In Defense of Macdonald and Road Building Praised
A Hartford Courant letter defends Highway Commissioner MacDonald as honest and expert, recounting his 14 years of state road work, his oversight of 1907 law funding, and his restraint on patronage while facing town maintenance and funding challenges. It argues critics lack understanding of road policy and notes MacDonald’s national authority in road building.
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Connecticut
MacDonald
Omne
Oes
America
United States
Fouth
General Assembly
Len Bulkeley
James H. MacDonald
Eh Trek Okieveth
West Hartford
Farmington
Alfred Atmore Pope
D. Newton Barney
Pope
Oc Donn
State Road
Ublican
Arthur J. Birdseye
Hartford Courant
Mayoralty Ex pertises and a town chief’s fundraising reply
A Midlands town mayor famed for thrift refuses a football club subscription saying his expenditures from office justify it. He opens a ledger titled Mayoralty Ex pertises showing dress suit costs. The piece includes quips on reading habits and a joke about a wife reading cookery books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midlands
Reynolds
Reinhard Pianos Adverts Claim Superior Value
The ad promotes Reinhard pianos as affordable yet high quality for families, claiming extensive Seckerling sales and declaring Wiemer and Wisener lines as modern, superior instruments. It urges buyers to choose the best by inspecting Wisener construction.
A Horsne Woman and a Humorous Exchange
A brief London Tit-Bits style exchange recounts a humorous scene where a passerby orders a bag and a horse humorously balks at the request. Mrs Oatenke declines to surrender her bag, preferring the horse to bear the load, while a bystander jokes about enjoyment versus spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calwran
French Adage Coup de Jarnac and Historic Duel
A tale of the coup de Jarnac from 1447 where Jarnac felled Le Ch�telaigneraie with a swift stroke, the duel later leading to Jarnac's death. plus a tongue in cheek note on monkeys spreading consumption and a doctor’s cautionary quip from the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chabot
Seigneur de Jarnac
Francis I
le Chateigneraie
Dauphin
Francis
Henry LI
St. Germatlc
Jarnac
Tarnac
la Chatelgnerale
St. Quentin
Moon
New Orlean
Times-Democrat
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Danville
Jacob Schrall
South St
Foley
F. B. Brill and
Curtis
William James
Harvard
Boston
Mr. Smith
Smith
Bridgeport
Wissner
Sheraton
Wissner’s
New York
Wissner House
Reinhard
Hallet & Davis—Tone
Matnushek
Richards
Mahogamy
Largr
Taurre
Peters
Edwarding
Ene St
Watertown
Beauful
Calenders
Au. van Dyk
China
van Dyk
Reilly
James van Dyk
Main ST
Cor
Elm ST
Uve Dé Jarnac
State ST
State Street
Glasner
the Glasner Furniture Co
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