City Plans Road Improvements and Savings
Fairfield reports streets in good condition thanks to Superintendent Chapels and a new Avery road razer. The machine cuts grading costs by at least ten dollars daily versus the old team grader, enabling quicker work with one operator. Next year will see paving plans for alleys near the square and East Burlington street toward Chautauqua park, plus other smaller projects as funds permit.
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Fairfield
East Burlington Street
Chautauqua Park
Old Age as Active Leadership Across History
The piece argues that aging need not mean inactivity, citing figures like the Earl of Halsbury and other centenarian leaders. It lists politicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs who achieved great work late in life, urging regard for elder wisdom in government and business.
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Earl of Halsbury
House of Lords
Halsbury
England
Earl of Ducie
van Baron Eversley
Senator Lodge
Senator Millingham
Senator Culberson
Joe Cannon
Battle of Lepanto
von Moltke
Commodore Vanderbilt
Socrates
Pasteur
Columbus
Voltaire
Newton
Spencer
Talleyrand
Thomas Jefferson
Galileo
Train your brain to beat old age
The piece urges aging readers to keep a sharp mind. It contrasts impulsive youth with cautious experience and argues that mental fitness can make old age successful, encouraging continuous learning and clear thinking.
Memorial buildings replace bare monuments after World War I
Seventeen states plan memorial projects that mix beauty and usefulness to honor fallen soldiers. Universities in Illinois Kansas and Nebraska build large memorial facilities while states consider memorial bridges libraries and milestones. Memorial trees and highway tree lines gain popularity as part of the tribute.
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England
France
University of Illinois
Illinois
University of Kansas
University of Nebraska
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Harrisurg
Indianapolis
American Legion
Massachusetts
Boston
Colorado
Virginia
Utah
New York Harbor
Golden Gate
Chicago
Florida
Government ownership questioned for utilities in France
The Davenport Democrat notes that France’s state takeover of its telephone system has not produced better results than private operation, citing losses and inefficiency. It argues U S systems, and corporations, often outperform government utilities, with railroads showing the strongest incentive for improved service through competition.
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France
United States
Louis Deschamps
Millerand
Davenport
Lord Northcliffe Denies Interview About Ireland Views
The text notes Lord Northcliffe’s strenuous attempts to disclaim authorship of an interview on King George V’s Ireland views. It implies he may have revealed information and seeks Editor Wickham Steed to confront the fallout.
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Lord Northcliffe
King George
Ireland
Wickham Steed
Lloyd George
Primmer
Lord Curzon
Washington
Northcliffe
Bloomin’ H
Buckingham Palace
Commons
Lord Northcliff
H. Wickham Steed
The
London Times
Tha
Roads and Farmlands Give Iowa Edge in Transportation
The essay notes eastern states have shallow soil allowing easy permanent roads but poor farm land. Iowa's deep soil makes road paving costly yet yields strong farms. All-year roads in Iowa link farms to towns, surpassing city-only connectivity. The piece argues roads without farming value are limited.
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Iowa
Lloyd George Northcliffe feud spurs sensational political farce
A parody of the Northcliffe Lloyd George feud unfolds with telegrams, palace visits, and a stalled embassy, ending in a mock quarrel over a hair cut while expected political fallout unfolds. Other items note Fairfield returning home, gravel lands, a restaurant suit, and a rattlesnake TB tale.
Extravagance and a Clubroom Conversation
A club crowd riffs on excess with a Parliament of remarks about extravagance. A line about the Neweds hints at a costly going away outfit, while a garage remark exposes curiosity about a carburetor and temptation to tamper.
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Senator Cummins
County Sunday School Picnic Draws Thousands At Chautauqua Park
A county wide Sunday school picnic at Chautauqua park drew about 8 000 attendees. A parade twenty six blocks long with 800 vehicles showcased floats from all denominations including Woolson Quaker church. Dr Black and Rev Butler spoke, a ventriloquist entertained, and games filled the day.
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All County
Chautauqua Park
Quaker Church
Woolson
Unkrich
Dr. Black
Washington
Roland Butler
Minneapolis
the Baptist Church
Kentucky man delivers tobacco with two chickens
A Kentucky driver brings a load of tobacco to an Indiana warehouse. After weighing and fees, 59 cents remain unpaid. The cashier suggests paying with a chicken and the man returns with two chickens saying he has another load to cover the bill.
