English Roads and Bridges Enduring and Picturesque
An observer notes English roads and bridges, built to last for generations. He recalls a gardener’s lesson on lawn making and explains how Roman foundations and early road work still support modern lanes and hedges.
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England
America
London
Surrey
Wales
Canterbury
Secret Service Highlights Counterfeiting Wave and King of Counterfeiters
At a Police Chiefs Association of New York State meeting officials report 532 arrests by the Secret Service Treasury division for crimes including counterfeiting and currency alterations. The King of Counterfeiters, Wm. E. Brockway of New York, remains at large under surveillance as authorities note shifting methods and rising note denomination falsifications.
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Police Chiefs Association
New York State
International Association of Police Chiefs
United States
Secret Service Division
the Treasury
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
California
Missouri
Alaska
Indiana
Illinois
Middle West
Secret Service
Hawaii
Wilkie
Honolulu
Richard Sylvester
Police Department of
Interna
Tional Association of Police Chiefs
Wm. E. Brockway
N. Y
Brockway
Opportunity magazine premium offer for stereoscope promotion
A vintage advertisement forOpportunity magazine offering a crystal tens aluminum stereoscope as a premium to attract subscribers. The ad praises the 50 cent monthly magazine with wide coverage of irrigation westward development, agriculture, industry, and home reading, urging immediate action and safe payment methods.
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Opportunity
America
Krakatoa eruption reveals global atmospheric winds
The Krakatoa eruption sent dust high into the atmosphere, forming a global dust wind that circled the equator. Observers noted air waves traveling twice around the world and observed winds that completed a full circuit in about thirteen days.
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Gobe
Yellowstone Park
San Francisco
Paris
Mexico City
Chickamauga Park
Havana
Cuba
Pekin
China
Lookout Mountain
Mississippi
Garden of Gethsemane
Palestine
National Capitol
Washion
Pantheon
Rome
Niagara Falls
Ovid
Judgment Seat
Jerusalem
Krakatoa
Central America
Earth
Straits of
Sunda
Equator
Violin Music Arouses Animals Differently in Menagerie
In violin experiments the instrument most unsettled the puma which grew excited by lively tunes and calmed by slow ones. Wolves listened with interest, lions and hyenas feared, leopards were indifferent, and monkeys watched the performance in astonishment.
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Dearborn St
Chicago
Reawar
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Stedmers
Gols Kirtland Bros
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