Arizona seeks 3500000 road bond for statewide system
Petitions circulate for a constitutional amendment to authorize a state road bond issue of 3.5 million. If approved, funds will build routes from Needles to Springerville, the Borderland highway, Roosevelt dam highway, Grand Canyon to Phoenix, and Tucson to Nogales. Proceeds split 75 percent to counties by valuation, remainder to a general fund. The board includes appointees from multiple counties and a university engineering professor.
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Lures to Laziness A Cocoanut Palm Critique
A naturalist dismisses the cocoanut palm as a demoralizing tree that provides almost all needs with little effort. It yields about a hundred nuts yearly for decades, enabling a lazy lifestyle while climate and time erode energy.
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Desert Islands
Odd Australian Animals and Their Place in Mammal Lineage
Australian species such as the duck billed platypus and the echidna are described as groundlings of the mammalian family with lower-grade anatomy. Zoological circles view the platypus as a link between birds and mammals, highlighting distinctive brain and bodily traits.
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Australia
Egg and mammal birth contrast noted
The text compares eggs laid by birds with the young hatched from them to the live birth of kangaroos and higher mammals, which feed their offspring with milk. It highlights a fundamental difference in reproductive methods among animals.
A Plant Factory Run by Sunshine
A writer in Canada describes a maple tree as a factory powered by sunshine. Leaves present a half acre surface to gather rays while green pulp acts as the sun driven machine. Roots supply raw earth nutrients and the stem pipes it to leaves for digestion and storage.
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Canada
Ney Leads Charge With 300000 Francs Baiting Troops
On August 16, 1807 Colonel Michel Ney ordered his men to follow as he proclaimed an income of 300000 francs and urged them to imitate his bold charge toward the enemy. The regiment surged after him, electrified by his rallying cry and example.
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The Way I Sounded to Him and Related Exchanges
A compact montage presents a satire about professors on trips and their observations of arboreal fauna near a locality. It includes a humorous exchange about time to analyze specimens and to drink. The dialogue also contrasts spouses and listening, illustrating two humorous domestic vignettes.
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Pullman
Ancient shop signs reveal names and symbols of past towns
Ancient signs hid business types behind heraldic devices and imagery. Merchants used symbols like a boot and shoe or barber’s pole to attract passersby, since most people could not read. These signs gave rise to surnames such as Peter Bell and Nicholas Sparrow.
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Peter At
Two Men Seek Fish in Mississippi Swamp Danger
Two men new to Mississippi swamps venture out on a warm early spring day with minds set on fishing. They wander into dangerous terrain and one man is soon overwhelmed by the peril.
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Sink Hole Strikes Man in Water Grass Gulch
A man stepping on a water grass covered patch in Mississippi sinks into a deep hole. His friend flags down a farmer for a spade as the rescuer discovers the man is only ankle deep before the puzzled farmer comments on the depth. The humorous exchange ends with a quip about being in the wrong end up.
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Terra Firma
Mississippi
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Sure of One Thing
A short anecdote from Mark Lemon recalls a well fed boy who passes his instructor without bowing. The teacher laments manners while the boy calmly explains he feeds himself, highlighting humor in social expectations.
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Mark Lemon
Surprise plans lead to boarding decision
In the scene, a woman teases a surprise for Alfred and boasts she can cook and play the piano. He agrees the couple should board, ending with the hint of a forthcoming shared plan. The dialogue emphasizes domestic preparation and mutual affection.
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Alfred
The Word Policy and Its Origins in Law and City
The article explains that policy in insurance differs from policy as a political term. It traces policy to late Latin forms meaning a registered document folded into many leaves, possibly from Greek polyptychum, linking to diploma and diplomatist. It contrasts policy with polity and police derived from polis meaning city.
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Enthusiasms Bridge Youth and Age in Friendship
The piece urges maintaining strong enthusiasms as aging progresses and finding renewed life through intimate bonds with a younger friend. It praises the mutual benefits of cross generational friendship, noting youth and age each offer and receive, softening loneliness and fostering sympathy.
A Life Time Job
A terse aphorism from the Houston Post notes that a man who owes his success to his wife often remains obligated to her. The saying reflects marital gratitude and social convention.
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