States Built 19497 Miles of Hard Roads Last Year
Washington July 18 More than 13600 miles of earth roads were surfaced in 1926 as part of 48 state highway systems. Total surfaced mileage built by states: 19492 miles, including 13664 over earth roads and 5828 on rebuilt surfaces. Figures show 66 percent of state systems initially improved with various road types and federal aid facts.
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Washington, D. C
States
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri Surfaces mileage totals amid road work estimates
The report notes 9,459.6 miles total with 4,495.5 miles surfaced of Missouri's 7,640 miles, and 3,375.8 miles surfaced. The statement highlights road mileage and current surfacing progress.
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Missouri
Prairie Lilies Bloom on Virgin Ground in City
Prairie lilies flourish on a small strip of untouched prairie soil within Waterloo city limits. The red lilies, from the tiger idy family, thrive on a rare patch of virgin ground on Nathan Barker’s back lawn at 115 Sheridan Road, a remnant of prairie before settlement.
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Waterloo
Nathan Barker
Sheridan Road
Help For Sick Women In Brooklyn NY
Mrs G Hegmann of 228 Schaeffer St Brooklyn reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Herb Medicine for sleep and workability. She endorses the medicines and invites letters from women seeking information, noting many similar letters exist in the state and town.
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Brooklyn
New York
G. Hegmann
Schaeffer’St
Mrs. Hegmann
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fragmented Verse Reflects On Water Soil And Flowers
A terse fragment lingers on water and soil and the flowers that spring from seed carried long ago. The lines hint at ancestry and nature’s resilience passing from past to present under the unmarred ground.
Camp Ingawanis Period Closes Largest Scout Camp Ever
Yesterday Waterloo area Scouts closed the largest camp period in history at Camp Ingawanis with eighty boys in attendance. Waverly residents sent cars at 9 am to deliver scouts for the session.
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Camp Ingawanis
Waterloo
Ingawanis
Waverly
Court of Honor Held At Waverly Scout Event
Rev. Emil B. Frye led a Waverly service with a Court of Honor at 3 30 pm. Osage Scout mothers and the Osage Lions club provided a special dinner of home made pie and ice cream. Many visitors attended the ceremony.
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Waverly
Emil B. Frye
Osage
Osage Lions Club
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