Newark Bay Bridge Rebuilt in Record Time
The Newark Bay two track trestle across the bay burned June 4 and was rebuilt in twelve days by 1,500 workers. The mile long span carried 1,600 daily freight cars, with materials and labor details. The project cost about 295000 to replace the burned portion, highlighting speed and efficiency.
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Fifty Million For Highways In France
Paris reports that France will spend not less than 50 million dollars over ten to twelve years to tar 6 000 miles of roads. Minister of Public Works Thierry proposes a tax on automobiles to cover the costs, with rates from ten dollars for twelve horsepower cars to fifty dollars for cars over sixty horsepower.
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Women Jury Cleared In West Point Liquor Case
In San Andreas California 1919 a West Point township court allowed women on a jury for People v Ferdinand Seeman. The panel included five women and three men after many women were excluded for property assessment. Seeman was charged with selling whiskey during primary election hours. the jury found him not guilty.
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Minister Praises This Laxative
Rev H Stubenvoll of Alison Iowa praises Dr Kings New Life Pills for constipation. He writes that Dr Kings New Life Pills should be without them as a better regulator for liver and bowels. Every pill guaranteed. Price 25 cents at Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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Woman intellect questioned in royal civil service inquiry
London Aug 16. Vice chancellor DP Frerringham of the University of London says a woman at 21 is not inherently more mentally developed than a man at 21, noting girls study alongside brothers. EE Harvey cites luncheon nutrition affecting female clerks, linking free lunches to reduced illnesses at the Bank of England.
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International News Service
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DP Frerringham
University of London
Royal Commission On the Civil Service
Girlis
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Bank of Singland
Veteran Dan Turner credits bachelor life for long health
Daniel Turner, a 107 year old Civil War veteran living in Santa Monica, says he remained single to avoid worry and sickness. He claims married men die younger and that death is a relief for those with a modern wife.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Daniel Turner
Santa Monica
Dan
Free prescription for nervous debility promises easy cure
An advertisement offers a free, secret prescription from a physician to treat nervous debility and weakened manhood. It claims to restore vigor at home without medicine, requesting readers send a letter to Interstate Remedy Gde. in Detroit, Michigan for a plain envelope delivery.
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Paddles Deacon for Wedding Girl in Kansas City
Walter Stratton a 35 year old deacon at Roanoke Boulevard Christian church was seized by ten congregation members after services at the church door tied to a tree in a pasture and padded and wrecked his room at his boarding house He escaped with no injuries and said the act was to punish him for marrying outside the church circle to Alta Barber of Humboldt Kansas.
Glow Worm May Solve Problem
Paris reports French scientists will study glow worms to address cold light. President Daniel Berthelot touts the worm as a perfect light source, claiming 100 percent illumination per energy unit versus gas and electric light.
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International News Service
Paris
National Society of Electricians
Daniel Berthelot
M. Berthelot
Flaw in Clergy Pension Plan Draws Episcopal Debate
New York Aug 16 The Episcopal clergy of New York and the country debate a proposed pension plan urging compulsory retirement at 65 with 5 percent of prior salary and annuities for widows and children. Critics say salaries are the real issue and urge a broader reform of decent pay and retirement terms.
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Harlem
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United States
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