America's Appian Way restoration movement for old National Road
A renewed push in Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia to restore the National Road from Cumberland Maryland to Vandalia Illinois as a great public thoroughfare. Advocates include newspapers automobile clubs and Representative George A Pearce arguing federal ownership and restoration for a century old route linking east and south with the central west. Edison visit underscores need for better roads and broader federal funding amid rising automobile traffic.
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Cumberhind
Mil
Vandalia
Virginia
L’enfant
Alleghanies
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Congress
George A. Pearce
Cumberland
Potomac
West
America
Baltimore
Washington
Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
National Highway Plea Prompts Public Road Restoration
The Virginia Society For the Preservation of Antiquities urges restoring the Cumberland Vandalia road as a national thoroughfare. It cites federal action history, land-sale funding, and the road’s age with enduring wooden bridges, while noting potential railroad opposition and a push for a national good roads campaign in Congress.
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Virginia Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
Congress
Virindi
Virginia
Washington-Braddoreround
Old Commonwealth
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Department of Agriculture
Cumberland
Vandalia
Unique Street Lighting Plan Proposed by Trustee Steele
Santa Monica trustee Steele proposes eight candle incandescent porch lights for each residence to illuminate only homes not streets. The plan would be wired to city meters and funded from the street lighting fund with residents providing gloves. If feasible, the board may favorably consider adoption.
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Steele
Santa Monica
Cal
Swiss Journalistic Training Highlighted for New York University
The United States consul at Brunswick notes journalism instruction in Germany and Switzerland as a model for a proposed New York university. Summer sessions span Leipsic Berlin Heidelberg Danzig and colleges in Leipsic Cologne. Bern Zurich offer courses and doctorates in journalism alongside political science.
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New York
United States
Brunswick
Germany
Switzerland
London Times
Leipsic
Berlin
Heidelberg
Technical High School
Danzig
Cologne
University of Bern
Zurich
Trousers to Keep Flies Off Horses in Canandaigua
In Canandaigua New York Charles Parshall Humane society agent reports a horse wearing old trouser legs attached to its fly nets to deter horseflies. The plan lets the horse eat without swatting and follows a prior Canandaigua invention of a bonnet to shield horses from heat.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Charles Parshall
Humane Society
New York Sun
Navy reformer calls for three 25 000 ton battleships yearly
Captain Hobson, former U S navy, seeks Alabama seat in Congress and urges a 25 000 ton dreadnought program. He argues a larger navy prevents conflict with Japan, expands bases, and backs arbitration while criticizing Cuniberti and stressing Pacific naval supremacy as key to peace and power.
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Richmond Pearson Fiobson
United States Navy
Congress
Alabama
John Tollis Bankhead
Hobson
Washington
United States
New York Globe
America
Japan
Tie
Tun
House
Senate
Cuniberti
Ife
Hob-sen
Pacific
Manchuria
Far East
China
Manitoba Premier forecasts vast wheat export as railways plan
The premier of Manitoba, cited by the London Express, estimates 100 million bushels of wheat will be available for export from Canada’s northwest at harvest close. He adds that railways will need a year to move this volume to the coast.
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Manitoba
London Express
Canada
Magnificent Crop Year Outlook for Railroads
New York Central VP W C Brown reports bumper crops across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri and nearby states. He predicts record wheat and corn yields will boost prices and freight demand, signaling a strong railroad year for east and west lines.
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W. C. Brown
New York
Kansas
Nebraska
Lowa
Missouri
Wireless sea block signal to prevent ship collisions
A Berlin engineer has patented a wireless telegraphy system for ships that stops vessels automatically when within half a mile. The apparatus closes the steam tube to the screw, prompting immediate engine reversal or speed reduction to avert collisions. Consul J I Brittain reports the invention.
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United States
Washington
J. I. Brittain
Keh
Berlin
Polite Lightning Darkens Derby Home Prank tale
A New York World report describes a lightning incident at William M. Davis’s Derby Connecticut home. Six uncorked ink bottles were hurled down a stairway without breaks while the bolt shuffled through rooms, lightly shocking occupants Elsworth Straun and wife, then swept bottles across a hall. The lamp remained intact and a dog’s fur was singed. The same bolt opened a neighboring skylight at James McNamara’s house.
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William M. Davis
Cottage Street
Derby
Conn
New York World
Elsworth E. Straun
Mr. Straun
James McNamara
Wireless Telegraphy on Bavarian Trains Moves Ahead
The Bavarian ministry plans Marconi wireless telegraphy on select trains to receive and send orders. Trials near Munich show success with a receiver on locomotives. Messages can be transmitted 200 miles from Berlin, and signaling will appear on paper buoys as dispatches are sent.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ministry of State Railways
Munich
Berlin
New Canning Scheme Improves Meat and Vegetable Cans
England adopts a new meat and vegetable canning method that seals without solder or lead. Edges are overlapped and pressed to form an airtight joint, preventing air ingress and corrosion.
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England
Joggerhead Bird Kills Canaries in Charleston Cage
In Charleston South Carolina a loggerhead bird known as the Joggerhead is attacking pet canaries, striking through the cage bars and killing the birds. The undomesticated bird creates alarm among local owners and prompts concerns for companion birds in homes.
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Charleston
S. C
Canaries
Distribution scheme aims to spread Italian immigrants to farms
The Italian ambassador in Washington advocates moving new arrivals from cities to agricultural areas especially in the south. Reports by Signor des Planches flag labor distribution as a policy goal to curb urban alien colonies. Census and immigration officials discuss migration trends among whites blacks and foreigners, noting the south’s growing native white loss and rising southern black migration, with officials urging coordinated rail and public services to move newcomers inland.
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New York
Washington
Signor
Des Planches
Bassaudor
South
York
Chicago
Ile
America
United States
W. F. Willcox
Census Office
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
North Atlantic
North Central
Frank Sargent
Sargent
Boston
Seaboard
Notice of Estimates of 1907 County Expenses Sullivan County
Notice lists aggregate expense estimates for 1907 for Sullivan County Indiana. It notes the County Council will approve appropriations at the Auditor's office, including salaries and office expenses for officials such as recorder sheriff coroner assessor surveyor, court costs, per diem deputies, and public building and institution expenses. It names various items and the auditor RUSSELL.
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Auditor's Office
Sullivan County
Indiana
Sullivan
Board of Commissioners
Fall clothes advice on mercerized cotton and deception
A consumer alert-style piece urges buyers to reject adulterated fabrics sold cheaply. It cautions against dealers who defend mercerized cotton as harmless and suggests confronting them with the simple truth that lower prices imply inferior materials.
Salve Adverts Offer Guaranteed Relief for Skin Ailments
The best Salve in the world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter chapped hands and all skin eruptions. It is guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded price 25c at E. E. Muehler's. Williams M E G Co props Cleveland Ohio.
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E. E. Muehler
S. Williams
Card of Thanks for support during illness and death
The Butler Morris family expresses gratitude to friends who assisted them during the illness and death of their son Harry.
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Harry
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