Highways Must Be Built for Future Traffic Growth
Melvin A. Traylor states at the American Bankers Association convention that the nation must fund permanent highway expansion to accommodate 17 million motor vehicles. He argues roads should be built widely and sturdily, financed by communities, with long term value to land and commerce.
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Bnch
Trafic
Ax Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
American Bankers Association
Safer Highways Legislation Drafted Across States
A proposed safety bill aims to license all highway drivers and expand driver licensing for hire vehicles. Fourteen states would require new licenses, while eleven states would still lack operator license laws. Twenty-two states would enforce some form of examination.
Silkworm Rearing Details From Chinese Farmers
A Scientific American article outlines traditional silkworm rearing. Farmers order sheets of 200 000 to 240 000 eggs, incubate at about 80F for nine days, hatch after greending, and feed tiny larvae every two hours with shredded fresh mulberry leaves. By day 18 they move to bamboo racks and begin spinning cocoons.
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Scientific
Ancient Playing Cards Show Varied History In London
A London exhibition displays early and modern playing card packs from the 13th to 18th centuries. Geographical and natural history designs reveal maps, fables, verses, and musical words, with 1714 to 1785 packs noted for foreign country maps. A card expert links simpler designs to faster modern reading.
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London
Confucius Work Compiled Under Yang Lo 1408
A 1408 imperial order by Yang Lo led to a vast collected work on Confucian doctrine. It gathered writings on Confucius and related collateral material, employing 2141 scholars, 20 sub directors, five directors, and three commissioners. The project spanned five years, produced 11 100 volumes, and was costly to print. Only two copies were made around 1567. the original and one copy were destroyed in 1644, with the remaining copy largely destroyed during a later uprising.
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Yang Lo
China
Dearborn
Old Phrases On Necessity Echo Across Classics
The text notes that the idea necessity as the mother of invention appears in Plato's Republic and is echoed by Disraeli in Sybil with the Two Nations contrast. It cites Plato on cities divided by rich and poor and Sir Thomas More in Utopia on education and environment leading to crime.
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Disraels
Plato
Thomas Moore
Measuring Rainfall Weights Spark Debate
Two men argued over how much a inch of rain weighs. The U S Department of Agriculture notes the correct figure varies between 101 and 118 tons depending on ton definition, with the long ton 2 240 pounds and the common short ton 2 000 pounds used in calculations.
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Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Aygs
Great Britain
Fragmented Musings on Life and Youth Echo in Disorder
A garbled monologue contemplates aging, purpose, and fatigue. The speaker laments feeling inactive and wonders what life holds as they grow older, interspersed with jumbled phrases about willpower and identity.
What are joint mice and their effect on the knee
A college football era man suffered a locked knee after his knee cap twisted. A surgeon explained joint mice as loose cartilage fragments that float in the joint cavity and lock movement. Mild cases may respond to bandaging, but a loose piece requires opening the joint to remove it.
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Lila
Western Newspaper Union
Lamb Market Conditions Reported By Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Analysis shows high lamb prices in 1925 with supplies near normal and pastures in western states improving. Prices in Chicago averaged 15.85 in November against 6.65 from 1909 to 1918. top price 18.50 in January, low 12.50 in May. Slaughter of ewes at a four-year low and smaller lambs on feed suggest possible price adjustments and a larger crop in 1926.
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Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Rocky Mountains
Sheen
Chicago
European Powers Decide Abyssinia’s Fate Amid Self-Determination
England and Italy reach a compromise on Abyssinia’s future, with each nation's leaders choosing what they deem necessary. The African empire contemplates the temporary nature of self-determination as reported from New York.
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England
Italy
Abyssinia
New York UN
Large West Point Lodge Links to Global Army Officers
Highland Falls New York West Point Lodge No 877 lists 311 members with 96 graduates of the United States Military Academy now serving as United States Army officers. The lodge bulletin reaches 36 states plus Panama Peru Denmark England Hong Kong and China. Ancient City Lodge No 452 Albany has 140 members raised before 1901.
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Falls, N. Y
West Point
United States Military Academy
United States Army
Philippines
Panama
Peru
Denmark
Englan China
France
Ancient City
Albany
N. Y
Santa Fe Rail Schedule With Eastbound and Mail Trains
Train timetable lists multiple Santa Fe passenger services with arrivals and departures. Eastbound trains and mail trains show varied times across morning and evening, including trains No 9 1 7 8 21 10 2 4 22.
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Santa FE
Ayr
Liv
STAR ROUTE SCHEDULE FOR ALLISON AND ARIZONA ROUTES
Daily schedule lists departures and arrivals between Allison New Mexico Ganado Shiprock and Zuni with times in 6 to 9 p.m. windows. Special service operates Tuesday Thursday and Saturday with Mentmore dispatch at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Last dispatch to trains at 6 p.m.
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Allison
N.M. Ar
Ganado
Aris
Gamerco
N. M.ar
Zuni
N. M
Shiprock
Mentmore Ar
Public notice of curling and scalp treatment shop opening
Fragmentary notice states a person named Marcel offers curling and scalp treatment at 307 E Mesa with pricing listed as 75 cents for marce ling 50 cents retrace and a contact phone 313 R. The date appears as 7 24 1 and mentions IMA E ORR in unclear form.
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Mesa
R. Marcel
Ima E
Subscriptions Due Notice From The Gallup Herald
The Gallup Herald reminds subscribers how to read their label showing expiry dates and urges immediate renewals to avoid missing issues. Most dates fall in January and March, with prices unchanged since before the war. Expired subs are removed from mailing lists to ensure timely future issues.
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Gallup, Herald
W. E. Johnstone
W. EB. Johnstone
Gallup Herald
D. W. Elbers
Under the Sun
Masonic Ring Found After 32 Years In Nebraska
A gold Masonic ring lost in 1894 at Cozad Nebraska has been found and returned to its owner W. R. Sinks of Chicago. The finder read the name on the ring and sent it to the Grand Secretary at Washington who forwarded it to Mr Sinks.
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Cozad
Neb
W. R. Sinks
Chicago
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