Farmers urged to drag and harrow roads into winter
An Iowa farm column advocates farmer involvement in road care, urging dragging and harrowing of country roads until cold weather. It praises good highway fences, weed control, and clay coatings on sand roads as practical improvements, highlighting the value of local effort and shore up road quality for markets and community.
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United States
France
D. Ward King
Missouri
Mississippi
Iowa Good Roads Association
Middle West
Alexandra at Home Simple Life of Queen Alexandra
A profile of Queen Alexandra showing her simple daily routine in Scotland and Sandringham. She walks and drives, visits kennels and stables, enjoys evenings of music and cards, and dinnertime at 8 45. She is a prolific letter writer and a keen photographer with a habit of sending game hampers and signed Christmas photos to intimates.
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England
Queen Alexandra
Scotland
Sandringham
Norfolk
Miss Knollys
China
Cleaning Gray Hair and Home Hygiene Tips
A reader notes gray hair carries style and requires careful cleansing. It advises washing with raw egg white and Castile soap every three to four weeks in summer, warns against bicarbonate soda, borax, and ammonia, and recommends dusting with orris root and talcum to remove dust and odor while whitening and refreshing hair.
Women and Morals Debate in Se ductive Novels
A moralistic voice argues that women should uphold high standards of virtue and use their claimed rights responsibly. It warns that novels promoting seductive living and sexual freedom, often authored by women, threaten both women and men by eroding ethical norms.
Household hints and kitchen tips from a wife’s guide
Practical advice on food flavoring uses lemon juice or cider vinegar for apples and hints for preserving lettuce managing wood whitening clothes care and silk handling. It also covers plumbing quick pipe cleaning using a hose and a method for orange jelly and charlotte russe pairing with ribbons.
How to Make a Roadbed Solid and Prevent Rutting
A prairie roadbed should remove sod from excavated portions and fill low areas with at least three feet of earth to create a solid, uniformly compacted foundation. Build the crown for quick drainage, maintain the road by regular dragging to exclude rats, and use road drags to smooth and plan the surface to avoid chuck holes.
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Samuel H. Lea
South Dakota
Remedy For Bad Roads And Road Builders
The article argues that effective road repair rests with skilled overseers who know how to build good roads from poor ones. It advises hiring external experts, paying road tax in cash, and follows a central Illinois experiment using asphalt oil on topsoil to improve roads. The outcome depends on drainage and maintenance.
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Eben B. Rexford
Outing
Road Building Picnic on Assessments and Labor
An autoist complains about road work. Uncle Charlie Seaver explains locals perform road maintenance under an assessment plan. Farmers supply labor days with plows and horses while others rest, eat lunch, drink cider, and play seven up after a hard day of dirt work.
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Charlie Seaver
Tacoma Seattle water view boulevard plan proposed by H. Bellingham
T H Bellingham former Tacoma councilman urges a Tacoma to Seattle boulevard along bluff shores. He argues local associations like Good Roads back the project and owners may donate rights of way. Construction costs could be partly covered by public subscription.
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T. H. Bellingham
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma-Seattle
Stagg Opposes Stars Jumping to Chicago Football
University of Chicago coach A A Stagg urges an exclusion act for migratory football players. He warned alien players away from Marshall Field and recently refused the services of prominent western athletes. A November Big Eight meeting will decide on any new rule.
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Stagg
A. A. Stagg
University of Chicago
Marshall Field
Chicago
Collins and Minor
University of Nebraska
Shrubb Aims to Restore Crimson Track Prestige
Harvard hires Arthur Shrubb the great English runner to boost Crimson track and cross country performance after a recent decline. The Crimson Athletic association seeks renewed prominence in collegiate running with his services.
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Shrubb
Harvard
Crimson
Crimson Athletic Association
Arthur Shrubb
Hildreth Plans Large Stable Worth 175000 This Winter
C Hildreth expects to race the coast's largest stable this winter valued at 175000 dollars. He adds eastern handicap horses such as King James Joe Madden Dandelion and Fitz Herbert to his string alongside Uncle Mee ick Montgomery and others.
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Iam
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