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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
3
A motor sleigh crossed the Cascades in a noted Popular Mechanics trial, defeating snow riddled passes and even rescuing a stalled automobile. The Alaska post trails could gain from this gasoline method, reducing dog sled labor. quotes reflect shifting times and public attitudes toward mobility and industry.
The USDA outlines a simple inexpensive road drag using a hardwood log split into two semi cylinders framed as front and back runners. Runners spaced 80 to 86 inches apart with ladder-framed cross stakes and offset to keep lines aligned, offset typically 12 to 16 inches. Keep the drag light yet sturdy and add parallel boards for foot support when dragging.
The article details building a split log drag with 6 to 11 inch wide boards and runners, a 8 foot long chain, and three eighths inch steel hooks. It recommends a metal cutting front edge from steel or old wagon tires to extend life on harder roads.
The piece argues that good roads are essential for both country and urban life, describing road improvement as a public necessity and highlighting nationwide and local concerns about infrastructure and its impact on everyday comfort and progress.
A dialogue in which a young man offers a poem for publication and the editor agrees to pay with a check in a rough state. The poet plans to send more verses as he leaves, then recalls the editor has kept the check in rough form.
A garbled ad parody notes a dog owner praising his intelligent dog and imagines what the dog might say if it could talk. The fragment includes mis-typed lines and editorial hints about adversity shaping perception and value of friendship.
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