Cent of Rat Roads and the Economy of Better Highways
Eastern engineers and the Agricultural Department show how road quality changes horse hauling power and wagon costs. A 100 pound steady pull yields load differences by road type from 1.5 loads on asphalt to 40 on sand. The national wagon haul costs average 25 cents per ton mile, while railroads cost less than half a cent. General Stone estimates rural highway use at 46 million dollars yearly, more than any railroad’s operating expenses. improving roads would raise farm land values by about 5.12 billion dollars, justifying shared state and county funding for road metals and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Prairie States
Pacific States
United States
General Stone
Road Bureau
Roosevelt Aids A Farmer In Vermont? Deacon Barber Farmington Tale
President Roosevelt joins Deacon Barber of Farmington Connecticut on a mountain jaunt. He helps round up a stray herd of cows and declines a cider payment. Roosevelt joins Mrs. Cowles and friends during the outing, walking to ease a heart palpitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Barber
Farmington
Conn
United States
Roosevelt
Cowles
Cow
Deacon and President Roosevelt Help Round Up Stray Cattle
A deacon struggles to corral wandering cows when a passing stranger assists. The man, revealed later as President Theodore Roosevelt, shows clever aid by guiding the cattle into their pasture, sharing a cider offer and light banter before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Barber
President Roosevelt
Indigestion and Sailors of Old Times in One Page
A fragmentary magazine style page discusses indigestion caused by hurried meals and heavy fried foods, listing symptoms such as coated tongue and heartburn. It then shifts to a Pall Mall Magazine piece praising old sea sailors for enduring hardships, followed by a brief quip from a Philadelphia Press cartoon and a Somerville Journal anecdote about a hospital patient who quips about not being able to kick after losing his legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Thames
Tropics
Coleridge
Pall Mall Magazine
Hall Caine and the Kindness Mine Story
Hall Caine once worked in the Laxey lead mines in the Manx Mountains to cover a sick coworker and keep his job. The anecdote relates to the author and his novel themes of mercy and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Caine
Laxey
Manx Mountains
A Hard Blow Brings Winter Chill Across Atlanta
A brief, weather flavored note from the Atlanta Constitution remarks on harsh winter winds and the fragile gold leaves. The excerpt humorously warns of a future heat while the current season bites. It cautions not to overrepeat the joke, acknowledging differing senses of humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Collars and Presidents Shape a Roosevelt Style Fashion Tale
The piece traces neckwear evolution from Lincoln to Roosevelt, noting collars vary by president and era. It cites Grant, Johnson, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley, and Adams, then shifts to a broader discussion of women’s clubs seeking practical, community service aims beyond self culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Grant
Grait
Lincoln
Tosti
Tim
Andrew Johnson
White House
Arthur
Ife
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Melxinley
John Q. Adams
New York Sun
Women clubs and their bold winter program in a Midwestern town
A small remote Midwestern town shows strong desire for intellectual work through a winter club program. Topics span Wellington’s Waterloo result to democracy, Rousseau, Japanese-Chinese relations, Buddhism versus Confucianism, and the impact of women’s self culture noted by Helen Churchill Dundee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wielf
Praulries
Middle West
Wellington
Waterloo
Helen Churchill Dundee
New York State
Heiress Dies Poor and Unclaimed Fortune Found
Mary Bach Minich, once Wilkes-Barre beauty, died pauper in a poorhouse. Rudolph Bach left $40,000 to his niece, but no will, and administrators will transfer funds to Bach’s kin. Minich lived on a mountain roadhouse worker’s pay, died at 86 unaware of the fortune awaiting recovery by Bach’s heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miaiel
