Wireless phone guides air travel as navigation aid
An aviation expert from Wright Aeronautical argues radio based wireless telephone will simplify navigation in air travel. He notes airplanes move five times faster than cars and that radio direction finding and stations at landing fields will locate aircraft, report winds, weather, and bearings, aiding pilots and expanding civilian air service.
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New York
John RR Cautley
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Commaniter AC Rend
Trevasey
Azores
Navy
Atlantic
Varior Heights
Fhermat
Air Trafic
Squatters seize historic park near Vienna
Several hundred war invalids occupied the Lains-Tergar park on Vienna's edge after authorities ignored a demand for the land. They entered through the gates, staked claims, and set up a model hut as a symbol of possession, with about 1 700 families expected to be affected.
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Vienna
Four Year Old Mai Carrier Drives Auto Over Route
Onanewk, Sa-Fijah Mites of Modest Town celebrate Miles Als fourth birth das as he has driven the mail from Bloom to Modest Town for 28 years making two trips daily. He began carrying the mail on his back and now usually drives an automobile. Miles reads his paper regularly and does not wear glasses.
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Onanewk
Sa - Fijah
Mites
Modest Town
Bloom
Miles
More transportation program faces locomotive shortage
Article discusses a 105 million dollar plan for 1,800 new locomotives and reforms to repair and extend service life. It notes high locomotive out-of-service rates, stresses quicker repairs, and cites loan provisions to 32 companies while detailing production, utilization, and car loading gains in 1919.
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Roepaire
New York
Association of Railway Executives
Com Parisan
Clase 1 Roada
Ronda
Argyle Apartment Hotel Welcomes Children Over Adults
Mrs. Williams, owner of the Argyle, recalls discovering a building filled with women and dogs and transforming it into a home for children. She states the tenants now include many families, with children thriving in the once dog-dominated house.
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Ment
Eagle From Mountains Gets Lost in the City
A six pound gray brown eagle from the mountains wandered into San Francisco and perched on a table on Bilig street at two A.M. The owner captured it with a sack over its head and Mr Moore intends to donate the bird to the Golden Gate Zoo.
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San Francisco
Bilig Street
Copperhead Hunt Ends With Dozens Killed Near Beartown
In Beartown north of Waynesboro Pennsylvania William and Clayton Record encountered a copperhead nest near the Beartown schoolhouse. A fight ensued and forty one venomous snakes lay dead. The next day William and Clayton’s sons killed twenty four more copperheads in the same area.
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Waynesboro
William
Clayton
Beartown
Willem Hecard
Unprofitable Trade in Pigs to Pork and Old Smithfield Curing
A historical note details the inefficiency of selling pigs for pork and describes a pork curing method. It explains brining with saltpeter and pepper, smoking gradually over 40 to 80 days, and aging hams for improved flavor, with guidance on stacking height and salting times for various weights.
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Smithfield
Liverpool
Economic Suggestions for Meat Curing and Preservation
United States Department of Agriculture advises Farmers' Bulletin 913 on meat handling. Emphasizes cleanliness, saving trimmings for sausage, rendering fat for soap, crushing bones for chicken feed, and ensuring meat is fully cooled before curing. Recommends fat-side down packing, rotating brine layers, monitoring for ropiness, and slow smoking to avoid dripping.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Requirements for a Poultry House Design
The guide lists essential features for a poultry house including fresh air sunlight and dryness to ensure durability. It warns against crowding birds into small spaces and suggests a hen house be slightly oversized for better welfare and productivity.
Calf Troubles: Scouring From Milk Feeding Practices
Calf illness centers on scouring, often caused by cold milk from dirty pails or feeding too much milk at one time and too little at another. Proper sanitation and balanced feeding can prevent symptoms and improve calf health.
Nut Trees Offer Profitable Farm Plantings Across the Nation
Nut trees present a steady income source for farms and city lots, with walnuts and hickories maturing earlier than perceived. The U S Department of Agriculture works to hybridize the Japanese chestnut with native varieties amid bark disease threats.
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Ala
United States Department of Agriculture
Live stock tips for winter cattle and sheep care
Build up your herd with a purebred sire. Dryness, light, good ventilation and freedom from drafts are the main requirements of winter quarters for young cattle. Rank growths of feed containing much water are not satisfactory but a good bluegrass or mixed pasture of timothy meadow are ideal for thin ewes.
Road to hell and worns in France humor piece
A fragment from The American Legion Weekly uses a joke about a road paved with good intentions. Soldiers joke that even that road has its burdens and misdirections. The mock dialogue follows Private Red Song and Private Long discussing difficult stretches.
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France
Red
Long
the American Loglop Weekly
Dye Right Diamond Dyess Color Card Ady
Diamond Dyes claim to dye all fabrics wool silk cotton or mixed goods with fadeless rich colors. The ad urges shoppers to ask pharmacists to show the Diamond Dyes Color Card for guidance on dyeing worn and shabby garments.
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Ady
Candy flowers on Indian trees delight sunlit mats
A Popular Mechanics item describes India’s candy flowering trees known as Russia trees and the Indian butter tree. Two types yield sugary petals dropped daily, collected by families to dry in the sun. One tree can yield 800 pounds of flowers yearly, eaten fresh or with rice and coconut. Seeds of the butter tree yield oil for butter soap and candles.
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India
Russia
Popular Mechanics
Policeman Interrogates Park Lounger Over Flower Theft
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph item describes a policeman approaching a park lounger and asking for his name and address after accusing him of stealing flowers. The exchange involves requests for a piece of paper and a pen, with the lounger offering a page and later fumbling for details.
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Pittburgh
Maggie’s Plague of Darkness and a Dential Ambiguity
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes Maggie fleeing a dark setting asking Lizzie where she is going. Maggie answers she is going to a dential and jokes about gas, saying she won’t stay in the dark with a stranger. The excerpt hints at social caution and humor in dialogue.
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Maggie
Lizzie
Houston Post
Well Fitted That Old Boat Is Ready For The Sea
A witty exchange about a weathered boat contrasts its aged hull with the claim of being well fitted for the sea. The dialogue hints at practicality over appearance as the vessel faces the wash of the waves.
Unclear Speaker Attacks Poverty and Lectures
The speaker, addressed as special guest, began with a harsh tirade against poverty, accusing the nation of waste and criticizing various public figures and performers. He then bowed and exited the rostrum in a curious, abrupt manner, as reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Dionce
Hong
Kansas City Star
Variety the Spice of Meal in Yonkers Notice
Yonkers man discusses his irregular meals, noting some days he has five meals while others he gets only one or none. The exchange highlights varying dining patterns and appetite amid casual conversation.
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Yonkers
Pen and Style Reflected in a Writer's Craft
A playful look at how a writer's voice mirrors their tools. The piece notes the fountain pen as a catalyst for expressive, flowing prose and suggests personality shapes how sentences pour onto the page.
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