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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
21
A humor piece shows a man proposing another constitutional amendment while Senator Sorghum doubts, arguing the document is short and memorable. A mock debate unfolds with name jokes and conversations about marriages and modern dress.
A two mile Bates experimental road built for Illinois state highway tests with U S Bureau of Public Roads and Agriculture cooperation failed on the edge under 12 trucks with 2,500 pound rear wheels on March 30. The test aims to show the futility of light edge constructions as sections collapse and the road endures ongoing destructive pounding for data.
Specialists study soil conditions and temperature effects while five engineers continuously observe the trucks during daily testing. Experiments run until all sections are thoroughly tested for use in future road construction.
The federal aid net of 1916 spurred a boom in highway material testing. The Bureau of Public Roads reports growth from a few labs to at least one in every state. State departments number 40, universities 27, and commercial labs 21, totaling 88. Quick testing is needed to avoid delaying work and ensure materials are locally available and suitable.
New England states adopt a numbered highway system replacing color bands. The plan aims for a simple, expandable national framework with numbers already assigned to many trunk routes by the highway commission. Also notes about road mileage comparisons and Winnipeg street claims amid unrelated fragments.
A Berlin Moabit central criminal court session was interrupted when a man in work clothes climbed a ladder and took the court clock under permission, revealing a theft carried out with the court’s consent and while a case was in progress. The incident exposed a pretrial lapse in security and clock loss.
An authority notes new words recently added to English. A teacher is quoted asking for examples while a child tones the exchange with playful mischief about a mother having the last word in a lighthearted New York Sun feature.
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