Bridges Repair and Public Works Report by County Commissioners
The commissioners report extensive bridge repairs on Green Branch including top patching and cleaning, with labor across Troy and Athens townships. Work covers graveling roads to bridges, new approaches, culverts, and sewer and utility line maintenance, plus insurance, jail needs, and various sundry items listed for county departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Branch
Alexander
Troy
Aphrey
Roy Township
Materbii
Athens
Electric Co
Howe
UCG
Elerk
Atalermersio
Ling
Boockham
Charles Townsend
Curran Campbell Hagier
John Hawkazier
U P
Eet
Mmechanics Jieurance Co
Khouse
Welch
Elephone Co
Jer
BLADE
Clark's
pHustionery
Gale Ca
Ron ‘Trotter Co
Ivers
Ees
Staiecase
Tph
Country and Printing Co
Stationery Co
Sakin
Herrons and
Margarets Creek
Aterial and Labor
Congress
Ames Township
Allens Bridge
Antmoiic
Commission Pn
Hocking Rive Biway Co
Rosd
Office Tragedies And Desertions In Immigration
Aizzzles and periodicals report on barge office tragedies and common desertions as families split across continents. Old people are sent home or stranded at sea, while some children are left with failing care. The text also notes social snobbery in London necktie shops and a Royal editor in New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Ainslee
Automobiles Begin Transport Plan for Kent Orchards
A British note urges farmers in Kent to adapt motor cars for fruit transport. The plan envisions using cars at night to move the day’s harvest to London, countering railway delays that waste much fruit each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
England
Piar
London
Taunt Leads to Death by Own Action in Army Building
George Oliver James Palmer, a transport department employee of the U S Army, killed himself in the Army and Navy Building Washington. A note to his wife says he acts for his family and asks forgiveness while praising his children Ella, 8, and Sallie, 4, and claims he is not insane or intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Oliver James Palmer
Transport Department
United States Army
Army and Navy
Washington
George Olver James Palmer
6Th West One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Street
New York City
J. Palmer
Alvs. Palmer
Ella
Aix
Sallie
Reeds
Pet
Drilling with Electrolyte Nozzle Aims Metal Holes
Experiments show electrolytic drilling on metal using a two chamber nozzle for electrolyte flow. The lower end presses on the plate, with the spray and wash er shaping the hole while current drives electrolysis. Iron work yields best results with sulphuric acid, salts also effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Mechanical Man Walks From New York to San Francisco
Louis Phillip Perew of Sonawanda New York unveils a seven foot five inch wooden and metal automaton that walks like a real man. Dressed in fashion, it demonstrates balance by stepping over an obstruction and turning corners with ease. The machine will accompany an automobile on a cross country trip to promote the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Phillip Perew
Sonawanda, N
New York
San Francisco
Perew
Buffalo
Novel swindling scheme targets continent in express fraud
Wells Fargo offices report a wide scam using false Halifax Nova Scotia police letters to obtain valuable certificates mailed from Greenville Junction Maine. Each package bears an 8 dollar COD. Rewards offered for Byrnes capture and package recovery. several officers paid the fee for worthless packages. The plot apparently operated in about a dozen California towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Fargo & Companys Express
San Francisco
Greenville Junction
Douglas W. Hill
Halifax
Nova Scotia
M. D. Byrnes
Byrnes
Frederick Stewster
New York
California
Girl Swims the Narrows From Fort Hamilton to Staten Island
Priscilla Higgins, 1 year old daughter of George A. Higgins of Ninety-seventh Street and Shore Road Fort Hamilton, swam three miles across the Narrows to St George Staten Island in two hours and five minutes. She used a long breast stroke and swam slowly aided by a favorable tide though she endured strong waves and a wake from an outgoing steamer. After a rest at St George she returned by rowboat, planning to attempt a swim to the Battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Higgins
George A. Higgins
Shore Road
Fort Hamilton
St. George
Staten Island
St.George
Miss Higgins
Wu Rides Bicycle in Cape May in One Lesson
Minister Wu mastered cycling on a Cape May street in a single lesson with a minor fall and light scratches. He hired a local wheel, tied his queue to avoid the back wheel, and steadied himself until he could ride steadily before ending for the day. Susceptible to cold is the horse, the animal first to succumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
Beach Avenue
Broadway
Cathedral Lovers in Cloisters End in Silent Vow
A curate and a cloistered woman meet amid the closing ceremony of a cathedral festival. He admires her beauty and voice, she speaks of devotion and service, and he proposes a sacred path, offering to guide her soul even as both seek exit and meaning in a dim, stone space.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ommissioners’ Report
Vpeteeenten
Ilers
Owille Pom
Ky Wee Ee Road
Dads Aoc
Ite Creek
Vos
Coolvilis
Hockingport
Ue Ou
Dougal
Salve
Obie Paint
Pettiford
Bosch & Go
Court House
ST U5
the Ruggles Gate Co
John Lax
A_ Koons
Wm. Harain
Wandy Bees
Blanige & Co
Pr. Scott
J. Swett
Sloane
Sayre
Hayra
Smith
J. M. Foster
Thompson
Albert Carpenter
John Davis
Alloa
Robbins
Monahan
Tee G
Bidgtson
Walsh
Ice
P. Wood
Ve. Cuckler
Webb Stationery and Printing Co
U. Telegraph Vo
Warren Bros
Dugler
J. W. Jackson
Brice
Ester
New Zealand
Pleiades of Seven Stars
Tawhiao
Richmond Dispatch
Sethi
Mim
Frawley
Chicago Post
Gere
Fay
Sunda
Comstables and Police of
East
Priscilla Wigetas
Cayera
Payly
Ady
Eouth
Mendelssohn
Hiplip
Luini
Irkely
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