Attracting the Tourist and Better Roads
The article notes summer tourist exodus to Switzerland and other famed scenic regions aided by good roads. It cites foreign nations spending heavily to improve routes, with Switzerland hosting 3,000,000 visitors yearly spending $30,000,000, and Italy Bavaria and Spain $60,000,000 collected from travelers. It argues the U.S. loses tourism revenue due to inadequate roads while urging states to invest in road building to keep and attract visitors.
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Switzerland
Good Roads Magazine
Italy
Bavaria
Spain
Paris
London
Vienna
America
Maintenance of Earth Roads in Rural Townships
Townships relying on earth roads due to lack of gravel should adopt a modern, centralized road management model. Propose appointing one to four commissioners to oversee all road machinery and schedule regular grader and planer visits to keep roads smooth, filled, and free of ruts, aligning earth road upkeep with permanent road standards.
Bring Trade to a Town Through Good Roads
The piece urges every farmer and merchant to support good roads, stressing that well kept roads attract trade, reduce repair costs, lower taxes, and allow teams to haul 50 to 200 percent more. It calls for starting a movement to improve local roads as a community service worthy of commendation.
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United States
To Protect the Highways Edits for Road Damage Penalties
Commissioner Hunter of Pennsylvania proposes that injuring roads be made a misdemeanor with heavy fines or imprisonment. The plan targets rough drags and gutter plows, heavy loaded wagons, and urges abolition of narrow tires on heavy wagons to curb road damage.
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Hunter
Pennsylvania
Rural Free Delivery Deficit and Petition Requests Rise
The rural delivery program runs at a monthly loss of 25 dollars per route, totaling about 7 million dollars yearly. There are 4,048 petitions pending for new routes, and since establishment 44,194 petitions have been filed with 10,153 rejected. On March 1, 29,998 rural routes were in operation.
Trees Along Highways Echo Rural Progress Talk
County Engineer J. McClintock urged Greece New York Grange members to plant trees along roads. He warned against dense rows but endorsed well spaced large trees to beautify farms, provide shade, wind breaks, and raise property values. He cited trees as personal friends enriching drives and local appeal.
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Grange
Greece
N. Y
J.¥. McClintock
New England
Old England
What Good Roads Are And European Comparisons
Professor P A Foder of Utah argues that true good roads in Europe are smooth, durable, and economical, contrasting western U S practice of wide muddy highways with European narrow, well-fixed roads that maximize cultivation. He cites weather and travel examples to support road quality as essential to progress.
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P. A. Foder
Utah
Reducing Highway Width Gains Popular Support
Sentiment favors narrowing highways from sixty to forty feet as petitions from landowners across states urge highway commissioners to reduce the legal width. Proponents argue the extra land invites weeds and could be used for farming, and a narrower right of way would allow better roads and easier maintenance.
Road Building Critique Sparks Quip About Law
A road engineer argues against highway construction methods calling for a law to stop tools from building roads. He quips that moving the outer edge materials to the center deserves ninety days in jail.
Wish For Good Roads In March From The Implement Age
A humorous verse laments stalled road improvements and a slow Congress. It imagines mules pulling horseless carriages amid muddy spring, hopes for a good roads bill, and predicts a revived vehicle trade if Congress acts. The piece mocks federal delays and yearns for tangible progress on infrastructure.
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Congress
Hints on Doctoring for Poultry Health
This column lists home remedies for fowl ailments from scaly legs to roup and cold symptoms. It advocates vaseline and sulphur for scaliness, alum in drinking water for canker, fresh air and exercise as stock tonics, weekly disinfection, and various treatments including kerosene, bromide, quinine, and soda water. It cites the U S department of agriculture on roup and notes an informal tonic of gin and molasses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Limberneck
M. K. Boyer
American Poultry Journal
Growth of Pekin Ducka Superior Market Bird
James Rankin in Reliable Poultry Journal asserts Pekin ducks are superior market birds due to control, fecundity, rapid growth, and table quality. He recalls imports a quarter century ago with ten week weights of ten pounds, now fourteen pounds per pair common, drakes eight to nine pounds. He credits selective breeding and a feed formula of cornmeal bran middlings flour and scraps for size gains versus Chinese rice hulls and fish.
