Identifier: literarydigest60newy (find matches)
Title: The literary digest
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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er than $5,000,000, as a me-morial to Theodore Roosevelt. Rep-resentative Farr, of Pennsylvania, in-troduces a bill for a RooseAelt memorialcosting $250,000. Drastic punishment for persons spread-ing anarchistic propaganda in theUnited States is provided in a billintroduced in the House by Repre-sentative Farr, of Pennsylvania. Stringent import restrictions on a widerange of manufactured commodities,which will exclude a variety of goodsfrom the Britisll* market, will be madeeffective March 1 by the BritishGovernment, the War Trade Boardannounces. The aggregate value of our farm cropslast year is estimated at $14,090.-769.000 bv the Department of Agri-culture. This is $500,000,000 morethan the total of any previous year, theprevious record value year being 1917. January 30.—Secretary of Labor Wilsonreports that 123 industrial centerscontained 262.000 unemployed menthis week, compared with 245,000 lastw^eek. He tells a joint meeting of the The Literary Digest for February 15, 1919 119
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An actual photograph of a part of the Dixie Highway,Illinois, before Tarria was used. The same road showing what the use of Tarvia-Xhas done. Note smooth, dustless surface. How One Man Carried the Bond Issue A WELL-KNOWN county engineer tells this story, andits the best good-roads story we ever heard. He says the county was in terrible need of better roads. Themud all through the district was so deep that it was impossible touse wagons, all traveling being done either on foot or horseback. In spite of the need there was little enthusiasm for goodroads when the Board of County Commissioners met. Every-one was afraid of the presumed high cost and increased taxes. A farmer in the back of the room arose. Mr. Chairman, he said, I aint fit to address a digni-fied meeting like this, but thats because Ive had to travel forten miles over the kind of roads you give us. I couldnt drive, I had to ride horseback. My boots are covered with mud; my trousers are coveredwith mud; my coat is covered wi

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