Seven Millions for Highways Plan Unfair to Smaller Counties
The New Jersey State Highway Commission approves a proportional reimbursement plan to fund 130 miles of roads at about 6.9 million dollars, with Mercer County slated for full repayment in 1924. The meeting also discusses state school money distribution shifts favoring larger counties and a move to base funding on attendance rather than tax ratables.
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State Highway Commission
Mercer County Board of Freeholders
Cedar Lane
White Horse Pike
South Broad Street
Mercer Freeholders
Highway Board
Atlantic
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Gloucester
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Monmouth
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Satem
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Plainfield
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Edwards
Herbert Hoover
Washington
George L. Burton
The
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Firman MM
Reeves
Millville
John MacMillan
Vineland
Cumberland County
Stan Creek
Madson
Hudson
Essex
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Dunter
Senator Reeves
Blizzard
Albert R. McAllister
J. J. Unger
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Vineland Board of Education
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Dei & Md
Merson
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Fair
Alexander
Wolf River
Jonathan
Ben Davis
Greening
Baldwin
CRANE
Cape Cod
New York
Tewens
Timothy Day
Jooss
Cubas
Vast scale of oceans and world’s water revealed
John C. Van Dyke reflects on earlier limits of imagination as explorers like Columbus Magellan and others gradually grasped the globe’s vast oceans. The Pacific’s enormity dwarfs earlier notions, while the Atlantic already astonished sailors and scholars alike.
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Eratosthenes
Homer
Mediterranean
Pacific
Santa Vittoria
Vintage Recipes From a Bygone Kitchen Cabinet
A collection of old fashioned dishes and cooking notes including Tamale Pie, Tomato and Hominy, Gelatined Beef, Pea Timbales, Not Mince Pie alternative, Glazed Sweet Potatoes, Old Style Chicken Pie and Chicken Loaf with steam method. Also a Ruskin quote and general kitchen tips pepper the text.
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New England
California Fig Syrup Ad and Early Taxicab Inventions
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a reliable bowel aid for children with cheerful claims of quick relief and warnings to ask for the genuine product. The text then recounts early taxicab history from ancient China to 17th century England with various devices measuring distance on coaches.
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California
England
Coach Itnes and Iveries
John the Baptist in Sabbath School Class
In a Hendricks county Protestant church Sabbath school the lesson on baptism featured John the Baptist. A seventeen year old girl named Mary, distracted by entering male visitors, answered a prompt with John the Baptist. The teacher used the moment to refocus her on the lesson.
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John the Baptist
Hendricks County
Mary
Milton Street replaces Grub Street in London
The old Grub Street in London is renamed Milton Street. The area housed many writers who had not yet achieved fame, a general label for the haunts of aspiring, needy writers.
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London Street
Grub Street
London
Milton Street
Veal Assurance Quip Sparks Witty Exchange
A humorous dialogue contrasts North asking about wife’s allowance with West replying she gives him one. The quip plays on mutual financial independence and a pun on veal as a metaphor.
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North
West
Take Aspirin Only As Told By Bayer
Advertisement emphasizes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross and notes the product has been prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years. It urges reading safe directions on each unbroken package and asserts the genuine nature of the aspirin brand.
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BAYER
Salley Leacia
New Ringworm Cure Reported Using Roentgen Treatment
Doctors Howard Fox and T B H Anderson of the U S Public Health Service describe a hair removal and lotion method for ringworm in the Journal of the American Medical Association. They note surprising hair growth changes in some patients, though doubt permanence of these changes.
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Howard Fox
T. B. H. Anderson
United States Public Health Service
Journal of the American Medical Association
Precaution Proves Costly in Scotland River Crossing
A Scottish tourist braved a storm to cross a wide river. A boatman agreed to ferry him only after moving his cow first. Near the opposite bank the tourist asked why. The boatman explained he ferried the valuable cow first to avoid the risk of the boat overturning on the second trip due to worsening wind.
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Scotland
Mystic stove at electrical expo fascinates observers
A "mystic stove" drew attention at a recent electrical exposition. The device relies on powerful magnetic induction to heat a kettle of water placed on ice, generating heat without a visible source, as explained by Scientific American.
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Scientific American
Human Nature and Local Sayings Across Cultures
The Philadelphia Ledger discusses how history geography reveal less about character than local sayings. It notes contrasts between a Shakespearean remark on homekeeping youth and a Japanese proverb urging travel for a favored child, plus a grandmother's pet saying about cost of upbringing.
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Valentine
Philadelphia Ledger
Time and Time in a Silent Society
A fragmented reflection muses on efficiency and friendship. The speaker notes time as money and suggests a society should focus on correcting personal flaws, while claiming a true friend offers hope to the heart.
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Delaware and Raritan Canal
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