Bad Roads and Their Hidden Costs on US Markets
Agnes C. Laurin Collier argues that inadequate roads waste about 250 million dollars annually in the United States. She cites higher transport costs, illiteracy in poor road states, and lower land values as consequences, urging widespread macadam road improvements to boost farm profits, school attendance, and rural livelihoods.
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United States
St Cead
America
New York
Liverpool
Atica
Interstate Commerce
Farma
Buiket
Almacadam
New Jersey
Long Island
Dakotas
Minnesota
Manitoba
Holland
Belgium
France
Pacific Coast
New England
Dakota
California
Jackson County
Ala
Good Roads
Boston
Cumberland Mountains
St. Louis
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Oregon
Agnes C. Laurin Collier
Good Substitute For Macadam Becomes Road Bureau Highlight
The road bureau demonstrates a cost effective method for gumbo soil by burning it to create a compact roadbed. Tests show this substitute can equal macadam in durability at about half the cost or near the price of labor and fuel. The finding targets southern and Missouri belt soils where wheels sink in mire.
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Road Bureau
Missouri
Southern Appalachian Good Roads Plan for 800 Miles
The Southern Appalachian Good Roads association aims to build eight hundred miles of improved highways, with three hundred miles in North Carolina. The poor roads cost North Carolina about ten million dollars annually. Few tourists visit the region due to road conditions, but the proposed system could make the area exceptionally attractive.
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Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association
North Carolina
Southern Appalachian
Charles Page Bryan and the Path to Belgium Diplomacy
A Chicago banquet at the Calumet Club leads to a pivotal career moment for Charles Page Bryan. A chance meeting with a reporter precedes Bryan’s entry into diplomacy, aided by Kent McKinley’s early appointments and local press connections.
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Belgium
Charles Page Bryan
Sam
Calumet Club
Chicago
Ble
TI. Kobhlsaat
William Melkinley
O. TW
Argetting
Exstained Dope Sheets and Piano Play Hint
A fragment suggests a character asks about meaning of playing the races and mentions dope sheets. The dialogue notes taking home the sheets and trying them on the piano. The tone hints at coded betting or plan involving music.
Just Like a Woman and Other Lines in The Dialogues
The text presents quick dialogue snippets and quips about women, work, boxing, and a boastful man. It reflects a performative, comic exchanges tone with phrases about ideas, money in the ring, and weather mention.
Fire Alarm Boxes Map City Streets and Mills
Fire alarm boxes listed with cross streets and landmarks including North Aberdeen 4 to 53 Curtis streets South. Entries cover City Hall Market I streets High School Terrace Ave and several mills such as Wilsons Ben Heron S.E. Slade and American Mill. Also note Harbor Myriad locations along riverfront and waterfront mills.
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North
Aberdeen
Cleveland
City Hall
Market
Terrace Ave
River
Burrow's Dock
Hume
Benn and
Heron
Wilson's Mill
Harbor and Heron
S. E. Slade's Mill
Second
Stanton Streets
American Mill
Wishkah
Fourth
M. Franklin
Anderson & Middleton Mill
River Streets
Broadway
Third
Sixth
Federal Lumber Co
Division
Michigan Avenue
Western Cooperage Co
Michigan Ave
River Street
Washington Streets
Curtis and
Clark Streets
Curtis
Evans
Front
South
The Aberdeen Herald Chronicle of Grays Harbor Happenings
The Aberdeen Herald serves Grays Harbor with a twice weekly chronicle and yearly subscription of $1.50 in advance.
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Aberdeen Herald
Grays Harbor
Twentieth Century Magazine
Aberdeen
Herald
Divorce Suit Seeks Decree in Chehalis County Court
John A. Miller sues Mary Pearl Miller in Washington Superior Court to obtain an absolute divorce on grounds of desertion and abandonment for over a year. The summons requires response within 60 days of December 23, 1909 with dates of first and last publication noted as December 28, 1909 and January 26, 1910.
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
John A. Miller
Mary Pearl Miller
A. D
Plaintiff
Aberdeen
Printery Ad Seeks Local Business for Promotions
A Herald Printery advertisement touts services from milk tickets to full sheet posters. It invites readers to plan promotions and consider the printer for diverse printing needs in the community.
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Herald Printery
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Fire Department
A. S. Alexander
Spavins
Sweeny
Farm Journal
Maine
Horse Secrets Farm Journal
the Herald
Aberdeen, Wash
Lillys
the Twentieth Century Magazine
B. C. Flower
the Arena
Friends
Lincoln Steffens Hamlin Garland
David Graham Phillips
Sen
Robert L. Owen
William Kittle
Carl S. Vrooman
Benj
Fay Mills
Edwin Markham
Charles Zueblin
Charles E. Russell
Thomas E. Will Bolton Hall
John D. Works
William Ordway Partridge
L. F
Switzerland
George Judson King
Oklahoma
William W. Bates
Charles Edward Russell
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