Good Road Lessons Teach South to Build Highways
A touring good roads special demonstrates modern roadmaking to southern states, showing earth excavators, road rollers, crushers, and practiced crews. The program, tied to a 1910s international congress, showcases sample roads and plans for further southern trips, promising long term impact on state and regional highway construction.
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Birmingham
Montgomery
Atlanta
Greenville
Charleston
Port Huron
Mich
Michigan
H. 8
Earle
Detroit
Canada
Lhere
Good Roads
W. H. Moore
National Good Roads Association of Chicago
New Orleans
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Moore
Southern Railroad
South
Washington
Southland
A Glimpse of 18th Century Road Building and Barbershop Music
The text notes rigorous road construction with a twelve inch crown and precise ditch work. It cites President Earle of the League of American Wheelmen estimating labor could build 18,000 miles of road yearly. It also describes 16th century barber shops offering virginals for waiting customers and mentions a preserved Elizabethan virginal in South Kensington museum.
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Earle
The
League of American Wheelmen
Elizabeth
South Kensington
England
Lippincott’s
Government clocks in Washington cost thousands yearly
Scattered clocks and chronometers across Washington departments cost the government thousands annually. Chronometers on war ships are the most expensive, priced at 100 dollars each. The marble room in the Senate and the Speaker's lobby in the House host the most consulted timepieces. hundreds of people daily correct their watches by them.
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Washington Departments
United States
Senate
House
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Digestive Health
Promotes digestion and assimilation of food while expelling poisons from the system. Enriches the blood and improves appetite, helping healthy flesh. Available for 25 cents at J H McCarty & Son.
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Dr. King
J. H. McCarty & Son
Public sidewalk improvements proposed in Carthage Indiana
Town trustees of Carthage Rush County Indiana approve widening and paving a five foot sidewalk along First Street to Market with cement at fourteen inches depth. Assessments to abutting properties front foot. town bears alley and street crossings cost. Bond funding if deferral. Notice to neighbors and public hearing on June 2 1902 at Town Hall.
Carthage Indiana to Grade Market Street Sidewalk
A de jure declaration by the Carthage Town Board of Trustees proposes grading a five foot wide sidewalk along Market Street from Mill Street to Second Street with a fourteen inch depth, parallel inside setback, and five foot paved width. Assessments to abutting property owners follow Barrett Law procedures with ten year installments if deferred. bonds issued in anticipation of payments. Hearing set for June 2, 1902 at Town Hall before clerk O S Hill.
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Carthage
Rush
Indiana
General Assembly of the
State of
Board of Trustees
O. S. Hill
L. B. McCarty
Market Street
Mill Street
Second Street
Skivasik
Carthagesa
General Assembly
O S. Hill
For Sale New residence north Main Carthage Ind
For Sale. New residence property north Main st Carthage Indiana. Two stories seven rooms good well in kitchen full lot. Small cash payment low rate of interest on balance. RECORD.
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Main St. Carthage Ind
Dewey replies to Manilla coffee battle rumor
Special to the Chicago Daily News from Canton Ohio May 12. Miss Carnie Herspool told Dewey’s sailors drank liquor during the Manilla Bay fight, but Dewey responded that his crew fought on coffee alone with no liquor aboard, as liquor was forbidden except for medicine.
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Canton
Dewey
Manilla
Carnie Herspool
First Presbyterian Church
Manilla Bay
United States
Gerorge Dewey
Real Estate Transfers in Rushville and Surrounding Townships
Transfers show Altan Hill and Samuel Hill selling 40 acres in Jackson township to Bojamin J. Whitton for 280 dollars. Several parcels in Rushville via Lenora Norris trustees pass to Ephiam W. Ball, William A. Norris, Homer Bell, Jesse R. Norris, Zeneth A. Norris husband’s heirs, and others with prices ranging from 150 to 390 dollars. Other deeds include Anna McCarty to William Calewel, Margaret Trusler to Charles McNerd, Rebecca Newkirk to Benjamin Hamilton for Center township land, and Thomas Mull conveying part of Rushville lot 49 for 2600 dollars.
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Altan Hill
Samuel W. Hill
Bojamin
Albert E. Smiley
Star Drilling Company
Jesse R. Norris
Noris Brothers
Rushville
William A. Norris
Lenora Norris Et
Homer Bell
Norris Brothers
Rahville
Allwor E. Smily
Willam A. Norris
Lenora Norris Et al
Jesse R.norris
Reeve
Albert E Sonley
Lenore Norris Et
Zeneth A. Norris
Norria Bros
Anna McCarty
Willams
Calewel
Clerk
Rusty Ile
Margaret Trusler
Charles Mc Nerd
Ih G
Rebecca A. Newkirk
Benjamin F. Hamilton
Center Township
Thomas K. Mull
Allie L Aldridge
Time-saving remedy story from Plymouth buyers and notices
A Plymouth reader praises a chronic time saver remedy selling well among threshers, noting no work time lost after using it. The notice adds local sales by J. H. McCarty & Son in Richmond and reports Anna Moore leaving Spiceland Academy for a Philadelphia college, plus Rev. Milford M. Reynolds taking a Methodist pastorate in Blaine Indiana.
