Highway Improvements Spark Wide State Funding Push
Government and many states push road work with large appropriations. Washington cooperates with universities to train highway engineers. Experiments test cost saving methods and materials like clay and treated gravel. A naturalist notes roadside diet benefits pest control. A small farm forge saves time and money on repairs.
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Saul Pamber
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Europe
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New York
Election Signs in Washington Bemoan Absentee Voters
A New York Sun clipping laments Washingtonians voting by residence elsewhere, noting newspaper ads push travel costs, clothing, and shoes as incentives to travel for elections. The piece humorously portrays officials who relish the sway of voting, while railways offer discounted fares, and placards greet voters returning home.
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New York Sun
Polar Tragedy Aboard Rudolf Island Expedition
Captain Edwin Cottin recalls seeing a dark human form off Northbrook Island, possibly Andree or an Abruzzi expedition member, aboard the Ziegler Polar Expedition. Superstition kept the body unburied to avoid doom, with burial left for another time. The account reflects on marine caution and respect for the dead.
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National Magazine
Sheridan Wit and the Doctor of Necessity
The passage portrays Irish clergyman Thomas Sheridan and his son Tom Sheridan in a dialogue about the doctrine of necessity. Tom presses his father on total indifference and its implications, prompting a terse, didactic exchange about motive and action.
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Fherldon
Impostor Love Match Question at Family Bearing
A St Louis Post Dispatch excerpt shows a prospective father in law grilling a titled suitor. The suitor answers none of skeletons debts or pasts exist. The parents whisper as the millionaire declares this is not romance but a love match.
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