The Old National Road A Toll Road That Shaped the West
A vivid reminiscence of the first national road from Cumberland to Wheeling and beyond, its construction, tollgates, and stagecoach era. It recalls Washington and Nemacolin guiding paths, Braddock road origins, and the influence on emigration, commerce, and early American life along the river routes and taverns that fed national growth.
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National Treasury
George Washington
Nemacolin
Continental Congress
Ohio
Congress
Atlantic
Indiana
Koelly
War Department
General Gratiot
Faust
West
Maine
Old Pike Road
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Harrison and
Taylor
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Tom Corwin
Minois
John M. Palmer
Stephen Augias
Old Pike
Songsters
Government Road
Beecher
War ethics and public opinion in early 20th century note
The Kansas City Journal critiques public indignation over war from the Philippines to South Africa. It argues real sentiment is political posturing, condemns merciful rhetoric, and defends measured restraint while noting substantial war expenditures. The piece also muses on cats and friendship with a World’s Work perspective.
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Kansas City Journal
Philippines
England
South Africa
Freedom
Manila
Digest
Oratory
Congress
Editor of Freedom
United States
Mery
Fon
Navy Yard
Olongapo
Atiows
Navy Yards
Cavite
Hydrographic Service
Coast Survey
Lighthouse Service
McKinley
Gilles
Cat Characteristics Show Varied Traits Among Little Animals
The New York Evening Post considers how cats differ in temperament though laypeople may view them as similar. The writer notes individual cats have distinct personalities and mocks addressing them as a single term, while recounting three cats as examples: No 1 a contemplative aristocrat, No 2 a jester.
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New York Evening Post
Charles Lever
Paynter
Bobus
Man With A $1000 Bill Stages A City Tale
A New York Tribune report recounts a man holding only a thousand dollar notes who, after receiving ten such bills totaling ten thousand dollars, faces hunger and social testing as he navigates business and leisure in the city. He travels with friends who could lend him funds, yet a debate arises about his actions as a stranger in town.
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New York Tribune
United States
Men of Great Responsibilities New York Letter
The piece analyzes how leaders like Schwab, Vanderbilt, Folger, Stillman, Morgan, and Commodore Vanderbilt handled detail overload and responsibility. It contrasts disciplined delegation with overtaxed nerves and recalls lessons from past executives about balancing duty, workload, and recovery.
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Mr. Schwab
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Judge Folger
New York Banking
Stillman
Mr. Morgan
Commodore Vanderbilt
James H. Rutter
Rutter
Commodore
New York Central
New York Central Railroad
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Man with Ten Thousand Dollars Bets He Can Spend Any Bill
A man with $10,000 in ten dollar bills bets he can spend money as freely as with smaller notes. He obtains a loan of $25 from a pawnshop by pawning one $1,000 bill after the clerk verifies it. The process reveals the shop’s skepticism and reveals the bill handling when the clerk issues a ticket for a $1,000 bill and returns $5.
Princess and crying child delight in nine buns joke
Not Really US reports Queen Alexandra while Princess of Wales encounters a distressed boy cared for by a stout old woman. She asks what ails him and the woman clarifies the issue with a humorous quip about stomachs and nine buns.
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Alexandra
Princess of Wales
Boston Lawyer Vanderlip Accused of Embezzlement
Boston lawyer and Kiks member Vanderlip faces embezzlement claims involving a trustee estate. He admits misaccounting a sum approaching nineteen thousand dollars and a small amount allegedly missing, sparking recent public uproar in Boston.
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Vanderuip
Boston
Vanderlip
Kiks
Greece of Today Inspires New American Views on Modern Greece
An American diplomat notes shifts in Greek life from garb to hygiene and dress, travels and trade, and the impact of foreign visitors. He highlights Athens winters filled with Americans and Europeans, exports via wines and crafts, and efforts to protect antiquities while American-funded archaeology prospers at Corinth under Rufus B. Richardson. He recounts Mme Schliemann and Agamemnon, three Greek language varieties, and ongoing European ties and interests from Denmark to England, with Servia and Greece in a changing political scene.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pebbiy Ford
Ople
James Lane Allen
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Alpe
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Tra’y
Romac
Caesar
England
Earth
Hishicy
United States
Atlantic
Ohio
Voull Tost
Prairies
Mississippi Valley
Great West
Middle West
Omaha Ree
Greece
Old Egypt
Hellas
Rome
Charlemagne
Byron
Isles
Phoebus
Sappho
Ilse-Surrounded
Francis
Roumanis
Servia
Pericles
Christ
Athens
America
Rufus B. Richardson
Yale
Corinth
Schiiemann
Ilium
Old Troy
Mme. Schliemann
Agamemnon
Paris
Helen
Menelaus
Sparta
Achilles
Ulysses
Troy
Alcibiades
Tribune
Chamber of Deputies
Ing George of Greene
Christian
Denmark
Alesandra
William
Edward
Ellen Stone
Houmania
Sturdza
Germany
Baste
ST Canted
Shack Lett The Evolution of a Statesman
Walter Barr presents a story on practical politics and the lobby detailing the evolution of a statesman. Publication starts in the Journal on Tuesday Aug. 19 and will not appear in the Sunday Journal.
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Journal of
Sunday Journal
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Maryland
Illinois
Cumberland
Wheeling
Pilot Line
Bilis
Genmacarthur
Fort
Slocum
Joseph
Endoume
Marseilles
Italy
Corsica
Theophile Gautier
AT. Miners’ Headquarters
Hove
United Mine Workers
The
New York Letter
Lomat
Shack
Walter Barr
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