Air travel promises cross continental lines and bigger hubs
The piece argues Chicago could become a top air center with multiple cross continental lines next season. It notes growing passenger flights despite weather, cites a fatal stunt by an army flier as a caution, and discusses Europe’s air progress, airport needs in Washington, and a Col lier's clip on air driven business. It also mentions a California liquor influenced flight tragedy and a Albany lard salesman who used air travel to reach a key customer.
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San Diego
Army
Europe
Imperial
Washington
Albany
N.Y
Boston
Bos
California
Spin and Death: Hazards of Booze and Speed
A fragmented editorial warns that spin and death arise from mixing alcohol with flying and driving. It recalls safer times with old Dobbin and laments that modern autos and airplanes outpace caution, urging restraint as civilization faces narrow hazards.
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Dobbin
Mike Old Dobbin
Ken Mas
Flood Evidence Sparks Woolley Archaeology Report
A San Francisco Chronicle item notes Prof. C Leonard Woolley’s seven year excavation near Mesopotamia. Flood-deposited sand layers beneath an ancient Chaldean civilization show destruction consistent with a flood. Woolley cautions against proving or disproving biblical flood claims. the find provides archaeological context for the account. A separate anecdote reports a Market Street newsboy returning a banknote after chasing a man, remarking on honest conduct amid concerns about crime.
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C. Leonard Wookley
Mesopotamia
Prat. Woolley
University of Pennsylvania
B.C
Euphrates
Woolley
Market Street
Fourth
Fifth Street
Naif
Asa Ward
San Francisco Chronic
A Long Spell Of Sickness Whips A Kitchen Chorus
A humorous fragment shows a speaker recounting a wild string of illnesses and misadventures during a spelling test, with asides from the Naphths and Old Dutch. The wife goes insane, and a friend laments not understanding the cause while noting the 20 day confinement in the kitchen.
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Van
Win
Perils and Pranks in a Fanciful Train Tale
A fragmented tale follows a traveling drummer and a porter as a five dollar gold piece sparks a silly misunderstanding aboard a train to Syracuse. Amid quips about proposals, disguises, and springtime musings, the piece meanders through humor and odd definitions in a light, teasing tone.
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Porter
Syracuse
Rochester Rochester
Lyrac
By The Way Mixes Musings With Local Life
A long column blends humor on eccentricities from education yet to modern life, social mores, and fashion shifts. It notes the Washington National pharmacist HB Knight and W A Anderson, reflects on public schools, and recalls jokes from Joe Falk of Fairfield. A near note on church plans and a local liar’s license tale closes the piece.
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HB. Knight
The
Washington National
W. A. Anderson
Monastery Highway Project Mirrors Ford Route Plan
Trappist monks near their monastery are building a four foot road of about three quarters of a mile to divert traffic from the main highway adjacent to their retreat. The project follows Henry Ford’s example at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury Massachusetts.
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New York
Basiding 4
Henry Ford
Wayside
Sudbury
Mass
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