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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
4
Camping safety tips and malarial mosquito facts
The article offers practical camping precautions from recognizing malaria mosquitoes to safe food handling. It advises disposing open tins, using sealed metal containers for grease, carrying waterproof matches, boiling water, not trusting animal instincts for water, following downstream to safety, and ensuring campfires are fully out to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeeter
Canadian National Railways
Zepp ZR-3 to cross Atlantic for U S mission
The ZR-3 giant Zeppelin, 650 feet long, built in Germany for the United States, is expected to cross the Atlantic before autumn. It will carry 20 passengers and a large cargo, covering 5 280 miles at 68 miles an hour without refueling. Whether the plan is final has not been decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Waterway debate in Canadian senate urges joint US-Canada action
In the Canadian senate on June 17, Minister J D Reid urged immediate steps for the St Lawrence project. He argued the United States holds equal rights to the waterway and cited a 1871 treaty. Reid said joining with the US would lower costs and boost grain, coal, and cargo transport, with northwest growth riding on cheaper transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
J. D. Reid
St. Lawrence
International Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Port Colborne
Montreal
Northwest
Great Northwest
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Lake Ontario
British Columbia
Toronto Mail and Express
Germany to Power Nation by Burning Cheap Coal for Electricity
Germany rapidly builds a system to burn cheap grade coal at mines and convert it into electric power for long distance transmission. It argues this will solve America's fuel problem by saving transportation costs since copper wires and shipping electricity are cheaper than coal transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
America
Jaywalking blamed as pedestrians rise in danger
The piece argues that pedestrians are as reckless as drivers, noting 1923 New York figures with 130 jaywalking deaths versus 82 at crossings. It claims both sides lack care, acknowledges more accidents overall but fewer per thousand cars due to higher car use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Jew Thinks On Arraignment And Money Genii
Magistrate Doyle in New York tells a prisoner that he has never before arraigned a Jew on a pan handling charge. The remark prompts a controversial discussion about Jewish money making and Gentile attitudes to wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
New York City
Wall Street's Rising Jackpot Expands Stock Listings
The first half of 1408 sees about 1408 million dollars added to New Yorker stock exchange listings. Bonds total roughly twice stocks, with over 271 million dollars in foreign bonds. The trend suggests vast growth of securities across national wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New Yorker Stock Exchange
Pedestrian Signals Try in Chicago Intersections
The Chicago Journal of Commerce reports the city tests three whistle stops for drivers to yield to pedestrians. Officials cite jaywalking dangers and argue that pedestrian signals may slow traffic, suggesting limited trials at a few intersections to gauge effectiveness and issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor’s Safety Commission
Collins
West Park Board
Jackson
Ashland
Chicago Journal of Iene
Dieter Seeks Calorie Guide After Losing Fifty Pounds
Reader Mrs. requests guidance on maintaining weight after a five month diet that reduced her weight from 200 to about 150 pounds. She asks how many daily calories to consume to avoid regain and notes she currently eats around 1500 to 1600 calories while fearing 2000 would cause weight gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Peters
S.a.se
Weight tips and health Q and A from a busy columnist
A health column answers readers about weight management. It notes normal day-to-day weight variation from water retention, suggests a low calorie day option, and discusses canning nutrition and vitamin loss. It covers breast inflammation after weaning, eczema guidance, and directs readers to the County Medical Society for physician referrals.
Eighteen Years Afloat In Love Since Port Of Youth
A newspaper poem by Edgar A. Guest marks eighteen years of marriage between Nellie and the speaker. The verses compare their journey to a voyage at sea, describing highs and lows, steadfast love, and gratitude for shared life from youth to now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Man
Rooster Kills Cat in Kingston House Fight
A home dispute in Kingston North Carolina between a cat and a rooster ended with the rooster killing the cat after the owner Jack Howard briefly left to fetch first aid. Howard returned to find the rooster had resumed the attack and killed the cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N. C
Jack Howard
Howard
The Observer's Column Highlights Summer Wit and World News
The column blends light observations on summer life with brief notes from cities like London Paris Atchison Evanston and Kansas City. Sir Martin Conway counters jewel disappearance rumors as Hildur Lima age 10 gains curb raises, Paris welcomes a writers village named after Sarah Bernhardt. The Neal family reports two weddings in quick succession.
La Follette Reflects on Early Congressional Life and Tactics
Robert M. La Follette recalls his entry to Congress, clashes with Wisconsin bosses, and the Me nomine timber fight. He describes his anti pork barrel stance, self funded outreach, and reliance on a small staff, Mrs. La Follette, and his own persistence over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Wisconsin
Dane County
Congress
Madison
Sawyer
Committee On Public Lands
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Wellborn
Texas
Stephen A. Douglas
Cleveland
California
Guenther
Oshkosh
Menominee
Bob
Senate
New York Tribune
New York Sun
Boss Keyes
House of Representatives
Eee
Washington
Lafayette
Grant
Dane
Iowa
Carlisle
Government Printing Office
Mrs. la Follette
Booth
Baltimore
Debord town seeks funds for radio to hear distant services
Debord Kentucky residents publish a pamphlet seeking donations to buy a radio receiving set for the sparsely settled neighborhood. They hope it will let the farming village hear distant church services when ministers visit only twice a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debord
Shorhood
Kentucky
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Goodness
Goethe
ZEPP
FE Prodigal’s Return
Mra. G
County Medical Society
D. C
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Rooster
Cat
Gerkner
Prussia
Krautz
Renan Teineetons
Ingut
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Wales
London
Prince of Wales
Royal Society of Arts
Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Queen Victoria
the Observer
Cain
Russ
Martin Conway
Russia
Evanston
Hildur Lima
Paris
Plessis-Robinson
Sarah Bernhardt
Atchison
Ernest Young
Kansas
Cherbourg
Kansas City
Neal
Claud V. Neal
Nancy A. Piersen
Joy
My Own Story
Robert M. LA Follette
NEA Service, Inc
M. Herriot
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