Federal road funding to surge in 1919 1920 1921
Federal aid for road construction will be boosted to record levels through 1921 as states ramp up postwar building. Officials note large allocations totaling about 266.8 million by 1921 plus earlier appropriations, with absorption driven by state administrations and overall economic stimulus.
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United States Department of Labor
United States
Minnesota
Montana
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsyvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
America
Department of Labor
Federal aid expands road program to speed postwar growth
The act amends the 1916 rural post roads law, raising per mile payments and authorizing large new appropriations for road and bridge construction. It details state provisions, referendum withdrawals, and labor preferences for veterans, arguing road building boosts national preparedness and postwar employment.
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Post Office
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Labor
Washington
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Trinola
Kinsac
Michigan
Airship Funds Scandal Haunts Prewar Navy Talks
A long critical satire recalls the $60600000 appropriation for airships before World War I. It notes Hughes investigation findings, alleged suspects, and public forgetfulness as the nation faced higher living costs and the lingering odor of the nest scandal.
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United States
Germany
France
Wilbon
Lis
Charles Evans Hughes
Soa Hughes
Hughes
Lagt
Walter
Dravera
Iowa Adopts Pay-as-You-Go Road Plan for 6000 Miles
Iowa moves to build a permanent surfaced inter county highway system in ten years without bonds. Only counties may issue bonds to speed projects, subject to vote. Federal aid totals 8.736 million dollars allocated by county area while existing highway structure remains intact.
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Jowa
Inter Couny
Highway Commission
Iowa
Canteen Book Sparks Homesick Tears in War Memoir
A Black American soldier in khaki sits in an American Red Cross canteen reading a cookbook. Tears roll as he confesses homesickness while the directress offers comfort and help. The scene, noted in a Saturday Evening Post excerpt, centers on frying chicken guidance.
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Red Cross
Evening Post
The Silver Stripes by Edgar A Guest
A reflective poem honoring soldiers who stayed behind in America while others went to France. It praises their courage and sacrifice, noting they are “only the silver to show” yet their spirits remained with the cause and peace that followed.
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Edgar A. Guest
France
Simmons
Boy Left Farm Shares City Life Through Letters
An old San Francisco appeal piece recounts a farmer’s son moving to the city for work and luxury, while the brother on the farm replies with tales of rural leisure. The exchanged letters joke about urban amusements and farm routines.
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San Francisco
Ap-1
Neal
Local Classifieds Offer Nursery Stock and Livestock for Sale
Advertisements invite buyers and sellers of farm stock and produce in Titonka and surrounding areas. Listings include Rhode Island Reds, purebred cattle, a short horn bull, Ears Ohio seed potatoes, barley, and hog posts. Also notices urge creditors to file claims with Henry Mayland as administrator and promote a guaranteed nursery stock supplier in Wisconsin.
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Opera House
Algona
Otis Oliver
New York
Julia Herne
Rexall Drug Store
Sawyer
Sorensen
Algo Mata
Minbenstein-Rangey_ Grocer Grocery
I.H.C
Harrows
Hoosier
J. F. Fisher, Titonka
Coe, Converse & Edwarda Co
Wisconsin
Largent
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Rhode Island
B. A
Pannkuk
Titonka
Towa
Fred Mayland
Mark
Buffalo
Henry Mayland
W. F. Hauler
S. B. French
Adolph Missell
Wesley
Ohio
John Schrad
Tews
J. Peterson
C. A. Law Woden
John Aldinger
Abe Lumber Yard
E. L. Hanset
W.A.B. Paceskuk
Gerret DeBruyn
Frop
Woden
DeBruyn’ & Son
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