Pittsburgh Seeks Lake Erie Waterway Canal Project
Pittsburgh leaders push a $750 million plan to build a 16 1 2 mile Lake Erie Ohio River canal from the headwaters of the Ohio to Lake Erie. The move will be presented before the Army Engineers in Washington in September, aiming to shield coal and iron shipments from varying freight rates and create a steady Great Lakes outlet for Pittsburgh industry.
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Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United States Army Board of Engineers
Washington
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Carnegie
Mellon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indus
Ceountry
Mononghela
Elinor Glyn Defines It in Hollywood Spotlight
Elinor Glyn explains that It is the magnetic sex appeal and self confident charm that attracts both sexes. She notes It makes women devastating and can sway even the most prudent men while mothers spoil boys with It.
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Holly AwUy
Mme
Elinor Glyn
Hollywood
Madame Glyn
What is It as described by Gloria Swanson and others
The author quotes Gloria Swanson and others discussing a mysterious quality called It. It supposedly appears in a few people and many animals, described as a magnetic, mind plus body trait. Examples include Rex the horse and stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Barrymore, with refrains about beauty, charm, and pervading allure.
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Gloria Swanson
Rex
Jack Gilbert
Douglas Fairbanks
Barrymore
Jack
Spain
Alfonso
Wales
Clara Bow
Ven
Autogiro experiments draw interest in England
The British Air Ministry funds Hamble Aerodrome tests of an autogiro. The device uses a windmill rotor over the pilot and can land at a steep angle, aiming for vertical takeoff and precise short landings. Four units are under construction for commercial use. Gland graft methods show wool output gains. 322,729,000 gallons of ice cream eaten in twelve months in the United States.
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Washington
Erican Aviation
Hamble Aerodrome
England
Department of Commerce
Wright Brothers
Washington Monument
Hamble
British Air Ministry
United States
Changing Status of Woman Puts Election Board in Quandary
Minneapolis voters and election officials grapple with whether filing status changes after marriage affect a candidate for clerk of the state supreme court. Miss Winifred McDermott became Mrs. Perrigo, raising questions on ballot name changes and registration rules. Authorities plan a conference to resolve if her name or identity can be updated on the ballot before voting.
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Election Board
Minneapolis
Minn
Aus
Winifred McDermott
State Supreme Court of
Miss McDermott
Roy Ueary Perrigo
Perriga
Sue Stone League
Hoy Henry Dertige
Winifred
Dermott
Scottish Drys Fight Beer In Cities
Glasgow reports intensified anti liquor campaigns as local prohibitionists push for a three month dry period. Town clerks issue requisitions for signatures from ten percent of the electorate to trigger measures under Scottish law.
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Glasgow
Fragmented Scottish Place Names and Antiquated Notes
A garbled passage lists towns such as Aberdeen Dundes Hamilton Coatbridge Motherwell and Clydebank and mentions a drive to lobby for liquor legislation. It also references two old sundials found nearby and notes about day light saving centuries before the twentieth century, plus distorted phrases about trees and a desert town east of Los Angeles.
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Aberdeen
Dundes
Hamilton
Coatbridge
Motherwell
Airdate
Evnock
Taisley
Clydebank
Port Glasgow
Ayr
Galashiels
Hawick
Selkirk
Real Service for Prospective Home Builders Ad
A Wednesday builder service ad promotes a system for prospection in home construction. It calls attention to a specialized service for builders.
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New Radio Corporation
Tubes
Elyria
Glade Thomas
Arthur J. Coon
Cook
America
Yandreds
Sioon
Edinburgh
Los Faaseles
Mason Or Fish Tires
A. & A. Auto Supply
W. Broad St
R. M. Summers
Earl Court
The
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Newsboy
News
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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