Cement for roads could cut county paving costs in Iowa
Iowa highway officials and Des Moines cement makers consider selling cement to counties at cost to reduce paving expenses. A mile of cement paving could save about $1000, depending on season and barrels per mile. The plan follows statewide road building efforts and includes safety campaign on dangerous grade crossings.
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Wilson Proclaims National Day of Prayer for Peace
President Wilson issues a proclamation designating Sunday October 4 as a day for prayer and supplication in the United States for peace in Europe. He asks God fearing citizens to unite in petitions, seeking mercy, guidance, and healing for nations in conflict. Signed in Washington on September 8, 1914 with Secretary of State William J. Bryan.
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Bandits Shoot 2 On Train In Detroit
Two Grand Trunk passengers inbound from Toronto were shot by two masked robbers who boarded after the train entered Detroit. Wounded are Cornelious Hogekerk of Herlin and Joseph Seltzer of Shelby. Hogekerk was shot in the stomach with doubtful recovery. Police arrested about six suspects shortly after the robbery.
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Mexicans to Fight U S Ver Cruz Clash and Lincoln Witness Dies
Reports from Vera Cruz say General Aguilar pledged to attack American troops to prove the constitutionalists did not aid the U S. Outposts along the Interoceania railway near Vera Cruz prepare for advance. In Washington Mrs. Amanda Weeks, last Lincoln assassination prisoner survivor, dies at ninety after remarking Lincoln should have been shot earlier.
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Extraneous Emergency Spending Passes House in Congress
The House approves a million dollar emergency appropriation requested by Secretary Bryan to cover extraordinary diplomatic and consular expenses due to the European war. The action reflects wartime funding needs and government support for diplomatic operations abroad.
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Families of Soldiers Fay No Rent War Notice
Sixty families occupying houses owned by the Meld firm were notified that they need not pay rent while their men serve in the war. The notice was issued in London on September 10.
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Birds Eat 6000 Fish A Day in Balt Lake Study
Utah study by Fred W. Chambers, state fish and game commissioner, finds fish-eating birds other than gulls destroy about 60,000 fish daily or 21,900,000 yearly. He notes most are scavengers with little food value, except snowy heron and black duck, and urges consideration of eliminating certain birds that devastate stocked streams.
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Utah
Fred W. Chambers
Fish and Game
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Mr. Chambers
Jerusalem plans modern upgrades amid growth and walls sale
Jerusalem faces rapid growth with water shortages and plans a modern waterworks system an electric lighting and power plant and a streetcar network linking the old city with Bethlehem and Jaffa Gate. Government offers the ancient walls for sale as building material while nearby Jewish colonies rise with new schools and residences and trolley lines connect districts and sacred sites.
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Luxuries Consume Billions While Missions Languish
Baltimore figures show over five billion dollars spent on luxuries and only 12 million on Christian missions in a single year. Dr Diederwolf cited costs for jewelry eight hundred million, candy two hundred million, chewing gum twenty one million, soft drinks one hundred twenty million, theaters seven hundred sixty million, tobacco one point two billion, millinery nine million, and intoxicating liquors two million.
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United States
W. E. Bilederwolf
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Federal Council of the Church of Christ In America
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Diederwolf
Five Men Banned From Saloons in Phillipsburg Day List
On request of their wives five men were put on the day list in Phillipsburg New Jersey and saloon keepers were ordered not to sell to them One man vows to sue to force sales to him in the course of actions against saloonkeepers
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Goodyear Tires No War Prices Amid Global Rubber Rush
The Goodyear Tire & Stubber Co. vows not to raise prices, arguing it advanced rates during the panic. President A. Sieberling notes rubber rose sharply, London bought 1.5 million pounds, and Goodyear aims to keep postwar prices steady while running three shifts to meet demand.
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No Excuse for Early Rising Arrogance
The piece argues against the supposed virtue of early rising, noting cold bath bravado by some as unheroic and insufficient. Rev Walter Dwight contends early risers display arrogance and skewed ethics, while the typical person feels tempted or forced into rising, yet remains less intelligent.
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Walter Dwight
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Which would you rather be a chauffeur or an aviator
A quip from Cafe de Luxe contrasts ambition and appearance with Willie-Pa noting aviation as the higher position, about ten percent cafe and ninety percent looks, reflecting Life magazine humor.
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Georgia physician touts Grape-Nuts recovery tale
A prominent Georgia doctor recounts personal illness reversed by Grape-Nuts after a fail-from-nourishment period. He cites two months in thinning mountains and five weeks to regain strength, then resumed practice. He urges public sharing, noting trial offers and the Road to Wellville pamphlet.
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