Natural Bridges and Early American Bridge History
The article surveys natural bridges in Virginia Alabama California Kentucky and southern Florida and traces early American bridge building from fordings to wooden lattice and Towne covered bridges. It notes Washington crossing the Delaware lacked bridges and highlights the shift from wooden to iron and steel in the 19th century and key figures like Burr Palmer Towne and Whipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Alabama
California
Kentucky
Adone
Florida
United States
Washington
Delaware
Xerxes
Hellespont
Theodore Burr
Timothy Palmer
Ithiel Towne
Indiana
Tippecanoe County
Brown Street
Wabash River
Lafayette
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Harlem River
New York
Almanac History: Ames Almanac and Colonial Wisdom
A fragmentary look at colonial almanacs led by Ames Almanac begun in 1726. It highlights its physician maker, poetic squibs, and broad topics from weather predictions to moral reflections. Noted are critiques of lawyers priests and doctors, and calendar month wise verses with rustic humor.
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Poor Richard
Benjamin Pranklin
Stalluntrious
Ames Almanae
Almanaer
Ames
Adam
Mary
Love and Time in a Ballade of Love and Loss
Fragmented verse hints at a romantic meditation on love and time. Phrases speak of wrinkles, roses, thorn, and longing, with archaic diction and garbled line fragments suggesting a poem or early ballad. Named title appears in the garbled text as Love and Time.
Storm Lightning Turned Climb Into a Human Pyrotechnic Display
A four man ascent in northwestern Montana ends with an electric storm. As a bolt from a storm cloud hits near a government monument on a narrow summit, sparks fly from rifles and bodies. The party retreats behind rocks then returns to the summit as the cloud moves away, narrowly escaping injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Rock Monument
Boebiido
Maxsen
Hungary
Morton J. Elrod
Fast Mail Train Sets Bold 76 Mile Time Record
A first fast mail run between Omaha and San Francisco reaches Evanston Wyoming fifty minutes late and is met by a daring engine crew led by Bill Downing. Downing powers the 76 mile stretch to Ogden in 65 minutes despite treacherous curves and g-forces. Passengers and reporters suffer nerves but the pilot finally claims victory.
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Omaha
San Francisco
Hvanston
Wyo
Wasatch Mountains
Bill Downing
James H. White
Railway Mall
Bill
Ogden
Downing
Weber Canyon
Captain White
Dickinson
Brown
Smallest Screws in Watches Astonish the Eye
In a watch factory tiny screws are cut from steel wire and become 60 thread per inch screws, barely visible as dust to the naked eye. About a million are made each month, with frames holding 100 screws set by touch. Polished heads come in batches of 10,000. Japanese homes favor fresh air with blinds of reeds, aiding cross breeze while preserving privacy.
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Tokyo Life
The
International Review
Sowing circle denounces cafe sign at Judge's Library
A German cafe proprietor debates a controversial sign reading Grill Room Upetitiss placed above a cafe with two rooms. The president of the sowing circle condemns the sign and calls for its removal as the proprietor awaits guidance.
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Fromen
Upetitiss
The Only Way for Wim to Do His Verse
Fragmentary verse notes show Waubington Merald praising Wim’s effort and hoping the market recognizes this kind of writing. The lines hint at a struggle to find demand for lyric work amid a gridlike life and uncertain reception.
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Wim
Fox
Waubington Merald
Swedish inventor Johannson's universal gauge feat
A Swedish maker, Johannson, claims a single set of gauges can produce up to twenty six inches in precise steps of ten thousandth of an inch, with 0 000 combinations possible. The gauges, sold in America despite high duty, exhibit extraordinary adhesion and parallelism when assembled, rivaling one-piece standards for machine building and automotive work.
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Cagsler
Johannson
Bey
Sam
Burden Bearers In Moxica Lift Heavy Household Loads
In Mexico, strong laboring men known as criga dores operate large four bay trucks to move furniture through city streets. They function as messengers and porters, carrying great burdens along the route to new destinations. A pair of men can haul a plane on a single strong truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxica
Mexico
Crigadores
A Generous Empress and Thirteen at Dinner Myth
A tale describes an empress who gave a general banknotes to cover a brother’s misfortune, instructing him to conceal the giver’s name. Thirteen at Dinner repeats an old myth where Loki incites harm to Baldur, leading Hodur to kill him with a missed shot. The text notes cultural quotes about equality by Matthew Arnold.
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Offeer
Eugenie Few
Loki
Hirteos
Baldur
Wasatain
Hodur
Mietel
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le Grow
A. Zerba
Ann J. Caubier
H. Koeper
A.B. M'Ewen
M. J. Watts
First National Bank
Athena Capital
Baksav
Bundy
Christian
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
Athena
Oregon
Taylor & Legrow
Main Street
Stoders Secemeriereest
Poeta Forestry
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
DELL
Love
Blum
Dreasne
Bond
Devas
Neltimore
Sks
Morrow
Herbert
Matthew Armold
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