Western Canada crops promise early bountiful harvests
The report notes strong weather and rapid growth across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Wheat headed out heavily and forecasts point to record production. Cereal crops, sunflowers, and alfalfa show expansion with silos rising as farmers invest in dairy cattle and diversified farming for a richer prairie economy.
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Titan
Wester Canada
Way Camp
Manitoba
Sackatchewan
Alberta
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Peace River
Marquis Whest
Syhile
Canada
Wien
Prairie
Prairie Lumbermap
Vancouver
Lead Shielding For Radium Handling Proposed By Doctor
A physician advises strict protection for radium work. Dr Belevere of the Wrench Academy of Medicine urges gloves dipped in lead, spectacles with lead, lead lined tables, and pincers to handle salts. He patents a lead suit for the heart and lungs and suggests thin lead wrapping for operators.
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Belevere
The
Wrench Academy of Medicine
Jud Tonkins Comments on Attire
Jud Tonkins says the outfit has enough scistles and fish to resemble a bathing suit more than typical human wear, critiquing its revealing style.
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Jud Tonkins
Missouri Landlady Quarrel Over Mogul Hair Mat
A Missouri exchange features a red headed landlady arguing with a tenant about a Mogul hair mat missing from a room. The bearded man insists he provided the mat, while the landlady demands it be shown upstairs.
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Missouri
Busiest Woman in California Mrs Timer M Woodbury
Mrs Timer M Woodbury wife of Hotel Hichelieu San Francisco manager is famed as the busiest woman in California. She decorates hotel rooms with murals and painted lamp shades when not otherwise occupied as a playwright newspaper correspondent and shiger. She has been carnival queen.
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California
Timer M. Woodbury
Hichelieu
San Francisco
Eye strain from moving pictures studied by English society
The Illuminating Engineering Society of England reports that eye strain from watching films arises when pictures are shown too high, forcing front-row spectators to look upward. The committee recommends adjusting screen height to reduce strain.
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Illuminating Angineering Society of England
Improved Roads After War Shortages Hit Construction
The U S Department of Agriculture reports road costs in 1920 rose due to labor shortages and rail disruptions. Postwar demand for rapid road building strained workers and equipment as the army of laborers failed to materialize, hampering maintenance and new projects.
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U. Si Uewartment
Nyice
Buredan of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Labor Costs and Road Building Boom Reach New Heights
The article reports rising labor wages and material costs, with wages up to 83 per day and work days from 8 to 14 hours. It notes increased prices for gravel roads, concrete, and timber, causing higher overall project costs and delaying or withholding work until funds allow better returns for contractors.
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Naturaiy
Statare
Macadam’s Rise in American Pavement History
A fragment traces James McAdam’s early 19th century pavement experiments by William Macdenden, noting Ayrshire origin, 1834 tests, a New York court ruling, and a later grant of 50 000 dollars as pavement testing spread, with later titles and regional developments mentioned.
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America
Wilin Macddend
Ayrshire
New York
MacAsinhwee
Tania
Harding Praises Automobiles and Roads Vision
President Harding lauds the automobile as indispensable to political social and industrial life and urges constant maintenance and patrol of good roads. He notes the need for highway upkeep to prevent waste of public funds and to support widespread mobility and progress. The piece also mentions eye producing hens with average weights around four pounds and lists major egg-laying breeds.
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Harding
Donglass
Rhode Island
Work Is World Wide Construction Alert
Fragmentary notice notes road construction and maintenance work may affect travel. The brief mentions worldwide scope and potential delays, urging caution for drivers and pedestrians near affected routes.
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Ees Oe
Chicago Woman Rescued After Gefn Kidnapping Ordeals
Mrs Jules Whatley of Gateego recounts a harrowing kidnapping near a San Francisco hotel site. A posse headed by her husband freed her after six hours of captivity by masked assailants aboard a steamer Tahiti bound for Tegiin island.
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Posse
San
Tegiin
Fi Islands
Jules Whatley
Gateego
Tahiti
Sova
Whatley
Moonshine aided her sons in Oregon case
Lena Mayan testified she hid liquor to support her children after believing alcohol could feed them. She said she sold whisky and robbed to provide clothes and care while her husband was absent. Judge Deich rejected her plea, criticizing the intent to save the family.
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Ore—jira
Ogurt
Nike Enoug
Deich
Mayson
Woman Sues Pastor Over Injury in Wild Incident
Local report describes a seventh year old girl from Washington state suing Pastor FR. Wurkett after an incident where she was allegedly stood on her head causing pain and mental anguish.庭
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Agate Lowniles
Wurkett
Black Bear Interrupts Ball Player While Angling
Vic Joan Novak a professional baseball player and former football star trout fishing at Ways Creek heard a rustle in bushes across and saw a full sized black bear jump into the water then drink from the stream before moving away Novak yelled in fright as the bear approached then fled the scene
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Vreclany
Vic Joan Novak
Ways Creek
Novak
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