Where do they get that word Hick from
An essay argues for country life over city life and critiques the term hick town used to deride rural communities. It glorifies rural values such as fresh air, neighborliness, safe streets, schools, churches, and natural spaces, contrasting them with urban vice and moral campaigns. The author acknowledges migration trends and endorses living in a “hick town” as desirable.
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Canada
United States
Lee W. McHenry
Hick
Hick Town
Gument
Man claims perpetual motion breakthrough in Pennsylvania
W. Mul Magne vile of Magne vile, Pa, after four years of study, says he has solved perpetual motion and is completing a working model to prove it. He credits God for the possible breakthrough and plans to seek a patent for his invention.
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W. Mul
Magnevile
Hill
Eczema Skin Troubles Aid From Local Font Drug Store
Fragmentary notice describes skin care remedies offered at a local drug store. It mentions various products and a seminar or demonstration by a named pharmacist. The readable text hints at skin treatment options and consumer guidance from a shop in the community.
A Moist Welcome To Sunny California Forces Arrive
A company of soldiers transferred from the East to California arrives during the rainy season. During a night tour the commander is challenged by a sentry in heavy rain. The sentry asks Who's there and the commander replies Friend, Welcome to our mist.
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California
Turn About Was Fair Jack Osterman Tale
Jackie Osterman, a recently deceased actor, was once lined up to entertain at a Schenectady firemen’s ball. The fire chief urged an audition to judge his talent. Osterman quipped he planned to “start a fire” to prove his skill.
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Jack Osterman
Schenectady
Jackie
Osterman
Italy authorizes 173 new chemical plants in 1998
Government records show Italy approved 173 new chemical plants in 1998, with the year cited as a key metric in regulatory expansion. The figure highlights Italy's industrial growth during the late 1990s and reflects ongoing approvals across multiple regions.
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Italy
Germany's Population Rises to 79.6 Million in 1934 Census
The German government announced a 1934 census showing 79,609,000 inhabitants in the Reich not counting Memelland or Bohemia Moravia. Including Bohemia Moravia and Memelland would push total to about 86.6 million. The Soviet Union's 1934 estimate stood at 168,000,400. Population density rose to 35.22 per square mile, with the old Reich excluding several regions up 8.2 million since 1933.
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Germany
Memelland
Protectorate of
Bohemia - Moravia
DNB
Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho- Slovakia
Belgium
Netherlands
England
Italy
Reich
Europe
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Old Reich
Saar
Austria
Sudetenland
Bohemia Moravia
Dentists On Wheels Protecting British Teeth With Mobile Clinics
Britain faces poor dental health due to prosperity and soft foods. School dentists in Sussex Essex Hampshire Norfolk Nottingham and Northumberland use 26 dental cars to treat children. In Norfolk 9000 children were treated last year with trailers costing about £250 drawn by a small car. Each stop provides dentist, assistant, patient and guardian with access to electricity from school mains. The London Tit Bits notes high figures for local life and a cultural aside on cicadas and locusts.
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Sussex
Essex
Hampshire
Norfolk
Nottingham
Northumberland
London
Pooling Traffic Cuts Major British Railway Costs
CE R Sherrington, secretary of the British railways research service, told Toronto’s accounting division that pooling all competitive traffic produced major savings for Great Britain railways. He noted competition survives on many routes, two systems still serve key trade lines, and bus investments are highly profitable. Also, railways own large road freight fleets. An Olympic map of Helsinki in five languages was prepared for the 1940 Games to aid foreign sportsmen.
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Britain
Great Britain
CE R. Sherrington
Railway Research Service
British Railways
Toronto
Association of American Railroads
Helsinki
Lantern Night Plan Fails To Stop Beaver Work
The Brule subdivision of Canadian National Railways faced beaver trouble as culvert drainage was partially blocked. A night lantern scheme to frighten the beavers backfired. the next morning the culvert showed twice the usual activity and the lanterns were abandoned.
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Brule
Canadian National Railways
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