Price of Bad Roads Highlights Transportation Tax burden
The piece argues 2,000,000 miles of unimproved roads raise costs for farmers, millers, and consumers by increasing transport costs. It notes wheat from nine miles out costs nearly two cents more per bushel than shipping from New York to Liverpool, framing road investment as a long overdue public necessity. Public Roads office is cited as key to this reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Stowe
New York
Liverpool
United States
Public Roads
Putnam's
Junior Aero Club Leads Amateur Aeronautics Move
Francis Arnold Collins notes the Junior Aero Club has 200 members in New York with 1,000 nationwide, while the Junior Aeronautic group under Aero Society reports 250 in New York and affiliates in major cities. The movement flourishes, led by A. K. Hor in America and Lady O'Hagan abroad, as an intercountry contest pits American and British youths in a staged match with results relayed by cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Aero Club
Francis Arnold Collins
Lady O'Hagan
Aeronautical League of Great Britain
New York
London
St Nicholas
The Lives We Live by Flildegarde Hawthorne
A brief excerpt advocates reading as a doorway to other lives. It praises how good writers let readers inhabit different personas, from knights to backwoodsmen, through stories that transform and transport the imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flildegarde Hawthorne CW
St. Nicholas
Curiosities of Fear and Mosquito Encounters
A fragmentary item cites Wirt W. Bertin and Marper's Weekly on fear disorders and paralyzing anxieties, mentioning unsteady lives haunted by dread. A light anecdote recalls Frye touring a lake, enduring bites and a heated exchange about mosquito bites.
Professor J Laurence on simple life aristocracy
In a May Scribner piece Professor J Laurence argues against material vanity. He calls for a new aristocracy based on inward pleasures and character over wealth or show, endorsing a freemasonry of being rather than knowing or possessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Laurence
Extravagance as national vice warned by banker in El Paso
Joseph T. Talbert of National City Bank told the Texas Bankers Association that extravagance in cars and personal spending harms national prosperity. He cited auto costs, upkeep, and debt, arguing thrift sustains wealth and that rising credit fuels higher prices. He warned of a worsening trade balance and pegged annual waste at about 901 million dollars, including 200 million abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Talbert
National City Bank
New York
Talbert
Texas Bankers’ Association
San Francisco
el Paso
Tex
Charton v Eliot Critiques American Lust for Gold and Power
Cambridge writer Dr Charton, Harvard emeritus, argues Americans chase money and power, causing nationwide discontent. He says true life aims arise from shared pleasures and progress measured by more than dollars, noting the average worker fails to grasp this life view. The essay critiques social prestige and wealth as misguided measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Fuller
United States
National Waterways Commission
Europe
Theodore EB. Burton
Ohio
Germany
Austria
Danube
Rhine
France
England
Burstom
Ndrice
Mississippi
St. Louis
Putnam’s
Cambridge
Mass
Charton v. Eliot
Harvard
Cnmie
Enduring Moral Welfare Over Wealth in Community Life
The piece argues happiness and welfare rise from physical and moral well being rather than mere wealth. It suggests pleasures like eating and drinking can be honorable when moderate, countering views that call them base for men who have a right to enjoy life’s essential pleasures to sustain health and strength.
Over 100000 Workmen Injured Each Year in the United States
A derailed and fragmented note reports high annual worker injuries in the United States. Authorities or labor groups discuss causes and prevention, citing large numbers and safety concerns. The text is garbled but centers on industrial accidents and worker protections.
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The
United
New York, N
A the Nations
Square With World At 35 In Hygienic Living Talk
Dr E H Arnold of New Haven lecturing at Yale Medical School said spine curvature stems from posture in school. He cited girls as prone to fixed positions while boys shift, noting girls suffer for being good. He framed a child’s value to family as $50–$100 at age one and $2000 at fifteen, ending with becoming square with the world by thirty-five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert School
E. H. Arnold
New Haven
Yale Medical School
Dr. Arnold
The Body's Kitchen Lecture At Waldorf Actor
Mrs Mildred Manly Easton presented a living picture at the Waldorf Actor yesterday speaking on kitchen and body life. She compared human figure to a house and warned that neighborhoods impose duties while halls fill with busy servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Manly Easton
Waldorf-Actor
Becau
Croquettes and Society Roles Parade in New York Tribun
A recipe for chicken croquettes uses chopped chicken, pepper, salt, butter, egg and cream or stock, formed on cracker dust and fried to light brown. A New York Tribune column critiques society duties for women, contrasting domestic care with social, cultural and athletic ambitions and urging women to uphold inner virtue over kitchen focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Athletica
Restaurant Etiquette for a First Time Dine In
A guidance on proper dress and conduct for a girl dining with an escort. It advises dress options such as a dressy cloth suit with a dainty waist, wearing a bonnet, and suggests escort should announce the table. It covers seating, following or leading, and etiquette for conversation and seating arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Fashion Trends From Bath to Reding Street
Fy Poplin In vogue again. Coate are shorter and closer. Braiding is very much ta style. Ostrich plumes are back with prominence. Favorite materials for school coats are heavy tweeds and wool serges. Semi evening gowns, casage in French, pair with light toilette and sheer guimpes. Blouses for evening wear in black with trim.
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Frances Arnold Collins
Hulovahout
Arl Junior Aeronauta
Mitatora
st.Nicholas
Frye
Philadelphia Record
Triggs
New York Press
America
Hay Typathetne
Ihre
Rule
Rosanna Schuyler
New York Telegram
Ple
Legislative League
Restaurant
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