What We Want In Roads State Route Plans Indexed
Vincy states rights in state road matters with three proposed routes from Carthage Pittsfield and one from This is controlled by the state highway board focusing on expense safety and route directness Five miles deviation is the practical limit The piece argues trails predate white settlement but modern roads will replace many old paths Illinois is committed to hard roads and the push for scenic trails lacks focus and cooperation The article warns routes will scar but travel will favor better roads over detours
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Vincy
Carthage
Pittsfield
State Highway Board
Espernse
Tie
Tiline
Tllinois
Allegheny
Feeding on hardship in Bolshevik Russia and Germany
The piece argues food scarcity is relative in Russia with high prices yet crowds appear well fed in Petrograd and Moscow. It notes death on streets is not as widespread as feared, compares to Germany, and warns that lack of nourishment weakens the body and slows activity, citing Arctic explorers as an example.
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Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
India
Overman Committee
Germany
Arctic
What's The Matter With Taxation by Crane 1914
Dr Frank Crane critiques the wartime revenue bill, arguing taxation should tax unearned wealth and inherited fortunes less, while rewarding those who build and improve public utilities. He condemns excess income taxes as punitive to achievement and calls for honoring the public good and value received.
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Frank Crane
House
Waf
Dereon
Kitchin
Pst
Pennsylvania
Rainey
Winets
Moore
Congress
War Department announces convoy returns and ships listed
March 12 dispatches outline units returning from overseas duty. Details name base hospitals and anti aircraft units, then list transports and ships for 26th division embarkation to Boston expected in early April. 27th division arrival aboard Mount Vernon is noted with troop and casualty figures.
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Washington
War Department
M4 Transportation Corps
General Pershing
New England National Guard
Brest
Boston
Agamemnon
Mount Vernon
Amenca
Vern Steuben
Kroonland
George Washingtn
President Grant
27Th
New York National Guard
42Nd
Rainbow
New York
New York State National
Rer
James D. Glennan
Chigwan
Bordeaux
Sherman
Deedee
Towa
Ohio
Amship Adriatic
Liverpool
United States
Mead Engineers
March 12 events from 1789 to 1685 across nations
The piece notes key March 12 milestones: the 1789 act creating the U S Post Office and Samuel Osgood as first postmaster general, France yielding to U S pressure over Mexico in 1867, the Mexican Empire under Napoleon III, and the 1685 birth of Irish philosopher George Berkeley. It mentions Caesar Borgia’s 1507 siege death and related historical context.
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National Post Office
General Post Office
Samuel Osgood
France
Napoleon III
United States
Mexicer
Marshal Hazaine
Napoleon Tit
Mexican Empire
Mexico
Caesar Borgia
Vienna
Italy
George Berkeley
Thomastown
Ireland
Berke
Belgians Award Medals to U S Relief Volunteers
Washington March 11 The Belgian government has conferred honorary decorations on Americans who served on the commission for relief in Belgium and helped purchase transport and distribute food during the German occupation period. The decorated names were announced.
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Washington
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Police Stop Parade of Buffalo Workers
March 11 report from PUPPFALO notes police halted a planned parade of unemployed workers after city authorities refused sanction. No disorder occurred. A week earlier about 200 men marched to city hall demanding public works. Adjutant General Perry consulted with Mayor Buck and offered 6,000 troops in 24 hours if needed, but were not required.
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Puppfalo
Perry
Buck
Peters Jumps for His Life in Green Forest Tale
In a Green Forest lesson Peter Rabbit learns instant action in danger. After initially staying still to avoid a hunter’s call, a sudden owl cry spurs him to leap for cover. He dives into a brush pile as Hooty the Owl swoops, narrowly missing him.
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Green Forest
Green Meadows
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Hooty the Owl
Owl
Hooty
Ife
New York State Budget Forecast Tops Ninety Thousand
New York March 12 state officials project a next fiscal year budget of about 90000 dollars the largest sum in the commonwealths history to administer its affairs.
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New York
New York State
Commonwealth
Illinois Troops Praised In Paris Newspaper
The Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune praises the Thirty-third Illinois National Guard division for its rapid training at Camp Logan, swift deployment to France, and notable actions on the British front. It highlights Hamel, Verdun, Meuse, and St Mihiel service, including decorations by the King of England, and notes the division’s claim of serving with British, French, and American units across multiple armies. Also listed are dates for a three cushion billiards championship in Detroit between Alfred De Gro and Gus Copulo g.
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Illinois National Guards
Quincy Ys
Paris
Chicago Tribune
Luxemburg
Albert I
France
Ilinois National Guard
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
Hamel
Digger
Bois Des Forges
Meuse
Troyon
St. Mihiel
Thirty-third
Chicago
Alfred de Gro
Gus Copulog
Detroit
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