First National Road Congress Marks Road History
The first national road congress held in Atlantic City October 15 marks a milestone in good roads. It focused on stopping revenue drains, road management, construction, and maintenance while examining laws for uniform road standards and use. The event praised exhibits and endorsed federal aid and an ocean to ocean highway.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Road Congress
J. W. Darrow
New England Homestead
Congress
American Automobile Association
N. P. Hull
National Grange
Charles T. Terry
A. A. A. Legislative Board
J. M. Lowe
St. Louis
Donald McLean
America
Preston Belvin
Virginia State Automobile Association
Joseph Hyde Pratt
North Carolina
Dell M. Potter
Arizona
Ocean To Ocean Highway Association
W. Z) Sobler
Massachusetts
H. W. Anderson
Richmond
James H. MacDonald
Connecticut
Clarence A. Kenyon
Indianapolis
Indiana
Roa
Prafse
Congreaa
American Bar Association
Tralla Ocean To Ocean
Eradicating Quack Graes With Sorghum Method
Experiments by the Iowa station over two seasons show quack grass can be eradicated by sowing sorghum. Fields infested with quack grass were seeded with sorghum in late May, producing vigorous growth that smothered the grass. No crop loss occurs and the sorghum provides a nutritious feed for farm animals.
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Iawa
Buying Stock Swine and Breeding Merit
The article argues pedigree alone does not guarantee value in hog farming. It stresses evaluating animals by performance and suitability for breeders versus meat production, condemning inferior stock for breeding and urging disposal as butcher’s meat.
Use Ample Coops Warns Whippers Of Live Poultry
A local advisory urges that whippers of live poultry must use coops large enough to house birds. Officials warn that overcrowding harms welfare and increases disease risk.
Pickle worm and poultry sales guidance for farms
Article discusses moving poultry promptly to avoid losses and legal trouble, notes arsenate of lead as a remedy for pickle worm in cucumbers and stresses washing before use. Recommends growing soiling crops to use farm products efficiently and sustain profit from stock.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Town for Women and the Beguinage of Ghent
A travel sketch describes Ghent’s Beguinage a women’s town founded in the thirteenth century. A guarded, quiet miniature city houses about 700 women who work on spider web sacs and send worn treasures to the Leguinyage for repair. The author witnesses a guardian preventing a motor vehicle entry during tourist season.
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Ghent
Belgium
Bruges
Cinnamon Bear Grabs Officer in Ridgefield Park Scare
Patrolman William Cranson of Ridgefield Park faced a cinnamon bear attack after encountering an Italian bear on Ridgefield Avenue. The bear seized him during a stunt, ripping the uniform and scratching the face before both the bear and trainer fled across the river to Little Ferry. No arrests followed.
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Trackensack
N. J
William Cranson
Ridgefield Park
Ridgefield Avenue
Grassaw
Cole
Grassuw
Krulh
Bear
Man
Little Ferry
Northwestern seniors vote against sanitary kiss
Chicago report notes Northwestern University senior class referendum nearly unanimous against the sanitary kiss and in favor of the unimpeded amack the kind grandma used.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Loess Memory After Operation
Miss Anna Lieban underwent heart stoppage during surgery in Albany New York and was restored to life moments after. The report notes residual memory loss following the operation though details remain limited and unclear.
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Albany
Anna Liebanatein
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Sacred Village
Atanda
Ilarner Rye
Kentucky
Ferdinand
Mathias Olinger
Leven
Cinnamon Bear
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Eeu
Sot Mann Geal the
Everybody's Magazine
Definitor
Butterick Publishing Company
Butterick
New York City
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Courier-Journal
Louisville, KY
Henry Wat
Erson
Weekly Courier-Journal
The
Ferdinand News
Daily Courier Journal
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