Gasoline Consumption in Pennsylvania Tops One Million Gallons Daily
Pennsylvania gasoline use rises to about one million gallons per day driven by more autos and a one cent fuel tax. Revenue reaches $20,000 daily with $5,000 to counties and $15,000 to the state. Atlantic Refining bases figures on 993,000 vehicles, noting peak July consumption and rising auto registrations. Dealers collect roughly $30,000 daily. curbside pumps boost retailer and customer convenience.
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Pennsylvania
Esisan Praparedi
Statistical Bureau of the Atlantic Refining Comp Samy
State General Fund
Atlantic Refining Company
Missouri Dean Avers Modern Girl Is Sound
Missouri Dean of Women at the University of Missouri, Mrs. Bessie L. Priddie, says popular criticisms of college girls as reckless and indecent are bunk. She argues most girls aim to benefit themselves, gain independence, and understand living costs, noting they now show independence and demand a square deal. She urges towns not to blame all misdeeds on students and cautions against jumping to conclusions.
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Columbia, Mo
Bessie L. Priddie
University of Missouri
Meanest thief jailed for robbing church poor box
Philadelphia August 25 James Dunn 44 received ten years in county prison for robbing a church poor box. The arrest followed a caretaker William Koenig’s careful stakeout as Dunn knelt in prayer then lunged for the box, Koenig chasing and subduing him after a brief struggle.
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Philadelphia
James Dunn
James Gay Gordon, Jr
Quarter Sessions Court
Dunn
William Koenig
St. Ludwig
Koenig
Dom
Dog Nerve Grafts Shown To Work On Man
London reports Dr. Gosset, a French surgeon, has grafted a fresh dog nerve onto a man's ulnar nerve. Sensibility appeared in 148 days and movement in 340 days, suggesting nerves may be transplanted from dogs to humans.
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London
Gosset
Storm Wrecks Rare Tree in Guysville
A recent storm shattered a rare pecan tree planted about 75 years ago on the Martin Mansfield farm near Guysville Ohio. It is the only tree of its kind in this section of the state.
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Guysville
Martin Mansfield
Ohio
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