State Eyes Regulation and Taxation of Motor Car Traffic
Officials and advocates push for state control of motor vehicle traffic and a tax to fund highway repairs. P Coleman favors regulation, with support from the Virginia Roads Association. The Good Roads Convention will meet next week to discuss a statewide highway system and funding.
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Gree
Ncess
P. Coleman
Virginia Roads Association
B. Ryland
The
Good Roads Association
Virginia
Kites with Thermometers Measure Upper Air in 1749
Dr. Al Inder Wilson describes attaching thermometers to kites to gauge upper air temperature in 1749, three years after Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment. The text extols self forgetfulness as a source of happiness and social joy.
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al Inder Wilson
Benjamin Franklin
Returning to Chenay Dr. Crawford sails to China for mission
Dr and Mrs Francis Randolph Crawford depart after eight months in the United States. They plan to sail January 24 for China to serve as medical missionaries for the Southern Presbyterian Church. Dr Crawford is the son of C Grattan Crawford of Kernstown Inverness discussed in the text. Inverness matches the Gaelic root confluence of rivers Ness and Moray Firth. The note adds era context about the game of tennis in the 14th century Frantre and its early forms.
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Francis Randolph Crawford
Pacific Coast
China
Southern Presbyterian Church
Crawford
C. Grattan Crawford
Kernstown
Scotland
North
Inverness
Ness
Moray Firth
Glacier speeds vary across the Alps and Greenland
The Mer de Glace in the Alps moves about 3544 inches per day while other Alpine glaciers travel under an inch daily. In contrast polar regions show much faster flow with Greenland's Upernivik glacier advancing around 99 feet daily at its terminus.
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Alps
Mer de Glace
Polar
Upernivik
Greenland
Bark Lace From West Indies Sagebark Used For Ropes
The inner bark of the sagebark tree grows in the West Indies and, after maceration in water, splits into lace like layers. Frills and ruffles made from it were sent from Jamaica as a gift to Charles L. The bark reportedly is used in making ropes and whips.
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West Indies
Jamaica
Charles L
Transport Gets To Port Safely
A thousand doughboys returning from Germany aboard the transport Crook learned the ship had sprung a leak during North Atlantic gales last Tuesday. Captain Reppa said the crew, 140 strong, were sent below to seal open seams and protect 652 soldier coffins en route to burial in American soil as the St Michel aided the vessel into Brooklyn.
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New York
Germany
Crook
North Atlantic
Reppa
Transport
Brooklyn
St. Mihiel
Miss Reid Leaves Hospital After Appendicitis Operation
Miss Ruth Reid of Opequon has been discharged to her home from Memorial Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Her condition was reported greatly improved.
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Ruth Reid
H. B. Reid
Opequon
Memorial ' S Hospital
Miss Reid
Fine Boy Baby Arrives at Boyd Home
Mr and Mrs Fred S Boyd welcome a fine boy born Wednesday. Mr Boyd heads Boyd Drug Company. Mrs Boyd is daughter of Mrs Bell and the late John N Bell.
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Fred. S. Boyd
Boyd
Boyd Drug Company
Mrs. Boyd
Bell
John N. Bell
Weather outlook for week fair and cold in northern states
The Associated Press reports a cold start to the week with fair skies in the North and Middle Atlantic regions. Snow is likely later with temperatures dropping, and cold conditions expected to continue into the second part of the week.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Turkish leader reported slain in Constantinople
London January 14. Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader, has been murdered according to a report quoted by the Exchange Telegraph Agency from Ankara. The claim cites a Turkish source in the nationalist capital.
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Associated Presa
London
Mustapha Kbl Pasha
Constantinople
Arora
Ionalist
Spencer Rifle Inventor Dead in Hartford at 88
Topher Minor Spencer, inventor of the Spencer repeating rifle and the first automatic screw machine, died in Hartford today at age 88. He was a noted American engineer and industrial pioneer.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Minor Spencer
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