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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1926
Page
3
An old hippo in a zoo declares pride in being fat and in the family’s ancient lineage while explaining the meaning of Hippopotamus from Greek words for river horse. He balks at exercise, loves swimming and eating, dreams of rest and more food, and a sparrow observes his nap and splash.
In a Tennessee town a Black voter’s loyalty to the Democratic ticket earns him a staff role in a new street cleaning department while a white foreman is paid to keep him busy. The foreman assigns endless tasks, prompting the elder worker to ask why he must work at all. A phonograph with 10,000 year recorded press is also noted.
A hotel detective confronts two well dressed women in Pea cock Alley as a stenographer defends their quiet chatting. The exchange pivots on gendered behavior with the stenographer arguing that chatting is refined despite colorful metaphorical taunts about tearing hides and quiet voices.
The piece explains a rural superstition that a person cannot die easily on a feather bed. It notes origins in England and Europe and a variation involving game bird feathers. It cites folklore investigators and a Dyer conversation about burning feathers to avoid the belief.
A profile of Max D. Steuer, famed trial lawyer, detailing his early life from selling matches in East Side tenements to matriculating at Columbia Law School and being admitted to the bar at twenty one. It notes his rise from poverty to national distinction and his prominent courtroom career.
A jewelers display at the Philadelphia sesquicentennial features a pagoda shaped tower over three feet tall. It uses 201,230 cultured pearls and 29,270 natural pearls with an approximate value of 350000 dollars.
Santa Monica California will host the United States Good Roads association 1926 national convention June 7 to 12 in conjunction with the Bankhead National Highway association and the United States Good Roads show. Governors and national officials from across the country are slated to attend along with the largest delegate turnout yet. General Roundtree expects prominent governors including Virginia Nebraska Indiana Montana West Virginia Kentucky Georgia Utah Nevada Alabama Wyoming Texas Mississippi Oregon California. The five day gathering features business sessions on highway policy and automotive tours of southern California organized by local chambers.
Secretary Jardine has awarded 73 125 000 to states for highway building under the federal aid system. Texas leads with 4 426 917 while New York receives 3 647 156 and Pennsylvania tops the East. Florida ranks 39th as the nation expands a 170 000 mile network crossing the continent multiple times.
Ohio highway division engineers claim the state constructs roads with bases six inches thick at the center and nine inches at the sides to support heavier traffic than any other state. Strength scales with depth. a six inch base equals 36, seven inch base 49, and nine inch base 81 in squared terms. Materials, preparation, and laying methods are standardized across highways bridges and culverts.
Road progress must keep pace with rising car numbers. Thomas H. MacDonald, head of the Bureau of Public Roads, says about 50,000 miles of new roads yearly will be built by federal, state, and local agencies. He urges immediate widening of federal and state highway system roads to cut transportation costs.
A uniform national highway policy has largely enabled easy vehicle flow between regions. County lines have been erased and state lines do not exist for the motor vehicle. The improved highway speaks a language common to all, marking a move from earlier ages of road improvement in the United States.
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