Auto abundance outpaces population growth in early 20th century
A historic analysis notes the U S auto boom outstrips population growth with one car per 1400 people ten years ago rising to a higher ratio today. The piece cites safety concerns and campaigns by the Safety Council and American industries as vehicle usage expands and accident risks grow.
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Biahwryy
Stewart
Warner Safety Connell
Aimerican Industries
Chas Algo
Wathits
Safety Council
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Pues Educagins
Princess Chooses Suitor After Long Courtship Tale
The tale recounts a princess inviting offers for her hand. Noble suitors bow before the throne, yet she signs no favor until a young duke proclaims he will live for her. A sharp, archaic voice then declares, I am yours as soon as the old gentleman dies.
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Apollo
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Mussulman Legend Said To Inspire Dante’s Divine Comedy
Don Miguel Asin argues that Moorish legends common in Spain by the ninth century shaped the Divine Comedy’s allegory and details. Asia counters that Dante’s epic reflects an old Muslim legend of Muhammad’s journey through hell and paradise, noting close parallels in journeying protagonists and the inferno gate guarded by beasts.
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Miguel Asin
Asia
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Isra
Dante
Mo- Nawinmed
Ragwort Found Useful Feed for Sheep in Vietnam Trial
Reported agricultural experiment shows ragwort once a pest in Australia and Vietnam can become valuable sheep feed. About two hundred underfed sheep were placed on infested land and within two months ragwort was cleared and the flock recovered to good condition.
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Vietnris
Police Shootings Prompt Mexican City Paper Outcry
Mexican police are accused of excessive force amid traffic law enforcement. Newspapers warn the public faces danger as pedestrians and motorists risk being hit or killed by misdirected police gunfire. Several deaths alleged in recent weeks fuel the protest.
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Maasico
Cause for Celebrating Funeral Talk Cited in Tribune
A fragment notes a friend’s death spurring a playful exchange about funeral plans. Henry Teaid to my husband recalls a mother advising burial in a box, while family responds they must celebrate life with a proper ceremony.
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Henry
Tost
E. T
Chicago Tribune
Locomotive Designed For Auto Cost Travel
A 100 ton nilometric locomotive designed to run on an automobile fuel system operated from Jersey City to Atlantic City, New Jersey a distance of 146 miles at a fuel cost of old cents per mile.
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Jersey City
Atlantic City
W. d
Custer's Last Battle Fight Not Massacre
Arthur Chapman argues in an retrospective piece that Custer’s last battle was a fierce military engagement, not a massacre. He notes the Lakota and Cheyenne defense, 3000 warriors, 1590 expected vs 3000 actual, and the swift, silent fall of Custer’s command.
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Custer
Mansarre
Arthur Chapman
Thermopylae
Alamo
Chuter
Silling Bull
Remembered Old Comrade and the Persian Court
A Russian doctor living in poverty recalls meeting the shah when he served as a private in the Russian army. He later learns the shah is now Persian ruler and receives a letter appointing him court physician to the King of Kings in Tehran.
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Persia
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Wevka Iater
Teheran
Indianapolis News
Mysterious Rays Mark New Discoveries in X Ray Field
The report notes Millikan's ultra X ray penetrating six inches of lead and a Welsh researcher unveiling a new ray transforming air to conduct electricity. The rays appear between X rays and Millikan's ray, potentially aiding study of atomic structure and known levels.
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Millikan
Very Wittie
Sleeping Sickness Cure May Come From New Drugs
Anterivan Chemigal society announces two drugs telarsanol and proparcanol containing arsenic show promise against sleeping sickness. University of Wisconsin tests led by Prof. A L Loewenhart indicate potential to combat a disease often fatal.
