State widens safety plan paint newer traffic lines
Pennsylvania will expand its traffic line painting program with eleven new machines. One unit is assigned to the Peach Engineering District and crews in all districts prepare to operate the paint trucks. The goal is to cover about 12,000 miles of lines this season by July 1, increasing coverage while keeping workers and motorists safe.
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Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
Peach “Engineering District
Pease
Department
Inter-County Hospitalization Plan marks 1st anniversary
The Inter-County Hospitalization Plan marks its first anniversary with 8,163.25 paid out for hospital bills since June 1, 1940, in four counties Bucks Montgomery Chester and Lancaster. Over 16,000 subscribers enrolled and more than $900,000 paid out to date.
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Lancaster
Sini
Holland
Abington
Pennsylvania
Bucks
Montgomery
Chester
Lancaster County
Lancaster General
Hospital
Saint Joseph's Hospital
Fulton Bank
Young
Lancaster’ County
Branching Paw-Paws Bermuda Highlight in World
A Bermuda claim notes paw-paw trees with branching trunks as a unique feature. The article presents the idea as a distinctive local natural oddity and contrasts Bermuda with other regions where such branching is not observed.
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Bermuda
Taxes Rise on Bachelors Income in the Indies
The Netherlands Indies government has increased taxes on bachelors income. The move affects single earners and is part of a broader tax adjustment in the colony.
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Netherlands Indies
Unclear travel and linguistic facts misread sample
The fragment mixes phrases about travel to the sun and a claim of 2 800 languages in the world. It also mentions a tethyologist as an expert on fishes, with garbled punctuation and no coherent event or source.
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J. Fred Hines’& Son
Logansport
Ind
Goto
Lancaster Hotel
Beane, Baroville, R
Lancaster County
The Gibson Girl and the Myth of Miss America
The piece details the Gibson Girl as the enduring American ideal, created by Charles Dana Gibson, admired for over two decades as pure and versatile. It contrasts the fictional icon with real pageant titles, calling the Gibson Girl the quintessential American beauty despite evolving standards.
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Gibson Girl
America
Misa Gibson
Charles «Dana
Gibson
Ury
Mass
Cleopatra
Ann Sheridan
Western Newspaper Union
Renounced luxury to aid Russia's reform crusade
Catherine Breshkovsky, known as babushka, left aristocratic life and husband to travel Russia with a zealous cobbler, agitating for reform and revolution. She forsook her pampered past, endured Siberian prisons and exile, never regretting her renunciation.
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Catherine Breshkovsky
Baboushka
Russia
Siberian
Not Dangerous to Keep Opened Canned Food Better Sealed
A scientist states that opened canned foods remain in good condition and safe to eat if unused portions are kept in the can. There is no aspect of the can itself contributing to spoilage, according to the findings.
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Can Okeh
Washing Baby's Shirts Properly
Wash the baby's shirts in lukewarm water with mild suds. Dip them several times and rub gently with your fingers. Rinse in water the same temperature as the wash water. Lay flat on a towel to dry and avoid pulling to shape.
Deep Sea Diver Faces Dangers Of The Bends
The text explains the bends as nitrogen dissolved in blood under high pressure. Ascent too rapid causes nitrogen to form bubbles in veins and arteries. This produces severe pain and serious health risk for divers.
Varieties and vitamin content highlight cheese industry
The article notes over 400 cheese varieties, Swiss cheese among the most difficult to produce due to specific bacteria. It cites 1930 US cheese consumption at 770 million pounds, 360 percent higher than 1980, and reports Roquefort as the highest Vitamin A among cheeses, with Wisconsin producing most cheddar in the United States and Minnesota following.
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United States
Wisconsin
Minos
Beetle with divided eyes uses halves for water and air vision
The whirligig beetle possesses split eyes with a lower half adapted to see underwater and an upper half for sight above the surface. This anatomical feature enables the insect to detect predators and prey in two different media.
Hindu Women Divorce Rights Debate In India
Hindu women and men seek legal separation options as reform groups push for easier divorce rights. Advocacy groups argue for freedom from forced marriage and gender equality in marital dissolution.
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India
Plastic Shaker Promises Durable Pepper Condiment Dispense
A description highlights plastic pepper shakers that resist corrosion and breakage and release contents only when pressed. The items are presented as reliable, finger press operated dispensers.
Chemical Research Slumps World Activity
A clipped note indicates chemical research has slumped about 12 percent since the outbreak of the European war, reflecting reduced activity worldwide and impact on scientific progress.
Acrobatic Mail: Scottish Postman on Tightrope
A Selkirkshire postman keeps mail moving by walking a narrow rope across the Yarrow river. He balances with a second parallel line as a safety measure while shuffling his feet along the lower rope.
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Selkirkshire
Scotland
Yarrow River
Watering Seed Plants Using a Gentle Atomizer
An atomizer or small spray should be used to water seeds planted in the house. The spray keeps the soil just moist enough and does not bury the seed. Water sprinkled from a watering can is likely to disturb seeds.
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Seedi Ag
Unemployment Small in Australia Despite War Strain
Limited jobless claims surface in outlook as seven year low persists. Brotherhood of St. Laurence reports zero registered unemployed at the Fitzroy hostel, suggesting improved relief measures amid wartime pressures.
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Australia
Brotherhood of St. Laurence
Fitzroy
Laurel blooms to start around June tenth in state regions
State Department of Commerce announces laurel, the Pennsylvania state flower, is expected to begin blooming around June tenth. Monroe County Chamber of Commerce notes peak bloom in the Poconos between June 10 and 15, with southern and higher altitude areas like Tioga County and Harrison State Park also showing blooms. Wellsboro contemplates an interstate project.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Commerce
Monroe’ County
Poconos
Tioga County
Harrison State
Grand Canyon
Wellsboro
Schedule for weed cutting and Laurel Festival dates
The spring weed cutting season by the Department of Highways will start around June 15 and run through the month, with a second cut in the latter half of August. Laurel Festival is set for Saturday June 20 with two laurel queens to be crowned. Over 100 New York and Pennsylvania communities send girls to represent them in the festival, as the Laurel is expected to be at its best June 10 to 16 in the Blue Ridge region near Caledonia Park, Pine Grove Furnace, and Cowans Gap recreation areas.
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Department of Highways
New York
Pennsylvania
Blue’ Ridge
Caledonia ‘Park
Pine Grove Furnace
Cowans Gap
Daurel
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