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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
7
D Y Geddes explains that Ohio's road program funds 50 percent from the state 25 percent from counties 15 percent from townships and 10 percent from adjacent landowners. Muskingum county has used this for two years to obtain one mile of brick road annually as resident engineer, with a brick road requiring a brick paving connection at one end.
The article describes vitrified brick paving laid with concrete curbing, 16 foot maximum width, 10 foot minimum, and three foot earth shoulders. Drainage by side ditches, five inch crown, and curved cross sections. Subgrade prepared with a six ton roller, gravel base seven inches, sand cushion, brick laid and rolled, with strict specifications and curved angles.
The item advises farm practices including drainage, rolling meadows, pressing grass roots, cleaning plow blades with grain sack remnants, rubbing with paper to shine, reseeding with timothy and clover after winter kill, applying 200 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre to boost hay yield, and notes on a neighbor's small sawing outfit for firewood.
The South river road section of 5,280 feet cost 10334 dollars and the Frazenburg road 5,950 feet cost 12923 dollars. After over a year of use the South river road is in as good a condition as when finished.
A Colorado farmer extols alfalfa as ideal for dry farming noting 160 acres plus 1100 more, wintering 100 stock on dry hay. He advises climatic adaptation, deep plowing, fallowing in dry regions, and combining feed production with stock. April seeding, ten pounds per acre, and harrow after cutting.
In Columbus Ward County North Carolina an elderly thresher argues that smaller quarter section farms yield more bushels per acre than larger half and whole sections. He blames farmers not seasons for declining yields, noting effort drops as farm size grows. The Orange Judd Farmer echoes this critique of shifting farming practices.
Plan early sowing to get hardier plants ahead of neighbors. Some losses may occur but the rewards include stronger harvests. When soil dries enough, peas cabbage and many other crops can be planted earlier than usual.
The state pushes a $50.9 million constitutional amendment for road construction and maintenance and proposes a three member state highway board. The Troy Times notes Pennsylvania and New York may soon boast top highways as plans proceed. Farmers face labor shortages, with some considering selling due to lack of help while those with family labor fare better.
Retired Bolivar Missouri merchant David W. Martin recalls wartime injuries and chronic kidney pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief after three years of suffering. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot comfort and claims of cure.
The article highlights the claimed success of epilepticide in curing fits and nervousness and offers free trial bottles and literature through the Dr May Laboratory in New York City. It also recounts a light anecdote from Atchison about a girl who accepted a marriage proposal after visiting her sisters.
A reader notes the high charges at Niagara Falls attractions and complains that visitors pay steep prices yet nothing legal happens to curb the behavior. The comment highlights ongoing frustrations with tourist taxes and admission fees in the area.
A physician recounts a grip attack that left him unable to retain food. He credits four tablespoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream three times daily for two weeks with restoring nourishment and strength. He asserts wider physician use could save lives and notes the slogan There’s a Reason.
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