Great Increase Shown in Motor Vehicle Registrations 1924
Motor vehicle registrations in the United States reached 17 91 981 at year end 1924 per the Bureau of Public Roads. Net gain 2 501 045 for the year 16 6 percent. Passenger cars up 14.7 percent and motor trucks 32.9 percent signaling rapid highway use growth. Truck gains led Kansas 54.4 percent and North Dakota 42.4 percent. South Atlantic states saw 21.5 percent rise, central states 10 percent. License fees grossed 225 492 000 with 184 393 000 for highway work supervised by state departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Mother Shipton
Kansas
North Dakota
South Atlantic
Dawes Spouse Hosts Gallery Luncheon During Senate Debate
Mrs. Charles G. Dawes wife of the vice president and companions brought their lunches to the senate gallery to hear the Warren nomination debate. The group opened packages and ate sandwiches while others in the reserved gallery were seen outside waiting for meals.
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Washington
Senate
Warren
Charles G. Dawes
Proverb Definition Credited to Karl Russell Expression
A quotation attributed to Karl Russell links the idea of a proverb to a woman named wisdom and many minds. The remark is framed as expressing the speaker’s view on common sayings and collective insight.
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Karl Russell
Cod Liver Oil Tablets Marketed to Boost Child Growth
Advertises McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tasty cure for puny kids. Claims doctors and pharmacists endorse the 60 tablet bottle at 60 cents, with examples of rapid weight gain in a 9 year old and a woman. Promotes McCoy's as the original genuine cod liver oil tablet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
W. J. Hamilton
America
Princess Night Exchange Showdown at Lustrian Hall
Tommy presses the Lustrian patriarch for freedom to wed the princess Janet arrives irked by constant aid from Tommy. The patriarch insists the princess will marry whom she is told, while Tommy refuses a forced match and seeks mutual consent before any alliance.
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Count Albert
Tommy
Casmir Istvan Graf
Church
Folmy
Miss. Church
Fraulein Efrehe
Mademoiselle Eglise
Ecclesia—Virgo Janétta
Ecclesia
Lustrians
Janet
Action Hotel
Sundor
Lystria
Princess
You and I
Miss Church
Calypso
Berlin
Lustrian Chapel Royal
Scent of Fox Guides Foxhunter Across Fields
A fox scent was tracked by a hunter as the fox moved about a quarter mile away, with the odor guiding the search over open fields.
Marmola Tablets Claim Easy Fat Reduction Without Diet
Advertises Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple end to dieting and exercise with no flabbiness after weight loss. Promises steady fat loss, comfort, and improved well being. Sells a box for one dollar with mail order from the Marmola Company in Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmola Company
General Motors
Detroit
Mich
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Kirk
Meat Department
Poe, Johnson & Fuller
Linton Trust Co
CAL
Childres
Wauttas
King Tommy
George
Birmingham
Bobbs-Merrill Co
MU. Service
Hamilton’s
E. H. Vonderschmitt
Linton
Ind
Scobolink
Modern Health Agency of
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Chiropractice
Haldon Beasley
Frank M. Welch
Will C. Welch
Hamilton's
Chas
E. ‘Goodman
Cor
Main and
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