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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
3
A column blends dating missteps with a quip about marrying hastily. It then notes that high quality photographs need better than red glass in the darkroom and provides a tartrazine dye method to improve paper screens for 50 percent more efficacy.
An interview discusses undetected kidney issues and the impact on insurance applications. Swamp Root, advertised by Kilmer Co, is sold in two bottle sizes with a test offer of ten cents. The ad notes many unaware of kidney problems and urges readers to consider the product.
A USDA Bureau of Public Roads project offers free distribution of one reel films teaching modern highway construction. Titles include Modern Concrete Road Construction Building Bituminous Roads Mixed Asphalt Pavements Brick From Clay to Pavement Granite Block Paving High Roads and Sky Roads plus forthcoming Building Forest Roads Around the West by Forest Roads. Reservations advised due to limited copies.
A quarter mile race track shaped concrete road with 13 different pave ment types is tested in Pittsburg California. Forty US government trucks continuously traverse the surface while tunnels and side ditches support observations on wear. Sections wear out and are repaired until the strongest is destroyed. Costs run into hundreds of thousands but aims to yield practical findings on durability for road building interests.
Prompted by a university level outline on highway transport by Prof Lewis McIntyre, the highway education committee hires Prof Buckner of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education to translate the book for high school students. The pamphlet will involve the US Bureau of Public Roads and the Bureau of Education and aims to introduce highway transport to nationwide students. Texas leads in federal aid highway work with 1,382 miles under construction and 1,116 miles completed. Odd jobs for farms in fall and winter include terracing ditch repair and fence building with plans for better farmstead layout.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes Meadow fescue and English bluegrass seed are produced in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, with most exports going to European countries, chiefly Germany. Farmers are urged to service and shelter machinery now for next spring and summer readiness, not leaving it idle in fence corners over winter.
An official report from Woodward Iron Company cites 83 dead and 60 injured after a dust explosion at Mine No 3 nine miles from Birmingham. A cable crash and electrical spark triggered a mine fire, trapping about 300 workers and prompting large rescue efforts.
Fire broke out in the business section of Sydney during a howling blizzard. Grand Narrows reports the storm cut Sydney off from outside communication for over a day as telegraph wires were felled across Cape Breton. Damage is estimated at 250000 dollars with no loss of life.
Six armed robbers seized a postoffice motor truck carrying morning mail to Omaha Nebraska. They kidnapped driver William Hogan and escaped in a large touring car with sixteen pouches of business mail. Authorities say the value is not yet known but not expected to be large.
Georges Clemenceau told New York business leaders that the United States bears blame for Europe’s postwar unrest. The French leader said America left France in the lurch after the war, criticizing lack of a proper plan for adjustments. He spoke to the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York.
Authorities investigating the deaths of Irvine Henderson his wife and four children have uncovered their first tangible clue. Dr R W Mondhank a local physician said Henderson had recently consulted him about a mysterious illness afflicting the family.
A vintage food column presents fruit cake and Creole steak recipes alongside Brunswick roast and egg hollandaise. It offers Thanksgiving dishes like rabbit pie, guinea hens, Spanish pie, beef and corn pudding, plus guidance on soups, salads, and desserts to balance the meal.
A midwinter fashion feature details small velvet hats and large velvet brim designs paired with knitted tuxedos and sport tuxedos. It notes cloches with velvet, silver accents, and plaid patterns, plus bronzed golden laces and metallic trims. The piece highlights coordinated scarves and hats with coats, stressing novelty outerwear and tailored knit ensembles.
In Pueblo a red racer snake attacked an automobile biting and puncturing the tire. The scene prompts a reflective aside on broadmindedness and quotes thoughts about permanent things attributed to Senator Hoar.
Fashion notes describe one toned silks in Bay flame and American Beauty with vivid greens and yellows, conservatively cut with side drapery and minimal sleeves. Outing hats in blue leather with silver stitching complement dresses. Velvet brocades and metal silk crepe lead fall trims as silk dresses dominate.
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