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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913. Excerpt: ... INDEX A Abuses, in congress, 159. Academies, German, 400. Accidents, 45. compensation, 328. insurance, 316, 322. in mines, 46. in transportation, xriii. Account, carrying the, 232. Adler, Dr. Felix, 307. Administration, 131. waste, xviii, 22. Administrative inefficiency, 33. graft, xiv. personal, 5. Administrators, expert advisers to, 107. Advertisements, ultimate cost of, 360. Aeroplanes, 172. Advisers, experienced technical, 107. Aviation deaths, 332. Agriculture Department, 33. horses, 64. neglect of, xiv. Air nitrate, 258. Alarms, fire, 58. Albert, Talbot J., 111. Alcohol consumption, 240. Aldermen, board of, 145. Aldrich, Senator, 23'. American architecture, 121. aviation, 179. business men, 215. civilization, 346. Americans, duty of, to America, 6. American, Education, 393. engineers, 161. vs. Germany, xxi. vs. German mechanics, 329. government, 166. institution, 422. inventors, 167. iron industry, 264. laws, 216. liberty being destroyed, 10. magazine, the, 308. American Medical Association, Journal of, 341. patent system, 167. pausing, 414. pioneer inventions, 160. pluck, xii. Prison Association, 342. politics, grade of men, 158. problem, 116. public, 346. sentiment, 332. voice of, 162. methods of education, 391. wealth, 78. Ambassadors, technical advisers to, 30. Americanized immigrants, 370. Americanizing a play, 67. Anglo-Saxon strains, 114. Animals, waste of, xviii. Annual fire loss, 55. Annoyances, 359, 374. Appellate Courts, 20. Application for position of Mayor, 106. Architecture, American, 121. Armament, cost of, 31. Army, shame of our, 301. deserters, 302. Art of cooking, 366. Arrests, spectacular, 236, 237. Atlantic Monthly, The, 98, 163, 195, 320, 391. Auctioneers, 227. Aliens, money contribution of, 288. Austin dam, 262. Authority, resp...