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James Rankin
Poultry ‘Journal
Mating Turkeys For Breeding Hens And Males
The guide emphasizes using breeding turkeys over a year old with strength health vigor and medium size. Avoid small or overgrown birds and favor well proportioned birds. New blood matters. avoid inbreeding by introducing a healthy male from distant sources and secure him in fall before breeding season.
Treating swollen legs in birds with witch hazel and diet
The Reliable Poultry Journal advises a home remedy for swollen legs: use fifteen drops of witch hazel in each pint of drinking water and provide no other drink. Bathe the legs in witch hazel extract, bind with cotton batting, confine in a dry straw bed, and feed only hard dry grain with little green food. If there is little improvement in seven to ten days, discontinue attempts to doctor the bird.
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Poultry Journal
Not a Broiling Breed Leghorn for profitable broiler use
The Leghorn is not a desirable broiler breed due to difficulty in reaching a profitable plump condition. It requires four weeks longer to reach the target weight than American breeds, but when ready it has a fine breast and an attractive carcass, according to the American Poultry Journal.
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American Poultry Journal
Meat For Hens Boosts Egg Hatching and Yields
The passage argues that hens fed a variety including fresh meat, and not overfed on corn, will lay eggs that hatch if the rooster is vigorous. It claims meat increases vigor and that substituting meat for corn raises egg production enough to offset meat cost through more eggs.
Unusually Low Rates West and North West Via Burlington Route
Burlington issues summer rail specials with half fares to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Utah routes. Dates span June through September 1905 with various return limits and 25 cent privileges. Also Pacific Northwest California routes with 47.10 to 64.60 and 90 day return, plus many side trips and free descriptive literature. F P Bell agent.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Utah
Pacific Northwestern
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Billings
Scenic Rockies
St. Paul
California
Northwest
Cody
Big Horn Basin
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood
Hot Springs
Lead and Custer
S. D
Sheridan
Wyo
Burlington
F. P. Bell
Thankful Bedford citizen credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Bedford residents hear a tale of back and kidney relief from S Norton who suffered years of back pain and kidney trouble. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Bibbin's drug store he reports lasting improvement and urges others to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and H B Rhodes. The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Cure and cautions on summer kidney irregularities.
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Bedford
S. Norton
Leines
Dean
Omaha
Bibbin
Foley
H. B. Rhoods
Asthma Sufferer Recommends Foley Honey and Tar
Daniel Bante of Otterville Iowa reports asthma relief after trying numerous remedies and doctors in New York and elsewhere He praises Foley Honey and Tar as effective and plans to keep it in his home He notes it is sold by H B Rhoads
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Daniel Bante
Otterville
Iowa
New York
H. B. Rhoads
Electrical Bitters End Chronic Illness, Harper Man Says
"For seven years I battled stomach and liver trouble, but Electrical Bitters cured me," writes Geo. W. Hoffman of Harper. The product is sold with a guarantee at 50 cents a bottle by A. L. Bibbins. Try them today.
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Harper, Wash
A. L. Bibbins
No Man Can Sacrifice Himself Without Self Worth
A concise reflective maxim asserts that true sacrifice requires prior self respect and esteem. It emphasizes personal value as a prerequisite for self-denial and duty, suggesting inner appraisal precedes outward duty and heroism.
Piles Torture Relief Promoted by Arnica Salve
Masonville Indiana resident Harry Colson endorses Backlen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for piles and wounds. The product also treats cuts burns and injuries and is priced at 25 cents at A L Bibbins druggist.
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Harry Colson
Masonville
A. L. Bibbins Druggist
He who works with his heart will always have work for his hands
A concise proverb asserts that genuine effort and passion produce steady labor, linking heartfelt dedication to continual productive output. The saying emphasizes inner drive as the source of durable employment and skill development.
Smith the Tailor Moves to Front Room Over Shoe Store
Smith the Tailor announces relocation to the front room above the new shoe store. The shop offers cleaning, repairing, pressing and altering as specialty services.
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