Short Cut Highway Promoters Plan New York to Chicago Route
Atlantic City July 18 Prominent motorists bicyclists and road advocates convened to discuss a short cut highway from New York to Chicago shortening the east west route from 87 to 859 miles. Colonels Albert A Pope and others outlined plans for a linked system with 400 miles already macadamized and rest funded at about 5000 a mile to be built by states counties and municipalities along the line. The road would run Fort Lee New York to Connell Olean Jamestown Conneaut Elyria Sandusky Cleveland and pass through Indiana to Chicago. Local groups backed by a national association would complete through links and promote farm benefits schooling rural mail delivery and wealth growth. The promoters emphasize the scheme as a national object lesson and expect rapid construction despite obstacles.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New York
Chicago
Albert A. Pope
Boston
Alon
National Association
Fort Lee
New York State
Newburg
Hinghampton
Elmira
Corning
Olean
Jamestown
Conneaut
Lake Erie
Ohio
Cleveland
Elyria
Sandusky
Indiana
South Bend
Hammond
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure Claims
A 19th century advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional remedy for deafness, attributing cause to inflamed mucus in the Eustachian tube. It offers $100 for any deafness from catarrh not cured by the product and promotes free circulars and Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Silk culture plans near Tallulah Falls Georgia
Plans for large scale silk culture and manufacture in Georgia advance as a land tract near Tallulah Falls is acquired. The parcels will be divided into 25 acre farms to be farmed by Italian specialists from Piedmont. Mills for silk production are also planned.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Tallulah Falls
Piedmont
Italy
Proclamation Delays World’s Fair to 1904 President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation postponing the World’s Fair to 1904 and the Department of State forwards the proclamation to heads of nations worldwide, signaling an official delay in the international exposition.
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Roosevelt
Department of State
Sunday Baseball Declared Legal in Walla Walla
County Attorney Oscar Cain says no Washington law bans Sunday baseball and judges rulings on Sunday closing do not apply to the game. He notes a court fight would be costly but Sunday play does no general harm and will be allowed to pass.
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Walla Walla
Oscar Cain
State of Washington
Thomas H. Rents
Supreme Court of
Law and Order
Catholic Women Benevolent Legion Holds Saratoga Conclave
Six hundred delegates from across New York attend the Catholic Women’s Benevolent Legion convention in Saratoga. The gathering opened with a high mass at St Peter’s Church led by Father Flood, then moved behind closed doors at the town hall to conduct business. Sessions run through tomorrow with the key task being the election of six delegates to the supreme council for the 1904 Washington meeting.
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Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion
Saratoga
N. Y
St Peter's Church
Father Flood
Supreme Council
Washington
Saves a Woman's Life From Lung Trouble
Dorchester Mass resident Mrs Lois Cragg credits years of severe lung trouble and obstinate cough to Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption claiming a complete cure after doctors and remedies failed. The Tallman Co guarantees a cure with trial bottles free, price five cents and one dollar. Toilet soap and assorted goods also advertised.
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Lois Cragg
Dorchester
Mass
Tallman Co
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J. F. Robinson
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