The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 34National Geographic Society, 1918 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... nearly twice as many passengers in twelve months as all the steam railroads of the United States . They could give every man , woman , and child living a ride every ten months - so much for the yardstick of comparison . THE MAJESTY OF ...
... nearly twice as many passengers in twelve months as all the steam railroads of the United States . They could give every man , woman , and child living a ride every ten months - so much for the yardstick of comparison . THE MAJESTY OF ...
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... Nearly four million people live in " tenements " in New York , for under the law a " tene- ment " is anything from one of the frowsy seven - story affairs in the lower and poorer East Side , overrun by poor children , to the fashionable ...
... Nearly four million people live in " tenements " in New York , for under the law a " tene- ment " is anything from one of the frowsy seven - story affairs in the lower and poorer East Side , overrun by poor children , to the fashionable ...
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... nearly one - fifth of the railroad mileage of the United States finds a seaboard terminal . Such tremendous crowds call for vast stations . The Grand Central Station , covering 79 acres of ground , has public rooms where 30,000 can be ...
... nearly one - fifth of the railroad mileage of the United States finds a seaboard terminal . Such tremendous crowds call for vast stations . The Grand Central Station , covering 79 acres of ground , has public rooms where 30,000 can be ...
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... Nearly 50,000 kiddies visit the milk sta- tions every year and disease germs have a hard road to travel to get into their milk . The health department endeavors to get into touch with the mothers in the poor districts as early in the ...
... Nearly 50,000 kiddies visit the milk sta- tions every year and disease germs have a hard road to travel to get into their milk . The health department endeavors to get into touch with the mothers in the poor districts as early in the ...
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... nearly $ 200,000,000 , and neighboring counties had to be induced to surrender their op- position to the project of an outside city exercising the right of eminent domain within their territory and stripping them of large supplies of ...
... nearly $ 200,000,000 , and neighboring counties had to be induced to surrender their op- position to the project of an outside city exercising the right of eminent domain within their territory and stripping them of large supplies of ...
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