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Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Indianapolis News
Struggling English Student Seeks Stenographer at Penn
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports John Jeffries V of England offers $80 000 a year to hire a stenographer skilled in shorthand to work Sundays indexing and preparing his law cases at the University of Pennsylvania. The second year student is popular for his democratic ways despite wealth.
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University of Pennsylvania
John Jeffries
England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jeffries
Blackstone
John Temple
Ireland
House of Lords
Japanese Remain Buddhists to Indianization of Hawaii
Rev Ulysses G Murphy of the American Bible Society urged in Honolulu that about eighty percent of Japanese in Hawaii sugar camp settlements remain Buddhist and untouched by Christian propaganda. He warned Americanization must address Japanese language schools to succeed and noted the elder generation is forty years behind Japan in modern understanding.
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Hawaii
Ulysses G. Murphy
American Bible Society
Honolulu
Murphy
Almanac Fragments Praise Independence and Pioneering
A Keene New Hampshire collection of almanacs recalls colonial warnings of revolt and a Lord Raimes prophecy praising American potential. It notes the era’s young westward land sales at 20 cents per acre and mortuary statistics from 1797 showing high child mortality, with few living past a century.
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America
Keene
N. H
Washington
Lord Raimes
North American
Britain
Ireland
Ohio
Almanac
United States
Cowboy hero rides to save cattle across canyon leaps
A cowboy driving steer to Leadville camps on Bear River near the Little Snake. A midnight stampede drives horses to leap a long canyon four miles wide and up to 2,000 feet deep. Daylight reveals hoofmarks and dead cattle after the herd circled the plateau and fell.
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Leadville
Bear River
Little Snake
Night in the Forest Prelude to Contemplation Scene
The passage evokes a nocturnal tapestry where whippoorwills, owls, rapids, and distant scrapes set a mood of solitude. It traces the nocturnal chorus and the white throated sparrow’s silver note as a Moonlit call to reflection.
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Stewart Edward White
Netting Wild Animals in Asia Magazine Guide
Charles Mayer explains netting as a simple method to capture animals. Nets are sized to target species and placed across trails, camouflaged with leaves and grass to blend with the ground. When an animal steps on it, the net falls and tangles the creature, sometimes requiring cutting to free it.
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Charles Mayer
Asia Magazine
Heard at a Reception about Art and Culture
Report on a social exchange where Ann spoke earnestly about art and culture, while one guest admits nodding off during the conversation, joking that the topic had an anaesthetic effect. The exchange appears in the Boston Transcript style.
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Ann
Boston Transcript
Glassware at Leber's and elephant height measurement
An article notes that in the Indian commissariat elephants are measured by height to apportion food. It explains current practice uses a crossbar gauge, while a former method wrapped a rope around the front foot and doubled the length, yielding about a quarter inch more but never less than actual height.
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Indian Commissariat
Peat Fuel Seen as Coal Substitute in Minnesota
A Minneapolis company advances peat as a coal substitute with a drying plant turning 700 tons of wet peat daily into 100 tons of dry fuel. One operator runs the digger macerator spreader, tested at University of Minnesota facilities in a Minneapolis office. A 500 ton daily crusher and plans for ten peat digging machines on Minnesota bogs in spring.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Delivering the Goods and the Wire Photo Idea
Edouard Belin spoke at a New York dinner about wireless photograph transmission. He noted predecessors had theory but lacked execution due to backers' demand for prompt delivery, and cited a Whistler anecdote about a sitter eager for a finished portrait.
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Edouard Belin
New York
Whistler
Mr. Whistler
Boys Form Reforestation Clubs In Louisiana Schools
Reforestation clubs for boys are being formed in public schools across Louisiana. Seeds and trees are supplied by the state department of conservation and prizes are offered for the best results. The program follows a Forest Service assertion that timber in the United States is cut and burned four times faster than it grows.
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Louisiana
State Department of Conservation
Forest Service
United States
Not Wasted. A playful barbs over unrequited love
Footelighte admits courting for six years while Sue Brett-So comments on a former love. The quip notes she is now a film star and praises her acting. The exchange hints at social pride and the lure of celebrity without dwelling on details.
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Sue Brett
Venus
Mercury in Simple Terms for Young Readers
A short description of Mercury comparing its size to the Moon, noting it is a solid planet with density akin to a lead sphere of the same bulk. It highlights Mercury as a small, rocky world smaller than Earth and roughly three times the Moon’s diameter.
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Mercury
Moon
Earth
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