Traffic Casualties Double War Toll Across the Nation
The Conference on Street and Highway Safety reports highway and street casualties surged after the war, with 12 of 22 4000 persons killed and 8,000,000 in serious injuries. It calls for unified state reporting, centralized investigation, and strict enforcement to improve data and prevent crashes. It notes highway fatalities rose rapidly versus World War I and urges standardized measures and penalties for nonreporting.
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United States
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United States Army
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Woman 100 Years Old Does Own Housework
In Grand Ledge Michigan Mya Adelai Pickens a centenarian says she handles all housework herself with a bachelor son as her only remaining child. She recalls moving from Vermontville to get new glasses and notes she prefers baking bread but buys when cheaper. She claims her wrinkles stay away and notes she was widowed in 18M when her husband died after traveling to Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Have You This Habit A WVER 26 Years Of Married Life
A divided tale follows Mrs. William planning her husband Billys Christmas gift a book edition of Burns. She fights crowds and delays at a library and bookstore. A messenger boy helps, revealing that pleasantness is a sign of mental fitness and good humor.
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Melbie Burne
Burne
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Robert Burns
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Unbobbed Bride Inherits If He Weds In Spokane
Spokane man We receive $30000 from uncle’s French estate if he marries a woman with unbobbed hair who respects him and shares pride in her name. The unusual condition ties the bequest to the marriage plan and the suitor’s match with the described bride.
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Spokane
Wasl
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France
New Facts About Ancient America
Washington curator Neill M. Judd leads National Geographic on Pueblo Bonito finds at Chaco Canyon New Mexico. The expedition returns exquisite turquoise jewelry bone needles and basketry, offering clues to early urban life and trade networks across the Pacific coast and Mexico.
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Neill M. Judd
National Geographic Society
Pueblo Bante
Chaco Canyon
New Mexico
Washington
Judd Soid
San Juan County
Peeble
Deliia
Nile
Mesopotamia
Judd
Tistant
Pacific Coast
Valley
Mexico
Birth tablet record from Gemalla dated March 11 128 A
A tablet recording the birth of a girl attributed to Gemalla is preserved in Michigan vaults. Found in 1922 and translated at the British Museum the woolen leaves unfold like a plate though seals are gone the witnesses' names remain readable.
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Unconquerable Soul Inspires Poem Line
A line from a poem reflects gratitude for an unconquerable soul facing darkness with resolve, citing the speaker's resilience amid night.
Capon Recipe With Savory Stuffing And Mushroom Cups
A vintage kitchen note details cooking a capon with savory stuffing and mushroom pepper cups. It cites oysters as a preferred stuffing and provides steps for liver puree, bread crumb mixture, Truffle Sauce, and pepper cup presentation.
New Instrument Measures Millionth Inch at National Lab
A new comparator at the National Physical Laboratory in England can accurately measure the millionth part of an inch. The text also mentions a Kakimo altering a snow house roof to regulate interior heat and a quotation on emptiness by William Arnot.
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Cunsaworth
National Physical Laboratory
England
Quotes on aging and kindness from Horace and F. W. Parker
A fragmentary reflection notes Horace asks if you count birthdays and forgive friends as you age while F. W. Parker asserts kindness converts more than zeal or eloquence. The text emphasizes personal growth with time and benevolence.
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Horace
F. W. Paber
Sure Cure Prescription Humor From Paris Journal
The Paris Journal Amus ant mockingly prescribes a bizarre potions list lodhyrargyrate of flodride of potassium ankydrog glucochloral and dioxyamidoarseno benzol as a cure for memory loss, a satirical medical remedy.
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Paris Journal Amusant
Shells for Gas Masks from Coconuts Used in Charcoal
The United States imports coconuts yearly in large numbers for food and other uses. The army uses coconut shells to make absorbent charcoal for gas masks.
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United States
United States Army
Thisll Bring Em
A Detroit News item notes the quick tracing of distant relatives through a “queer will” as a reliable method to locate heirs.
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Detroit News
Quote on Circumstances and Free Will by Disraeli
A compact reflection asserts that conditions shape outcomes but people remain free agents. It contrasts circumstance as a force with human will, noting that intention governs action more than passive matter.
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Disraeli
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