Italian aviators set new long distance air record
Italian aviators Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete began from Rome in a Savva plane, reaching Brazil after miles flown, breaking the previous distance record by about 576 miles. They logged over 22 hours aloft with an average speed above 135 mph, radioing the Philarus en route.
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Edward W. Pickardt
Ferrarin
Major del Prete
Rome
South America
Brazil
Port Natal
Chamberlin
Levite
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
South Atlantic ‘Ocean
Steamsip Philarus
Costs to Govern Us The Federal Income Tax History
A compact history of federal income taxation from 1861 to 1928. It traces the Civil War levy, 1872 abolition, 1894 tariff act adjustments, and the long constitutional debates. It covers the 1913 income tax foundations, wartime rate spikes, postwar reductions, and the 1926 law with progressive rates, earned income treatment, and exemptions.
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Supreme Court
Cook
Congress
Economy in Federal Expenditures Highlighted
The article notes that federal spending runs about three and a half billion dollars annually, roughly half of postwar levels and double prewar figures. It credits salary savings from filling fewer wartime vacancies, prompt bill payment, better purchasing, and centralized operations for gains. For 1928, budget officials urge individuals to pledge small, definite savings, linking workers to the Loyal Order of Woodpeckers.
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Loyal Order of Woodpeckers
Western Newspaper Union
Diphtheria Deaths Lead U S Cities Over 100,000
Splendid results in the Good Health Campaign show Cawbridge Massachusetts tops the list for diphtheria prevention among cities over 100000, with only one year in five without a death. The American Medical association notes Duluth Minnesota in 1925 previously set the mark. Seven cities report no typhoid deaths last year including New Haven Connecticut Springfield Missouri Yonkers New York Pyerson New Jersey Richmond Virginia Canton Ohio and Knause City Kansas.
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Cawbridge
Mass
United Stes
American Medical Association
Duluth
Minn
Medica Association
New Haves
Conn
Springfield
Alisa
Yonkers
X. Y
Pyterson
Richmond
Canton
Ohio
Knausue City
Kun
Last Resort Professor Denounces Decline in Reading
Professor Jordan laments falling cultured reading due to movies and trashy magazines. He says the younger generation cannot read and recalls a pupil replying that he has not been reading.
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Jordan
Smill
Johnny
Yankee Lingo Notes At Foreign Eatery
A brief Detroit News item reports a tourist lingo exchange at a foreign restaurant where a diner orders with slang. The owner responds in classic dish names including Boston and Jaya coffee as a playful moment in cultural exchange.
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Jake
Boston
Detroit
News
Appropriate Lune Bride Union Labels Burden Lightens
Burdens become light when cheerfully borne as a playful exchange about union labels on suitcases echoes wedding whimsy. The groom jokes that the labels mark journeys shared by friends and families, framing a lighthearted moment.
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Gvid
Recreation for Fishermen at Louisburg wireless station
Fishermen of the Nova Scotia fleet handle lines to music from the new wireless station at Louisburg. Marshall programs reach men on the banks while fleets receive daily reports on bait, weather, ice, prices, and catches from vessels porting at Boston and Gloucester.
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Nova Scotia
Louisburg
Untitled snippet about a wayward youth and his family
A fragmented dialogue describes a troubled young man called the black sheep. His father runs the Pullman care and his mother is a subtitle writer, but the bar has disgraced him by nicking candy bars.
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Lis
Pullman Care
Possum Car Incident Reported In Local Drive
Habit Arthur Hilton and Mack Sennett figure take a charming young lady on a ride along a favorite road. She notes the vehicle is a possum car because it dies in convenient spots. Arthur asks for clarification as she explains the odd malfunction.
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Arthur Hilton
Mack Sennett
The Limit in Weight to Be a Real Literary Light
A clipped Chicago News item muses on weighing literary merit against sentiment and argument. It recalls past eras with phrases about knowledge, action, and the persuasive power of a woman's tears, amid reflections on war and peace.
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Albany
Robinson
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Prohibition
Josephus Daniels
Democratic Party
Congress
Ernest B. Cherrington
World League Against Alcohol and Sleader
Anti Saloon League
Friends of Prohibition
National
Prohibition Party
Owis
Chicago
South
Hoover
Avti Saloon League
Asheville
N. C
Iaw
Adam Medivilen
Nebraska
George N. Peck
Brookhart
Hammill
Jaws
Peek
Lowdon
Chicago News
Jelly Production From Juices Chart
A summary of jelly yields from various juice and sugar mixtures. The data lists juice type, source Pexel, sugar amounts, and resulting glass counts. Examples include strawberry juice with 3 cups sugar yielding 41 glasses and raspberry juice with 8 cups sugar yielding 11 glasses.
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Venice
Rockford
Bert Hassel
Parker Cramer
Stockholm
Hassell and
Cramer
North Sea
Alfred Loewenstein
Belgiss Finacier
Fokker
Croydon
England
Brussels
Loewerstein
Henry Ford
Rockefellers
Silesia
Spain
Saar
Ruhr
Congo
France
Loewenstein
United States
Canada
Rance
Dbeed
Bure
Coolidge
White House
Brule River
California
Tammany -Hall
City Hall
New York
Ban Laussier
Niagara Falls
Bobbie Leach
Annie Edson Taylor
Laussier
Pita
Qamany
Committee On Security and Arbitration
League of Nations
Geneva
League
League Council
Paris
Parc Villeneuve L'Etange
Laf
Orient
Czechoslovakia
Woodrow Wilson
Prague
Roatia
Serbia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Calles
Alvaro Obregon
General Obregon
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Hermann Mueller
Germany
Reichstag
Mueller
Herr Mueller
Oung Ghang
Hsueh-Lang
Marshal Chang
Manchuria
Peking
China
Chaing Kai-shek
Nanking
United States Army
The
Pexel Company
Til
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