Highway Trade Growth Tied to Parcel Post and Rail Delays
The article argues rapid mail delivery depends on interrail trunk lines to reach small towns, boosting parcel post for perishables and linking producers with consumers. It cites over 1 1 million miles of public roads, a $300 million annual highway outlay, and 8 5 million autos using highways while noting tourism shifts toward seeing America.
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Perfect Agriculture: Aims for Scientific Farming Progress
A fragmented passage argues for attracting scientific attention to agriculture. It emphasizes rational systems, trade and industry links, and applying scientific principles to improve farming methods and outcomes. The text links agriculture to state wealth and national advancement.
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Delivery campaign aims to free workers for vital industries
The Commercial Economy Board of the Council of National Defense reports success of cooperative delivery and centralized systems. Weighing trials across 16,000,000 population, the plan saved labor and boosted service. About 150,000 workers could be freed for mining railways and other essential tasks. conferences included 48 State councils with representatives from Connecticut New York Indiana and Washington among others.
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Tobacco's CreCentral Hero: Henstridge Ash Village Claim
Tradition ties tobacco to Sir Walter Raleigh by legend, but Henstridge Ash in Somersetshire asserts the village as origin. The community, centered on the Old Ash or Virginia Inn, reportedly hosted the first tobacco smoking, with local champions supporting the claim.
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The Value of Words in Business Communication
The article notes that mischoosing words can embarrass a speaker and hinder business men who struggle to express themselves. It advocates studying a dictionary to gain freedom and accuracy in speaking and writing, suggesting daily brief practice yields quick benefits.
Tiffany’s Cold Spring estate shines in Harpe Bazaar feature
Louis C. Tiffany founder of Tiffany Studios shares his dream of a beautiful home. The Cold Spring, New York estate is described with vivid detail in Harpe Bazaar, offering readers ideas to beautify and enhance their own surroundings.
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Wearing of Wool and the longing for a thinner age
The extract discusses a past fad that claimed wool clothing would cure many ailments and slim the body, noting it had some success but would not usher in a millennium. It remarks that even in hot weather the appetite for lighter clothing persists.
Manders in the long arc of regional history
The fragment notes Manders figures across centuries of peace and war in a region between Calais and Aeothe. It recalls Tar Deck as part of Belgicn Secunda during the Roman era, highlighting the area’s industrial towns, large populations, and democratic rule.
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Intervals of Rest and Active Will in Gaining Knowledge
A compact note stresses balancing rest and activity to better understand external things. It urges using intervals of pause to sharpen focus, then resume effort to acquire clearer knowledge, aligning will with learning.
Earths Vast Land Areas Charted In A 1900s Study
The text outlines estimates of Earths total area and land use divisions with figures such as 190 707 000 square miles total and 55 5000 square miles water. It lists fertile regions, deserts and unproductive plains in square miles and mentions a quip about vanity from Robert Louis Stevenson. It also advertises home remedies for insect bites and joint inflammation.
Man who hires fools deserves little sympathy
A spoken proverb compares hiring a fool to choosing a balky mule, voiced by Uncle Eben. The quote cautions that those who hire incompetence invite trouble and deserve scant understanding.
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A Lord Confronts a Pocket-Picker in Mock Indignity
Lord Rocksavage caught a thief in the act of picking his pocket. He grasped the culprit’s hand and, with a disgusted glance, flung it away saying no gentleman would touch another’s pocket without washing first.
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Gettied Out of Court Proposal Sparks Courtroom Quip
In a playful exchange a judge notes a suitor proposed to Alice last night but slow to respond. The remarks highlight a light hearted moment amid formal proceedings as the court jokes about time to consider the proposal and the term used for a delay.
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