The American Tourist Sees Paris in Student Third Class
The article surveys a wave of American travelers to Europe led by college students traveling in tourist third to Europe. It notes rising volumes, pricing from 160 to 220 dollars, and the shift from first class to affordable third class aboard Cunard and other lines. It includes reactions from French observers who describe Americans as happy, practical, and conspicuously sporty, with anecdotes about taxi tours and a Marseillais joke.
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Proehl Haller Jakson
Ray Walters
Europe
Paris
Nnes
United States
Cunard
Atlantic
New York
International ‘Mercantile Marine
United States Mines
French Line
America
Garlic-And-Cheese Society
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Far West
West
London
Rome
Venice
Rhine
Georges Villa
New York Times
Pantheon
Scott
Montmartre
Church of Notre Dame
Kidder
Marseilles
Cincinnati
France
Marseillais
Mikado: Japan’s Sacred Emperor Title and Legend
The mikado, or emperor of Japan, means exalted gate and is used chiefly outside Japan. In Japan he is called Tenshi-Sama Son-of-Heaven and considered sacred, with the imperial line tracing to 660 B C. The office is the longest in existence and the sovereign is central to history and government, with posthumous titles for each mikado.
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Japan
Celtic Calendar Fragment Found at Coligny France
A Celitic era artifact unearthed at Coligny France reveals a bronze calendar in about 200 fragments. The discovery highlights early Bronze Age timekeeping and calendar development for scholars.
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Coligny
France
Celtic calendar found with 855 day year and alternating months
Pathfinder Magazine reports scientists determining a Celtic year of 855 days. Months alternate 30 and 29 days, and to align with the solar year an extra month must be inserted every two and a half years.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Motor Vehicle User Pays For Pennsylvania Highways
William H. Connell of the American Road Builders association argues that motorists pay for road construction and maintenance, citing Pennsylvania savings of 51.75 million in 1925 from 4 500 miles of hard surface. He says highway costs are funded by motor receipts and bonds, with user payments ensuring a sound finance base and limited impact on steam railroads.
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United States
William H. Connell
American Road Builders’ Association
Connell
Pennsylvania
Lincoln Highway Bus Service Opens Between Philadelphia and New York
The People's Rapid Transit company now runs regular bus service from the Bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia to the Waldorf Astoria in New York along the Lincoln Highway. The 90 mile trip costs less than railroad fares and passes through Trenton Princeton New Brunswick Elizabeth and Newark with stops at key Lincoln Highway communities.
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Philadelphia
New York
People’s Rapid Transit Company
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
Lincoln Highway
Trenton
Princeton
New Brunswick
Elizabeth
Newark
Ohio Plans 1926 Highway Construction And Maintenance
Ohio will build about 1,469 miles of state highway in 1926 under director G F Schlesinger. Of the total, around 450 miles will be paved with the remainder gravel and other construction. The maintenance program covers over 7,850 miles, with 12 million spent on paved roads, 2 million on traffic bound roads, and 9 million on maintenance and reconstruction, totaling 23 million.
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Ohio
State Highway Department
G. F. Schlesinger
Minnesota Good Roads Plan Expands Highway Program
Minnesota Good Roads outlines maintaining nearly 7000 miles of main highways this year, above the average of about 4900 miles. It adds 170 miles of new paying pavement, 250 miles of other surfacing, and 242 miles of grading, with projected funds near $2000 per mile for trunk routes versus $3420 on average nationwide.
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Minnesota
Policy to Eliminate Grade Crossings on Federal Aid Roads
Federal policy seeks to eliminate grade crossings on the federal aid highway system where practicable. States support the plan to classify existing crossings for elimination by agreement between the Bureau of Public Roads and state highway departments.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Antimilitarist Attacks Recounted by Gen Miles
The late General Nelson A Miles criticized antimilitarists who attack Pershing and Foch, likening fanatic rhetoric to a Dutch cake division story. He recalled a Fourth of July tale about dividing ninety nine cakes by shooting one man.
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Nelson
A. Miles
Pershing
Foch
Dwarfed Bonsai Trees At Tokyo Exhibition Sell High
More than three hundred dwarfed trees, some a foot high, were shown to thousands of Japanese visitors at the national bonsai exhibition in Tokyo. Some were sold for $6,000 each. Evergreens are the usual species dwarfed, grown with careful watering and shaping.
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Tokyo
Nose Printing Adopted to Identify Sheep at MSU
Michigan State College adopts a nose printing system to ID sheep after three years of testing. Experts report no two sheep share identical nose lines, according to the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
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Michigan State College
Jackson Citizen Patriot
White grubs found while turning garden soil
Nature Magazine notes that turning soil may reveal white grubs. Use a screen covered pail to observe their behavior after placing dirt and potato por ages in the mix. The passage invites readers to watch what happens next.
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Nature Magazine
How She Knew Hubby
A wife and husband spar over finances after the husband mentions race winnings or losses. The wife claims she knew the money was lost as soon as he began discussing saving, implying hidden concerns about spending.
Paying Him Two salesmen meet
Two salesmen meet in a terse exchange about a business matter captured in a line from Allston's Recorder. The fragment suggests a humorous or colloquial interaction likely reflecting local commerce or social banter.
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tIlow
Jiar
Allston’ Recorder
Need of a Dime in Front of Hotel
A writer recalls an encounter with an old man who asked for a dime outside a hotel. He explains he needs ten cents more to buy a movie ticket after coming downtown, revealing a simple, candid moment from urban life in the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
Stretching it Dick But why are you going to that poky old place
Dick asks why choose a dull spot for a short vacation and Jack replies that a week should feel longer, hoping to stretch time. The exchange hints at plans to extend the sense of a trip.
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Jack
Weill
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