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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
7
In Warren Ohio a reader praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful tonic and builder after influenza. The letter notes it works as a tonic post illness and urges purchase of tablets or liquid from local druggists or a 10 cent request to the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for free medical guidance.
A letter from A W Smith of White Church Salop declares a 11 year struggle with gall stones and rheumatism cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. After x rays doctors admitted the condition vanished and the patient praises the remedy as proven by a notary. The advert ends with a call to buy from Dodd's Medicine Company Buffalo New York.
A fragment notes Johnny Weaver remarking on a New York literary circle. He suggests their song would be titled Merrily we roll a log, as cited by the Boston Transcript.
Indiana state news notes the American Steel and Wire plant at Anderson will reopen October 9 after several weeks closed for repairs and coal shortages. Edwin L. Nicholas is named assistant adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard. various local officials and incidents across Randolph, Huntington, and surrounding counties are reported, including crime, school building gains, and community projects.
A Tennessee road study shows automobile registrations have doubled since 1916 while traffic on the roads grew fivefold. In 1921 motor vehicles accounted for 84 percent of traffic, horse drawn 16 percent, and experts warn road improvements and economic conditions heavily influence future traffic growth.
The Bureau of Public Roads and the United States Department of Agriculture will study blast-furnace slag as a concrete road material. Slag from 82 plants will be sampled and made into concrete to test wear resistance strength water absorption and overall utility. Field inspections of slag-using roads may follow the laboratory work.
The American Road Builders association reports 174325 people in road building. Officials at all government levels total around 5000. Contractors number about 7000 with 2000 bridge specialists. Engineers number 25000 including civil highway and automotive fields. Geologists total 325.
Government data show 28 000 miles of good roads built in the United States last year. Half the mileage came from state efforts with federal aid while 14 000 miles were built independently of federal assistance. The Lincoln Highway’s finest section is a six mile link between Elizabeth and Rahway New Jersey.
The piece argues that without a highway corridor the nation’s national parks would become largely inaccessible turning the parks into distant playgrounds. It emphasizes transportation links as essential to public access and enjoyment of protected areas.
A concise column critiques highway projects that promise improvements yet expose gaps between plans and reality. The piece laments misaligned funding and delays while urging practical fixes and accountability.
Overheating and sunstroke risk in sheep noted, with worm-infested animals more prone to heat stress. A wormy sheep in poor condition may tolerate other stresses less than healthy flockmates.
Ants display a homing instinct similar to bees and can return home from afar. They apparently rely on imprinting through touch sight or scent of landmarks to navigate.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble without suspecting it. Poor health can cause back pain headaches and loss of ambition. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claims to restore kidney function and offers a sample bottle by 10 cents postage and full size bottles at drug stores.
On Mount Kelyong in Korea a land rush gathers 2,562 people in 518 households and hundreds more at the base as buyers bid high for land amid a prophecy that the site will become a major religious and urban center led by Chyong Kam.
I N Wickwire of Carbondale Pa invents a portable door lock that fits in a pocket. A wedge with fine teeth engages the door jamb under pressure from a lever to grip the frame and resist forced entry.
A playful exchange centers on daily ablutions. One speaker jokes about consistency, while the other notes occasional lapses and occasional cold baths. The light banter reflects domestic rhythms and humor.
The statement notes that easier tasks seem to hinder progress, highlighting a paradox in existence. It suggests the relationship between effort and outcome is counterintuitive and challenging to reconcile.
Mose and Sam dig a trench in France when shells explode nearby. Mose asks if they should seek religion. Sam quips he already found faith when the Faust bomb burst, reflecting wartime humor from the American Legion Weekly.
An irate wife rebukes her husband for demanding to attend church with her for the fifth Sunday. She warns the neighbors will gossip as they did about Mr and Mrs Jones after a gas stove explosion. The judge advises going slow until more is known.
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