Long and Lowe on the future of U S road policy
A GOOD ROAD PADDIST Joe Long former editor of the Roadmaker speaks in Ottumwa on road drag adoption Iowa first to use the drag in a systematic way He favors grading dirt roads before surfacing and argues good roads bring farms closer to towns The government should fund a nationwide fifty two weeks in the year road program without overburdening the few in wartime finance
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Joe Long
The
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Panama Canal
Work or Fight Poem Calls Citizens to Harvest Duty
The piece exhorts workers to take up farming labor or join the fight against the Hun. It condemns idleness and urges able bodied citizens to leave taverns and pools halls, go to the fields, and sustain the nation with wages and courage amid wartime strain.
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Crowder
Borrowed Smiles and the Parson's Questioning
In a hometown exchange, Willie asks if a man who marries twice loses his essence. The father answers with cautious generalities, framing the proverb about a wife as a "better half" and prompting reflection on marriage and identity.
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Willie
Father
Bishop Brooks Adapts Wardrobe Amid Hot Conference
Bishop Phillips Brooks endured extreme heat during a conference and changed from a long clerical coat to a short alpaca coat. A friend questioned the attire, and Brooks replied with a quip that his tails melted off in the heat.
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Phillips Brooks
Reed Telegram Sparks Witty Exchange About Large Party
The late Speaker Thomas B Reed missed a local train at a railroad station and telegraphed for the express to stop for a large party. He boarded the express as it halted, provoking a sharp remark from an angry conductor. Reed quipped that if he is not a large party, he does not know who is.
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Thomas B. Reed
How Can She? A Droll on Dress and Hidden Flaws
A humorous meditation on a matronly fashion critic who inspects women’s attire for weakness. The piece mocks the urge to find flaws while implying social pressures about dress and propriety.
Baron Nothechild’s Grim Bet With Death At Nine
A famed English banking head Baron Nothechild was gravely ill at age nine and believed near death. His family physician claimed the Lord would spare him until a century, but the baron joked that divine timing would occur at 907 rather than at par.
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Baron Nothechild
Washington County Evening Journal Summary
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Evening Journal
Washington County
New Burlington Policeman Nabs Bootlegger in Quirky Raid
Burlington officer staged a pretend arrest at Central Avenue and Jefferson Street exposing a bootlegging operation. Youthful vendor William Kolz, 15, was charged with illegal sale of intoxicants after a haul yielded about 25 bottles stashed in a market basket. Officer Killerman led the undercover raid with Patrolmen Brown uncovering the cache.
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von Hindenburg
Paris
William Kolz
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Brown
Kitterman
Young Kola
Longitude Discovery Proves Vital After Chronometer Adoption
Sailors long relied on solar observations to determine latitude while longitude remained uncertain. Dead reckoning caused frequent navigational errors and shipwrecks until chronometers became standard practice by 1735, enabling precise longitude calculations and safer voyages.
Night labor and a hurried dawn warning
OReilly frets over Sebastian's skill as cement toughens like steel while Tosa hides a kiss in a leaf. OReilly loses track of time and, warned by Jacket that daylight nears, protests he has not yet begun. The scene ends with an unexpected realization.
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Oreilly
Sebastian
Tosa
O'Reilly
Jim
It Begins to Look as If There Really Was a Bulkhead
Excerpts follow a fatigued crew member and Rosa as they near a hidden door beneath a waterlogged well. O’Reilly fights exhaustion with a bare hand effort to breach a stubborn wooden barrier while Duyvlicht and Jacket assist and guard the others. The trio faces rusted locks and a possible salvation tied to the Varona treasure.
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O'Reilly
Reen
Jacket
la Cumbre
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Duyvlicht
Johnnie
Spirits on La Cumbre Prompt Priest Visit Mentioned
Colonel Coho confronts a sergeant seeking a priest about alleged spirits on La Cumbre. The sergeant describes buying charms and evil presences, prompting a sharp exchange with the colonel about the truth and nature of the spirits.
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la Cumbre
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