Road Building Drainage Chief Essential for Earth Roads
A Scots road expert emphasizes drainage as the key to good earth roads. He urges surface and under drainage, proper crown dragging after rain, and drying slowly to avoid mud.
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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
6
Great 1920 Road Program and Federal Aid Growth
David F. Houston reports that the federal aid road program for 1920 surpasses all prior annual road-building efforts. He notes wartime stagnation delayed contracting and engineering capacity, with funds allotted to cover next year for a program more than four times larger than any previously undertaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David F. Houston
Acramiture
TNT
Market as Prerequisite for Diversified Farming
The piece argues that a reliable market is essential for diversified farming. It notes that good roads and accessible transport influence market viability, whether in nearby towns cities or distant markets reached by rail.
Advantage to Agriculture From Improved Roads
A historical note explains that better roads save time in hauling for agriculture, effectively cutting transportation costs and boosting efficiency for farmers.
Bigger Taxes On Bad Roads
The article notes opposition to a roads tax arguing farmers pay higher taxes for bad roads than for building and maintaining good roads. Proponents say tax will fund better roads and reduce time and labor losses from poor infrastructure.
Travel on Good Roads in New York Roads
In New York State millions have been spent on road improvement and it is claimed travelers can drive an automobile for three straight months without leaving improved roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Dragging as a Step in Road Improvement
The practice, though often part of maintenance, serves to transform a rough trail into a well shaped, hard surfaced road. It marks a move toward creating a faster, more durable route through gradual surface work.
Barcelona: Chameleon City of Spain in Historic Turmoil
A National Geographic bulletin notes Barcelona’s contrasting streets from narrow crooked lanes to Parisian style avenues. It traces the city’s aristocracy clinging to past eras, Columbus statues and Spain’s shifting loyalties from 1492 to 1652, amid public reactions to exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
London
Paris
America
National Geographic Society
New York
France
Philip IV
Catalonia
Christopher Columbus
Rumbla
Fifth Avenue
Holly and mistletoe trade and lore across regions
The article notes seasonal rail shipments of holly and mistletoe, detailing varieties in the United States and England. It highlights Tex Opaca as a fine American holly, English holly leaf sturdiness, and mistletoe’s rarity and druidic associations, with United States locations and Oklahoma as state flower references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Normandy
Orahoma
Orange Blossoms and Brides Theories on Bridal Ornaments
Different explanations trace orange blossoms as bridal ornaments to the Crusader era and Saracen customs, English horticultural limits, and social signaling of rank. A Spanish origin, widespread through France, then millinery, is proposed as the fashion’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
England
Spain
France
Ice Fishing Tales From The Kansas City Star
A Kansas City Star writer notes water stays about 39 degrees beneath the ice, letting fish move and feed. Through clear ice fish appear with backs near 82 degrees and a strike shatters the ice to kill them, causing a dead fish to float belly up. Bears may break ice to reach fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Hysterical Somnolence and a Self-Hypnosis Cure
A nineteen year old with lifelong sudden sleep attacks was described by Dr. Carlill in Lancet. The doctor believed the episodes were hysterical and self-induced by hypnosis. He thought a thickened skull caused the problem and cured it by removing a small bone fragment and manipulating it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tr. He. Carlill
Lancet
London
Doctor Car- 1Ht
Thex
Portrait Painter Joke Misfires in Louisvile Courier Journal
A jokey remark about portrait painting highlights local humor in the Louisville Courier Journal. The quip plays on popularity and likeness as a social digression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Diet Adherence Conversation Cited by Boston Transcript
A brief exchange quotes a patient and doctor on following dietary advice. The patient admits to religiously following the plan only part of the time, joking that he says grace about three times in five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Boston Transcript
Mrs Reed Joins Consul in Washington Visit
Mrs. E. C. A. Reed wife of the American consul and passport chief in Paris visits Washington with her husband for a few weeks before returning to France. Her home attire contrasts with a distinctly Parisian dress.
