Four Levels of Motor Travel in the West Era
Louisa M. Green outlines four motor travel levels from hotel stops to cabin camps and tourist camps across the western United States. She recalls experiences at Yellowstone and West Thumb, notes costs from 50 to 75 cents per person, and describes gear, clothing, and social scenes among campers, travelers, and locals.
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Louisa M. Green
Yellowstone Park
National Parks
Pierce Arrow
Middle West
West Thumb
Yellowstone Lake
Iowa
Maimie
Bess
Livingston
Montana
Yellowstone
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Market summary and prices from Baltimore wholesale reports
The notice compiles local and Baltimore wholesale markets with price ranges for dairy and grain products, eggs, butter, and livestock. It cites various items including creamery butter, shelled corn, middlings, corn meal, eggs, country butter, hens, ducks, geese, steers, pigs, cows, heifers, sheep, hay, and hogs with price figures and units. It closes with a remark about a portrait of Alexander the Great by Lysippus, Apelles, and Pyrgoteles.
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Baltimore
Laghotea
AULA
Alexander the Great
Lysippus
Apelles
Pyrgoteles
Great Gulf Hurricane Strikes New Orleans in 1915
A hurricane swept New Orleans on September 29 1915 from the Gulf of Mexico. Winds rose to 80 120 mph peaking in the late afternoon. The barometer dropped to 28 11 inches the lowest in U S history. Rain totals reached 8.86 inches in 21 hours with 22.24 inches over 15 days.
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Gulf of Mexico
New Orelans
United States
South’s Holy Spot at Calvary Episcopal Fletcher Church
The churchyard in Fletcher North Carolina known as the Westminster Abbey of the South preserves tablets of bronze and granite boulders recording notable figures including statesmen musicians writers and artists.
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South
Calvary Episcopel Church
Fletcher, N
Westminster Abbey
King Solomon's Mines Discovery Reveals Ancient Gold Sites
Archaeologists claim identification of the King Solomon gold mines in South Africa with evidence from masonry ruins and mining tools. Remains of hundreds of structures have been uncovered supporting the legend of vast wealth and early mining activity.
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King Solomon
South Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Susquehanna River
Uvas
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
New Orleans
Newark
Providence
Market Report
Star
Conoco
Ser
Conoco Travel Bureau
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Schnepper
Oy Ayala
E. Vra
East Market St
Main St
Harrisonburg
Ss. Ott
E. Market St
Harrionburg
Goodrich
Silvertown
Hammer Tire
Ual Attention
Gillette Safety Razor
Massachusetts
U. S. Royals
Herrell Sales Corp. Distributors
S. Loudoun St
R. B. Rogers
Dellinger Bros
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
H. W. Ebert
BUICK
Winchester
Ford
Bickers Motor Co
Virginia
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