Kansas reaches one car per eight residents on licenses
Kansas reports 215,167 automobile licenses issued this year with a population of 1,760,273 per Secretary of State L. J. Pettyjohn. Pawnee County leads with 5.2 persons per car, Stafford at 5.4, Cheyenne close behind, while the state notes a wooden 256 foot tower in Cleveland linked to cementing steel smokestacks.
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Record of
Kansas
L. J. Pettyjohn
Stafford
Cheyenne County
Cleveland
Hoover predicts no food shortage amid ample U S staples
In San Francisco on October 25 Herbert Hoover warned that surplus grain in public warehouses exceeds five years of output, forecasting U S staples will total 15 to 20 million tons of excess with Central Europe unlikely to create shortages. He noted more than 5,000 women work as public librarians in the United States.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
United States
Europe
Hoover
Railroad Schedules at High Point for Southern Rail Lines
Train times published for several routes with arrivals and departures from Washington Birmingham Charlotte and other hubs. Not guaranteed and include conditional stops and Sunday nonoperations with late evening and early morning services listed by company and city pairs.
Theodore Roosevelt's Oyster Bay Dog Cemetery Tribute
The Roosevelt home at Oyster Bay hosts a flower bordered plot the author calls a dog cemetery. It honors pets Shady Skip Jack Boz Jessie Susan and others buried by Colonel Roosevelt with personal care and flowers. The piece notes Roosevelt's deep affection for animals and his practice of personally tending the graves and grave markers.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
America
Roosevelt
Lone Island
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Shady
Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster, Bay
Mrs. Roosevelt
Charlie Lee
Skip
Roosevelt Estate
Jack
Boz
Jessie
Susan
Tonsorial Firms Raise Shave Prices and Hours
Local barbers raise shave prices to 20 cents per shave as costs rise and announce shops will close at 7 pm. The move affects each barber shop in town with many setting shares at 25 cents and urging patrons to arrive before closing time for services.
Blind itinerant tinker makes perilous mountain trek on horse
In Telluride California on January 25 A B Candy, a blind itinerant tinker, rode a pack horse down a steep mountainside from a mining camp. He carefully avoided rocks and pitfalls and reached his destination after borrowing the horse when Candy missed the day’s stage.
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Telluride
Cal
A. B. Cyndy
Candy
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