Amaim Lanse Clinge
New York
Rudolph Bach
Brooklyn
Tie
Ladkenburg, Thalman & Co
Wall Street
Bach
Miss Mary Bach
Deo Mary Bach
Wilkes-Barre
Rudolph Rachs
Williai Minich
Coventost
Duaury
Jacob Matthias
Seven Mile Duke
Minieh
Matthias
Tikko
Testate
Dbaukers
Munich
Magtthias
Toalay Toor Iivertor Tisch
New York World
Seven Was His Fate Franklin Johnson Dies After Illness
Franklin Johnson of New York died after a week of illness at his residence in West 40th Street in the 77th year. Born in 1825, he was the last of a long NY family. his wife survives, with no children. The obituary notes a lifelong preoccupation with the number seven and references a distant Civil War era lineage through his grandfather and Ethan Allen kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin John
Franklin Johnson
Pueir Micula
GE West 4Gt Street
New York
Tia
Mr. Johnson
West 40Th Street
Johinsen
West Std Street
Ove
Johnson
New York Herald
Gen. Washington
Aly
Ethan Allen
Mysteries From Ancient Egypt And Atlantic Seas
The article surveys ancient relics from Menes era and a queen’s jewelry two millennia older than known pieces, then shifts to natural history detailing North American mammals rising from 300 to over 1000 species in 44 years and vast sea waves near New Brunswick. It also notes mahogany harvesting methods, meteor height estimates, phototherapy for smallpox, and a stage door mob scene with an actor fleeing a crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Eliott
America
Mexico
New Brunswick
Poly
Taudrum
Menes
Heyprhin
Ofter
Dakshur
Central
South America
Royal Meteorological Observatory
Biot
Brayals
Mann
Callandran
Scbiaparelli
Marie Davy
Ritter
Robert Ball
Good Story Of A Bad Actor By Booth Tarkington
The tale recalls a Western actor branded the worst living performer by critics and friends. At a frontier one night, ticket sales expose class divisions as general admission seats sell well while reserved seats sit empty, prompting townsfolk to whisper about the show and its cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinmlet
Tie
New York
O Fonely Sone
Booth Tarkington
Monsieur Beaucaire
Lowever
Seeded gunpowder transformed Craigioharns rock tale
The London Daily Mail recounts how Alexander Nasmuth planted a rocky cliff at Blair Castle by firing seed-filled canisters from old cannons. Seeds sprouted into trees and climbers, turning a bare crag into verdant beauty cherished by visitors. It then surveys royal chairs and thrones including Westminster Abbey and St. George's Hall. It notes dazzling Eastern thrones in Teheran and a debate over the real shamrock behind Patrick. A meeting host signals a moment of importance to expect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Mearns
Blair Castle
Craigioharns
London Daily Mail
Alexander Nasmuth
Great Bridge
Westmingster Abbey
House of Lords
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Russia
Ivan the Terrible
St. George's Hall
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Shah
Delf
Europe
London Gardeners’ Chronicle
J. BE
Bicheno
Linnaean Society
St. Patrick’s
Neenhan
LANGUAGE OF LOVE AND HUMOR IN OLD NEWSPAPERS
A collage of quips and poems parodying love language, aging, and social mores. Snippets from Chicago Record-Herald and Detroit Free Press poke fun at romance, fame, and everyday folly with lighthearted jests and dialogue style. Funeral for a punchline tone echoes through the brief vignettes.
Educational Terselets and Domestic Jokes Asides
A collage of humorous vignettes and phrases from various papers. Dialogues touch on widows remarrying, a clever student’s misfires in psychology, joking exchanges about domestic life, and a London bus overheard scene. An average traveler’s air needs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tess
Jess
Philadelpha Press
Somerville Journal
Shopa
Finega
Copenhagen
Tiesen
Light Institute
London Hospital
Chicagos Record -Herald
Smith
Bettie
Dem
Pettie
Herald
Rudolph
Yuir
Tom
Detroit Free Press
Wes
Mike
Pete
Washington Star
Matt
Philadelphia
Mabel
Algernon Sidney Montrose
Shorty
Gasaway
Philadelphia Press
Chieats
Henry
Ariel
Chicago Record-Herald
Mrs. Fidgett
Mr. Fidgett
Mr. Fidgete
Bessie
John
Mr. Fidgetti
Boston Trauserigt
Philly
Chicago
London
Willie
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