Fewer divorces in country crowds at the fair
A Nemaha County breeder leads a reporter through a farm show crowd to argue that rural couples remain united. He notes farmers and wives as partners engaged in cattle and stock discussions, observing lack of silk attire and emphasis on farm business over romance as explanation for fewer country divorces.
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Bi. Louis
Nemaha County
Kansas
Farner and Breeder
Sioux City
Iowa
Tube train system slotted to speed urban travel
An American engineer and British experts discuss a novel tube railway idea using a long screw shaft with attached cars that slow at stations without stopping. At 3 mph initial motion, passenger pickup occurs along the shaft, promising 25 percent faster speeds and half the initial cost, with energy recovered during deceleration. Demonstrations are shown at Ransomes works in Ipswich.
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Portsmouth
British Association
Yarath Lewis
Professor Coker
Captain Sankey
Professor Dobly
Charles Hawkaley
Lewis
London
Messrs. Ransolmes
Ipswich
Quixotic Mine Manager Arrested in Abduction Case
Milton H. Phillips, manager at the Italian mine in Beesburg, was arrested in Pocatello on charges of abducting Chell Zerkill's wife, a 21-year-old mother of a two-year-old. Phillips, aiming to marry in Columbus, Neb., allegedly bought a ticket for the woman to safety, ferried her to Balt Lake, then returned to Pocatello where authorities detained him, drawing sympathy for his knightly impulse.
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Salmon
Idaho
Milton H. Phillips
Beesburg
Pocatello
Chell Zerkill
Zerkil
Phillips
Columbus
Neb
Zerkill
Balt Lake
Danish Officer Praises American Army Awakens West Point Visit
Lieutenant Becker of the Royal Danish Life Guards returns from the United States full of praise for the American army after observing maneuvers at West Point. He notes the training and discipline impressively executed by U.S. forces. A Danish autumn maneuvers test a new military bridge by Lieutenant Von der Maase to enable infantry to cross streams quickly.
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Copenhagen
Becker
Royal Danish Life Guards
United States
Togo
Leutenant
West Point
von der Maase
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