Canberra a capital built to order bends toward Washington model
The National Geographic Society bulletin compares Canberra with Washington as Australia funds a planned inland capital. It notes Canberra’s 1909 federal-territory, 912 square miles site, harboring a water system, sewers, a powerhouse and railway, with 99 year leases and 5 percent rents to guide growth.
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Love Note Follows Philadelphia Suicide In Grief
Edward Har graves, eighteen, killed himself with gas while filling an 11 page notebook with notes to his mother relatives and a girl named Miriam. One dying scrawl read Miriam I died for you I love you too much Eddie Please do not blame anybody but myself. Wire my uncle Major Kosler Lykens Pa Dont think I am drunk I know all I am doing Miriam we may meet yet He had written I have the gas on now.
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Edward Hargraves
Miriam
Eddie
Major Kosler
Lykens
City’s neighborhood split shapes its future layout
The text describes a city plan with a core shopping district, a modified industrial area including laundries and cold storage, and a separate zone for inexpensive homes and a further sector for more pretentious residences. This outlines a developing urban layout.
Sunday Safe Day for London Pedestrians
London traffic study shows Sunday is safest for pedestrians while Friday is the most dangerous day. Over seven years December records 602 fatalities and February 859. last year Friday fatalities reached 160, with Saturday 157 and Sunday 101. Since 1920 street deaths rose from 657 to 1,020 and injuries from 21,028 to 47,213.
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Ministry of Transportation
Frost Tamed Elephant Pays Dearly for Spree
Diamond the two ton elephant defied trainers last winter and wandered through southwestern Kansas in subzero weather. The frosty jaunt left him with frozen spots on his body, missing ears, a half tail, and weight loss. Now on tour with the circus he endures pain as he travels.
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Johnson gifts 18 hole golf course to workers
George I F Johnson, a shoe maker, announces an 18 hole golf course for his 14 000 employees in Endicott New York. The plan frames golf as a benefit boosting business and worker morale.
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Miner Returns Found Diamond Ring Refuses Reward
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania coal miner Joseph Nowanick found a $1,700 diamond ring in Brodhead creek. He learned the ring belonged to Mrs. Joseph Brown of New York and returned it without accepting any reward.
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Joseph Brown
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Provocative Quotes Spark Debate Across Professions
A collection of aphorisms notes risky acts in teaching media and business. It argues pride in fault lines and warns against judging by first impressions while predicting gradual changes as competition contracts.
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