Illingworths Seek Bert Meade Amid Bridge Mystery
Helen Illingworth and Rodney pursue clues to Bert Meade’s whereabouts while Shurtliff faces a moral bind. Winters shares a lead from a ranch, suggesting Meade may be in the region as the Martlet bridge nears completion.
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Clingworth
Meade
Shurtliff
Helen
Rodney
Miss Illingworth
Helen Illingworth
Colonel Illingworth
Winters
Colonel Clingworth
Miss Slingworth
Harvard
Bert Meades
Curtiss
Illingworth
Mr. Shurtliff
Mr. Winters
Slingsworth
Bert
Ier
Helen Mling
Miss Clingworth
Rod
Martlet Bridge Company
Martlet Bridge firm scales new ventures after storms
The Martlet Bridge company, weathering hardship, expands operations beyond the International bridge project. Directors bid on smaller works and begin a grand steel viaduct near Coronado and a steel arch over the Kicking Hole ravine, while Colonel Illingworth plans a southwest inspection tour with Helen amid strain.
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Bertram Meade
Rodney
Meade
America
Coronado
South America
Europe
Asia
Helen Illingworth
Helen
Colonel Illingworth
Miss Illingworth
Curtiss
Martlet Bridge Company
Alread
Kicking Hole
Big Mesa
Christma
Illingworth
Elsinore myths debunk Hamlet landmarks and sites
A discussion notes Elsinore Denmark as a port city near Sweden famed for Shakespearean links. It debunks tourist myths about Hamlet’s grave Ophelia’s brook and the ghost platform, explaining how real sites and monuments shifted over time and the human liking to anchor drama in concrete places.
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Elsinore
Denmark
Sweden
Kipling
Spakespeare
Hamiet
Hamlet
Ophelia
Eilsinore
Shakespeare
Prince
Navy Adds Advanced Kite Balloon at Pensacola
The new Pensacola kite balloon features no posterior rubber bag and includes an under side air flap near the middle. Stability is aided by tail cups and a rear reel carrying 2,000 feet of cable powered from a motorcar shaft. The envelope measures 81 feet long and 22 feet at its widest.
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Navy
Navy Aeronautical Station
Pensacola
Fla
Popular Mechanics
Making Homes and the Value of Family Affection
A Milwaukee Journal reflection on home life as a training ground for character. It emphasizes tenderness in family affection, the removal of selfishness and malice, and the mutual concessions that sustain happy homes and curb cruelty. It notes animals feel the benefits of a tender heart and urges more good will in daily dealings.
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Milwaukee Journal
Clock Struck One Aboard the Courtroom Banter
A terse exchange captures a judge noting the time as a clock strikes one and a witness or participant jokes about waking by alarm. The fragment hints at a courtroom moment with a playful remark about sleep and punctuality.
Allotment for 1918 National Forest Road Work by State
Secretary Houston announces the 1918 allotment from a ten year federal aid program for national forest roads and trails. California leads with 140 988 dollars. Alaska 40 354. Idaho 108 730. Oregon 128 111. Colorado 62 575. Montana 70 042. Washington 91 944. Wyoming 40 684. Nevada 19 296. Utah 41 167. Arizona 58 004. New Mexico 42 495. South Dakota 8 092. Florida 9 995 combined. several eastern states receive 21 120. a 10 percent contingency is withheld.
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Houston
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Florida
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Georgia
Maine
New Hampshire
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Concrete floors preferred for bridges in Minnesota guidance
The Minnesota State Highway Commission urges county boards and district engineers to avoid wooden floors in bridges. Replacing wood floors with concrete is cheaper long term and safer, especially on light truss structures.
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Minnenesota
Minnesota State Highway Commission
Bad Roads Very Expensive for Farmers and States
An American Review of Reviews excerpt argues for road improvement, noting that poor roads raise costs for hauling grain and limit farming planning. It cites 23 cents per ton mile on bad roads versus 13 cents on good roads and mentions rising state and local funding and better machinery.
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American Review of Reviews
Evangel of Good Roads Drives Car Sales Drive
The piece argues the automobile is the evangel of the good roads movement and claims every five passenger touring car purchase improves road networks. It urges readers to buy touring cars to become advocates for better roads.
Wanted for Nothing Roads Quote by Howard Rann
A remark attributed to Howard Rann notes that good roads are something everybody wants for nothing. The comment frames public demand for infrastructure without cost.
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Howard Rann
King road drag keeps maintenance to doubtless standard
Road must be kept in repair not merely built. The King road drag is presented as an essential tool for ongoing upkeep ensuring the surface remains usable and safe.
Enthusiasts in Rainy Season
Road lovers show greater activity during the rainy season than at any other time of the year with more good roads enthusiasts out and about.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Sere Fleming H. Revell,Co
Colonel Ilingworth
Meades
Helen Ilingworth
International
Severence
King
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