Billion Dollars for Rural Roads in 1926 Funds
The Bureau of Public Roads estimates 1926 rural road construction and maintenance at 1.02 billion dollars. State highway departments receive about 508 million, with 461.5 million for construction and 187.1 million for maintenance. Counties and locals may spend about 481.7 million, while states gain over 58 million more from federal aid.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
State Highway Department
Athose
Eastern 36-Foot Road Costs Shockingly High
An Connecticut road, fifty miles long, linking with a famous New York route, recently finished its last link. It is thirty six feet wide and cost 106 000 a mile. Ohio’s best roads of similar width average about 40 000 a mile. Gravel roads eighteen feet wide cost 2 000 to 5 000 a mile depending on haul distance and soil.
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Connecticut
New York
Ohio
Twelve Mile Brick Road to Be Rebuilt Model Road
A twelve mile stretch of brick road near Galeeburg Illinois will be rebuilt as a model road. The project focuses on a strong rigid base and cushion with asphalt and concrete layers to fit the brick wearing surface and accommodate irregularities.
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Galeeburg
Postal Savings Aid Roads Record From National Grange Advocate
A National Grange spokesman argues that postal savings bolster road funding by lowering costs and reducing deficits tied to federal highway spending. He cites efficiency gains and increased government use of the highway system as a model for expanded federal aid and unified postal service benefits.
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Post
M. Toomis
National Grange
Turk Delivere
Good for Nothing Good for Nothing
A reflective piece on Jeremiah's girdle parable, arguing that Israel’s refusal to hear God makes them good for nothing. It links biblical imagery to Christian living, urging believers to avoid worldliness and remain usable workers for God.
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Jeremiah
Huphrates
Israel
Judah
Kingdom of Heavenly
Church of God
Gideon
Paul
How Scientist Would Draw Water From Fog
An English university professor explores converting Hongkong’s fog into rain by charging fog droplets. He explains droplets are carried by tiny particles with positive charge in negatively charged air, and that a slight electric pressure could make them cohere and fall as rain, though large costly electrical apparatus would be needed.
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Hongkong
How Air Mail Is Guided By Midnight Suns Beacons
Five aerial beacon stations guide air mail with 50-foot towers and high intensity arc lights called midnight suns. Each beacon delivers a 500 million candle power beam sweeping the sky above the horizon at a one degree angle, visible up to 180 miles on clear nights. Continuous light lane links New York to Cheyenne across 1,900 miles with emergency fields and smaller guides every few miles.
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Apay
Air Mail
New York
Cheyenne
How Copper Got Its Name and Fame
The tale links copper’s name to Aphrodite’s sea arising mirror on Cyprus. It notes two metals then gold and copper, gold rejected for dull reflection while copper enhanced beauty. The Cyprian ore became cuprum and later copper, with the saying not worth a copper marking low value.
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Cyprus
Cyprian Isle
Watson Davis
How to Treat Frostbites and Early Photography Notes
Frostbite treatment advised as rub with snow or cold water until sensation returns and circulation is restored. Do not use warm water or heat until circulation is back to avoid mortification. Also mentions steam bending wood processes and Niepce building the first camera from a cigar box with lenses borrowed from a solar reader.
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Carpente
Niepce
Scone
The Lamb of God by Rev F T Conner Moody Bible Institute
Rev F T Conner of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago presents The Lamb of God in this extension department compilation. The work outlines theological themes emphasizing sacrifice and atonement within Christian doctrine.
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F. T. Conner
Moody Bible Institute Chicago
The Lamb of God and the Enduring Sacrifice
A devotional discussion tracing the paschal lamb as a symbol of faith and obedience, linking Old Testament sacrifice to Christ’s atonement. It reflects on unbelief, Peter and Paul’s conversions, and the Revelation imagery of the Lamb who opens seals and reigns in the final judgment and new creation.
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John
Egypt
Pharaoh
Israel
Christ
Peter
Paul
Damascus
Isaiah
Judah
David
Lamb of God
Heaven
Earth
Jerusalem
Guilemae
Satan
Jobn
Elfraselg
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