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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
16
Fashion notes describe varying coat and dress designs for young girls, emphasizing warmth, simple lines, fur accents, and coordinated outfits. Styles include straight and belted coats, two attached panels, and embroidered details, with wool crepe and jersey dresses and bloomers noted for school wear.
Federal and state engineers map a nationwide 180000 mile highway system. The federal highway act directs spending on a connected network of interstate primary and intercounty secondary roads. States submit plans. Nebraska noted gaps, while North Dakota coordinates to fit adjacent routes.
Bureau of Public Lands reports lower bid levels for upcoming road projects. Grading bids run 20, 24, 30 cents per cubic yard in Missouri Arkansas Minnesota versus 1921 averages. Reinforcing steel around 5 cents vs 8 to 9, bridge steel 4 to 5 cents vs 7 to 8. Concrete bids near 1.5 to 2.3 dollars per square yard, versus 1.25 to 2.57 in 1910–1920. A few top grade concrete bids around 377 dollars per cubic yard in select districts.
Federal road reports show May output of 641 miles under construction, totaling nearly 15,000. completed mileage reaches 17,048. The federal system grew over 20 miles per workday, with $7,828,000 allotted to definite projects. Three hundred and fifty thousand miles of highways extend through every state, aiming for summer 1922 completion.
The message scolds readers for recommending alternatives to Fletcher's Castoria, praising it as a thirty year aid to population and baby health while warning mothers to beware of other remedies for their infants.
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