Web of Steel creates a vanished Meade youth amid a bridge disaster
Bertram Meade Sr plans a Martlet International bridge and dies after taking blame for the collapse that kills 180 workers. His son Bert Meade Jr, now living under an assumed name, seeks to clear his name while courting Helen Llingworth. He avoids direct proof, works incognito on a dam project in western Nebraska, and wrestles with loyalty to family, love, and identity. Winters and Rodney pursue the truth while Bert contemplates reentry into engineering and possible exposure of the past.
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Bertram Meade, Sr
Martlet Construction Company
Hus Son
Bertram Meade, Jr
Helen Llingworth
Dlingworth
Martlet Company
Young Meade
Meade, Sr
Shurtiffe
Helen
Mississippi River
Nebraska
Winters
Rodney
Meade
Shurtlif
Shurtill
Hilngworth
The
International
Milngworth
Bert
Lingworth
Mendo
Helen Tlingworth
Helen Tilingworth
Redman
Lost International
Lfe
United States
Martiet
Tlingworth
Helen Slingworth
Meade, Jr
Martlet Bridge Company
Bertram Meade
Bert Meade
Miss Illingworth
Helen Dlingworth
Lacy
Harvard
Misa Illingworth
Rodner
Burma
Schmidt- Chemnitz
Schmidt-Chemnitz
Bertram Mende
Schmidt‘Chemnitz
Schmidt-Chemnits
Mr. Brdtney
the Airt
Bertram
Shurtliff
Curtiss
Meade Heirs Face a Shadow in Bridge Scandal
Helen Slingworth and Rodney piece together a tale of alleged misdeed surrounding Bertram Meade and the bridge project. They weigh motives including loyalty to the father, pride in engineering lineage, and possible hidden documents that might exculpate Bert Meade Jr while implicating the elder Meade.
Fate Shapes Path at New Job for Meade
Fate marks a strange pathway for young Meade as events unfold at his new job. Readers are teased with upcoming developments in the next installment.
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Meade
Road Building Hints From English Mission to New York
The English mission led by ex premier Balfour shared military road building findings with U S officials in New York. French and British armies rebuilt roads in France and Belgium using asphalt surfaces for rapid artillery and supply movement. Tests show asphalt roads withstand motor trucks and gun carriages better, guiding plans to build similar surfaces where roads are destroyed or needed by battle plans.
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United States
Balfour
New York
France
Great Britain
Belgium
England
Paris
Versailles
Plan of Main Trunk Lines by American Automobile Association
John A. Wilson of the American Automobile Association notes that thirty four states have outlined main trunk lines as a framework for the federal good roads program. California led by applying for its allotment and plans to spend about 15 million dollars on two projects.
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John A. Wilson
American Automobile Association
California
Highway Aid Process Clarified For Oregon Roads
The article states that federal aid applications for road improvements must be filed by the Oregon state highway department. It warns individuals seeking improvements with federal funds to contact the state highway department rather than the federal government.
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Oregon
Mexican Line
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Building good earth roads at low cost and constant care
Earth roads can be built cheaply but demand ongoing maintenance. Properly built and well maintained earth roads can rival expensive hard-surfaced roads in certain areas, so greater attention and spending on earth roads can be justified and not considered wasteful.
Hellebore insect spray guidance for fruits and plants
The excerpt describes using white hellebore as an insect killer for fruits and freshly picked mowers such as roses and currants. It instructs dusting with 1 ounce of hellebore to 5 ounces of flour, or mixing 1 ounce to 1 gallon of water for a liquid form.
Engine Balks and Minds of a Balky Horse Compared
The saying notes that a gas engine sometimes balks like a horse and that the cause of a balking engine is hard to determine. It suggests no one has figured out the workings of a balky horse’s mind.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Mende
Yontinte
Mexico
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