John G. Rich
P. F. Hunt
West
Washington Street
Cambridge Springs
Florida
Callie Pier
Columbus Avenue
Spring Hawk
Frederick Heisley
West Aurora
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Haine
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