Names or Numbers for Highways Should Stay
Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor Club, argues against eliminating highway names in favor of numbers. He asserts railroads and travelers alike value both historic names such as Lincoln and Dixie and the efficiency of numeric routing, urging retention of names for sentiment and numbers for clarity.
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Charles M. Hayes
Chicago Motor Club
Overland Express
Joint ‘Board of the Interstate Highways
Washington
Lincoln
Lee
Harding
Memorial planned for Father of Good Roads Joseph H Weeks
The Keystone Automobile Club plans a $35000 memorial in Swarthmore to Joseph H Weeks regarded as the real father of good roads in Pennsylvania. A triangular plot at Baltimore avenue and Chester road will host a bronze plaque with a relief map of the state highway system from the Sproul act of 1911. Weeks died in 1919 and the project has progressed since then.
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Joseph H. Weeks
Pennsylvania
Keystone Automobile Club
Swarthmore
Baltimore Avenue
Chester Road
Weeks
Record highway work hits new year with 5900 miles built
In 1925 the United States added 5900 miles of concrete highways, a new record, increasing total concrete roads to about 37,600 miles outside cities. The effort involved vast materials and workers, with detours minimized to ease motorist travel.
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United States
Americas Road Plan Pushes Vast 1920s Investment
A national program aims to spend about 1.22 billion dollars on roads this year, surpassing any prior total. The text notes optimism for wartime infrastructure progress and signals a broad federal effort to accelerate road building across the country, despite earlier modest gains.
Poultry Ration Standards and Feeding Tips from Beltsville
The article outlines valid ration standards with allowed substitutions such as barley and oats for corn and notes meat scrap should stay under 25 percent of mash. It describes Beltsville Maryland experiments tracking mash components and provides two sample rations for layers and for birds espousing weight control, plus strategies to boost mash intake during long dark winters.
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Beltsville
Separate Pens for Males for Breeding
The breeder who keeps only the required males in his pens can let them run with the flock, but excess males need separate quarters. Preventable injuries arise from not separating birds. A three-hen to one-male coop is suitable. use movable coops for easier relocation and winter shelter.
Value of Green Feed in Chicks Rearing
The text discusses outdoor chick husbandry with access to sunlight, green plant food, and soil. It notes green plant tissa does not prevent leg weakness and chicks will not eat enough green clover to supply the antirachitic factor. Green feed has value but cannot be the sole source according to Ohio researchers.
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Ohio
Leg Weakness in Chicks From Diet or Disease
Leg weakness can stem from multiple causes including overfeeding of forcing ration or excess bottom heat or mineral deficiencies. Disease may cause it, but a chick that is otherwise well shows leg weakness. cure follows correcting the faulty ration once the cause is found.
Roosts for Chicks Improve Summer Coop Health
The article stresses providing proper roosts for growing chicks to prevent crowding and disease. It notes roost space should be ready whether chicks are raised with or without hens and warns against nightly huddling on droppings, which invites illness.
Marshall Wins Mud Battle On Wiley Gridiron
In a soggy Memorial Stadium homecoming, Marshall defeats Wiley 12 to 0 after a mud filled, penalty heavy game. Martin stood out with long punts and two touchdowns sealing the Red Streaks win amidst slippery footing and constant punting.
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Marshall
WILEY
Memorial Stadium
Marshall Team
Hoppe
Reynolds
Martinsmien
Illinois
Martanls
Martin
Wiley Backe
Shoemaker
Denehie
Kfe Reynolds
Neith
Hall
Booth
Buckner
Mayfield
Apple crop report shows larger than average production
The Department of Agriculture via the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports October estimates indicate commercial apple production up one sixth from last season and about one fourth above the 1925 average. Market crops in Washington and Utah are slightly below last year while Idaho drops about one third. other Northwestern states exceed 1925 production with modest declines in most eastern regions except West Virginia.
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Washington, DC
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economic 3
Washington
Utah
Idaho
West Virginia
Hired mourners in Mesopotamia demonstrate grief openly
In Mesopotamia, paid mourners shave their heads to display authentic sorrow, a practice used to assure the bereaved family of genuine mourning. The ritual highlights social customs where emotion signals legitimacy of loss through visible acts.
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Mesopotamia
Diogenes Debate Over Tub Habit Recasts Ancient Hero
Modern scholars challenge the legend that Diogenes lived in a tub arguing the image was a later biographer’s fabrication. The biography-writer suggested the phrase a dog should live in a tub to illustrate the cynic philosopher.
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Diogenes
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