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H. R. Phelps
Plymouth Oklahoma
Cale
J. H. McCarty
Richmond
Anna Moore
Joseph Moore
Spiceland Academy
Philadelphia
Milford M. Reynolds
Blaine Ind
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Cures for Lung Ailments
The ad proclaims a secret in Dr King’s New Discovery that cures lung diseases by removing mucus and infection, heating the throat and lungs, and energizing the blood. It claims hard colds and stubborn coughs yield quickly and offers bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar with free trials at J H McCarty and Son’s.
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Dr. King
J. H. McCarty & Son's
Lafayette County School Enrollment Drops in County Totals
The Lafayette and Tippecanoe county school census shows a decline from 12,108 pupils last year to 11,936 this year, a drop of 172. Lafayette city enrollment slipped from 5,919 to 5,910, while only West Lafayette township rose by 24 students.
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Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
West Lafayette
Overworked congressman credits Electric Bitters remedy
A letter from Champ Clark describes overwork, nervous tension, and sleeplessness ending in a collapse that Electric Bitters cured. The ad touts the medicine as vital, 50 cents, backed by J. H. McCarty & Son. Also shared is a humorous tale about Sir James Gordon and Admiral Pell chasing foot races with a wooden leg pension joke.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
J. H. McCarty & Son
James Gordon
Pell
Sir James
Lottery Bribes Highlight Financial Morality Debate
An English writer argues that financial morality, though imperfect now, surpassed the era ending in 1826 with lottery abolition. He cites Lord North issuing 60,000 lottery tickets in 1779 during the American War, 20,000 of which were used as bribes to MPs.
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Lord North
Editor notes hero too good for this world
Literary editor Naggus tells Borus the hero is too fine for this world and should be killed off in the last chapter, as quoted by the Chicago Tribune.
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Naggus
Borus
Chicago Tribune
Self Made Man and Blurred Medicine Dialogue
A Philadelphia Record item depicts a back and forth about health and regular physicians with the line we never sick since we have no regular doctor. A Chicago News snippet shows a salesman quipping about securing material at a bargain.
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Young B. Ginner
Krusty
Philadelphia
Mr. Farley
Professor Studios
Chicago News
Beautiful Memorial Gray on Ongraving Free to Patrons
HWE Polisher and International Art Club of Chicago arrange a commemorative engraving for subscribers. The piece features a full length portrait of the President with wife portraits, birthplace and Canton Residence, and includes a 22 by 28 inch memorial plate. It promises artistic value and historical tribute.
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Js Memorial
Hwe
International ArtCcl
Chicago
Tooller
Jos
Canton
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J. A. Sipe
Mnd
Johnson Bros
Main and
Mill Streets
PH. Ghadwigk
Heney
Meat Market
Carthage Building Loans and Savings Assoiation
Beece Planing Mill
Jesse He*ley
Owen
Hill Notary Public
Carthage, Ind
Benj. F. Miller
North Side of
Public Square
Russville
F. G. Hackleman
Ind
Beher-King Block
Johnson's Drug Store
J. B. Schrighte
Ushville
J. 0
Megee
Ta Rl Office
George W Osborne
Young & Young
Gates Sexton. Witt M.sparks
Sexton & Sparks, Attorneys AT Law
Wilson’s Clothing Stree
Hawes Nursery
Lewis Cornare
Juin
Wd Hao
Avai
Hornby
B. B. Henley
Mill St., Carthage, Ind
Lewis Weingart
Great Trunk Line Rail
All Newsdealers
J .W. Pepper
Plano
Fluss
J. W. Pepper
Locust Sts
Thedford
Bright
Mullins
S.C
A. G. Lewis
Chicago Daily News
Kayv
Gen Kay
Saratoga
N.Y. R
Lenora Norris Et. al
Ephiam
W. Ball
Pugh
Star Drill Company
Willim A Nontis
Beloven
Carthage _Record
Pease
McKinley
International Art Co
St. Charles
Illinois
B. P. Leisure
Zara Gold
Florence
Ozark Gold Mining and Milling CO
Moscow
Idaho
Glen Rawls
C. 8S
Lon LeMay
Hill & Lemay
Main Street
Hill & Leeway
Bucklen
Earth
J. H. McCarty & Son’s
Rocky Mountain
Pra Ie
J. HW
Metart
RF. Stanley & Son’s
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