Fast Postage From Paris To New York Planned
Faris Jan 21 46 hour postal service from Paris to New York at 50 cents a letter is proposed by French aeronautic officials. An 18 ton airship would carry 12 passengers for $2000 fare, 5000 gallons of gasoline, with 45 hour Atlantic flight via Azores. Louis Blériot backs a giant plane with a motor iceboat release if water hits. France anticipates commercial long‑distance air travel within a decade, though army control hamstrings current production.
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Faris
Paris
New York
French Aeronautic Service
France
Azores
Bermudas
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Army
Navy
Indianapolis Boy With Worlds Record Of Broken Legs
Leland Earl, 13, of Indianapolis, is believed to hold a world record for broken legs with 27 breaks. Suffering from soft bones, he uses crutches from his last break three years ago and aims to be a musician while studying music. he has seven siblings.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Leland Earl
Isaac Earl
Earl
Realtor Builds Cedar Heights Gardens Poultry Farms
A. B. Gibson, here, developed Cedar Heights Gardens into four one acre poultry farms begun in 1926. Each farm features 24 by 409 foot poultry houses with garages and feed rooms. Three farms are sold with flocks started. plans include subdividing ground for green seeds and ranging areas for chickens.
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A. BH. Gibson
Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights Gardens
Gibson
New Treatment of Narcotic Addicts Heard In New York
New York officials defend narcosan as the most effective addiction treatment after a year more experience. Of 1,300 addicts treated, only about ten percent relapsed, a figure praised by Welfare Island Warden Henry Schleth. The program may move from Welfare Island to Bellevue Hospital for broader medical study and funding alignment.
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New York
Altho
Welfare Island
State Commission of Correction
Department of Correction
Henry
O. Schleth
Schleth
Richard C. Fatterson
Frederick A. Wallis
Correction
Bellevue
Bellevue Hospital
Menash. Gregory
Patterson
Alexander Lambert
American Medical Association
Frederick Tinney
American Neurological Association
Journal of the
Horovitz
Matthias Nicoll
Louis T. Harris
William McAdoo
State Department of Correction
Rail Mergers on Grand Scale Face New Legislation
Washington dispatch notes railroad consolidation on a national scale since 1820, with the Interstate Commerce Commission curbing mergers through rate rules and anti trust limits. Despite attempts by VanSweringens, Loree, and others, the commission stalled plans, signaling new congressional action may be needed to enable large scale mergers. The piece ends by recalling 1641 Massachusetts Bay Colony opening Great Ponds for public fishing and fowling.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
OQ. P
M. J. VanSweringen
Cleveland
Erie
Pere Marquette
Nickel Plate
Chesapeake & Ohio
Hocking Valley
Burlington
Colorado & Southern
Commission
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Iowa Primary Roads Plan Marks $100 Million Bond Issue
The Iowa legislature will consider a $100,000,000 state bond plan to finish the primary road system. Roads to be paved include No. 20 from Dubuque to Sioux City, No. 59 from Oskaloosa to Waterloo, No. 218 via Vinton and Osage, and No. 90 from Grundy Center to near Hudson. The bill funds construction with bonds, repays county bonds as they mature, and uses the primary road fund to service debt with no direct tax unless funds are insufficient. Glenn C. Haynes of the Iowa Good Roads Association notes the plan’s oversight and financing details.
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Towa
General Assembly
Waterloo
Dubuque
Manchester
Independence
Iowa Falls
Minnesota
St. Ansgar
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Hudson
Glenn C. Haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
Horse harnesses fetch high prices at Cedar Falls auction
A carriage horse drew 36 dollars at a Cedar Falls auction reported by W. H. Lumry of Cedar Heights. The harness sold for 2.25 dollars and the buggy for 1 dollar. Lumry noted earlier horses of lesser quality sold for 125 dollars, illustrating rising harness and buggy values amid the horseless age talk.
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Cedar Falls
W. H. Lumry
Cedar Heights
Dobbin
Lamry
Highway Commission Estimates Primary Road Costs and Surplus
The highway commission outlines estimates to complete the entire primary road system. Chief engineer figures paving 28 000 dollars per mile traveling 4 000 dollars per mile grading 16 000 dollars per mile. Including maintenance, after bond principal and interest and reserves, the fund should average a surplus of about 3 700 000 dollars annually while bonds are outstanding, guaranteeing no tax levy.
British Prisoners Get More Rations for More Labor
London January 21 Inmates of British prisons are to be better fed to increase work output. An inquiry by the prison commission shows that heavier bread rations cause weight loss, while a carefully selected diet with less bulk but higher quality yields weight gain. The policy, led by Home Secretary William Joynson Hicks, aims at stronger prison man power through better diet, reform, and labor rewards. Herman Senn advised on dietary improvements as consultant to the commission.
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London
Prison Commission
William Joynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Herman Senn
Board of Education
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
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le Petit Provencal
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Academie Francaise
Hugo
Merimec
de Mussel
Maudet
Kidou Yamata
Lfe
Komachi
Jean Nolesve
M. Nolesve
Tokia
Rome
Helgian
Ynamata
Ana
Bie
Inn
York
Clifton Coffin
Tage
Tate Bonds
Good Roads Secretary
of the
Highway Commission
Fifth Street
Black Hawk
Kentucky
Logan Avenue Coal CO
C. W. Chapman Lumber CO
East Seventh St
Exag
Young Coal
Entz Cafe
First National Bank Bldg
Lauerman
Peice
G. Gray
Lauerman's
Borden’s Eagle Brand
Royal Fruit Gelatin
Argo
Sauerman's
Kellogg's
del Monte Dri-pack Prunes
Can
Kellogg’s
R & EK
Fernbrook
Latterman's
Marcel and Shampoo
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