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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1894
Page
3
Good Roads Library advises using tires four inches wide or a five ton horse roller to smooth and harden dirt roads. Rolling should follow grading, gradually covering the road from sides to center, with occasional moistening to aid compaction.
The New York Sun notes Ecuador's decayed transit network with Quito as the lone city showing carts. The six to seven month dry season makes the coast road to Guayaquil impassable, isolating the interior and hampering trade. A postman once vanished in mud along the route. Authorities push to turn the mule path into a real road amid ongoing improvements.
The Malden Massachusetts street department outfits water carts with broad tires set slightly narrower at the front to pull inner tracks. This creates a larger rolling surface and turns heavy carts into improvised road rollers, reducing road damage and steadily improving pavement with each pass.
The article extols Pike county Missouri gravel roads as a model turnpike network. It notes the 97 miles of gravel routes as the finest in the west, well maintained from abundant local material, benefiting farmers and merchants and enhancing the county’s reputation.
Roads drive development and intelligence in the states. Good roads enable farmers to get crops to market and raise land values, reflecting a society's attainments and progress.
The article stresses removing water from dirt roads to prevent mud impeding travel. It explains surface drainage using side ditches, proper spacing from the road edge, and the rule of common sense for road width. It cites New Jersey progress and urges farmer involvement and broad organization for better roads.
Curiosities from a New York Independent paper survey humorous and poignant epitaphs. It cites lines from tombstones in Newburyport Massachusetts and towns across New Jersey New York Wales and Pennsylvania, noting wry humor and grim accuracy in memorial inscriptions. It includes quodlibet verses about spouses deaths and odd phrasing sometimes offered by local papers.
The New York State League For Good Roads reports strong farmer interest across the state. The league seeks to inform voters, avoid single policy commitments, and promote economical roadbuilding through education on financial benefits and suitable legislation.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle urges broad support for road reform, arguing farmers stand to gain most but benefits extend to all classes and business impact will be decisive. It scorns moss covered ideas of progression and calls citizens to critique such views.
A short, rhythmic note urges a man to join the fight to shun all evil paths. It presents a single plan: take action to oppose harm and follow a righteous path. The piece emphasizes active commitment over contemplation.
A garbled letter from a mother describing family news and local events. She lists relatives' illnesses and deaths, a revival, a change in habits, and weather swings from drought to rain, with scattered humor and local color.
Webb Donnell explains how to select and operate incubators and brooders for chickens ducks and turkeys. He stresses self regulation moisture control minimal opening during hatch proper warmth and exercise for chicks plus clean dry bedding and nutritious food. The article also notes political and local anecdotes unrelated to poultry.
Abbie A Tilley as administratrix of George Tilley late of Bristol deceased files her account for allowance. A hearing is set for June 4 at 10 a.m. in the Town Clerk's office Bristol. Notice to be published for fourteen days weekly in the Bristol Phoenix. Herman F Bennedt Town Clerk.
A historical note describes using tobacco vapor confined under greenhouse plants to kill insects, noting it is less harmful to delicate flora than smoke or liquid. It also provides a quassia and soap wash method and an alternative tobacco stem treatment for infested leaves, with steps to apply and rinse.
The Pen and Pencil Club surveys literary figures from Shakespeare to Jonas Lie. General Lew Wallace hints at a new work without disclosed details to avoid plagiarism claims. De Saussay authored a folio of panegyrics sharing a common first name Andrew. Swinburne is praised as a strong swimmer with Oxford days recalling dives from the Balliol barge.
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