New Smaller Dollar Bills Planned by Treasury
The United States plans a third smaller size for all paper money, cutting current dimensions from 77 16 by 8 3 4 to 64 4 by 25 8 inches. The change, urged by Secretary Mellon, aims to ease handling and save manufacture costs, with 12 notes per plate instead of eight.
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Watson
Alexander Ham‘inton
the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Spain
Philippines
United States
Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Islands
Treasury Department
Treasury Committee
Federal Reserve Banks
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Federal Reserve
Riz-tavel rice table features in Java dining
A description of the rice table in Java, starting with a deep dish of rice and finishing with a rich parade of dishes. Native servants present various prepared meats, vegetables, nuts, and spices. The piece notes that Dutch rulers in Java eat the riz zavel daily and survive.
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Java
True Patriotism and the Duty of Citizens
A quotation from Andrew Jackson stresses that every good citizen should treat the nation's honor as sacred and be willing to risk life in its defense while recognizing protection earned by giving it. The message emphasizes personal sacrifice for national welfare and reciprocal safeguards.
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Andrew Jackson
Prolific Inventor Elizah McCoy of Detroit
Detroit inventor Elizah McCoy earned 57 patents from 1872 to 1920. His work spans many areas with a focus on lubricating machinery.
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Elizah McCoy
Detroit
Zero in Worries: Earth's Survival Timeline Questioned
Des Moines Register notes a paradox in worry about extinction as the author muses that humanity may endure for a mere million years or perhaps fifty, highlighting existential risk and the pace of planetary threats.
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Des Moines Register
Caring for storage batteries lengthens life and saves cost
Experts note average storage battery life around 14 months and up to 22 with care. Regularly check water levels with distilled water, keep cells filled, avoid overheating, avoid over or under charging, and replace both negative and positive plates or add separators to extend life.
Paris Fines Pedestrians Four Cents for Crossing Outside Lanes
Paris authorities impose a four cent fine on pedestrians who cross streets outside designated safety zones. The court ruling upholds penalties including arrest, police processing, and legal costs. Citizens challenged the practice but the highest court affirmed the enforcement.
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Paris
Jay Walker
Various Traffic Rules Confusing to Drivers
An operator of a motor vehicle in the United States likely breaks at least one traffic rule without realizing it. Each state and locality enacts its own rules of the road. Last year over 2,500 traffic bills were introduced in state legislatures and about a dozen became law per state.
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United States
Resting victims of careless driving in era rail and road
A string of era obituaries notes deaths at crossings and road incidents. Names include William Lake Allie Pidd Eddie Srawn Johnny Fowker Jerry Bass William Raines William Jay Samuel Small John William Hest Harry and John Henry Jones with brief notes on actions near trains bridges and highways and warnings about heedless behavior.
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William Lake
Detroit News
Allie Pidd
Rome
Eddie Srawn
Little Falls
Johnny Fowker
Scranton
Scrantonian
Jerry Bass
Wilkes-Barre
William Raines
Harrisburg
William Jay
Boston ‘Transcript
Samuel ‘Small
Capper
John William Jones
Spare Tire Bumper Idea For Trucks Front Mount
A truck owner attaches a spare tire in front of the radiator using a frame of heavy flat iron fastened to the tie-rod and chassis. The tire protects the front end without hindering cooling and serves as a bumper as shown. Dale R. Van Horn, Walton Neb. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Dale R. van Horn
Walton, Neb
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Traffic arrest score remains a year in review topic
The piece notes the high traffic arrest score as an ongoing item and cites US taxicab riders paying about 400 million dollars annually. It remarks on vacationers returning home with flat tires and the common car quarrel between a husband wanting an open car and his wife preferring a sedan or coupe.
No Wheat But Plenty Corn In Northwestern Kansas This Year
Northwestern Kansas faces drought and pests that ruined wheat but yields a bumper corn crop. Reported bumper harvests across the region include millet kafir feterita and other feed crops. Farmers build pit silos to store surplus for years of potential scarcity.
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Hays
Kansas
Kansas transport vs dairy herd investment revealed
Topeka reports a larger capital in passenger cars than dairy herds in Kansas. Vehicle registrations show 431,810 passenger cars and 67,688 trucks, totaling 484,498 vehicles, while 467,983 milk cows are recorded by assessors for the state tax department.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Tax Department
Salina Flood Damage and River Control Plans
Salina reports flood damage totaling several million dollars after extensive inquiry. City engineer R. J. Paulette outlines plans to control the Smoky Hill river and Dry Creek, with an estimated additional million dollars needed for mitigation.
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Salina
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Paulette
Smoky Hill River
Dry Creek
Kansas Oil Fuel Plan for State Institutions
Topeka installs a winter fuel contract using Kansas produced oil only. H. E. Shrack state business manager announces Derby Oil Company of Wichita awarded the contract. no oil from outside Kansas will be supplied for state institutions next winter.
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Topeka
Kansas
H. E. Shrack
Derby Oil Company of
Wichita
Couple shot at home. son firing at cats linked
Burlington man 46 is in critical condition after being shot in the breast near a barn corner where his son Wallace Brown 19 was shooting at cats with a revolver. In Attica a Midian Kansas oil field worker 60 was found dead in his car with a gun beside him, ruled suicide by pistol.
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Burlington
Fred W. Brown
Wallace Brown
Mr. Brown
Attica
W. M. Hoyt
Midian
Kas
Oxford Votes to Preserve Oil Town as City Keeps Oil Field at Bay
Voters in Oxford Kansas by a three to one margin supported the city council in its effort to keep the town from becoming an oil field, preserving civic beauty and local character in the oil metropolis.
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Oxford
Kansas
Topeka Chief Accountant Resigns for Higher Pay
J N Atkinson resigns as chief accountant for the Public Service Commission effective immediately to become auditor for a sand company in Topeka with a substantial salary increase. Wamego reports three killed two seriously injured when a car crashed through a bridge railing into a drainage ditch eighteen feet deep. The Kansas Board of Health sent 1000 vaccine units to flooded Salitia and Fort Scott for typhoid control. J W Scott of Topeka named accountant for the Public Service Commission. he is brother of Walter Scott of the Kansas City traffic bureau Wichita. Wilbur Munson of Cassoday sues National Air Transport for 10512.46 for alleged runaway caused by an air mail plane frightening his horses. Cherryvale: F J Straub re-elected commander of the Old Soldiers Southeastern Kansas Reunion Association.
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Topeka
J. N. Atkinson
Public Service Commission
Wamega
State Board of Health
Salitia
Fort Scott
Earle Brown
J. W. Scott
Kansas Public Service, Commission
Scott
Walter Scott
Kansas City Traffic Bureau
Wichita
Wilbur Munson
Cassaday
Farmer
National Air Transport
Munson
Cherryvale
F. J. Straub
Cherrvale
Old Soldiers
Southeastern Kansas
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