Our National Parks by Elmo Scott Watson
The article invites summer visitors to explore U S national parks and monuments, led by Stephen P Mather with Coolidges example at Custer State Park South Dakota The piece lists 19 national parks and 32 national monuments plus seven military parks and nine other monuments under War Department care and emphasizes enjoying nature through hiking camping fishing and camera hunting rather than gun use.
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Elmo Scott Watson
President Coolidge
Custer State Park
South Dakota
White House
Uncle Sam
Stephen P. Mather
National Park Service
Mr. Mather
National Park
Devil's Tower
Wyo
Montezuma Castle
Ariz
Petrified Forest
el Morro
N.M
Chaco Canyon
N. M
Muir Woods
Calif
Natural Bridge
Utah
Lewis and Clark Cavern
Mont
Tumacacori
Shoshone Cavern
Gran Quivira
Glacier Bay
Sitka
Alaska
Rainbow Bridge
Pinnacles
Colorado
Colo
Capulin Mountain
Dinosaur
Verendrye
N. D
Casa Grande
Scott’s Bluff
Neb
Yucca House
Fossi
Chattanooga, Ga
Tenn
Shiloh, Tenn
Cathe
Middle
Arkansas
Nerayenas
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Manable
Big Tree
Larthi
Oregon
Oklahoma
United O Tes
Wester Man
Kilaues
Mauna Loa
Rastitgerette
Haleakalaona
Californias
United States
Lassenee
Tassen Peak
North America
Mount
Mominsey
Arizona
Grand Sanger
Maine
Granite
Mount Desert
Rata Ieot Et Dhon
Magnificent Gorge
Zion Canyon
National Parks Offer Vast Outdoor Education and Recreation
Delegates at Bear Mountain report 600 state parks spanning 7 million acres in 43 states plus 19 national parks and 82 national monuments, drawing 2.8 million visitors last year. Auto travel and camping fueled a $3.3 billion travel economy, with parks evolving into outdoor classrooms as Hubert Work promotes nature as teacher.
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Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Miss
Antietam Battlefield
Lincoln's Birthplace
Guilford Court House
N. C
Big Hole Battlefield
Mont
Cabrillo
Calif
Mound City Group
Ohio
Fort Wood
N. Y
Castle Pinckney
S. C
Fort Pulaski
Fort Marion
Fla
Fort Matanzas
Meriweather ‘Lewis
America
Sam
Uncle Sam
Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Nature
National Park’ Service
Paper and ink demand drive stamp production figures
The article notes Uncle Sam must produce vast postage stamp material yearly. It cites 12 months use of 25,600,000 pounds of paper, 1,400,000 sheets, 600,000 pounds of dextrine, 30,000 pounds of glucose, and 1,090,000 pounds of ink in Bureau of Engraving and Printing operations.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Fresh Water Spots in Oceans Mentioned Near Miami
A fragment notes there are several places in different oceans where fresh water can be found and mentions one well known area beyond the coast of Miami Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Hidden spring forms freshwater in salty sea
A subterranean river creates a spring that brings fresh water into the middle of the salt ocean, producing a localized oasis of non saline water amid the sea.
Malay Peninsula Straits Settlements Overview
The Malay Peninsula from Siam to the Strait of Singapore forms the Straits Settlements. It includes Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Labuan, Coco I Island and Christmas Island. The colony covers about 1,600 square miles and is a British crown territory.
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Malay Peninsula
Siam
Strait of Singapore
Straits Settlements
Singapore
Penang
Malacca
Labuan
Coco I Island
Christmas Island
Rules for Descending Hills on Steep Grades
Practical driving guidance for handling steep grades in the eastern and western United States. It covers using low gear to resist engine pull, keeping throttle closed, coordinated use of brakes and clutch to control speed, stopping gently on grade, and precautions for rolling back in sloped situations. Emphasizes brake wear reduction and curb safety.
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Prades
United States
Big Auto Rise Seen to Cut Rail Traffic by 1940
H C Crowell of the Pennsylvania Railroad warned at the American Railway Engineering Association meeting in Chicago that as many as 40 million cars could be on American roads by 1940 if growth trends continue. He said autos are diverting freight and passenger traffic from railroads, causing reduced railroad receipts and forcing lines to abandon profitable suburban schedules.