Ancient Aztec Roots Behind Mexican Matachines Festival
The annual Matachines festival blends Indian and Spanish heritage with Christian symbols. Dancers, sometimes armed with swords and beer bottle tops, perform over two to three days ending on a hilltop cross. The cross may echo Aztec worship, showing a pagan Christian fusion still seen in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexican Republic
Southwest
Mexico
New AM Mexico
Early Colonial Newspapers and Their Origins
The Boston News-Letter began continuous journalism in WWZO0 at the Massachusetts Historical Society marking the start of the press in British colonies. Earlier efforts include manuscript newsletters and Publick Occurrences of 1690 which planned monthly issues but did not endure due to authorities objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Boston News-Letter
Massachusetts Historical Society
Clorevtian
Colonies
Tracing Islamic Lineages Through Centuries
Prof. Talcott Williams notes Muslims in the Arab world Africa and Asia preserve long genealogies through authentic records. Descendants of Mohammed Abu Bekr and Khaldi families in Jerusalem maintain lineage evidence spanning over a millennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talcott Williams
Turkey
Mohammed
Arabia
Somaliland
East Africa
Abu Bekr
Jerusalem
Kakled
Syria
Feathertop Race Day Warning From Wife
The exchange voices concern about a race afternoon and potential excitability affecting money. The Wife counsels caution while Mr Feathertop anticipates attending the races and possibly losing his head.
Dialogues on marriage and daughter asks for proposal
A terse exchange recalls a daughter prompting her father to consider a marriage proposal. Young Baggs calls to ask to be given a hand, and the father questions whether he has anything to contribute to the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baggs
Astronomer Speaks On Atlantis Existence
Professor Edgar Lucien Larkin of the Lowe Astronomical Observatory Mount Lowe California believes Atlantis once existed. He uses a spinthariscope to study a chart of stars near the north celestial pole and places Atlantis between Africa and the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Lucien Larkin
Lowe Astronomical Observatory
Mount Lowe
Cal
North
Celestial Pole
Atlantis
Africa
Central America
True Forgiveness Quotation Reflects Childlike Mercy
A quote by Alice Meynell extols true forgiveness as the unconditional mercy of children who seek pity for their sorrows, fail to see their own wrongs, and forgive without demands or bargains, urging adults to emulate this innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Mother Gray
Alice Meynell
Fisherman Describes Vast Herring Shoal Length
A fisherman says a shoal of herring can stretch five or six miles long and two or three miles wide, indicating a substantial schooling area observed offshore.
Indians Made Salt In New York in Early America
The Delaware Indians produced salt from brine springs in New York as early as 1670 and sold it to settlers, likely the first commercial salt production in the country. White settlers began salt manufacture near Syracuse around 1788, with salt being the most widely used mineral globally and among the most abundant in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
United States
Syracuse
N. Y
Footprints of Progress in Alternative Materials
The report notes substitutes for cork from specific dried fungi ground and mixed with cement for pressure consolidation. Norway patents a carbide driven motor process. Denmark forms a firm to briquette heather with higher heat value than peat. Chalk marl from Limburg mined areas tested as fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Denmark
Limburg
Waterspout off Haiku coast described by Wailuku Times
The Wailuku Times details a Sunday afternoon waterspout off the Haiku coast. The mist and spray formed a cuplike shape, with a 10 to 15 foot diameter tube extending from cloud to sea, wavering and then vanishing, resembling a high water dust whirlwind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Haiku
Beliefs on Friday Across Cultures
The passage contrasts Friday beliefs among ancient Scandinavians and Muslims, noting Norse Friday linked to the Goddess Frigga and Freyvja as a lucky day, while Muslims view Friday as a late week average day with Adam’s creation, expulsion, repentance, death, and the coming resurrection tied to it.
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Frigga
Adam
House Full of Creepers Draws Ire in Baltimore
A Baltimore column cites a complaint about a local house with over 200 varieties of creepers described as a crying nuisance and an infant asylum, highlighting neighborhood tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Young Man Seeks Cigarettes For a Lady
A short Louisville Courier Journal item notes a young man in embarrassment seeking cigarettes, explaining the purchase is for a lady. The brief sets a quiet scene with minimal context and no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
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