Remarkable roadmaking with crude oil in California
An 1890s California trial mixed Southern crude oil with asphaltum to dust lay roads. The result bound sand and dirt into a tough waterproof layer, reduced dust, cut glare, and improved travel. by seven years nearly 4000 miles in California benefited from the oiled road method, with eastern oils failing to bind. A Swindon engine tale alongside notes on a resident cat adds local color to the issue.
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Ivory County
California
Luis
Washington
Paddington
Swindon
Pre
Eastbourne Terrace
Spending Money Abroad Europe Tour Costs Big Sum
An estimated 150,000 Americans visiting Europe this summer spent about 1,000 dollars each, totaling 150 million dollars. The figure highlights the sizable outflow of cash from the United States as travelers spend abroad.
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Europe
The Greatest of Trusts Ends in Everybody's Magazine
A serialized study by Charles E. Russell in Everybody's Magazine argues the Beer Trust dominates meat production and pricing. He links monopoly to rail rate enforcement and urges stronger action against trusts, criticizing the Anti-Trust movement for focusing on profits rather than moral and humanitarian harms.
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Charles E. Russell
Everybody's Magazine
Chas. J. Russell
Beeitme
Beer Trust
Mr. Russell
Man Russell
Tlenty
Pan American Railway aims to span the continent with US backing
A Pan American Railway plan envisions linking Cape Town to Cairo and connecting the United States with Argentina via a southern continental route. Calculated at under 200 million, the project would enable direct U S access to Buenos Aires, while boosting trade with Mexico Central America and South America and reducing Britain's influence. It argues railroads spur growth, and urges positive public support to curb rebates and protect intercontinental commerce.
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Cape Town
Cairo
United States
Argentine Republic
New York
Buenos
Blaine
Washington
Buenos Ayres
Mexico
South Americs
Aoo
Roosevelt
Congress
Hing
EE. G. Deavis
Hodbimin
Swe
Effin
Aith Meteo
Meteo
South America
Europe
Pan-American Railways
Holy Alliance
Moral shift needed for equal treatment and laws
The author argues that lasting relief requires a new national moral plan and a rejection of special privileges by all people. Legislation alone cannot deliver enforceable change without broad public sentiment and demand for enforcement.
Salt Industry in the United States Summary
The United States consumed 2b barrels of salt in a year and produced 22,000,002 barrels, valued at SG021222. The year 190 had the largest production on record except for a prior peak, with rock salt expansion led by Louisiana sources from southern state deposits.
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United States
Mee
Louisiana
Funny Telegraphic Messages From Washington Newsroom
Newspaper men in Washington frequently receive odd telegrams from editors. One asked for 500 add ictional rats and another warned a story did not agree with the headline. A Washington editor misread actions and orders, leading to confused interviews with Congressmen and a witty telegram about Congress adjourning.
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Washington
Ottee
Phil
Ino
Wilter
Congress
New York
All Aboard Till and Bills in Board Bill Tale
A playful riddle-like note describes Till and BU dealing with board bills. Bill sells a billboard to pay his board bill, then Bud sells his billboard to settle his board bill, leaving the board bill no longer in effect for Dl.
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Till
Bill
Bud
Wins Either Way Uncle Rube and Uncle Su Exchange
In a humorous exchange the pair discuss a patent medicine seller. Uncle Rube jokes that the seller will either place a picture in the advertising column if cured or in the obituary if not. The quip highlights the medicine’s dubious promise and the characters’ wary amusement.
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Rube
Trouble Ahead for Tobacco Trust and New Drug Mariahuana
A medical journal describes a new drug mar ihuana as a substitute for tobacco opium cocaine and hasheesh and as deadly as all. Dispatches report Rockefeller weighing a 50 million dollar endowment to the University of Chicago. The note questions Standard Oil’s potential to displace tobacco opium and other trusts.
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Tobacco Trust
University of Chicago
Daily Press
Rockefeller
Chicago University
Opium Trust
Yankee Genius in Rome Shrines Tale Ends in Smoke
A Massachusetts visitor in Rome encounters a shrine where a taper allegedly burns for seven centuries. The guide calls it miraculous, but the Yankee quietly blows it out and jokes about the miracle ending with a shrug at the moment.
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Massachusetts
Europe
Rome
Eleiss
Ende
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
The Tax Assessor meets many wealthy men and notes the untold sums involved in married income. A photographer’s habit of taking negatives is linked to stubborn refusals, and minor seconds are easily spent. Remember Sampson and his fate, cautioning careful use of one’s jawbone.
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Chicago News
Ashe
Sampson
A Few After-Thoughts From A Fractured Page
A garbled column lists nameless figures and stray opinions on politics scandals and industry. It mentions a Moroccan politician, apple growers in cabinet talks, counterfeit money, and Secretary Shaw denying plans to leave Treasury. It notes Rockefeller and pencil trusts, Pennsylvania gas, a Washington Post quip about a saloon, and reflections on senses and law. The piece then cites the lobster industry’s threatened Massachusetts output amid political chatter and partial national supply.
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Los Angeles
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Mamaia
Par-American Railway
Pan-American Railway Commission
Charles M. Pepper
Theport
North
Pan-American Railway
Hemisphere
Andrew Carnegie
Russell
Interstate Commerce Commission
United
Brazil
Olds Mobiles
Olds Motor Works
Detroit
Mich
Cold B
James J
Sau Wan
Raboul
Ton Perdicardts
Soho
Interior Department
Secret Service
New York City
Shaw
Treasury
Bain
Pencil Trust
Pennavtyanta
The
Washington Post
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