Road Building and Bond Vote Advice for Farmers
A farming periodical urges voters to reject road bonds and taxes unless maintenance funds are promised. It cites expert opinions on waste, stresses state highway commissions, and praises the road drag as a cheap, effective tool. Readers are urged to request Farmers' Bulletin 697 from the Agriculture Department and pressure county authorities to adopt dragging programs.
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South
Houston
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Road policy demands road upkeep over new builds
A Progressive Farmer excerpt urges citizens to push state highway authorities to approve local road projects by and for communities. It argues for dirt road maintenance with drag use and county plans prioritizing upkeep over new construction, declaring no permanent road without ongoing maintenance.
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State Highway Commission
Narrow Roads of Benefit Policy Debate
The text argues against building narrow roads when traffic is likely to be heavy but notes some districts could profit from such roads compared with more costly stone or dirt routes.
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Trafic
Missouri Fair Exhibits Promote Local Road Material
University of Missouri displays at the fair urge using locally available road-building material from nearly every county to improve poor roads and banish road flaws nationwide.
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University of Missouri
Good Roads Improve Land Value for Farmers
Good roads and ditches are a concern for every farmer who wants to raise land value and farm property in the community.
Oll Helps Greatly in Surface Preparation
Oll, properly applied, helps but dust must be removed and surface broken up about two inches deep. If not loosened the material pools or runs into the ditch.
Paris Reborn anecdote: students raid Chinese embassy
Herbert Adams Gibbons narrates a wartime anecdote from his book Paris Reborn. Chinese students in Paris, mostly mandarins' sons, run out of funds and beg the embassy for meals. Sixty hungry students force their way in, eat what’s prepared, and raid the pantry. The ambassador withdraws to a restaurant and calls police, who eventually eject the students.
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Herbert Adams Gibbons
Paris
Gibbons
Mr. Gibbons
Gas Based Food Preservation Method Described
A European technique preserves food and milk powder by sealing it in metal boxes with a pinhole, evacuating air, then filling the chamber with nitrogen before sealing the hole. The boxes remain in an inert atmosphere, delaying spoilage and offering industrial practicality.
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Europe
Scientific American
Roman amphitheater found during Rome to Naples railway
A Roman amphitheater was uncovered during railway construction from Rome to Naples after burial in debris and a later volcanic eruption. Minister Spazzilai and Professor Spinazzola toured the site and descended the upper steps revealing gilded stucco fragments and upper entrance points with views toward Pozzuoli, famed once as Rome’s port with two amphitheaters.
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Rome
Naples
Spazzilai
Spinazzola
Pozzuoli
Consolation from the Front a Soldier’s Family Moment
An officer on furlough from Flanders visits home to joyous reunion but a parlor maid misses a sweetheart’s return. His six year-old daughter sees the maid’s distress and asks her father for a kiss to comfort Maggie, hoping to ease her heart.
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Flanders
Maggie
Sbe
Small Colleges Shaping Top Athletes Across History
The piece notes that many premier athletes originated from small colleges such as Bucknell Gettysburg Holy Cross Carisle and America’s all round champion athlete Jim Thorpe. It highlights Christy Mathewson Eddie Plank Jack Berry and others as examples of college roots fueling professional success.
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Christy Mathewson
Bucknell
Eddie Plank
Gettysburg
Holy Cross
Jack Berry
Carisle
Jim Thorpe
America
Modernizing soup alternatives with fruit canapes and toppings
The article suggests replacing soup with fruit appetizers for dinner. It recommends grapefruit prepared in shells with cherries or diced pineapple with sugar and lemon juice, plus canapes made from toast with fruit spreads, fish pastes, olives, eggs, parsley, and minced meat mixtures. It mentions cucumber strips with mayonnaise, tomato on toast, beet mounds on toast, and other garnish ideas.
Graham Bread Worth While and Grandmother's Apple Butter
Instructions for Graham bread with a yeasted dough using graham and white flour. Includes measurements and steps for mixing, rising, shaping, and baking in a slow oven. Also provides Grandmother's Apple Butter method: reduce cider, simmer apples all day, stir to prevent scorching, and jar for storage.
Preserved Marrow Recipe Instructions
To preserve marrow mix one pound marrow with one pound sugar then add two ounces of ginger for every five pounds of marrow. Add rind and juice of three lemons. Cut marrow into three quarter inch pieces, salt lightly, rest an hour, drain, rest with a bit more sugar overnight. Boil ginger and peel in syrup, add sugar and boil briefly. Return marrow then lemon juice last.
Citron Heart Cakes and Egg and Sardine Salad
Instructions describe Citron Heart Cakes mixing butter eggs flour citron and brandy, baked in heart or square tins. Also Egg and Sardine Salad with celery and hard boiled eggs mashed with sardines, cream and vinegar, seasoned with salt and pepper, finished with French dressing.
Dessert Assembly With Layered Orange Cream
A simple method describes selecting seedless oranges, slicing crosswise to extract pulp with a spoon. Whip cream to a dry froth, line a glass dish with lady fingers or sponge, pile oranges and whipped cream high in the center.
Sponge Cake Mix Fun
Three eggs beaten with sugar and flour. Add baking powder lemon flavoring and boiling water. Mix until smooth and bake to finish.
Balt and Gasoline Delicate Washing Tip
A note explains that washing delicate fabrics in gasoline with added salt prevents stains at the edges of cleaned areas. The method emphasizes edge stain avoidance when using solvent and salt in rinsing.
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Wyoming
Wyoming State Fair
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