Minnesota road project demands vast crushed rock supply
The 1930s plan outlines grinding needs of 400 tons of crushed rock or gravel per mile, with millions of carloads required nationwide. Delays reduced completion of many miles, though more crushed rock and gravel shipments are authorized to finish about 250 miles of roadwork.
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United States Department of Aericuulture
Aubaute
Niles
Hunting the Sperm Whale Aboard a Whaler
A graphic maritime tale from the west coast of Scotland describes a sperm whale hunt near Rockall. The whaler pursues a 60 foot male, harpoons it twice, and after 50 minutes the creature dies. The carcass is prepared for buoyancy and towed to Scotland, valued at five thousand dollars.
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Scotland
Scothind
Rockall
Eramite
Atlantic
Liebrides
Equalizing cost of roads across states proposal
States with long established highway programs would receive compensation to equalize mileage value with national system projects. Built local highways would shift to state control while the federal government bore maintenance costs for the national network.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Omaha reader testifies after twenty years of use that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Pinkham's Sanitone Wash eased feminine troubles. The ad invites others to write for confidential advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Aloman
Omaha
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Pinkham
Lydia E
Pickham
Bcsquist
20Th Street
Onaha
Nabracka
Lydia E. Pinkheam
Lydia E. Pinkeam
Historic book chapter sparks boy’s playful war memory
A Boston Transcript note recalls a teacher reading from The History of the American Revolution and a child, Raymond, hearing the term breastworks. He tells his mother of colonial skirmishes with a light joke about British soldiers seeing Americans and “throwing up their breakfasts.”
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Raymond
Boston Transcript
Wear Testing of Road Material in Lab at Manhattan
In the road testing lab of the engineering experiment station at Manhattan a machine tests road material wear. The apparatus simulates years of use in mere hours to assess durability and performance.
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Engineering Experiment Station
Manhattan
Represent Liabilities in Road Bond Waste
Roads that will not be of service when the bonds that pay for them mature are liabilities not assets. Such costly waste should be stopped, and in many places already is being halted.
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Dr. Michelson
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