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America
H. C.crowell
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Railway Engineering Association
Chicago
One Armed Auto Driver Displays His Dexterity
Outstanding among Paris taxi drivers is Victor Coubard a war veteran who lost his left arm at Verdun. He has driven 500000 miles without an accident and uses his remaining arm to handle steering while his other hand signals with the horn or brakes as needed.
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Paris
France
Victor Coubard
Verdun
Coubard
Proper Car Wash Techniques for Fresh Varnish
Washing a new car requires lukewarm water and non alkali soap like castile. Avoid gasoline and hot or cold water. rinse with a six inch water stream to remove mud and dust and dry with a chamois to prevent scratches.
Clamp to Hold Inner Tubes Handy On Road
Vincent J. McMurty of Chicago describes a portable clamp for patching inner tubes on the road. A wooden base with a U shaped strap iron wrap grips the tube patch area to hold it securely during repair.
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Vincent J. McMurty
Chicago
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Automobile Hints From A Retro Perspective On Driving
A collage of car safety quips warns against reckless driving and back-seat meddling. It notes a 7:40 freight’s lasting impact on a vehicle and jokes about perpetual pedestrian punishment for dangerous motorists. Paris signs urge Stop as a new synthetic gasoline venture emerges.
Plan to Read Off Mutiny State Board Considers Prison Safety
State board of administration plans to stop mutinies at Lansing prison by installing a steel cage at the foot of the shaft with riot guards. The topeka report covers Governor Paulen's unchanged policy, a pardon bid by John N. Richardson of Wichita, and a relic gun found in Galena linked to historic conflicts.
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State Board of Administration
Lansing
Topeka
Paulen
E. Haldeman-Julius
Girard
Wichita
John N. Richardson
American State Bank of
Personal crisis reports rise in Kansas in early 1928
Topeka reports show personal crisis incidents in Kansas nearly double in the first four months of this year. Earle G. Brown, secretary of the state board of health, announced 106 cases for January through April, up from 57 in the same period in 1926.
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Topeka
Kansas
Earle G. Brown
State Board of Health
Tragedy in Council Grove as Klein father and son die
Samuel Klein of Chicago was killed and his father Morris Klein fatally injured when their motor car crashed into a concrete culvert ten miles east of Council Grove on the Santa Fe trail between Chicago and Los Angeles. Also reported are recovered travelers' checks from an Agenda robbery found buried in a glass fruit jar seven miles east of Arkansas City by Cowley county officers.
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Council Grove
Samuel Klein
Chicago
Morris Klein
Los Angeles
Here
Winfield
American Railway Express Company
Cowley County
Arkansas City
Kansan editor resigns. Woods to registrar post
Arl FF White, managing editor of the Kansas City Kansan, resigns effective immediately after serving since the paper's founding by Arthur Capper. In Washington, Major Walter O Woods of Concordia Kas now a war loan board member will become registrar of the treasury succeeding Harry V Speelman of Marietta Ohio.
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Arl
FF. White
Kansas City
Kansan
White
The
Arthur Capper
Washington
Walter O. Woods
Concordia, Kas
War Loan Board Office
Registrar of the Treasury
Harry V. Speelman
Marietta, O
Last Explorer Peter Leiker Dies in Munjor Home
Peter Leiker aged 89, the last surviving member of five explorers tied to German Russian settlements in Willis County, died at his Munjor home four miles southeast.
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Hays
Peter Leiker
Willis County
Munjor
Cherries From 1871 Jar Puzzles Mrs Shetter
Mrs J H Shetter of Hlawatha owns a glass jar of cherries canned in 1871. She was 13 when she picked the fruit and her mother sealed the jar. Repeated attempts to open the lid failed, so she keeps the jar as a curio.
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Hiawatha
J. H. Shetter
Hlawatha
Wesleyan Receives $1000 Donation for Building Fund
Salina report notes Kansas Wesleyan University received a $1000 check from Andrew Mellon secretary of the treasury to bolster the building fund.
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Salina
Kansas Wesleyan University
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
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