Best Investments for Farmers
Col. Francis Vinton Greene argues good roads boost farming profits in Harper's and The Knoxville Tribune. He cites state per mile road spending, cost savings from macadam roads, and potential $9,000,000 annual freight savings for the New York Central system. He endorses funding roads via 15–20 year bonds repaid by road taxes, noting nearby towns already see rising land values from road improvements.
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Col
Francis Vinton Greene
Butterfield
Union College
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Col. Greene
New York Central Railroad
Harper’s Weekly
Harper's
Effect of the War on China and Chinese Happiness
A Paris based Chinese scholar argues the war has robbed China of tranquility and happiness. He says Japanese civilization will destroy traditions and values, leaving Chinese people eager for conquest and restless. He defends Chinese contentment and warns against envy and covetousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republique Francaise
Paris
Ducks Nesting in Trees in Hyde Park Captioned
A London correspondent reports ducks preferring tree nests in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. He witnessed a brood of fourteen being guided from a hollow twelve to fifteen feet high to the water as a keeper and an intelligent police officer observed the scene.
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London
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Elma
Serentine
Terra Firma
St James
Cats That See No Daylight At New York Post Office
A Washington News report recounts Mr. Lambert’s study of about 50 to 200 cats kept in a New York City post office basement. The room is always lit by artificial light to deter mice, and the cats appear to live in perpetual night, howling and scratching despite hundreds of workers nearby.
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Big City
New York
Lambert
Normandie
Washington News
Egypt
War Correspondent in Japan Shifts to News for Pay
At a deadlock Ed ward A. Murphy, famed journalist, was dispatched as special correspondent to Japan. The San Francisco Post reports the manager threatened to pay by word earned only for news. Murphy’s reply, via cable, emphasized the cash news exchange. Lent is noted as an ancient Christian observance with unclear origins.
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Japan
Edward A. Murphy
Milkado UN
Murphy
Colect
San Francisco Post
Cheap Parrots Cost Dime in South American Regions
A report notes parrots priced at 10 cents in certain South American locales. Traders describe regional price variation and demand factors influencing lower costs.
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South America
Farming Prospects in Virginia Outshine Northwest Hardships
The note promotes Virginia farming as favorable with stable climate and cheap land, contrasting with Northwest woes of low wheat prices, harsh winters and summer cyclones. It urges readers to seek out favorable conditions and cheap land in Virginia.
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Virginia
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Stephen A. Powers
Artormer
Sawage Notary Postic
Secedente Optates
Reeves
Angola
Indiana
W. W. Snyder
Fremont
Bank OF Fremo
Braar Barz
Newt. G. Barz
Hilton House
Grummond’s Mackinac Line Steamers
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Mackinac Is
Cheboygan
St. Ignace
Alpena
Lake Huron
Mackinse Island
Mackae
Mackines Iniana
U. Grant Grummond
Grummond, JR
Nag General
Mich
Fukk
Iran
Third Creek
Knoxville
Tribune
China
Eureka Chemical & M’t'g Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Pioneer Press Company
W. Honmtom
St. Paul, Minn
Eureka Chemical
M‘t'g Co
Sire
C. W. Hoasrox
Ammunition &c
Sporting Goods
W. N. McKeehen
Fremont, Ind
Fremont Eagle
Tidewater
C. H. Bovee
Coldwater, Mich
Freq Mills
A. Pilliod
Nefacturer
C.J
M. R. R. Yims
Bryan
Cincinnati & Allegan Matt
Chicago
Ezpreas
Luna
Cincinnati
Allegan Matt
Voamee
Alverdhan
Addison
Monteith
United States
B. Drake
T. C. M. Scrindler
G. P
Ledo
Ohio
Jackson
Nob
R’y. Bloo
WERT
Oef
Boing
Aro
T & D Ae
Fort Wayne
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