Moral of the road trip in a farcical car party
A group of six pleasure seekers drive 800 miles for a day trip turning into a chaotic misadventure. Conflicting speeds and plans spark disputes while law, luck, and a bad tire menace derail their noonday hopes. In the end the tale mocks speed and human nature.
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NCE
Indianapolis Speedway
Henry Gibble
Estelle
Leonora Peevy
Mrs. Gibble
Chaof
Trans-Siberian Railway
Konchuck
Vladivostrovitch
Gibble
Bald Mountain
Lake Wahaha
Mr. Poindexter
Henry
Miss Peevy
Weed Or Flower A Farmer’s Perilous Classification
A plant’s label as weed or flower hinges on human judgment. The piece notes the poppy and other blooms are cultivated widely, while pernicious crops like pigweed ragweed and witchgrass are unwanted in many contexts, even as some wild roses in Dakota fields appear striking yet pernicious.
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California
Washington Cherry Trees planted in Potomac Park
The first Japanese flowering cherries planted on public ground in Washington were bought by Mrs. Taft in 1909. A 1910 gift of 2,000 trees from Tokyo was burned due to pests, but Tokyo sent over 8,000 more that were planted in Potomac Park.
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Essary
Milton’s Grove
Sassafras Ridge
Bald Rock
Mrs. Gibble
Miss Peevy
Estelle
Mr. Poindexter
Washington
William Howard Taft
New York City
Tokyo
Japan
Potomac Park
Pathfinder Magazine
Eastman Named Transport Co-ordinator Under New Railroad Bill
Joseph B. Eastman, I C C member, appointed by President Roosevelt as railroad co-ordinator under the provisions of the new railroad bill.
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Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Ferocious ants in Australian bush described by expert
Harvard entomologist Dr. W. M. Wheeler, returned from Australia, calls bulldog ants the most formidable insects there. He notes they are over an inch long, alert, wasp like, large-eyed and long-jawed with fierce stinging. Mound nests span one to five feet and each colony contains 150 to 200 individuals.
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W. M. Wheeler
Harvard University
Police in Plane Follow Bird in Blackmailer Case
In Frankfort on the Main Germany police released a pigeon from an airplane to trace a blackmailer who had extorted a consular service member. The bird, sent in a box with a blackmail note, returned with the money’s recipient, leading to the blackmailer’s identification and a prison term. A separate mystery of an 1,800,000 franc check in France was solved when a French thief admitted forging it after finding a blank London bank cheque on a train.
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Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Consular Service
France
Loos
London
M. Champrose
St. Gallen
Calvados
Illinois ratifies Twenty first amendment amid state political shifts
Illinois voted to repeal the eighteenth amendment by a wide margin, 4 to 1, with Chicago leading against prohibition and downstate showing strong wet support. The reform swept into the Illinois Supreme Court with Warren H. Orr set to be chief justice, while judges across Cook and downstate districts faced pay cuts and new salary rules. Governor Horner and State's Attorney Courtney also targeted racketeering in state contracting, and four new banks opened as pensions and retirements reshaped the bench.
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Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Paul Farthing
Belleville
Norman Jones
Carrollton
Lott R. Herrick
Farmer City
Warren H. Orr
Carthage
Holdover
Clyde E. Stone
Peoria
Elwyn R. Shaw
Freeport
Frederic BR. de Young
Cook County
Fusion
Julius C. Kern
Carmi
Frederick A. Hill
Joliet
Harry L. Heer
Galena
Orr
Superior Courts
Horner
Springfield
Supreme Court
Courtney
Edward J. Barrett
River Forest State Bank
Anchor State Bank
Middletown
State Briefs: Notables, Deaths, Appointments Across Illinois
Roy Doolin, 41, collapsed in his Litchfield yard. John W. Smith named Benton chief of police, succeeding the late BE Kelley. Charles B. Cox, veteran Chicago insurer, died at Golf Illinois at 73. Levi Snavely, Whiteside County pioneer, died in Sterling aged 96. his wife marked 73 years of marriage. Chanute Field air school to stay, $100 million potential spend discussed by Rep Dobbins. Joe M. Bond of Bond Printing died in Herrin. headed local Typographical union and was elected to national convention. once mayor to finish term of Marshall D. McCormack. Joseph Meinhart, 59, Island Grove, hanged himself after long illness. A 6% foot skeleton found south of Charleston at Johns, a truck driver.
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Roy Doolin
Litchfield
John W. Smith
Illinois
Benton
BE. O. Kelley
Charles BE. Cox
Chicago
Golf
Glenview
Levi Snavely
Whiteside County
Sterling
Snavely
Chanute Field
Alr Technical School
Rantoul
Air Corps
Dobbins
Champaign
Joe M. Bond
Bond Printing Company
Herrin
Ilinois Typographical Union
Marshall D. McCormack
Joseph Meinhart
Island Grove
Charleston
Aoe Johns
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Gibbles
Poindexter
Mutchburg
Ransom and
Wems
Jericho
Whirlingdale
Long Beach
Calif
Richfield
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pattie Willis South
Kentucky
White House
Campobello
Leo
Cloyd L. Snyder
South Bend, Incl
South Bend
Glenn Doolittle
Doctor Snyder
Illinois State News
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