Europe’s splendid highways and the move to good roads
The article traces the rise of macadam and toll roads in Europe led by Telford and Mackadam, highlighting Italy’s coast road from Sorrento to Salerno and Swiss plans. It contrasts European progress with American costs, noting vast public road networks in India and Greece and early turnpikes before railways.
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Europe
Macadam
Telford
Iisa
Balaam
Sorrento
Italy
Salerno
Gulf of Salerno
Rhone
Meiningen
Handegg Falls
Hanley
Rhone Glacier
America
New York
Firth of Forth
Spain
India
Greece
Rogland
Russia
Athens
United States
Roads and Authority in Colonial America and Britain
A writer argues that specialization boosts productivity and that road administration should be centralized away from local authorities. He cites Franklin and Washington on early central control, notes the railway era reduced road interests, and argues modern laws renew the push for centralized management to improve efficiency and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott's Magazine
Franklin
Washington
United States
Comnom
John Brown and Senator Proctor Across Vermont Valley
George Alfred Townsend recalls visiting Vermont in 1858 where Senator Proctor met John Brown. Brown spoke on Kansas, impressed a listener who donated money. Townsend notes Brown’s calm, strategic view of force, and his Harper’s Ferry raid as part of a larger historic character.
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Senator Proctor
Vermont
Measant Valley
John Brower
Harper's Ferry
George Alfred Townsend
John Brown
Brown
Kansas
Proctorville
Rutland
Guv
Metcher’s
Virginia
Missouri
Forrest
Stuart
Presidents Nicknames Reflect Public Perception Across Eras
The article surveys how U S presidents have acquired nicknames varying in tone from admiration to ridicule. It cites Andrew Jackson as Old Hickory and The Old Hero, Van Buren as Whisky Van and King Martin, Lincoln as Uncle Abe and Father Abraham, and Johnson as Sir Vero, noting the long English tradition of monarch nicknames like The Pinareddys.
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Cinematus
Anerica
Americus Fabius
Jackson
New Orleans
van Buren
Whisky van
Martin Fliat
Ollower
Lincoln
Abe
Massa Linkum
Abraham
Johason
Sir Vero
Odds and Ends From Across the Nation of 1890s
A light survey of oddities includes a Massachusetts man walking to the Klondike with snewshoes and a joke about bald heads in Indiana prisons. It notes rising Canadian sexagenarians, Adelaide Sherry’s Indiana farm reach, horse market shifts, and a British colors ban.
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Massachusetts
Klondike
Indiana
Woman Fights Copperhead at Milford Road Mansion
Mrs. S. Cummings of a Milford road historic mansion, four miles south of Port Jervis New York, killed a copperhead in her bedroom after a quick struggle. She had previously bitten by a rattlesnake three years ago when detaining a creature near a stone wall.
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S. Cummings
Milford Road
Port Jervis
N. Y
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Chicago
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Husking
St. John
N. B
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New York “Society
Bureau of Social Requirements
Circuit
Sypeal
Henrietta J. Lyon
Newark
N. J
Leah D. Jones
Newbarn
N. C
Patent Office
British Mercantile Marine
Government Board of Trade
London
Board of Trade
Boston Transcript
S. I. Repperd’s
Prren
Jessen
Jay W. Stroh
Angola Steam Laundry
John G. Yeagley
Fremont
Emory G. Melendy
Picsover Bank of
Fremont, Ind
D. H. Patchen
M.D
A. D. Caswell
Mia
Burdich
D. of Womens
Stephen A. Powers
Arronmsty
Norany Poszio
Qntates
Reeves’ Jewelry Store
Angola
B. F. Wolfe
Bank OF Fremont
Bueax Bau
Nawr. d. Bats
Covengeners
Oldcat
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
C.J
M. R.Y
Esa von Ryan
Cincinnati &Jackeon Mail
Cincinnati & Jackeon Express
Jacheon & Cincinnati Mail
Jackson & Cincinnati Express
Jackson and
Jackson and van Wart
Loos
Mich
Cincinnati
Allegan
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AIR Line
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