London the heart of a world city through the ages
A National Geographic prepared piece maps London as Roman Saxon and Norman roots, the East End factory district and West End fashion, the Tower and Whitehall, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, tracing the city’s age, growth, and imperial role across centuries.
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East End
Tower
West End
London
Thames
Westminster
England
Temple Church
Christopher Wren
Trafalgar’ Square
Whitehall
Broad Street
Admiralty
Horse Guards
Treasury
Downing Street
Foreign and Colonial
Great Scotland Yard
Palace of Whitehall
Derby
Street
Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police
Charles I
William Wallace
Thomas More
Guy Fawkes
Warren Hastings
St. Stephen's Porch
Victoria
House of Lords
St. Stephen's Tower
St. Stephen's Chapel
Dirt roads are costly and hindering progress
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes dirt roads incur higher costs and maintenance, urging more investment in paving. Iowa Agricultural College tests show driving over dirt roads adds about two cents per mile, totaling a $20 extra per 1000 miles. Pavement improves marketing, weather independence, and tourism, shaping public support for permanent road construction.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa
Middle West
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
New Yosemite Road Opens All Year Round
A new all year automobile highway through Yosemite National Park links Merced to Mariposa Briceburg and the Merced River. The 27 foot wide road allows a 35 mph speed along steady grades and curves, reducing distance to the valley to about 86 miles and a three hour drive versus 88 miles and seven hours on the old route.
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Yosemite
Yosemite Valley
United States
Merced
Mariposa
Briceburg
Merced River
California
Arizona Highway System valued at 46 million dollars
Over ten years the state and the national bureau of public roads spent more than 22 million on road work in Arizona, totaling about 1 453 miles of federal aid highways. Roads extend from Yuma to the New Mexico line, Phoenix to Globe, and through Flagstaff and Springerville, with Phoenix Prescott road among others. Maricopa County invested nearly 10 million in Salt River valley roads. total system value around 46 million.
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Arizona
National Bureau of Public Roads
Yuma
Phoenix
Tucson
Douglas
New Mexico Line
Globe
Colorado River
Flagstaff
Springerville
Phoenix- Prescott
Maricopa County
Salt River Valley
Guatemala City to be paved as Good Roads drive gains
The article notes Guatemala City plans paving projects and mentions worldwide interest in highway construction. It cites large highway contracts awarded by Ontario minister George S Henry and discusses traffic congestion costs in the United States totaling about 4 billion dollars yearly.
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George 8. Henry
Ontario
Can
Help for Sick Women in Brooklyn Testifies to Pinkham Medicines
A Brooklyn woman and reader testimonials describe relief from chronic illness using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related preparations. The Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn, Massachusetts, offers to share more names upon request.
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Brooklyn
New York
G.mann
Schaeffer St
Mrs. Hegmann
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
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