The American Roadmakers Movement and Road Funding
A discussion on the American Roadmakers movement, public roads as vital national infrastructure, and the push for state aid laws. It cites 2,800,000 miles of roads and annual costs around $75 million, urging unified action and better road construction methods across states. The piece notes New Jersey as a pioneer in state aid and calls for improved legislation and cooperation.
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United States
Office of Public Reals
United
American Roadmakers’ Association
Tates
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New Jersey
A Boy’s Path to Success Through Habits and Savings
A speaker urges boys to choose work and study over vice, work out and pursue healthy leisure, and save money. He warns that idleness and smoking hinder success, while disciplined living builds character, funds, and future chances in business and life.
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The Modest But Happy Home
A fragmented column contemplates building a modest, happy home on little money. It recalls a lawyer’s blunt answer that money is the key, and reflects on divorce rates and relationships amid financial strain.
Doorkeeper at the White House Retires After Ten Years
The district commissioners retire Folleeman Jim Ciscle on a pension, honoring the longtime White House doorkeeper who protected presidents for a decade. In a November 1903 incident, Elliott, a dangerous Swede, tried to see President Roosevelt and fought officers, with Ciscle sustaining arm injuries while securing the gun and detaining the suspect.
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Jim” Ciscle
Ramoyés
White House
Olatle
Gracla
Petar Elliott
Roosevelt
Elliott
Ciscle
Parker
Rotunda
Perry
Cisele
Mott
Ellott
Senator Brandegee Scarfpin Collector Reveals Gems
Connecticut senator Frank B Brandegee is shown as a keen scarfpin collector with about 40 pieces including a gold silver and platinum pin studded with diamonds rubies and emeralds. One pin resembles Louis XVI wearing a socked hat and another sits in Tiffanys collection. Intrinsic value around hundreds of dollars. Seth Bullock Western leader and forest ranger in Agriculture confirms Washington contacts and anecdote about weather and whisky paper weights. Adamson of Georgia notes many evangelists touring small towns before Christmas with a notice about Wilking a former burglar expected at a Main Street meeting.
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Connecticut
Congress
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Brande-gee
George Jennison
Brandegee
Jennison
Upuis XVI
France
Seth Bullock
Weste Por
Washington
Agricultural Department
Adamson
Georgia
Gam Wilking
Wiladdr Soapel
Main Street
Oh Waloumne
Uncle Ike and the graveyard ditch work tale
A Washington Star reader recounts Uncle Ike a veteran district laborer describing a night shift at a trench beside a cemetery on Brightwood Avenue. He narrates fear of doctors, a dream of a crawling figure from the graveyard, and a sudden wake by a steam engine passing, ending with Ike’s humorous dread of the damp grave and rheumatism.
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Brightwood Avenue
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Washington Star
Army War College Building Praised as Finest US Architecture
An army officer praised the Army War College at the Washington Barracks for its commanding riverside site and architectural excellence. Architects at a recent city convention called it perhaps the best work by McKim, rivaling the Capitol, despite modest materials. Major Bewell supervised its construction, and the building is nearly complete and open for inspection ahead of turnover in about eight months.
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Army War College
Washington Barracks
Potomac
National Capital
Arch Test McKim
United States
Capitol
Bewell
Government Printing Office
Way College
May Tax Franchises And Railroads In Iowa Session
Des Moines reports the Iowa senate passed a corporation franchise tax bill requiring annual reports from firms over ten thousand dollars capital. It imposes fees by capital range and exempts below ten thousand, with a 60 day deadline for payment and reporting. The session also enacts a railroad bridge cost provision and directs assessments to be borne by the railroads. A direct inheritance tax plan advances, and the joint Jamieson White rate bill grants the railroad commission power to fix joint rates. Additional items include a Des Moines plan for city governance, primary election debates, college extension funding, and confirmations of state officials.
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Unis
Ericson
Judiciary Committee
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Iowa
Atate Treasury
Peterson
Thirty-first General Assembly
Ways Oni Iegna
GiWand
Smith
Mitchell
Gaven
Lee Cattle Guard
Ww. I. Eaton
State Rallyous Commission
Jamieson
Exile
Bie
Cornell
Fish Commissioners
Wicar
State Railroad Commission
Enlistment Blanks Prompt Wry Tale and Lawmaker’s Novel
A Washington Star roundup recalls a recruit filling a blank with German father and the label fireman as occupation, illustrating quirks in army enlistment forms. It also notes Andrew J. Barchfeld of Pittsburgh, a tall congressman, drafting a Virginia life novel using plantation tunes from antebellum days.
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Washington Star
Schmidt
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld
Pittsburg
Cy Bulloway
New Hampshire
Virginia
Think Towne Wil Remain
Representative Charles A Towne faced unclear remarks in a fragmentary note that reads like a historical snippet with names and odd phrasing. The readable words suggest a political context with Towne and Norton mentioned in an uncertain outcome or stance.
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Getarsal Norton
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