Estimates show drivers idle engines waste vast gasoline
Prof Alexander Silverman of the University of Pittsburgh told the American Chemical Society that idling taxicabs and trucks idle in cities waste about 400 million gallons of gasoline annually in the United States and cost the nation 275000 dollars per day. He backed his figures with a study of 66000 taxicabs and proposed legislation to punish engines left idling without self starters to cut waste and carbon monoxide exposure.
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Silverman
Prof
Iowa Turtle Farm Supplying Hotels With Turtles From Fertile
Des Moines reports that Ninety percent of turtles shipped to hotels originate from a single farm near Fertile, Worth County. Hangon Johnson and helpers operate underground stockades holding thousands of turtles for winter and spring drives starting around August. Johnson ships about 2,400 pounds weekly to Des Moines, Chicago, and eastern cities, feeding them on snows from local streams during a fourth season of steady demand.
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Des Moines
Towa
Fertile
Worth County
Hangon Johnson
Iowa
Johnson
Des Moinés
Chicago
William Macy's Death and Family Denial Revealed
William Macy, son of Bella Bennett the screenator, died without achieving his wish to be known as her boy. Bella Bennett denied William was her son and claimed to be a young woman to conceal his lineage.
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Wiliam HE. Macy
Bella Bennett
Wiliam
Plan for Mexican university near California border
In Los Angeles residents of the city with the largest Mexican population in America plan to back a proposed Mexican university near the Mexico United States boundary. Dr. C N Thomas reports a Mexico survey and support from J Manuel Puig Cagrayane, education secretary, for an institution offering agricultural and mining engineering studies as Mexico expands rural schooling and higher education targets.
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Copeland C. Burg
Los Angeles
America
Mexico
United States
C. N. Thomas
Oceanalda
California
Universlty
Calles
Thomas
J. Manuel Pu
Maexico
Moose Calf's Bellow Saves Canoeist Life at Jackfish Lake
Fort Williams reports a canoeist, Nels Nordahl of Upsal township, narrowly escaped drowning when a cow moose charged his canoe. A calf's cry drew the mother away, enabling Nordahl to escape with his paddle. Also from Lackawaxen a jail yard romance ends in marriage as Julia Webster, 21, and Willian Bennett, 41, wed after a brief courtship following his release papers.
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Fort Williams
Nels Nordah
Upsal
Jake
Nordahl
Nordah
Lackawaxen
Willan Bennett
Julia M. Webster
Wayne County
Julia
Bennatt
Han
Prothonotary
Muskegon
Wis
Sennett
Meanest Man Sought After Green Destruction in Sharon
Officials at Bubl farm in Sharon Pa seek the "meanest man" after a night of arsonish damage to No 3 green. Grass burned, oil and waste spread across the turf near the cup, forcing reseeding. This marks a second incident of greens damage this year following a prior trampling of a soggy green.
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Sharon
Bubl
Pesky Bed Bugs and the New Chemical Remedy
An advertisement touts P b: Qu as a chemical to exterminate bed bugs, fleas, and other insects. It claims eggs and live bugs are killed, clothes are unharmed, and includes a patent spout for hard to reach areas. Sold by New Castle Drug Corporation in sealed bottles.
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W. Q
New Castle Drug Corporaon
Mice Of Africa Tiny As Bumblebees Arrive In London
A London report notes pigmy mice from western Africa arriving for the London show. They are smaller than bumblebees and could fit in a matchbox. Sixteen escaped through a hole smaller than a pencil point and were never seen again.
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London
Gambria
Africa
Painter Commits Suicide After Self Portrait in Hoboken
In Hoboken New Jersey on August, Oscar Chambers, 50, killed himself in his boarding house after painting a watercolor self portrait. A farewell note beside his body in a gas-filled room stated his exit as justified due to being old, moneyless, and ruined.
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Hoboken
N. J
Oscar Chambers
Ambidextrous Drug Clerk Handles Double Duty
Bud Arnold a 38 year old Rochester born drug clerk in Council Bluffs Iowa writes with either hand or both at once. He can pen two different items simultaneously and even write with hands folded. Arnold says one hand may mix a prescription while the other labels a bottle on a typewriter. In Rochester a man named Horter aged 38 suffered a fall from a pole and injured both legs while working for Beaver County Telephone Co. He was taken to Rochester General Hospital for treatment by Dr John C McCauley.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Aug
Dom
Bud’” Arnold
Arnold
Ter
Rochester
Rochester General Hospital
Horter
Beaver County Telephone Company
Case Street
Beck
John C. McCauley
Three New Colors For Women's Wear
New fall colors announced at a fashion show by the National Retailers Association and the Textile Color Card Association include Golden Pheasant a warm tan with a gold sheen, Edward Green a deep sea green reflecting winter sky, and Geranium Petal a bright flower shade full of sunlight.
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New York
National Retailer’s Association
Textile Color Card Association
Two Fishermen Pay Fine And Costs
Two men from Carrick Pa were charged with fishing in French Creek near Cochranton without a licence. State Warden H L Ells and J C Johnson took them into custody. they admitted guilt, paid a 25 dollar fine plus costs. The report notes efforts to enforce fishing regulations along French Creek from Franklin to Waterford.
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Meadville
Carrick
French Creek
Cochranton
H. L. Ells
Franklin
J.C. Johnson
Erie County
F. J. Yeager
L. J. Yeager
Waterford
Fewer Business Failures In America
Business activity in the United States shows greater stability in recent months, says prominent financier Francian H. Sisson. He notes that failures in the first half of the current year were fewer than in the first half of 1924.
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United States
Francianh. Sisson
Prominet
Stason
Business suspensions drop slightly from last year
Statistics released July 1 show 10,844 business suspensions in the first half of the year, up to June 30, versus 10,495 in the same period last year. The total liabilities of the failed firms reached 271,642,646 compared with 443,394,737 last year, with June the smallest monthly total since September. A Burt Iowa contract awarded to D. E. Fitch covers painting all township schoolhouses, mostly done by her own hand. A Kansas City mother and daughter, wed on the same day three years ago, were recently divorced in Los Angeles.
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Sisaon
D.E. Fitch
Burt
Iowa
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Lineman Fractures Both Feet In Fall
Beaver Falls Pa reports a lineman suffered fractures to both feet after a fall from a telephone pole. He was working on the line when the incident occurred and was hospitalized for treatment.
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Beaver Falls
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