Happenings of the World Tersely Told
A compressed World Brief covers racing at Indianapolis where Howdy Wilcox won the 500 Mile race. fatalities include Arthur Thurman and Louis Lecocq with others injured. Banking rulings, political resignations, and aviation security measures also appear alongside tax, railroad, and military notes.
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Howdy” Wilcox
Indianapolis
the Speedway
Arthur Thurman
Washington
M. Molinaro
Louis Lecocq
R. Bandini
Iowa towns plan new buildings and expansions
A survey of Hawkeye State notes 25 room Harris hotel plans in LeMars Masonry for a new home in LeMars and a $25 fee commercial club in Clarion. Simpson College bids $110000 central building. Pomeroy and Marengo push school and memorial projects. county sugar beet farming expands. a renowned luthier from McGregor completes instrument number 38. seed purity testing and PEO Sisterhood anniversary observed in Sioux City.
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Harris
LeMars Masons
Clarion
Simpson College
G. R
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pomeroy Commercial Club
Cass County
Nemaha M. E
Marengo
Supt. I. L. Guernsey
Chariton High School
Hanock County
Mason City
David Young
McGregor
Iowa State College
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Sioux City
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
408Th
Camp Dodge
Iown
New York
France
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Bell Telephone Company
Eighty-eighth
Des Moines
Hunhusker
Illinois
Camp Lodge
Belle Plaine
Loralda
Miford
Sam
Nelly
Smith
Causruther
Tata Pure
Street University claims walkable learning for Voronezh citizens
Izvestia praises a simple solution as the Voronezh local soviet unveils a "Street University" guiding citizens along principal streets with placards bearing traits and brief news items. The idea promotes general knowledge for any passerby, bypassing traditional bourgeois universities.
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Voronezh
Russia
Izvestia
After That the Deluge
A quoted exchange from the Boston Transcript recalls marital tiffs where a wife grows silent then unleashes a torrent of words. The remark captures domestic humor and the timing of a sudden emotional outburst.
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Boston Transcript
A Sure Sign in Riddle Form
A wry quip notes a husband’s improving health by his changing words while a baker’s craft prompts a pun on kneading. the lines mix humor about illness speech and bread making.
Poet Cashes Rough Check Then Offers Revisions
A young man offers a rough poem to an editor who pays with a check and invites corrections. The poet plans more submissions as the editor hesitantly signals approval. A stray note about a check being in the rough state appears. The article shifts to a note on cottonseed oil used as a flux in the tin plate tinning process and its potential to replace foreign oils.
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United States
Animal fats production rises to near equal with vegetable oils
In 1912 animal fats excluding butterfat equaled 70 percent of US vegetable oil output. By 1917 animal fats rose to about 80 percent of vegetable oils. Including butter, animal fats in 1912 were about twice vegetable oils, but by 1917 fats and oilsほnearly equal in output.
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United States
Life's Luxuries and Shifting Needs
A brief thought on changing values as comforts become necessities, reflecting on how luxuries evolve with time and circumstance, suggesting a modern reconsideration of what counts as essential.
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House Naval Committee
Juarez
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