New Year and a New Calendar Debate Opens in 1932
The League of Nations hosts a Geneva conference on calendar reform. Proposals include Moses Cotsworth's 13 month plan with an added Sol month and occasional extra days, and the World Calendar with a revised 12 month year. debate centers on feasibility and economic impact for nations.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Moses B. Cotsworth
Coolidge
George Eastman
Rochester, N. Y
Iastman
The
World Calendar Association
Weetern
Runaway Stage Driver David Gordon remembered
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union piece profiles David Gordon a tall stout stage coach driver famed for cool handling of runaway horses on the National Road work for the June Bug and Good Intent lines. It recalls his fights and moral stature among early 19th century drivers and the feud with wagon trains led by wagoners.
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Atlantic Coast
Middle West
David Gordon
James Reeside
Reeside
Lucius W. Stockton
Claysville
Gordon
Roney
Stockton
Triadelphia
A. J. Endsley
Endsley
Red” Bunting
Thomas Gray
Alex Thompson
John Mills
Charley Howell
John High
Bond and Stock Holders Distinction Clarified
A bondholder is a creditor who lends money to a company and receives interest and principal repayment. A stockholder is a part owner with an undivided share of the company, rights to profits, and usually voting privileges.
Josh Corntossel Takes Long Break From Labor
Mrs. Corntossel comments that their son Josh shows a strong will to avoid work. Farmer Corntossel advises to humor him and take a chance, suggesting such a temperament can lead to either great poverty or notable wealth.
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Hiram
Wealth Put Into the Earth Analysis of U S fertilizer use
The United States with six percent of world population uses about 19 percent of global fertilizer output and ranks second to Germany as a producer. The world’s annual production is valued at 592,235,000 dollars using assumed prices for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash. American farmers increased total plant food use by 45 percent from 1914 to 1928.
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United States
Germany
Identification of John Paul Jones body matches bust art
Eminent scientists from the United States and France exhumed the body of John Paul Jones and compared it to a life size Houdon bust. They found exact matches in brow contour eyebrow arch eye width cheekbone shape ear lobe and facial measurements.
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John Paul Jones
United States
France
Houdon
March to the Arctics Travel by air and road to Alaska
The article envisions summer excursions to Arctic regions by airplane and dirigible and predicts motorists will reach Alaska by car once roads are completed. It notes Seattle to Fairbanks spans about 2,200 miles, with roughly 1,000 miles of good roads already in place and only small sections needing construction.
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Arctics
Arctic
Alaska
Seattle
Fairbanks
Notable Family Standards Defend Scrupulous Traditions
A lighthearted note extols family reputation for untarnished manners and spotless habits. The speaker humorously contrasts pride in ancestry with a trivial claim about guest towel usage, highlighting steadfast decorum.
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Houston
Galveston
Smythe
Jones
Gilbert T. Hodges
Advertising Federation of America
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