Miles of Travel and the Case for Better Roads
The American Road Builders Association reports 1927 gasoline use at eleven billion five hundred sixty three million four hundred ninety thousand gallons and an estimated 150 billion miles driven, about 571000 years at 30 mph from a 13 mpg assumption. Average vehicle travel was 7150 miles with 550 gallons consumed per car, linking road quality to rising travel while urging ongoing Route 89 paving discussion.
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Oxford English Dictionary Nearing Completion at Bradford Era
The Bradford Era notes the new Oxford English Dictionary, begun in 1884, will publish its final volume next month titled Wise-Wyzern. It will comprise 13 heavy volumes, housing hundreds of thousands of words and definitions, with immense shelf space needed. The piece laments that education grows painful as accuracy and precision lose their charm.
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Confession of a Man Dreaming by the Fire
A verse fragment where a tired man named Tam contemplates long days by the fire. He dreams of cities songs and silks and Chinese gongs. The poem recalls oxen uphill, sunset flames, a black windmill, and scenes of quiet permanence before myths burn away.
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Borah Stirs Washington With Wild Western Charm
In Washington Senator William E. Borah of Idaho strolls downtown on a streetcar, rides with a saddlelike ease, and reads on a strap. The boisterous profile notes his rugged look, scruffy hat, and blunt face while weighing his unpredictable political alignments with Hamilton and Jefferson.
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Wiliam Edgar
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Rock Creek Park
Just Folks Lonesome Homeward Return
Poem depicts a traveler recalling a sunny southern shoreline and a mocking bird’s call while feeling compelled to return north. The speaker describes longing for a distant foreign land, then chooses to pack up and go back to the familiar trees and friends.
Betty Discovers a Magical Door with Happy Giggles
Betty, visiting Europe, feels homesick and finds a hidden door in the grass opened by Happy Giggles. Inside a tunnel, Mr. Cteniza Spider greets her politely and explains trapdoor doors keep him safe from enemies. Betty promises to visit spider cousins in Bet y's homeland before hurrying back to her aunt.
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Dinner Stories In Houston Drugstore Robbery
In Houston a drug store owner received a phone order for 85 cents of cream cigars and castor oil with a request to make change for ten dollars. The boy delivered the items but not the money. A youth with a pistol robbed him of the merchandise, then returned the package and fled.
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Manuel Flores
Defends Mother-In-Law in Disorderly Conduct Case
A man facing a disorderly conduct charge in Judge Rayfield's court was arraigned after his wife testified he struck her during a quarrel. He argued the blow was to protect her 80 year old invalid mother-in-law, whom his wife had tried to strike. The judge commended the man as a model husband and declined to punish him, quipping about the mother-in-law joke.
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Minute On the Psalm Praise to God Among Nations
A compact reflection cites Psalm 1088 2 4 praising the Lord for mercy above the heavens and truth reaching to the clouds. The verse emphasizes waking early to sing praises among people and nations with the psaltery and harp.
New Yorker Bursts Of Opinion On City Life And Coffee
Burton Rascoe writes on New Yorker culture noting Little Church Around the Corner weddings, East Side satire, and chic dining spots. He rants about service, coffee timing, soup spoons, and critics in a brisk city profile.
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Feeding a four month old with bottle and care tips
A home care column advises introducing one bottle feeding at three to four months to extend nursing intervals and ease weaning. Guidance covers diluting formula, gradual milk-water ratios over days, tiny sugar adjustments, when to switch to whole milk, and adding orange juice and cod liver oil. It notes pasteurized or certified milk, and requests for additional child care books.
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Warren farm crops valued at 1.7 million in 1923
County farmers raised crops worth 1 712 896 55 during 1923, figures by H W Reist farm agent. Mme Marie Sandelius a prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera and formerly a Warren resident arrived late last night to give a recital tonight at the First Presbyterian church.
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Cooper Brothers show opens season at Little Rock Arkansas
Enthusiasm and confidence marked the opening supper of the Community Chest workers at the YMCA. The Cooper Brothers show, owned by E. H. Jones of Warren, opened its season yesterday at Little Rock, Arkansas.
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First maple sugar signals spring in Warren stores
Maple sugar made its season debut today at Warren stores as signs of spring. In Pittsfield, residents met Friday evening to discuss securing high school facilities for township pupils.
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Robbery Report and Byrd Visit Planned in Pa
A radiator cover theft occurred near Pa headquarters while Trooper Pope’s car was in use. On Saturday March 24 Commander Richard Byrd is expected to attend a service at the First Presbyterian Church, marking a signally noted honor.
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Trolman Pope
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Public Health Mulls Waiter Deafness Problem
A reader suggests the Public Health department study deafness among waiters who ignore diners when shouted orders are given. The note complains that waiters seem deaf while taking orders by lip reading, leading to mixed-up servings and cold soup.
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