Fall Trade Strengths Amid Wariness of Crop Outlook
Fall trade shows firmer activity in clothing, hosiery, and shoes with some improvement in coal and other lines. Wheat demand remains uneven as crops respond to conditions. Financial markets react to British banking issues and the Bank of England rate move, yet traders largely discount the impact. Overall, business and industry stay fair to good as colder weather nears.
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Bradstreet
America
Harry
Great Britain
Bank of England
Colderweather
Daylight time debate settles into standard time return
The article discusses daylight saving being phased out as daylight time ends this week. It notes radio stations favoring standard time and travelers and farmers facing schedule and labor adjustments. Public opinion leans toward daylight time remaining in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engand
Rocket Planes Pioneered by Von Opel Spark Aviation Debate
The article recalls Fritz von Opel's successful six mile rocket plane flight with the 550 pound craft Lander Rak One plus 110 pound rockets, weighing 660 pounds total. It notes aviation history parallels with the Wright brothers and Sandar and envisions rockets in mail delivery and air defense amid public skepticism.
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Fritz von ‘Opel
von ‘Opel
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Friedrich Sandar
von Opel
Wrights
Lander Rak
Atlantic
Streamlining in Early Cars Highlights Speed and Form
The article contrasts clumsy high built prewar autos with sleek 1930 models showing reduced wind resistance and added grace. It notes windshields were once omitted on gas buggies and that at speeds above 60 mph streamlining became a focus of serious tinkering by experts.
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George
SRO
Tan de
Great dirigible hangar rising at Akron streamlines air travel
The article notes the world’s largest structure the great dirigible hangar under construction in Akron. It discusses streamline shapes used by seaplanes in Schneider cup races and mentions a claim that the deer botfly can reach 815 miles per hour, highlighting man’s lag behind nature.
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Akron
Mucous Colitis and Spastic Colon Explained
Personal Health by William Brady discusses colon dysfunction and spasmodic bowel issues. It explains terms like intestinal stasis, atrophy, and nervous stimuli, and critiques medical jargon while citing a leading authority on unsettled nervous conditions as a key etiologic factor.
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Neople
Costive
Jaity
The Aquarium Age Reflections On Privacy And Public Life
GLENN PRANK argues that society moves toward an aquarium age where privacy vanishes as health income and personal affairs enter headlines. He uses a hospital bedside scene with tropical fish to illustrate how constant observation may blunt human happiness and efficiency, noting research that many work best in privacy and warning of looming public scrutiny across life stages.
Autumn Leaves and Local Notices in Brief
A collage of observations notes falling leaves and weather musings alongside stray items about Missouri telephone rate talk at fraternity houses, bridge couple in Kansas City, and a Russian countess visiting New York. The piece blends whimsy with short social and urban snippets.
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Missouri
The Determined Man by Rev John R Gunn
A sermon celebrating Paul’s resolve to complete his mission despite hardship. The speaker extols a determined character who faces opposition, danger, and obstacles without wavering, citing Paul’s journey to preach in Rome as proof. Readers are invited to submit questions for further guidance.
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Paul
Alahomet
Mahomet
Rome
Cate
Brain Tests From Evening Post Excerpt
An old newspaper fragment describes intelligence tests used at universities. It cites example rearrangement tasks and a practice page with scrambled sentences and a call to check answers on a back page.
Building Spirit Drives Western Water Policies
Secretary Wilbur returns from the western survey urging a building spirit and watershed thinking to solve water needs. He backs state control of surface lands not in parks, warns against overgrazing, and calls for federal help in dams and parks while stressing conservation and school land transfers. He warns of erosion and forest loss if care is neglected.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
Ray Lyman Wilbur
the Interior
Mississippi River
Interior Department
Ali
Wilbur
Beng
West
Nebraska
Western States
Hoover
United States
Shaulder Dam
Uncle Sam
America
Capyr
This Is Paris by Hazel Reavis
The piece notes American families in Paris face language gaps for their children as they grow among French peers. It describes how English speaking staff are scarce, causing language assimilation to lean French and contrasting the Paris business scene with humorous restaurant ads and quirks aimed at locals and visitors.
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Paris
France
United States
Desperation in Philadelphia as carrot pir invades homes
A cryptic note references rising distress in Philadelphia as a pattern nicknamed carrot pir is blamed for intrusions and social strain. The report hints at drunkenness and criminal activity linked to the disruption, reflecting urban anxiety and uncertain times.
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Macone Telegraph
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrot Pir
Century Theatre's Haunted Legacy Ends in French Showplace
New York gossip notes the Century Theatre's fall to superstition and decay after a faulty acoustics debut of Antony and Cleopatra with Sothern and Marlowe. Plans emerge to convert the site into a French government industrial and artistic show place amid feverish Lower West Side development and bustling harbor district life.
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New York
Century Theatre
Jone
Globe
New Theatre
Sothern
Marlowe
Altho
Tex Guinan
Central Park West
Washington Daybook sketches Keyes and Teddy Roosevelt
A Washington Daybook column notes Senator Henry Wilder Keyes from Vermont unlikely to take to sea in a boat. It also highlights Frances Parkinson Wheeler Keyes fetching Venezuelan souvenirs and a gift from President Gomez. The piece follows Teddy Roosevelt’s busy Washington period and his anticipated Puerto Rico governorship.
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Washington
BD. G
United States
Henry Wilder Keyes
Vermont
Keyes
Senator Keyes
Frances Parkinson Wheeler
Venezuela
Gomez
Ant
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Kansas City
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Poyerheart
Commercelal Street
Germany
Ford
New York Evening Post
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John R. Gunn
Evening Post
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Sky
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Napoleon
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Bocely
Boulavne Times
By C.D. Batchelor
Hazel Reavis
O. O. McIntyre
London
Marseilles
Cathay
Seven Seas
Herbert C. Plummer
Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Porto Rico
War Department
Bureau of Insular Affairs
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