Experimental road method of construction detailed in Illinois report
The Illinois state highway commission reports on a major experimental road built as a thick clay layer with trench rolling using spuds to create a waffle-like texture. Seven one-quarter mile sections tested different trench depths and wheel tamping, costing about $300 per mile, with drainage kept careful and results yet to prove viability.
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Springfield
State Medway Commission
Highway Commissioners
Regiment Township
Rock Island
Elburn
Effingham
Hillsboro
Highland
Mendota
Lincoln
McLean
DeKalb
Joliet
Menard
Forty-Fourth
General Assembly
Deneen
Illinois
T He Commission
Rockford
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Institute
Commission
Sion
State Commission
The Cold Key and Early Hemorrhage Remedies
A historical survey traces epistaxis cures from ancient to early modern times, highlighting cold water, iron objects, and the infamous key as popular stopgap methods. It notes cold's capillary contraction effect and cites a clinician’s quip about a seventeenth‑century key used as a paperweight. The narrative shifts to a household anecdote about Gracie’s math problem and a Virginia colonial dog episode involving a man who sought road removal to protect poultry from vermin.
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Apollonius
Nero
Galen
Guyon-Dolois
Helot
M. Helot
Old Dominion
Northampton County
P. A. Bruce
Virginia
Mike Dixon
Dixon
Cold sensation and ancient wisdom in medical lore
The passage discusses cold and heat as essential sensations, noting that a cold compress may be more reliable than a key in one’s pocket as a primitive control. It praises ancestral wisdom and common folk knowledge, likening it to alchemists and early chemistry observed in the New York Medical Journal.
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New York Medical Journal
Ever Notice It Brooklyn Citizen Observes Dog Looks
A Brooklyn Citizen piece playfully notes how people resemble their dogs. An observer jokes about mismatches between traits and breeds, comparing tall men to collies, bull-like stubbornness to bull dogs, and other canine parallels with social quirks.
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Brooklyn
Balance in room layout and a humorously tall Shorty tale
The piece outlines how to balance a room with divans and opposing furnishings, suggesting placing a table or bookcase opposite a large sofa and using rugs to test arrangement. It includes a Boston Traveler anecdote about locating a man called Shorty, then notes on bread improvement via milling advancements.
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Gracie
Papa
Mamma
Shorty
Boston
DeWitt Kidney and Bladder Pills Offer Quick Relief
The advertisement promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for all kidney and bladder troubles with a week’s treatment priced at 25 cents. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkung, druggist, located at 85 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkung
Stephenson Street
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Illinois State Highway Commission
Honda
Uneeda Biscuit
Onal Biscuit Company
Dewitt’s
WM. BF
Jungkunz
Bkebport, Ill
People’s Column
A.” Journal
U. S. Army
Cuba
First St
West State St
New York
Aurors
State St
Chicago
Stearns & Zips
Kimball Piano
T. S. Ryan
S &7
Culena St
Jetkltt
Ordway St
Enquire Geo. & Nash
West At
Freeport
Lancaster
Ortemeler
Ranpire St
Luddew
Jacob Grol
Lincoln Ave
Stephenson St
Casey
Kitlball
Plane House
Cie Fonast
Ottawast
Tao
C.C. Wolf
Douglas Avenue
O Yitt
Galena Ave
A. L. Babcock
FLS, Brown
Stoum
Oass
Harris & Benruthbun
Spring St
Stephenson Rt
Journal Onte
Grace Church
Prospect
Perc Rove
Osta
Beagle Hound
Ree “Turmato Roy Meloick
Vi Tialena St. Iz Vod
Migio
Journ
Powell and Grove Sts
Blephenson St
Jourbal
Freeport Loan Co
Room
Wisconsin
John
Freeport Gas Light & Goke Co
Athes
Florida
Burrell Brothers
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena Bt
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