Would You Like to Be a Legislator in Texas
An Aus tin correspondent reviews the life of a Texas legislator in West Texas Today. The piece notes long days from 10 am to midnight with many committee hearings and grinding work to sift through 1 500 bills. It highlights trading favors as a fault and calls the system loose jointed yet democratic with lawmakers wary of outside orders.
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Texas
Utecht
Austin
West Texas Today
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Popcorn Liquor To Be Distilled In Arkansas
Eureka Springs Arkansas J O Nelson owner of a Springdale distillery plans to start popcorn liquor production. He says a 100000 gallon contract will supply C E Douglas of Okmulgee Oklahoma for distribution in Chicago and Eastern markets. He notes the liquor’s smell cannot be detected on breath and operations will begin in November using 25000 bushels of popcorn from the Arkansas Valley.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
J. O. Nelson
Springdale
Nelson
C. E. Douglas
Okroulgee
Okla
Chicago
Pye
Arkansas Valley
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Church talk inspires sharper dive into truth
Three men walk home discussing a sermon. The first praises Doctor Blank for digging deeper into truth than any minister, while the second notes he can stay under longer, and the third adds he can come up drier.
Queen Elizabeth Fashion Leader of England Revealed
An observer notes Elizabeth I as a fashion leader with an immense wardrobe of gowns and continual dress additions. Descriptions include petticoats with bell shapes, the Farthingale, a whalebone wheel, wooden corsets, and evolving neck ruffs, plus early starch use and hair dye trends.
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Elizabeth
England
Observer & Writer
Detroit News
First Peruvian Flag Concept and Symbolism Described
The article notes San Martin issued a decree on October 21 1820 in Pisco establishing a white and red flag with diagonal fields and a central coat of arms. It explains colors and symbols representing blood, justice, triumph, Andean mountains, Pacific waters, and the sun as the Incas deity.
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Paracas Bay
Independence Bay
San Martin
Spain
Peru
Pisco
Washington Post
Pacific
Leaning Tower of Pisa Faces Ongoing Danger
The Pisa campanile has grown more tilted in recent years risking collapse. Water was pumped from its foundations and cement forced under high pressure. Builders began in 1174 by Bononatus, with experts noting the south side sank during construction and later counterweighting from the third story up.
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Pisa
Bononanus
Spy Trick Exposed as Scrubwoman Window Washing Scheme
World war era tale reports a European embassy drenched in leaks as staff and guards were shadowed and inspected. A months long confinement yielded no clues until Col lier's Weekly revealed the culprit was a scrubwoman who signaled an accomplice across the street by the strokes used to dry the glass.
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Europe
Collier’s Weekly
Wisconsin Mineral Resources and Principal Products
Wisconsin lists nonmetallic minerals such as stone sand and gravel lime and clay as principal products. Metallic minerals include iron ore lead and zinc with stone zinc sand and gravel iron ore and clay following in value. Other minerals cited are dolomite granite quartzite trap sandstone mineral wool talc soapstone and marl.
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Wisconsin
Inns Not Out in England Old Inns Clash Over Claim to Antiquity
Despite modern hotel construction in England, venerable inns remain thriving. Several establishments claim to be the oldest, yet none can furnish records proving their seniority as proofed by the passage of time since their early beginnings.
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England
Viking Burial Ships Found Near Funen Denmark
Two ships used by the Vikings as burial places were discovered near Keter minde on Funen, the central Danish island.
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Keterminde
Funen
Denmark
Scientists Say Civilization Outpaced By Its Science
A survey notes gorillas die of pneumonia and empress penguins perish from respiratory fungi when kept in civilization. Archaeology confirms Genesis sites. A boy receives transplanted optic tissue as doctors study new eye surgery. A blood pressure device records heartbeats via coughing. Sulfur dioxide from gas leaks harms wildlife and people near Padre and Mustang Islands. Sodium vapor lamps promise brighter, safer street lighting, with Oakland Bay Bridge to be lit by them.
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Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Chicago Zoological Gardens
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Oakland Bay Bridge
San Francisco
London
Roosevelt program aims to ease grade crossing dangers
The article reports a plan under President Roosevelt to solve grade crossing problems by July next year. It mentions a $200 earmark as part of the program to improve safety and highway travel convenience.
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Roosevelt
Federal funds to boost grade separation highway projects
The article notes that federal and state efforts under the Hayden Cartwright act will fund grade separation projects to ease congestion. It cites $29 million for 590 projects from a prior measure and $200 million in additional work, with an estimated overall project cost of $461.88 million and labor comprising over 32 percent of costs.
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Hayden-Cartwright
PWA
New York
Arthur W. Brandt
Fort Worth
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