Wisconsin to spend over four million on roads in 1914
Wisconsin highway commission announces more than 4 million dollars for statewide road work in 1914, with Milwaukee receiving about 241,235 and Milwaukee’s share highlighted. The plan increases total road spending from the prior year, lists county allocations, and notes 1,400 road projects completed in 1912. The piece also covers Knights Templar officers elections and state fair discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madixon
Wisconsin
Highway Commission
Adams
Ashland
Barron
Bayfeld
Brown
Buffalo
Barc Ott
Calumat
Chippens
Clarke
Coombix
Crawford
Dane
Dodge
Door
Davglan
Dunn
Eau Claire
Forence
Fond du Lac
Forest
Grant
Grean
Green Snne
Marathon
Marinette
Marquette
Milwaukee
Monroe
Oconto
Oneida
Qaragamis
Ozaukee
Taplin
Plerae
Elk
Hyeunsin
Knights Templar
Matheson
Janesville
Eputy
Robert R.!ang
Stacine
Charles Lamb
Madison
Enera
David Harlane
Walter
Ore
Knights Mplar
Elacpu
Willan
W. Perry
Perry
Grand Chapter
Oyal Arch-Masons
Counsel Royal
Mana
Supreme Council
Grand Inspectora
State Pair Association
Wisconsla
Il- Unoda
Gustav A. Kletzsch
Hhnolean
Illinoia
Springhidd
State Fair Board
Springfield
Springfeld
Twelve Streets Named Among World’s Most Famous Thoroughfares
A London based inquiry lists twenty leading streets recognized globally, including Regent Street Oxford Street and Fleet Street in London, Champs Elysees in Paris, Rue de Rivoli, Berlin’s Unter den Linden, Lisbon’s Avenida, Shanghai’s Poochow road and The Bund, Melbourne’s Burke and Collins streets, New York’s Broadway and Fifth Avenue. The piece argues these twenty form the core candidates for the dozen most famous streets, with nine British entries and diverse international sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Weekly Telegraph
Regent Atrest
Oxford Street
Strand
Fleet Street
Cheapside
Whitebatl
Princes Street
Edinburgh
O'Connell Street
Oxford
High Street
Champa Elysees
Paris
Rue de Rivoli
Unter den Linden
Berlin
Avenida
Lisbon
Poochow Road
Shanghai
the Bund
Shangha
Novak
Prospect
St. Petersburg
Collina Street
Melbourne
Burke Street
Broadway
New York
Fifth Avenue
Russia
Portugal
Germany
Whitehall
Nevski
Eixteen
Sackville Street
Dublin
Uuad
Fooseehow Road
World's Most Famous Streets Proposed List
A discussion ranks Fleet Street and London’s Regent Street as top London entries, with Paris Champs Élysées, Broadway and Fifth Avenue in New York, Princes Street in Edinburgh, High Street in Oxford, Unter den Linden in Berlin, Collins Street in Melbourne, and Foocheow Road in Shanghai among the world’s best known thoroughfares.
Falls Devour Birds and Animals in Niagara Gorge History
New York reports detail the Niagara Falls gwan trap and a flood of dead waterfowl, fish, deer, bears, and other wildlife carried over the falls. Observers including Kalm and Weld describe birds sinking, entangled by the current, and carcasses strewn along the shore amid a putrid stench and scavenging predators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Niagara
Albert Hazen Wright
Peter Kalm
Birde
Witch
Oswego
Isaac Weld
DeWitt Clinton
Cagtes
Sion
Big Island
Thaw Repays Kindness With $50 Note to Garceau
Harry K. Thaw sent a $50 check to P Garceau, a Canadian migration officer, thanking him for the kindness shown when Thaw was deported from Matteawan. Garceau had loaned Thaw his overcoat on the cold morning as he was rushed across the boundary into the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Harry K. Thaw
P Garceau
Canticook
Matteawan
Garceau
Thaw
United States
Hale Comptroller Downey Cuts Funeral Bill in Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury George B. Downey reduced a funeral bill in Hale Washington to 188 dollars. The reduction covered costs for a hearse and a back, enabling a “decent funeral” for the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Washington
Th Treasury
George B. Downey
Appleton-Lighting strike causes 3000 dollar loss at Anton Steldla farm
Appleton reports a lightning strike at the Anton Steldla farm that caused about 3000 dollars in damage. The roundup of briefs notes tag day proceeds of 510.62 by Associated Charities in Fond du Lac and various local incidents across multiple Wisconsin towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Anton Steldla
Fond du Lac
Associated Charities
Sheboygan
Richard
Bernard Bauman
Antigo
Bert Jewell
Monroe
Pattle
J. F. Roub
Michael Kobo
Chicago
Madison
J. H. Eliason
Plainfield
Ewerich
Bla Posse
Gancroft
Oshkosh
Winnebago
John Fisch
Lile
State Industrial Commission
Plankinton Pecking Company
Milwaukee
Louis Durbeal
Iojuriea
James
H. Stone
DeForest Tes
Ofce
Shehoygat
H. F. Leverenz
Society For the Prevention of
Sheboysan
St. Peter Clover Church
Raedoe
Mia
August Musll
Avica
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Road
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapide High School
Warren Robinson
Rock
Wood County
Charles Hersch
Henry Pacher
Pacher
Black River
Joseph Dunotgen
Nick Dunnigan
Lee Yards
North Fond du Lac
Ralph Fillmore
Chippewa Falls
la Crosse
John Peterson
Minneapolia
Peterson
Barron
Mississippi
New Ulm
Indiana
la Crosse Racine
Eagle Lake
Robert White
Walter Williams
White
Young Williams
Ind
Venosha
Victor Hikowitz
Kenosha
Alexander MiI Jer
Mip Jer
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Highway Commission OF
Templar
State
H. L.arn
Isconsin
Mercantile Mutual Re Insurance Company
Mutual Fire Incurion Company
Providence
Innauratee
Magles
W. 8. Chalmers
D. D
Philadelphia
American Flaptisc Publication Society
F. T. Enderls
der Christliche Apologete
John L. Alexander
The
Boy Scouts
International Sunday School Association
W. C. Pearce
Mra
Phoebe Curtiss
Columbus
Elizabeth Kilpatrick
Corinth
Mias
Maud A. Prise
Wellington
Kans
F. Shattuck
Neenah
Wisconsin Sunday School Association
State Association
Santa Claus
Lina Street
Islands
Fleet, Street
Regent
Champs Elysees
Edinburz
Verllo
Colllow Street
Foochaw Road
Anna V. Evans
Olive Or. Wilson
Jenkatown
Badger News
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