Grand Canyon Auto Tour Highlights and Perilous Descent
The narrator describes crossing deserts near Ludlow California en route to the Grand Canyon with a party of travelers. He notes 64 000 visitors in the year ending October 1 1921, recalls the canyon’s indescribable beauty, and recounts a mule descent where Mrs B C Dows from Sioux Falls was injured.
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Needles
California
Colorado River
Arizona
Robert
Ludlow
Grand Canyon
Greece
Canyon
B. C. Dows
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Propriety Store Owner Found Dead After Week
Ike Lark stopped in the Strictly Cash Grocery to light his pipe and found the proprietor dead slumped over the counter. Coroner estimates the death occurred a week or ten days ago. Lafe Bud quips about air travel and thrills, adding local color to the scene.
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Ike Lark
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
The verse laments riches bring woes not joy as money attracts envy taxes and loneliness. A critique of wealth shows the rich face isolation while the poor endure want, urging contentment through labor and virtue.
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Walt Mason
Fire prevention week urges hogging down rubbish heaps
A tongue in cheek column laments modern fathers must supply tires and gasoline while urging elimination of rubbish heaps during fire prevention week. It includes playful notes on aging officials and a local gentleman offering old shingles for cheap kindling, followed by a roundup of humorous clipped classifieds from multiple papers.
Classified Snapshots From City Papers
A collage of brief notices across North American papers shows wage listings and parking notes in New York, rental ads in Memphis, matrimonial requests, and eclectic wants from Montreal and Winnipeg. Entries include for rent, eggs for ham barter, a lumber camp minister, a craps player, and a garden keeper with a singing voice.
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New York Daily News
Memphis
Montreal Star
Winnepeg Canada
Telegram
Connecticut
River improvement plan to deepen upper Mississippi and rivers
Midwest senators propose a December congress session to back a 50 million dollar river enhancement program. The plan would deepen the upper Mississippi channel and improve Missouri and Ohio rivers, creating regional sea ports and lowering freight costs.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine
Washington
Midwest
Congress
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Newton
Borrowed smiles the Old Ones are the Best
A New York census taker asks a workingman about children. The man, reading an encyclopedia, insists there will be only three. He cites a book claiming every fourth child born worldwide is a Chinaman, delivering a grim joke on statistics.
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New York
License to Marry After Catching Girl
A joking exchange has a man asking for a license to marry the girl he has caught. An officer replies about hunting licenses. The lighthearted line captures a rustic, comic moment.
Midwest Governors Gather in Des Moines October 12
Des Moines reports Governor Kendall advancing plans for a Midwest governors conference likely on October 12. Expected attendees include governors from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas Illinois Nebraska Missouri Kansas and possibly others. The Des Moines Chamber of Commerce also plans a concurrent meeting of regional business groups to discuss industrial and commercial concerns.
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Midwest
Des Moines
Kendall
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Indas
My brother Jim refereeing for us
London Opinion notes that Jim, the brother of an involved party, will act as referee for the event. The abbreviated remark signals informal support and local interest in the officiating arrangement.
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Jim
London Opinion
Father Duggy Cited by World on Apostles and Church
The New York World credits Father Duggy with an after-dinner story where an old sexton asks if the Apostles were Jews and wonders how the Jews let the Catholic Church fall to the Italians. The Outlook records the anecdote.
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Duggy
New York World
Various Ham Cooking Tips from Milwaukee Journal
The piece notes ways to use baked ham and suggests honey as a sweetener for many dishes. It cautions that Spachetti should not be overcooked and gives a rough measurement of ten inches for a preparation. It also recommends a cold bath made with hot water for comfort.
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Milwaukee Journal
Flowers for Miss Dolly Footlites from an Anonymous Donor
A Boston Transcript reader recalls sending multiple flower deliveries to Miss Dolly Footlites in Room 12. The messag e indicates the sender asked for no name, with a card reading that these come from the same person who sent the prior three boxes.
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Dolly Footlites
Boston Transcript
Agenda for upcoming meetings signals broad economic concerns
The article notes forthcoming gatherings will adapt to circumstances and discuss topics such as transportation taxes federal reserve discounts prices of produce and merchandise unemployment and winter prospects. It suggests state executives and commercial clubs have limited control yet discussions may generate useful information and potential profit.
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Takener
Washington
Federal Reserve
Fewer Babies Born in June Across Regions
June shows the lowest birth counts compared with other months as reported in regional health data. The study notes fewer babies born in June than in most months, indicating a June lull in births.
Local Passenger and Freight Train Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary timetable notes list local passenger trains 429 449 and freight Nos 835 with daily and weekly runs. Mentions paths east on Monday Wednesday Friday and west on Tuesday Thursday Saturday. References H W BA 23 and 26 passenger numbers.
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H. W. BA
Ass So'west
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