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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
13
Fashion designers pursue varied coat styles for young girls aiming to flatter different figures while keeping warmth. The collection features fur accents, yoke variations, and straight or box coats in soft faced fabrics, with practical and dressy models. Dresses in wool crepe, jersey, and serge accompany snug schoolwear looks, and matching headwear completes coordinated outfits.
Federal and state engineers map a nationwide highway network totaling about 180000 miles. The plan, prepared by the USDA, requires federal aid only on an integrated system of interstate primary and secondary roads, with coordination across state borders and neighbor reviews to fit the national grid. Nebraska identifies gaps but South Dakota plans to align routes, as the federal act since last November limits construction to approved system roads.
Early bids to the Bureau of Public Roads show prices likely to be substantially lower than last season. Grading bids in Missouri Arkansas Minnesota run 20 23 44 and 80 cents per cable yard, about 18 cents below 1921 averages. Reinforcing steel around 6 cents, bridge steel 45 cents, concrete bids about 17 dollars per cubic yard in some areas versus 250 in 1921. Concrete road costs per square yard cited as Ohio 1.52 Colorado 2.27 Georgia 1.38, vs 2.57 national average 1910-1920.
A call to mothers to beware of imitations and counterfeits of Fletcher's Castoria. The ad denounces “Just-as-good” products and urges continued use of the trusted Castoria for babies for over thirty years. It appeals to mothers everywhere to avoid unproven remedies.
Federal-aid road projects totaled 663 miles completed and 641 miles under construction in May, boosting total under construction to nearly 15,000 miles and completed mileage to 17,038. The monthly pace implies more than 20 miles of new federal-aid roads per working day. Allocations to definite projects reached 7.828 million dollars for the month. A 1922 road-building program targets 350 thousand miles of improved highways across the United States in the summer.
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