MISS GALLOWAY WRITES FROM CHINA 1912
A letter from Helen Galloway in Shanghai describes China’s early republican reforms, trade and language gaps, and the mingling of Western and Chinese contexts. She notes Tang Shaoyi as premier, Yuan Shih Kai’s politics, famine relief by West China missionaries, and a looming mixed court crisis in Shanghai.
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W. M. Galloway
Helen
Shanghai
Med
Will
United States
China
Chung King
America
Chungking
Miss Gallway
Sen Yat Sen
U. S
Moses
Israel
Yuan- Shih-K'ai
West China
Yangtsi
Yellow
Nanking
Paris Fights Eyesores with Tax and Design Shrewdness
Paris imposes taxes on posters and billboards to curb visual blight. Cylindrical advertising pillars with lit canopies and six sided kiosks function as display and transit utility. The gas company pays $50,000 yearly for under sidewalk pipes and $4,000,000 for its franchise while lighting city streets. Streetcar lines avoid downtown avenues, keeping wires and tracks off key corridors.
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Paris
France
Band the Shade Trees Now Says Indiana Entomologist
Indiana state entomologist C. H. Baldwin urges Indianapolis tree owners to band trunks with sticky material as soon as earth warms. The bands halt the spider, caterpillar, bagworm, and tussock moth larvae, protecting elm, oak, and linden trees by preventing upward movement and removing cocoons. He notes tussock moths pose particular danger locally.
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C. H. Baldwin
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mr. Baldwin
Value of Street Illumination and Rural Lighting
The Electric Review urges extending lighting along country highways and in small villages. It cites rising real estate values and attracting outside residents as benefits, along with fewer accidents and improved public safety, arguing rural communities should invest yearly to meet the lighting problem with courage and foresight.
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The
Electric Review
Diet and Health Hints on Wheat Bread Oil Ration
A student asks if entire wheat bread and olive oil can form a complete ration for strenuous study. The piece argues whole grain bread supplies most nutrients, fat from oil could supplement, but fat with starches may hinder digestion. a pound and a half of bread and two ounces of olive oil is suggested for heavy work, with bread not fresh and well chewed.
New Trends in Motor Life and City Services
Hannibal hosts CHUGS. New Orleans expects at least 200 new cars this year from the motor show. Milwaukee expands street cleaning with eight new machines. Worn brakes and suspension parts prompt replacement to reduce noise. Oregon reestablishes motor trucking between Bend and Burns, a 142 mile route. England sees 160000 motorists with 25000 more expected by year end. A U S public roads special train will tour Frisco with four exhibit cars. Grays remain popular car colors with durable white lead base. Iowa forecasts a motor car boom as farming drives sales. 10 000 cars last year, 37 000 now, 18 000 to 20 000 more expected. Norwood Cincinnati suburbs test motor fire apparatus.
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Iowa
Towa
Army Heroes on the Wane at Atlantic City Encampment
A stark view of Grand Army of the Republic decline based on the Atlantic City encampment. Mortality among Civil War veterans rises. 213000 members at start of year, down from 225570 a year earlier. Veterans, led by aging officers like Sickles, Dodge, and Wilson, face dwindling roll calls and fading parades.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Volunteer Army of the North
Atlantico City
N. J
Grand Army
Washington
van Sant
Rea
Atlantic City
Sherman
Grant
Sheridan
General Sickles
Dodge
Wilson
Delaware
Sickles
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Miss Galloway
Yuan Shih-K'ai
Tang- Shao-yi Permier
Bashford
Peking
G. H. Combs
Mercer
Foley
Lemmon
Rurnpout
Detroit
Nebraska
California
United States Motor Company
BRUSH
West 61St Street
New York
Town & Helds
Hannibal, Mo
New Automobile Club
New Orleans
Sttreet Department of
Milwaukee
Oregon
Bend
Burns
England
B. F. Yoakum
San Francisco
Office of Public Roads of the United States
Department of Agriculture
Frisco
Norwood
Cincinnati
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