Relief Ship Halted by Arctic Ice Tale of Havoc from Influenza
Dr John A Marquis, secretary of the Presbyterian board, reported from Alaska on influenza devastation among Eskimo communities as a relief Bear failed to reach Point Barrow due to impenetrable ice. He described villages wiped out, extreme cold, and high mortality, with Nome hardest hit and widespread distress along the coast.
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Newport
John A. Marquis
Board of Home
Presbyterian Church of the United States
New York
Point Barrow
Alaska
The
Presbyterian Church
Marquis
Seattle
Nome
United States Coast Guard Service
Bear
Point Borrow
Dr. Marquis
P. H. Aberroth
Aleutian Islands
Lotervala
Point Hope
Arctic
Point Burrow
United States
Sugar From Air Light and Water
New York reports Harvard botanist Dr. Winthrop Osterhout has devised methods to create nutritious food from sunlight air and water. He cites sugar and protein can be synthesized in the lab using sun rays carbon dioxide and water with formaldehyde and other techniques. He notes cost remains the main hurdle and that plants themselves compete with synthetic methods. Osterhout has taught at major universities and holds fellowships with scientific societies.
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New York
Winthrop John Vanleuryen Osterhout
Harvard University
Osterhout
Edison
Tical
Harvyard's Botanical Laboratory
Prof
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Road Built of Epsom Salts Showcases Texas Surfacing
Austin Texas reports the highway department tests a ten mile stretch of Rockport road surfaced with a mix containing over one quarter epsom salts extracted from gulf-evaporated flats. Engineers say the salts bind moisture to keep dust down and roads firm in dry weather, though wet conditions cause slipperiness which is mitigated by shell additive and slope control.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Highway Department
Rockport
Germany’s rush to regain world markets after war
London reports health of Germany’s postwar drive as manufacturers boast of fourteen hour days and swift labor output. A Swiss-based German firm leader claims Germans seek wealth over shorter hours, arguing eight hours harms prewar commercial strength and warns Britain to wake up or lose the race for cheap world markets.
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London
Germany
Switzerland
Schwarzwald
Graz
Dallas County approves record $6.5 million road bond
Dallas County Texas voters ratified a landmark $6.5 million bond for a belt line of 882 miles of roads radiating from Dallas a network of 12 radiating highways and six connectors plus about 100 miles of feeder roads. Federal aid of $250 000 is allotted with expected motor truck support and officials predict a favorable impact on similar proposals statewide amid a Texas road building surge totaling over $20 million under construction.
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Dallas County
Texas
United States Department of Agricultura
Dallas
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Wind driven sand road method expands new highways
A desert wind construction technique in New Mexico converts wind and sand into widening clay roads. After clearing the right of way and trenching to clay, loose sand is piled in stacks beside the cut. In spring and fall winds blow away excess sand and widen the clay strip, then grading and finishing follow.
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New Mexico
Country Needs More Roads For Economic Growth
The piece argues that the nation must invest in better roads as an economic necessity. It states good roads lower costs, save labor, and expand a community's trade area, while poor roads increase costs and limit trade potential.
Ignorance Partner of Mud in Roads Districts
Motorists on bad roads stop to ask a farmer about distant routes but the farmer has never traveled far and cannot provide directions. The piece notes widespread ignorance in rural guidance and the limits of local knowledge.
Vanderbilt cites firms stopping free dress sample
Cornelius Vanderbilt said at a Newport dinner that Fifth Avenue firms have ceased to give free dress material samples to wealthy patrons. He noted some ultra fashionable Indy patrons would take a free sample to make an evening gown.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
Fifth Avenue
Indy
Vanderbilt
Asking a Favor of a Flyer Small Boy Alrman
A whimsical fragment shows a boy asking a flyer to search for Billy's kite drifting nearby. The line captures a rural cadence with dialect words and a request to locate a missing kite.
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Alrman
Zur
Billy
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