Costly Roads and Road Building Progress Across States
The article surveys the economic impact of poor roads in Tennessee with estimates from Prof W W Carson and others, citing annual losses and potential savings through better dirt and macadam roads. It then tracks road construction cost declines in New Jersey and Camden County, noting cheaper stone road options and evolving materials, plus an anecdote about bird nest theft and sealing in a swallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Tennessee
Commonwealth
W. W. Carson
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Richard T. Ely
Johns Hopkins University
American Economics Association
Jenks
Knox College
Illinois
New Jersey
Telford
Camden County
Gloucester County
Burroughs
Children of Athens: games through ages
The passage recalls Athens children enjoying toys from dice and tops to mud pies and go-carts. It notes later games such as skimming stones, blindman's buff, hoop rolling, ducks and drakes, leap-frog, kite flying, see-sawing, and wax or clay dolls for girls, ending with a blindfold chase game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Blilndman
Intelligent Swallows Report Remarkable Bird Intelligence
Dr. F. H. Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institution records cliff swallows showing clever behavior while rebuilding nests. In a shed with nests under a loft, one bird paused in a half finished nest and a neighbor with a fresh pellet arrived, indicating deliberate action and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Knowlton
Smithsonian Institution
Doctor Knowlton
Floon
Two Old Clergymen and Socialist Vignettes
A column recounts Dr Hall of Princeton calming Cranberry church dispute with a tart joke and recalls Dominic Comfort a witty Presbyterian pastor. It notes New York socialist Jews leading agitation while German roots fade and a Pittsburg reading prompts a misremembered story from George W Cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Princeton
N. J
Presbyterian Church
Cranberry
Moderator
New Jersey
Dominic Comfort
Dr. Cannon
Theological Seminary
Reformed Dutch Church
Kingston
Brother Comfort
Dominie
Ae Socialista
New York
Socialist Party
Russia
Justus Schwab
1St Street
East Side
New York Advertiser
George W. Cable
Pittsburg
Selongadou
Holland’s Queen Wilhelmina May Marry Prince Alfred
In London it is believed Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh may wed the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina, born August 11 1880 in The Hague, is under regency by her mother during Holland’s minority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
London
Alfred
Duke of Edinburgh
Wilhelmina
the Hague
Where Farming Pays in the Northwest
The fragment hints at a regional farming theme in the Northwest. No clear event date or entities are readable to confirm a specific article or details.
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Stephen A. Powers
Norarr
Angola
Indissa
W. W. Snyder
Airthorney - At - Law and Notary Public
Fremont, Indiana
Bae OF
Susan Bat
Mawr
G. Bats
Dees
Pasvneas
Hilton House
Fremont
Ind
RB. Heberling
Aspans
Ripans
Ripans Chemical Co
Sfroce , Mew
York City
Aly Heeler
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. CO
Wabash Ave
Chisage
A. M. Wells
Nates
Tims
Eureka Chemical & M'f’g Co
Ladrosis
Wis
Offica
Pioneer Press
Ouran Yas
Baers, Tet
Ian
Ammunition &c
Shelf Groceries
Sporting Goods &E
W. N. McKeehen
Fremont, Ind
Aggs
Fremont Eagle
Virginia
Tidewater
C. H. Bovee
Gen’l Land
Coldwater, Mich
Pam
A. Pilliod
Bryan
Cincinnati Express
Sinsingatt
Star
Ezpress Op
Coseee Osd
Coesh
Cincinnati
Alvento
Detroit
Addison
Toland No
Monteith
United States
B. Drags
T. O. M. Bomindlan
Gen
Ledo, Obio
Tin
Ae Card—L
R’y. Ravined
Waterloo
Jaokeen
Medale
Wayne
Reve
Ban Asdale
Lea
Tath
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