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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
3
A garbled article discusses road grading practices, drainage, and taxpayer opposition to a grader purchase. It references center-ditch grading, ditch depth management, and the impact on highways, with remarks on taxpayer views and municipal decisions.
The article notes vast U S road mileage with only seven percent improved, and farm shipments reaching 85,478,000,000 pounds during 1905-08. It highlights transport costs, lower on good roads and much higher on rough ones, and estimates potential savings of over 250 million dollars with road improvements. Also mentions hogs eating clover hay and New York transient hotel figures.
A thin grain storage house designed to handle crops without heavy lifting uses an upper driveway to haul grain into AR bins and pour into wagons. Built on a hillside, fills drain into lower wagons. piers raise the structure four feet to ensure complete drainage and ease of emptying.
The text explains when to use a drag on earth roads, noting it works best on non sticky soil and helps create a smooth surface. It covers how clay behaves with water, methods to center or vent the road, and guidance on varying conditions, stones, and center dragging to prevent center-high bulges.
A Pralie Farner correspondent describes a wagon husking rack built from two-inch strips five feet long for side pieces and matching ends. Two 2x4s form the frame, secured by a seat that passes under the supports and hooks at the top of the box. The frame serves solo work, with two men needed to place a mirrored frame on the opposite side.
The column notes high feed costs reducing sheep feeding this year and advises selecting the best seed for next year as corn prices range 60 to 76 cents per bushel. It urges humane hen care, large runs, market hogs with early maturing pigs, and systematic farm planning. It also discusses clover and seed costs in orchard management.
Practical notes on farming routines including poultry cleanliness and feeding, sow and hog management, dairy care, stable hygiene, and road maintenance. Emphasizes gradual diet changes, shelter, manure use, productivity gains, and prudent farm economics with a farmer’s cautionary anecdotes.
A fragmented satire contrasts imaginary troubles with real hazards in an old Industry context. It blurs figures like Tubal Cain and Boiler Makers union names, lampooning advice and expense traits while outlining a dubious path to happiness through endurance and the body culture creed.
Mrs Louis Leck of San Antonio Texas reports her child suffered six months from severe eczema on face head and legs. After trying two doctors and four months of treatment the Culicura remedy relieved the sores in one week and cleared the skin in two months. Now the child is two years old and has had no recurrence.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century column mixes jokes about marriage and obelisks with literary quotes, business notices, and stray ads. It references a Baxter miscue in a classroom, a Detroit Free Press tease, and a blunt jab at fashion with the split skirt debate. It closes with brief product plugs and miscellaneous vendor notes.
A fragmented collection of 19th century snippets from The Atlanta Constitution, including stray quotes about turkey dinners and providence, references to jockeys and London, a discussion on changing times, and a striking global death rate statistic. The piece interweaves miscellaneous headlines, advertisements, and moral reflections with sporadic names and places.
F 2 Mochin rises through the ranks to General Superintendent of the Omatin Road after years of service with the Northwestern Railway. Born in Pennsylvania he began a railway career with the Nor North Western Line and advanced through roles such as Dominator master and Deputy Superintendent before attaining the top post. He is praised for quiet leadership and strong work ethic as colleagues note his potential to shape future operations.
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