Doctor of Safety Degree for Women Advocated at Chautauqua
John C. Long of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce urged women club members to confer the degree Doctor of Safety to curb traffic deaths. He cited 28 cities lowering fatalities in 1921 and noted causes include careless driving, poor parking, and weak traffic enforcement, arguing prevention starts with local diagnosis and remedies.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Associated Press
United States
John C. Long
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
General Federation of Womens Clubs
Detroit
St. Louis
Doctors of Safety
Local rules spur cautious changes in traffic practices
OUT OUR WAY notes potential arrestee actions and police focus on motorists with special cards. It mentions possible new ordinances and the likelihood that most communities will not require exhaustive exams.
Doctor of Safety idea for reducing accidents urged
The speaker argues women’s clubs should adopt a safety program to diagnose and curb accidents. Build a city map with white pins for child accidents and blue pins for adult ones to locate causes, then target lighting, signs, crossings, and school/home/playground safety. Cite cities on the Safety Honor Roll of 1921 and list several with fewer 1920 traffic fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Greetings from Senator Marconi to radio amateurs
In New York on June 1, Senator Marconi writes to fellow amateurs, recalling his start as an amateur and his preference to remain an amateur rather than a university professor or doctor. He pledges ongoing support for amateurs and their experimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guglielmo Marconi
Wireless
New York
NEA Service
Marconi visits America to study amateur radio landscape
Senator Guglielmo Marconi arrives in New York to observe American radio progress and amateur stations. He notes Europe lags in broadcasting but is catching up, and discusses ongoing efforts to reduce radio static and advances in one to two meter wavelengths aboard his yacht Ellettra.
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Paul F. Godley
America
New York
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
Europe
London
House of Commons
Chelmford
Ellettra
Marconi short wave radio advances promise secrecy and range
The article describes Marconi using short waves of one or two meters to transmit radio signals across distances up to 100 miles. It highlights automatic reception, aims to reduce static, and develop directional transmission for secrecy, with experiments aboard the Elettra and remarks on ongoing testing and related notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
Elettra
Carnarvon
Wales
North River
New York
Afton Community Notices and Local Happenings
Local residents report hog deliveries by E R McKimpson and A C Parrott in Afton on Wednesday. Shiflett and Scott family visits noted. A much needed rain with thunder and lightning occurred Sunday night. Esther Culver and Mrs Carl Peck returned to Creston after visiting Afton. Mrs Jay Lyle improves from illness. John Carter helps with corn plowing for F B Shiflett. Vivien Hazen visited Afton Tuesday afternoon. Loraine Williamson and Marian were also noted locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. McKimpson
A. C. Parrott
Afton
F. H. Shiflett
David Scott
Hopeville
John Carter
Son Glade
Esther Culver
Carl Peck
Creston
Jay Lyle
F. B. Shiflett
Emerson on Providence and the unruly road to ends
The text contrasts divine trust with Providence's unruly path, arguing that efforts to sanitize its chaotic tools are futile. Emerson critiques attempts to polish that powerful benefactor with academic veneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Woman credits Mayr's remedy for relief from gall stones
A woman describes fourteen years of severe gall stone symptoms and digestive distress. She credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with her improvement after doctors advised hospitalization and notes the product removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract. Money back guarantee. Available at Newcomb & Matthews and druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Newcomb & Matthews
Men Blind to Woman's Suffering
A newspaper notice extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as help for women suffering from pale appearance headaches backaches faint spells melancholy and insomnia. It cites volunteer letters of recommendation published in the paper to encourage trials of the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Cleone Long
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Lemond's Chapel
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