American investments abroad exceed one billion dollars in six months
The report shows half-year American investments abroad hit over 1 billion dollars for six months in 1914, with total foreign holdings at about 2.5 billion and annual foreign securities turnover near 3.5 million. Private American investments now total about 15.09 billion, surpassing war debts owed by foreign governments.
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Department of Commerce
United Aand
England
Italy
Canada
Latin America
Straw Vote Study Promised By The Journal
The article discusses straw vote methods and cautions that user opinions may not predict actual ballots. It notes critics worry about bias and argues that straw polls often overstate certain favorites. The Journal pledges to conduct a straw vote on the president in a forthcoming issue.
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Finiereaing
Ney
Vornal Express
Road Improvement Shifts From Wagons to Asphalt Pavements
The article notes a shift from wagon travel to modern asphalt and concrete surfaces. Old rock roads become bases for two inch asphalt coatings on rural highways, extending life and cutting dust and crop damage. Wider highways replace narrower paths, reducing nuisance and improving efficiency.
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Bare Rock
Obregon Murder Deepens Mexican Crisis in Era of Elite Power
The piece notes the upheaval after the assassination of Alvaro Obregon, the rise of executive authority, and hopes that the Calles government will restrain violence while the United States supports Mexico’s recovery. It also touches on currency plans and public health concerns, including automobile fatalities and disease.
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Obregon
Calles
Hse
Alvaro Obrenon
Cost Of Illness Costing Americans Explored
Homer Folks of New York reports to the International Conference of Social Workers that illness costs the nation at least 15 billion dollars annually. He notes per capita cost about 2108 dollars and per family about 13468, with physicians earning 745000000 and hospitals 4401000000. He cites wages lost from illness at 1230000000 and future earnings losses at 12000000. He adds only 63 cents per capita spent on illness prevention, and funeral costs further shrink estates.
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R Homer Folks
New York
Hla Nation
International Conference of Social Workers
Scotchmen Welcome Nickel Air Mail Rate Change
The article notes Scottish themed reactions to a new five cent air mail rate that took effect Wednesday. It explains one ounce letters can carry about 2060 words, and discusses avoiding extra ounces with a proposed Scotch Doube plan to send two one-ounce letters for ten cents instead of a single over-one-ounce letter for fifteen cents.
Corn Based Material Hailed as Lumber Alternative
About a year ago chemists announced that corn plants can yield a material suited for synthetic lumber. The American Chemical Society notes that corn derivatives could replace wood, potentially easing forest exhaustion. Future generations may view primitive agriculture as limited to food production.
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American Chemicel Society
First Railway Postoffice Fares to Move Mail on Trains
About sixty years ago the railway postoffice began distributing mail on moving trains and was sharply criticized as hazardous. The idea of sorting mail in airplanes now faces similar questions though many mail clerks have already moved to new air routes, awaiting formal post office approval.
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Post Office Department
Household care for summer refrigeration and hygiene
Instructions emphasize keeping the refrigerator clean with hot water and soda weekly, promptly wiping spills, ensuring drainpipes stay unclogged, and the ice chamber clear. Doors should remain closed and not opened excessively. do not wrap the icebox in paper or cloth.
Pennsylvania Camps in Forest Reserves Charge Low Annual Rents
The state rents two forest reserve camp sites from seven to ten dollars yearly and club camp plots at about eighteen dollars per year. Over a thousand summer and hunting camps dot the forests alongside well equipped public camps offering ten day stays for tourists.
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Pennsylvania
Bean history across continents and cultivated origins
The text traces the origin and spread of beans and soybeans from ancient times, noting regions in Europe, Asia, and Africa, with claims of two primary origins near the Caspian and northern Africa. It discusses their cultivation, spread by early humans, and roles in diets, including mentions of China, India, and European adoption.
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Snaur
Anterlia
Botiulata
Jean
Oman
Ora
Switzerlnd
Stoud
Vary
Sulsa
Giliu
Seregan
North China
Manthiria
Purope
Maeser Young Man Killed by Lightning While Driving
Carl Pitt of Maeser was instantly killed Sunday afternoon when a bolt struck him on the head as he rode with his parents toward Vernal. The tragedy occurred near the car after his father stopped to repair an emery wheel. He leaves a wife Eva Hunting and two sons Everett and Rex, plus parents and several siblings. Funeral services were held at Maeser with burial at Rock Point.
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Carl Pitt
Maeser
Vernal Fror
Mr Pitt
Newten Bros Harness Shop
William Newton
Vernal
Maeer
Carl Richens
Maeser Ward
Howard Ellils
Carl Allen
Edgar Allen
Dan Hall
Lamond Caldwell
Marion Penfield
Charles Colton
Leo Calder
Josh Hacking
Whispering Hope
Harold McKee
Jon
Vanus Collett
Ratery
Thomas J Caldwell
Mont Carpenter
Salt Lake C Y
Dean Mitchell
Oy Mitchell
Magaret Mitchell
Seth Pitt
Harold Pittnil
Kamas
David Carruth
Cedarven
Melvin Pitt Upalo
Ernest Mitchell
Tome
Edna Bartlett
Salt Lake City
Ea Willams
Los Angeles
Calif
Carl Dther Pitt
Ethel
Annie Mitchell Pitt
Maeter School
South Summit High
James
Newton
Eva Hunting
Everett
Rex
Basil
Diamond Mountain
Pitt
Amy Carpenter
Basil Sheila
Belle Pitt
Future detectives will read dust clues from clothing
The article posits that future sleuths will identify a person’s occupation and origin by analyzing dust particles on clothing. It cites examples from steel workers to jewelers, city origins from coral dust, and a French scientist aiding police via microscopic clothing traces to convict a quarry suspect.
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Tate
Sebsel
Mana City
Felda
Lng
Opening of UBSC With Remarkable Wednesday Program
The UBSC convention opens Wednesday with a notable program led by Miss Mary Wood Hinman of Chicago and Coach J R Jensen of Utah Agricultural College. Exhibits emphasize education over show value, featuring displays from the Forest Service Theological Survey Utah State Department of Agriculture and other agencies.
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University of Utah
Mary Wood Hinman
Hinman School of Dancing of Chicago
J R Jensen
Utua Agricultural College
Logan Utah
UBSC
America
Mies Hinman
The
Basin
Americas
Jensen
Forest Service
Theological Suney
Utah State Department of Agriculture
Indian Service
Utah Experiment Station
Utah Power and Light Company
Fred Ferrin
John
Hacking
Earl Douglass
Roy Kay John W Carlson
Charlies Sorenson
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Utay Editoriat
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Hiineis
War Department
Nickel Air Mail
Suence
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyte
U.B S. C
Allan Chevrolet Co
Vernal, Utah
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