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Anterivan Chemigal Society
A. 3. Loewenhart
University of Wisconsin
Crown Princess of Sweden Visits America
The crown princess, visiting the United States, is described as the daughter of the late marchioness of Milford Haven and daughter of Princess Alice of Great Britain, who was Queen Victoria’s daughter. She is the great granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
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Sweden
Qoy
America
Marchioness
Milford Haven
Alice
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Queen Victorie
Explorer's Claim: First Alive Return From Northern Amazon Basin
Dr William McGovern reports witnessing Jurupari harvest rites in the unmapped northwestern Amazon. He describes a ritual drug kaapi that purportedly frees the spirit from the body, an experience he felt while maintaining physical control. Women face death if they glimpse the ceremonies. McGovern kept a sacred pet relic as allowed by oath.
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William Montgovery
Moovern
Northwern
Amazon Basin
South America
Attorney Fees and Horse Theft Hint in County Court
A South Carolina county court case features a defendant warned by a prosecutor that his attorney would be paid only if he wins. The defendant quips that if he loses, the lawyer gets nothing, and if he wins, the lawyer gets the horse. The exchange is cited by Tf. Greist of the state teachers' retirement fund.
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State Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Jose
South Carolina
Tndisnapolis News
Concord mill obtains license to kill gray squirrels
Fate's Gold Turn Levin J Chase manager of the Concord Bleeking company wins a special license allowing him and his workers to kill gray squirrels. The animals have wired habits of hampering company lines, pushing Chase into a public role after earlier Gray Squirrel Protection debates in the New Hampshire legislature.
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Levin J. Chase
Concord
N. H
Woman Denies Wedding Plans Reported by Society Column
A Kansas City Star note relays a Topeka Journal society item claiming a Washington sorority gift wedding to a newspaper man would occur this month. The prospective groom rejects the July wedding and living arrangements asserting the report is false.
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Topeka Journal Society
Washington
College Hill
Kansas City Star
Navy develops two cylinder heavy oil aircraft engine
The Navy department has developed a two cylinder engine using heavy oil. Early tests show limited success but Popular Science Monthly reports promise for a more powerful unit of the same type. The new engine, designed by A F P Attenda, aims to be of special value for dirigibles due to its nearly noninflamable fuel.
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Navy
Navy Department
Popular Science Monthly
A.fp
Poker Puzzle: form five hands from two dozen cards
Readers select 25 cards from a deck of 52 and form five 5 card hands. The goal is to create three types of hands: straights, flushes, and full houses, including fours. The puzzle notes it is possible to construct five hands with these properties from 28 cards, though figuring it out may take time.
Australian expedition to map unknown northern lands
An Adelaide launched expedition led by Herbert Basedow, funded by Donald Mackay of Sydney, will explore northern Australia seeking geography geology and anthropology data and possible precious metals. The party aims to document Aborigines and their dances without cinematograph recording for scientific value.
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Adelaide
Australia
Property Boundary Dispute Sparks Yard Talk
A heated exchange between a real estate agent and a resident centers on a line claimed as a boundary. The agent insists the side yard measures four feet, while the resident counters it is no more than three feet.
Helping English Farmers The Food Production Push
The British government aims to increase agricultural output to avert a food shortage. England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland struggle with adopting U S methods, while imports from dominions and foreign nations can undersell native producers due to no tariffs and large scale, graded production.
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British Isles
England
Belgium
Japan
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
United States
Canada
Australia
Dominions
Plan to Explore Tumulus Near Uilensaker Norway
The Detroit News describes a brass and tree grown tumulus near Uilensaker Norway sixty feet high and over three hundred feet in diameter. A legend says a stone chamber holds the remains of an unknown king on a couch between two white horses. An 1870 attempt to open it failed after dangerous falls. archaeologists now plan a new test of the mound and its tradition.
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Uilensaker
Norway
Detroit News
Australian Women Jurors Slow to Serve
In Queensland 29 of 209000 eligible women have signed declarations to serve on juries. Two have been called but excused, leaving the first woman juror in Queenstown yet to serve.
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Australia
Queensland
Queenstown
Water as Future Fuel Discovery by Charles Menry
French physicist Charles Menry claims a ten year research breakthrough in catalyzing water to produce hydrogen for an engine. If proven scalable it could replace gasoline with hydrogen driven internal combustion engines and transform industry.
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Charles Menry
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