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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
10
The piece discusses moderation in physical life, warns against excess in food and drink, and urges early habit formation for healthy aging. It cites Voltaire on physicians, reflects on aging, and promotes keeping body and mind active while avoiding habits that hinder vitality.
Poetic lines describe how common flower names like cowslip primrose pansy and daffodil slip into memory Yet when ordering seeds we call Myosotis laxa forget-me-nots reflecting a playful renaming from the poem and our affection for the flowers
George C. Diehl urges pre acquiring rights of way for future highways to ease widening when needed. His Erie County study under the Greater Motorways plan envisions two connected series around Buffalo from Niagara River to Lake Erie, with distant routes already acquired for traffic needs in 10 to 15 years.
Balloon tires are cited as saving taxpayers money by reducing highway shock and road wear. They distribute load over a wider area, lessen road damage, and extend vehicle life by minimizing vibrations and jolts.
New Brunswick approves the proposal to name the coast to coast road Confederation Highway. D A Stewart minister of public works sends a routing suggestion to the Geographic Board of Canada, from the Quebec boundary on the Edmundston River via Edmundston Grand Falls Andover Woodstock Dorchester Sackville to the Nova Scotia boundary near Aulac.
The 1928 International Good Roads congress will meet in Cleveland. Arkansas plans about 12 million dollars annually for four years on highways. Yosemite National Park is expected to have a banner motor travel year in 1927. North Carolina reports 100000600 spent on highways in five years. Virginia will spend nearly 10 million for good roads this year with 8 million for main highways and 1.25 million for feeder roads.
Miss L. Y. Palmen, a Russian girl engineer, receives government recognition for her achievements as an inventor. She helped perfect a 20 horsepower airplane engine adapted for the All Russian conference on aerial and chemical defense, placing her among the few women with such distinction.
The strongest electric welds have been shown repeatedly and a record welding project begins in California. Contracts are let for an 85 mile water supply pipe with a 5 foot diameter to a bidder promising a welded line for the entire distance.
Mildred is urged to overlook Harold’s fretfulness as Capper’s Weekly humorously casts a quarrel patch. The piece uses a light tone to depict domestic teasing and temperamental behavior in young lovers.
A fragmentary dialogue reveals a character clinging to a hair lock as a memory. The speaker questions who gave the lock and why it was kept, hinting at a personal backstory and unresolved gift origin.
A Nottingham typist was seen by her employer powdering her nose fifteen times in one hour. Her explanation of making up lost time was not accepted by the employer.
A brief church scene shows a visitor prompting a friend to keep the money for offerings while the speaker claims the gift is his, hinting at a light moral moment as the collection nears.
An advertisement hints at home routines with Red Cross Ball Blue for towels and linens and notes a woman enjoying late dancing. It frames domestic chores and social leisure as regular topics in correspondence and daily life.
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