Knowledge of Country: U S Railways Lead in World Transport
A historian notes America's supremacy in transportation, focusing on railways. It cites 1911 railway mileage totals of 241,199 miles in the United States and 38 percent of world mileage, with capital investments, rate comparisons, and average wages for rail workers across nations, laying groundwork for future comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Rus
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Switzerland
Russia
Know America as a proud civic ideal in this nation
A promotional piece urges Americans to value civics and progress, comparing national achievement to past civilizations. It lauds industry, innovation, and leadership, citing figures like Miller and McCormick, and previews a series on America’s transportation and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Egypt
Jerusalem
Greece
Phoe
Michael Angelo
Hill
Guttenberg
McCormick
The Telegraph and Telephone Triumph of American Industry
A sweeping praise of telegraph and telephone systems as the era’s supreme American achievements. It lauds invention and organization, notes United States leadership in global telephone use, investment, conversations, and wire mileage, and highlights the U.S. dominance in world communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Postal Savings Opens to All Ten Year Olds and Up
A new Postal Savings leaflet by Postmaster General Burleson states that any person in the United States aged ten or older may open a postal savings account after July 1. The plan allows deposits by mail from residents in sparsely served areas via local postmasters and nearby designated banking offices. The program highlights foreign-born depositors and a growing national confidence, with deposits rising by 19 million in eight months ending April 1 and total accounts expanding as savings are redirected into commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Burleson
Goveror Deckry
Genera
Sabre County Missourian
Thoney
Rew
Gener Burleson
Postal Savings
Post [Office Department
Mass of Proof Shows Kidney Pills Help Many
In a nationwide wave of testimonials about kidney trouble, about 20 000 cases are cited with 30 100 recommendations across 6 000 papers. One Hickory case from Elmion Hahn details severe back pain, swelling, and fatigue eased by Doan's Kidney Pills, purchased at Dean's Drug Store, with the Buffalo Yrops agency listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
United States
Elmion Hahn
Dean
Price Inc
Hahn
Holy City Oratorio Presented at Lenoir College
Hickory residents will be invited to a performance of The Holy City an oratorio by A R Gaal at Lenoir College on Friday May 21 at 830 p m Sixty voices drawn from the college and Hickory trained over five months under Esther V Shultz provide the chorus The work centers on the desire for a higher life with scripture as the bulk of the text except for two hymns a Milton verse and three Te Deum verses Tickets are available at Lutz Drug Store with admission 35 and 50 cents
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Hickory
Holy City
A. R. Gaal
Lenoir College
Esther V. Shultz
Lutz’ Drug Store
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Setzer & Russell
Lutz’s Drug Store
Grandview
Public Square
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Sane
Aished
Steper
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