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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
4
Madison Wis. Highway Construction reports a strong start to 1921 with 150 gravel crew projects and about 60 paving crews. The state is building over three miles of paved highway daily as roughly 310 miles remain under contract. bids are lower due to competition and freight-rate clauses protect counties or the state.
Wisconsin highway construction this year relies on local or commercial gravel pits for sand and gravel, with about half the work shipped by truck. Abundant trucking at low rates, cheaper than prior years, aids the program. Labor and team prices fall. northern Wisconsin has plentiful teams from lumber firms. Divorces ad follows, offering a blackmail oriented service.
Gasoline fell to 21.6 cents a gallon from 23.3 cents, a 1.7 cent drop, with kerosene showing a similar decrease. The report notes driving costs are lower than last summer when gasoline was about 33 cents, now over 11 cents cheaper.
A stranger told Sergeant Mike McLean that his grip overcoat and umbrella were stolen before he reached town. He warned of an awful reckoning when Gabriel blows his horn, to which McLean replied that Gabriel would not blow it here, thieves will act before he can.
England's famed noble family led by the Earl of Pembroke plans to dispose of a 400 year old armor collection kept by the family, one of the era’s best known houses.
Jud Tunkins argues the sharpest humor helps a person see instantly what it isn t safe to laugh at highlighting the moral limit of jokes within society and the role of restraint in comedy.
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