Anthony merchants plan booster automobile tour
The Anthony Bulletin endorses a trade boosting scheme for Wichita and southwest merchants. A bearier style tour would visit neighboring towns, meeting farmers and townsfolk to build interest and advertise Anthony's trade. The plan mirrors Kansas City and Wichita jobber trips and would use many automobiles to reach farmers along trade routes.
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Dirt Road Dragging Promises Cheap Road Improvement
Dr. Donald McCaskey argues that dragging mud from dirt roads with a log drag can fill ruts and create a hard surface. He cites Missouri practice by D Ward Wing and says persistent dragging can yield dry roads with crowns, reducing need for expensive macadamized highways nationwide.
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Missouri
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Donald McCaskey
Train Schedule Fragments Include Several Noted Rail Lines
A garbled timetable lists various train services such as Overland Limited No 1 at 6 20 p m and Colorado Express No 3 with uncertain times. California Oregon Expense and Los Angeles Limited appear as references along with a note about No 9 Fast Mall and a passenger carrying Ot. Fro. service at 7 00 a m.
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Needless Wear of Roads by Autos Probed by County Surveyor
A county surveyor condemns motorists for always driving on the crown of roads. He argues this causes excessive wear, creating ruts and ridges in one tire-track. Spreading wear from gutter to crown would extend road life and reduce repairs, though some cambered roads make flat driving less pleasant.
Jersey Town's Good Move in Florence New Jersey
Florence New Jersey shows urban renewal with river road rebuilt into a boulevard and park. A Shovel Broom and Lake Brigade cleans streets, plants tower beds, and promotes floral beautification. Foundrytown sees streets yards improved as two boulevards are planned and a city charter considered.
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Panama Isthmus road opens as a faster Ancon to La Boca route
The new road from Boulevard Fourth de Julio to La Boca in Ancon shortens the Ancon to La Boca trip, streamlining travel on the canal zone. It is ballasted with crushed stone and reworked to withstand the rainy season, marking a step toward broader Panamanian road development and faster canal zone business.
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Good Roads Magazine
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C. Morton Dame
Local Officials Listed Across Lincoln County and Sidney
A long roster lists state officers including governor and secretary of state, con gressional and state senate candidates, judicial district judges, county officers, commissioners, village trustees, school boards, and church and fraternal society leaders in Sidney and North Platte. It also notes religious services for several churches and schedules for lodges and societies.
Drag plan in Lancaster County transforms dirt roads
Dr Donald McCaskey and a hired man built a drag with a blacksmith, repairing a half mile of yellow clay road in 1909. The method, once mocked, spread across Lancaster county, turning rough dirt into smooth tracks like boulevards, convincing skeptics of its value. Farmers adopted drags, praising the dramatic improvements.
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Retired Capitalist's Motorcar Tour through Montgomery
Colonel Nicholas Bell of St. Louis travels via motorcar through Montgomery Missouri on a trip to Seattle Washington. He retraces his forty three year old ox team route and speaks to farmers about roads and motorcars as paths to wealth and happiness, with his son Christian driving.
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