River Road Night Crash Treated Heroic Escape Tale
Jim McDermott and Roscoe Doane, police patrolmen, faced death when an overloaded fast car struck their vehicle on River road near Tonawanda in spring 1926. The overturned car, gasoline leaks, and a late rescue by Fort Niagara officers and a farmer’s lantern saved them. Jim spent three weeks recovering from a wrenched back.
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Ello
Niagara Falls
River Road
Jim McDermott
New York City
Jim
Immigration Border Patrol
Tonawanda
N. Y
Buffalo
Roscoe Doane
Roscoe
Fix
Fort Niagara
Western Newspaper Union
New Refrigeration System For Vehicles Invented
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm, a New York engineer, describes a propane based refrigeration system that uses the gas as a refrigerant and then burns it to drive a motor. Presented in a communication to the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers, published in its journal, the unit aims to provide automatic refrigeration on trucks, trains and boats where electric power is unavailable.
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Peter Schlumbohm
New York
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
Ice making engine unit from propane driven refrigerating cycle
Developed in New York and aimed at rural and tropical areas. Propane from a common large drum feeds a refrigerating cycle that compresses to a liquid and evaporates to gas, producing cold. The gas is drawn into a small engine’s combustion chamber like a gasoline motor. A one ton per hour unit costs five cents an hour to operate.
Harrison Tells President Tax Revision Is Necessary
Washington column argues President Roosevelt's retail speech signals a third term bid and a steadfast plan for continued government spending. It notes Harrison pressure for tax revision to help business and maintain employment, while debt and deficit concerns loom over 1940 politics. The piece contrasts party factions and Chamber of Commerce influence with Roosevelt's stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
Mr. Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Pat Harrison
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Doughton
House Committee On Ways and Means
Harrison
Coughton
Harri
Mississippi
Federal Treasury
How to Sew Drawn Work Scarves Inspire Home Decor
An article explains a simple drawn-work method using linen or mercerized thread to create open spaces in scarves. It highlights turquoise, golden yellow, and rose color schemes, includes a quick hemming tip, and promotes sewing books by Mrs. Spears with a limited offer and leaflets.
Fragmented Social Commentary Fragmented Observations
A dated prose fragment urges building human solidarity and warns against hollow disputes and risky ventures. It critiques insurance risk taking and laments a vanished chivalrous tone in common anecdotes, mentioning a "forgotten man" who neglected self‑interest and a "please sir" boy.
Our National Spirit Anthem and Moral Urges
The piece extols the national anthem as a spur to effort and links diligent work with religion. It cites biblical exhortations to labor and asserts that truth ultimately prevails while falsehood remains suppressed.
Back to work pledge from J William Ditter quote
U S Representative J William Ditter emphasizes a six year goal to put America back to work. He calls for employment for the unemployed idle capital and idle factories and asserts progress requires an administration dedicated to such a program.
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Compee
America
America Onco
U. S
J. William Ditter
Quiz Questions and Answers on History and Language
A set of trivia prompts and concise answers covers topics from a Texas leaguer to Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon and the origin of dandelion names. Includes distinctions between semi conscious and semi unconscious, Cleopatra’s nose quote, and examples of animal based hyphenated words like pig iron and monkey wrench.
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Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Short fly falls between infield and outfield reach
Answers provide concise resolutions: 1 a short fly that drops between infield and outfield, 2 Caesar and his army, 3 savage untamed and barbarian state, 4 colors mix to white, 5 Leo Taurus Aries Apricornus, 6 first denotes moving between states, 7 incomplete idea about conveying a notion of movement from unconscious to conscious.
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Caesar
Leo
All-Around Man Was Worth the Money
A visitor to a country town is shaved by a barber who also works as a butcher and paper hanger. He cuts the customer, who apologizes and covers the wound with tissue. After the shave, the generous patron tips well, noting the barber’s three trades.
To think of todays work as part of infinite work
Quote attributed to Edward Everett Hale about viewing daily tasks as part of a larger, ongoing effort. It frames work as an endless loop of small, meaningful actions shaping a broader purpose.
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Edward Everet
Hale
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Floyd Gibbons
Adventurers’ Club
Brackart
Washington Digest
Retail Federation
William Bruckart
WIN Service
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
Congress
Treasury
Democratic Party
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Banking System
Morgenthau
The
Eccles
Union
Ruth Wyeth
Uncle Pie
Brotherhood of Man
She Dilver
Dowell Mfg. Co
Pittsburgh
USF
ROYAL
Broadway
W. C
Kooeé
L . A As
Southland Hotel
Joe Hallaman
Mgr
Dallas
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