Care of a Good Road on Mount Hope Path in Orange County
Article reviews Maple Dale Good Roads club effort near Middletown New York to improve Mount Hope road once part of a stagecoach route. It explains staking furrows rolling a road machine, removing stones shaping gutter and crown, costs per mile and ongoing aftercare including honing surface and selective graveling for durability.
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Maple Dale Good Roads Club of
Orange County
N. Y
WN Mapes
Maple Dale Good Roads Club
Good Roads Magazine
Middletown
Mount Hope
Newburg
Hudson River
Milford
Iowa proposes constitutional amendment on drainage and levee powers
The resolution adds to Iowa Constitution Article One Section Eighteen authority for landowners to build drains ditches and levees for agricultural sanitary or mining purposes across others lands. It authorizes drainage districts, sets powers to construct and maintain levees drains and ditches, and allows special assessments. Condemnation procedures may be provided by law. Scheduled for reference to the next General Assembly election. Approved April 10, 1906.
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General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Gambling joke turns English visitor’s fortune sour
An English tourist in Monte Carlo sent a friend a five pound note that proved fake from a Drury Lane promotion. He cashed it at Ciro's and at the Casino won back losses and more, but the note was exposed as counterfeit. The prank continued with a second hoax yielding 2000 francs to Ward Muir in Chambers' Journal.
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Monte Carlo
England
Ciro’s
Galerie Charles III
Ciro
Augustus Harris
Monaco
Ward Muir
Chambers’ Journal
Pointed Paragraphs Reflect on Everyday Troubles
The Atchison Globe quotes on ignorance versus contentment, daily problems, envy, perseverance, and time waste. It notes people cling to ill will and feel time well spent proving minor points, while those with money resent schemes that benefit others.
Drummer’s Tales of Travel Goods and Glass Eyes
A Cincinnati Enquirer anecdote describes a commercial traveler whose wares shift from tunnels and post holes to iron churches and suspension bridges. A drummer claims another line about pupils, revealing glass eyes for dolls and people, as crowds guess their own eye color from a sample case.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
What Father Does Defines Boy's Life and Achievements
A Harper's Bazaar reflection argues a boy models his life on his father. It asserts that a father's actions set the standard for what is right, shaping the boy's work, moral world, and ultimate achievements.
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Harper’s Bazar
Early teen orator Charles James Fox in Parliament
Charles James Fox, likely the only youth to deliver a maiden Commons speech in his teens, was nineteen when he began representing Midhurst and soon gave three strong speeches. He also had a habit of late nights spent drinking and gambling.
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Charles James Fox
Commons
Midhurst
An Explanation Wanted in a Curious Exchange
A witty exchange from a Chicago News item questions how matches are made in heaven while brimstone is kept in the other place. The boarder’s quip frames a light satirical moment about fate and what lies beyond.
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Heaven
Chicago News
United Seates
RicCall’s
the Queen of Fashion
Weber
Godenne
Aitern Siona
Catelogue
Met
Bringing It Home
The dialogue presents a flirtatious exchange between Bob and Ethel from Smart Set. Bob questions love as insanity while Ethel asks who has been falling for him, capturing a light speculative mood.
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Bob
Ethel
Adjourned Story County Board Proceedings October 8 1906
Story County Iowa board adjourned after approving minutes. Action included canceling 1905 erroneous $6000 assessment refund, raising county superintendent salary to 115 per month from Oct 1 1906, letting courthouse repair contract for 4591.40, and continuing Grant Township Drain No. 5 until November 1906.
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J. O. Michaelson
B. R. Silliman
Miles Pearson
O. J. Olson
E. R. Silliman
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Court House
J. EB. Tulant
Yeas
Grand Township Drain No
Grant Township Drain No. 5
B. Peterson
J. C. Michaelson
White Wine of Tar Praised For Lung Relief
Reverend J N Fry and Susan E Fry of Brookline Missouri report their wife with pulmonary consumption improved after using White Wine of Tar. They credit relief to the remedy and endorse it. Pine salve touted as antiseptic for wounds and creped hands, sold by O A Gamble.
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J. N. Fry
Susan E. Fry
Brookline
Sta., Mo
O. A. Gamble
D. A. Gamble
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J. B. Kooser & Co
Groceries and Queensware
Bent
Ohio
New York
Minnesota
Union
Ater
Ames
College
White's
Story County Bank
Jj.r. Munden
Armes
Ilowa
T Caniel Bros. & Herman's
Caner Bros
HOUSE
Astoria
Chamberlain
Queer Drummers
Fox
Dade
Jake and the World
Husker
Akin Husker
Preryiriy
Smith & Davis
Lowe
Iowa State Register and Farmer
Ames Intelligencer
The
Register and Farmer
News of the World
the Nation
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Pine-Use Medicine CO
Chicago
Bower & McCartney
Munn
All
Munn & Co
Washington
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