Hill Roadway Work and Hill Country Drainage Tips
W. S. Wiley outlines hill country roadmaking methods discussed in Good Roads Magazine. He advises sloping from bank side to carry water across the road, using side ditches and headers, and altering trenching to quickly dry hill roads. He also improves King drag with oscillating crosspieces to move dirt along slopes and extend road life.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Wiley
Good Roads Magazine
Gravel Roads Shape to Shed Water, Not Penetrate
At the Missouri Highway Engineers meeting in Jefferson City F P Spalding argues gravel roads must shed water. He notes earth foundations, proper crown, and drainage determine load support and road firmness, with tile drains and rolled, well packed roadbeds. Side ditches and gutters carry surface water to natural channels. German highways use cherry trees to fund highway maintenance.
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Missouri Highway Engineers’ Association
Jefferson City
F. P. Spalding
Couiobia
Grange Incorporation Under New York Special Act 1874
Extract details how to form subordinate granges in New York under the special act of 1874. It covers eligibility, chartering, corporate status, property powers, income limits, and the formation of county or district granges, with governance by state and local rules and the role of a business agent and reporting irregularities.
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OTICE
Pennsylvania
C. H. Smith
Jerome Gr. Smith
W. P. McClure
F.C. Smith
B. B. Bowen
Act of Assembly
C. H. Smith Company
Hinckley, Alexander & Clark
Solicitors
New York State
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
State of
New York
Council
Surgeon removes third of stomach in St Louis patient
A St Louis surgeon removed one third of a patient stomach. The patient will recover but eating capacity will be reduced by about 40 percent. The remark notes the procedure could help offset the surgeon’s fee.
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St. Louis
The Weak Spot The Lecturer's Program Is the Important Thing
Special correspondence on the Grange argues the core issue is public and member undervaluation of Grange achievements and potential. It urges stronger, more substantive programs by local lecturers and state officers to uplift farmers as citizens and neighbors. W. N. Giles, Secretary New York State Grange.
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Grange
State Grange
W. N. Giles
New York State Grange
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Travelen's Guide
Warren
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Philadelphia
Oil City
Olean
Ball
Beaty
New
Warren National Bank
Bell Telephone
Charles W. Stone
Halph W
H S. Perry
Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer
Water Street
Over Printz Clothing
Pennsylvania Avenue
West
General Law
John Hepburn, M. D
N. E
Market Street
Bell Phone
Citizens National Bank
H.B. Hyde
Optometrist
Warren, PA
Munn & Co
Scientific American
F St
Washington, D.C
Mail Publishing Company
John G. Grindlay
Warren, Warren Co
Penn’a
W. F.grindlay
Grange Incorporation
the Grange
Clothiers
Furnishers
Warren CO
Warren Savings Bank
First National Bank
Warren County
Comptroller of the Currency
U.S
C. W. Jamieson
Co. T. Conarro
F. K. Russell
R. H. Winger
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