Government HousIng Crisis Prompts National Building Plan
President urges Congress to provide funds for a coordinated federal construction program. Cabinet notes widespread aging offices and unsafe buildings impairing health and efficiency, with emphasis on centralizing departments south of Pennsylvania Avenue and expanding post office facilities nationwide.
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Ashington
Congress
Is Nest
Washington
White House
Fine Arts Commission
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mellon
The
Treasury
Lach
New
United States
Wedding in High Life Postponed in Washington Society
The engagement of Miss Nancy Hoyt to Lieut. F Wiseman Clarke is indefinitely postponed after her illness. the Hoyt family says the match is ended. Wiseman Clarke and his parents returned to England as Washington society reels from the reveal of matrimonial troubles linked to Miss Hoyt’s sister Mrs Horace Wylie.
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Nancy Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt
Taft
F. Wiseman-Clarke
R. N
W. B. Wiseman-Clarke
England
Miss Houst
Horace Wylie
Philip Hichborn
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Evelyn
Hoyts
Elinor Hart
Admiral Hiichborn
Forest Fires Prompt Calls for Care This Summer
The report warns 34 000 forest fires may occur this summer based on six year averages, with 80 percent caused by carelessness. Collected data show past fires near Washington and across Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Government fire prevention lessons target motorists campers hunters farmers and others to protect timber and reforestation efforts.
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Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington
Forest Service
Col. W. B. Greeley
The
United States
Desk Requisition Tale of a Get-It-Done Clerk
A wartime clerk learns the value of prompt action after a desk requisition is approved only years later with a cold No. He recalls a grim reminder that grind slow but grind fine governs government procedures. The anecdote contrasts haste with caution and ends with a moral.
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Department of Government
Gen. Dawes
H—I
Maria
Improved Roads Through Smoother Concrete Surfaces
E B House from Colorado Agricultural College argues that smooth concrete surfaces reduce harsh impacts from heavy trucks, preventing cracks and repairs. He cites US Bureau of Roads data showing 16 mph trucks with 10,000 lb loads exert high impacts on rough pavement, and stresses the need for proper surfacing and inspection to ensure quality.
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United States Bureau of Roads
E. B. House
Colorado Agricultural College
Jacks Help Police Enforce Road Weight Limits
Maryland uses aluminum screwjack weighing jacks under trucks to read load via oil cylinder gauges. If weight exceeds ten tons, excess is offloaded roadside. four jacks raise truck, aiding inspectors. system cut overloads by about 75 percent in 36 days.
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Maryland
California
Popular Science Monthly
Tron Ore Proves Useful in Louisiana Road Building
Tron Ore found in northwestern Louisiana serves as a binder for roads, replacing sand clay and saving between two and eight thousand dollars per mile in some areas. Louisiana engineers report superior performance and the 1922 program completed 850 miles of new roads, mainly gravel, with shells and asphalt on the side. The 1923 plan calls for more asphaltic construction.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State Highway Department
Growing Popularity of Autos Sparks Road Needs
With the growing popularity of the Automobile there is a parallel rise in the need to build up the highways. The task will not be completed in a few years. Some parts of the Old World have excellent highways but for centuries. We should begin now to lay the foundation of a great highway system.
Road vehicle totals in the United States
Washington figures from the Bureau of Public Roads show 12,238,875 motor vehicles in the United States. Among them are 10,890,112 private passenger cars, 69,459 taxicabs buses and cars for hire, 182,714 motorcycles and 29,325 trailers.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
United States
Illinois Road Plan Aims 1000 Miles Of Paved Routes
The Illinois highway commission works to complete about 1000 miles of state paved road. The program targets expanding the network to improve travel and accessibility for motorists and tourists across the state.
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Illinois
Illinois Highway Commission
The Bourgeois Dress Myth in Modern Life
A columnist argues that couples overvalue wife or fiancée attire as social status. While some admire scientists artists and public benefactors, many judge wealth by appearance, likening fashion to bourgeois affectation and mocking those who chase aristocratic style.
Pitcher Plants and a Solar Heat Debate
The article describes pitcher plants trapping insects in bog habitats with nectar and slippery surfaces, noting drowning prey and digestion by pitcher juices, and cites a New York Herald report on Dr. Charles G Abbot asserting solar heat decline. It outlines Abbot’s authority and career, including Smithsonian work and eclipse expeditions, and mentions his New Hampshire birth in 1872.
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Charles G. Abbot
National Academy of Sciences
Doctor Abbot
Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory
Wilton
N. H
New York Herald
Historic Square Threatened in Kensington London
Kensington square dating to William III faces destruction to make space for a commercial vehicle garage. Noted residents Addison Steele Talleyrand Mill once lived there as artists protest the move, warning it would irretrievably damage the historic square.
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Kensington Square
London
William III
Addison, Steele, Talleyrand
John Stuart Mill
All Liable for War Service Opinion States Broad Draft Rule
The War department holds that every able minded American is already part of the reserve forces unless attached to the regular army National Guard or United States Navy, forming part of the national defense system.
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War Department
Army
National Defense
Regular Army
National Guard
United States Navy
Rheumatism Cleared By Digestive Health Tanlac Claim
Clayton Willis a bridge constructor at the Midland hotel in Omaha test reports his indigestion woes and swelling from rheumatism improved after using Tanlac. He says his appetite and digestion returned and rheumatism cleared, enabling full daily work. Tanlac advertised as available, with over 87 million bottles sold.
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Clayton Willis
Bridge Constructor
Midland Hotel
Omaha
Neb
Tanlac
Svork
Taniae
Kansas
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Drugstore reports show many people suffer kidney trouble without realizing it. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is praised for its healing effects and high success in addressing kidney issues. An insurance examiner notes many applicants are rejected due to undiagnosed kidney problems. Samples offered for ten cents by sending to Dr Kilmer Co.
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Kilmer
Swamp Root
Partridge Flush Sparks Light Golf Chat
Humorous exchange framed around a rough shot and a partridge flush. Couple discuss golf with a judge’s quip, while an advertisement touts Cuti cura Talcum Powder as a versatile beauty product and the Buffalo Evening Times notes tired graduates.
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