Sidetracked trains and lives in a reflective tale
A reflective piece compares being sidetracked on a train to people who drift from activity. It recalls a Lausanne to Paris journey halted at Dijon and abandoned, then contrasts the Griswolds and the Greenes who lost direction, failing to adapt as life and business evolved, urging action to reclaim the right of way.
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Pee
Lausanne
Paris
Dijon
Ife
Nancy
Mrs. Griswold
Greenes
Western Newspaper Union
Idaho W. P. George Wintering With Mikesells
Idaho W P George sails to Vandergrift to spend winter with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Ralph Mikesell. Mr and Mrs John Noah of Wilkinburg return home after week with EH I Silvis. Austin Say James Smith Jim Wray visited H M Kimmel home Saturday. Donald Silvis and Loyd Say missed school to hunt game. T W Fiscus helps Carl Crawford with potato crop. Mrs Irvin Kelley and Miss Mary Kelley visited Alfred Silvis Friday.
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W. P. George
Vandergrift
Ralph Mikesell
John Noah
W'lkineburg
Silvis
Austin Say
James Smith
Jim Wray
H. M. Kimmel
Donald Silvis
Loyd Say
T. W. Fiscus
Carl Crawford
Irvin Kelley
Mary Kelley
Alfred Silvis
Kite Day in Honolulu Showcases Chinese Heritage
The article notes kite flying as a historic Asiatic pastime now thriving in Honolulu's annual Kite Day. Schoolboys from Manoa valley, mostly Chinese by birth, display hand crafted kites with intricate designs, including colorful dragonflies fish and moths. Smaller kites dance beside larger ones built by groups of pupils, with lively competition and playful shapes like a house and a barrel.
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Honolulu
Americca
Manoa Valley
Manoa
Their Game at the Cross Roads Store Behind Rumpus Ridge
In a Kansas City Star excerpt a sharp-nosed stranger in a rattling car stops before a house as forty or more children stream in and out through front and back doors while a baby tries to count them, the scene recounted with rural color and humor.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ury
Kansas City Star
Track Grading Machine Replaces Manual Roadbed Work
A large track grading machine alters contractor practice by grading and ballast ing track, replacing lifting jacks and shovel gangs. It runs on temporary track laid on the fill, lifts sections, draws earth from roadbed sides, and tamp s to achieve intended elevation without trestles.
Oiling the Waves Tests By Lifeboat Stations
In 1914 eight English Lifeboat stations issued oil to study reducing breaking seas, and by 1920 all stations used canvas bags with nine tins of fish oil and a collapsible head. Results show oil’s effect is uncertain. it helps moderate breakers but cannot be guaranteed against heavier surf.
New Test for Metals Breaks World Photograph Record
Robert G Guthrie expert metallurgist of Chichio Mh has broken the world record in photomicrography the science of photography under a high power microscope He enlarged and photographed the structure of a piece of steel 15000 diameters via a single projection Guthrie examines metal samples brought to tin by manufacturers Tin instruments tell him the entire metory of the staples Browdbs observations he remedies weaknesses eliminates flaws and even designs processes and machinery from what his work's record micro metallographs has told him
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Robert G. Guthrie
Chichio
Guthrie
Micro-Metallogragls
Not Far Wrong in Capper's Weekly Quote
A Kansas City tater quips about a mispronunciation of applause as applesauce. The remark hints at youthful insight and missteps in a playful Capper's Weekly tone.
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Kansas City
Capper
Through a Woman's Eyes and a Helping Hand Character
An essay on how a single kind act can distinguish a person in any era. It cites Lady Frere guiding a servant to spot Sir Bartle by helping an old lady at a railway station. The piece lauds daily generosity as a defining, joyful trait often missing in hurried modern life.
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Henry Buarue
Sir Bartle
Lady Frere
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
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