The Road Question and Road Making Under the Dept of Agriculture
A Washington Letter outlines the drive for better roads as vital to mail delivery and national progress. Secretary Logan Waller Page explains four divisions, rock testing, and chemical analysis guiding material choice for durable roads. Experts cite Macadam principles and rock qualities, with gravel roads in prairie areas as a practical precursor to full macadamization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Logan Waller V Page
Department of Agriculture
New England
Page
John T. Macadam
Prairie States
Art in Architecture Eight-room House Plan for Suburbs
Design for an eight room story and a half brick foundation home costing 1700. Features include a large veranda and balcony, lemon yellow body with white trim, arched openings, bay window, cedar shingles, and extensive interior oak and pine finishes. All exterior painted three coats, floors double, plaster two coats, and basement access under stairs. Prepared by George A. W. Kintz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitcen
Pantry
Objection on Voting Duty Cited by Mr Pinkley
An exchange cites Mr Bratus Pinkley arguing that the voting job is not suited or sufficiently busy, challenging the value of opportunity in voting. The Washington Star notes the quip as a local remark on civic participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bratus Pinkley
Pen and Ink Volume Showcases Indian Relics Collector
A Washington Times report details the presentation of a hand printed archaeology manuscript to the Library of Congress by Thomas Wilson. It recounts S. H. Binkley a Montgomery County farmer who spent decades collecting over 10 000 Indian relics and laboring to illustrate and publish his work before his death at 94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
Thomas Wilson
Washington Times
H. Binkley
Montgomery County
W. K. Moorehead
New York
Miami Bottoms
Dayton
Binkley
Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Rev Briggs
Rev Marguerite St Omer Briggs of Detroit urges sick women to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites years of practice, claims hundreds of cures, warns against other medicines, and directs readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
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Marguerite St. Omer Briggs
Mount Calm Street
Detroit
Michigan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Fragments of Quotes and Advertisements from 1900
A mosaic of omnipresent ad copy and quotes from old newspapers traces. It includes patient endorsements for Piso’s Cure and Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar, plus brief jabs at thrift and wit. Notable names include Wm. O. Endsley and C. B. Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Hale
Pike
Putnam Faceless Dys Prompt Loose Sunlit Rubbing
A fragment from Chicago Daily News notes a phrase about cleansing actions and flattery affecting a girl to spoil a woman, reflecting a sensational or editorial line in a dated clipping. The readable text emphasizes social commentary through terse, provocative wording.
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Washington
Moses
Aaron
Caesar
Solon
Lincoln
Meliiley
Ericson
Hampton Roads
Webster
Union
Saratoga
Yorktown
Rome
Cicero
Pompey
Livy
Earth
Republic
Normandy
John L. Macadam
ART IN Architecture
Georgia Ping
George A. W. Kintz
Farge
Jerarate Va
Nke Loalo
Wt. Oort
Areber
Zoag
Cbg
Riker
PEN and Ink Volume
Ohio
Papa
C. B. Newcomb
Chicago Daily News
Putnam
Chicago Daily New
ST. Jacobs
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Cis
Railwa
St. Vaamuerine
Palm Beach
Miami
Jacksonville
Port Tampa
Brunswick
Thomasville
Charleston
Aiken
Augusta
Pinehurst
Asheville
South Carolina
Scearleston
A. Bald
D. P
St Louis
Timothy
John A. Salzer
Seed Co
LA Crosse, Wis
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
F. Pedley
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Monadnock Building
Chicago
J.S. Crawford
W. Ninth
Kansas City
T. Holmes
Big
Indianapolis
Ind
White Lead Co
North 7Th St
St. Louis, Mo
Anakesis
Cta
Housman Stamp Co
Fullerton
Bostough
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