English Road Repair Rules for Macadam Roads
Rules issued by the English Road Improvement Association in London outline maintenance for macadam roads. Emphasizes patching with chips, proper stone sizes, layered repairs, and avoiding fresh stones. Advises rake use, raking of patches, proper drainage, and regular supervision by a roadmaster to keep roads in healthy condition.
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Iaprovement Association
Joqdon
England
Telford
Macadam
Guy
Europe
Two Object Lessons Featured From Country Highways
The article presents two object lessons from country highways. It describes cross sections and features like ditches and crown edges along the road, illustrating natural elements that influence travel and roadway design.
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Hala
Shaped Roadway and Water Flow Dangers Called Out
An old treatise describes how damaged road surfaces on steep grades wash away sod and create torrents, washing across shoulders into ditches. It notes the risk of mud and water tearing the roadway, forcing vehicles into danger as the surface gives way. A second blurb claims testing cows for butter hinges on factory processes, stressing milk handling, temperature, churn timing, and cream age to ensure quality.
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Hebes
Kindness to Cows Guides Milk Production and Cheer
A historical reflection on kindness to cows, arguing that cows respond to gentle handling and reciprocal care. The author links humane treatment to higher milk output, butter yield, and overall dairy profitability, noting cows’ apparent intelligence and emotions. The piece advocates for milker empathy and patient effort as best practice.
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Hervin
How It Is Done In Dishorning Steers
A Rural New Yorke article describes a plain mouth stanchion inside a corral used to dishorn steers. It details rope, rings, and a notch system to restrain the animal, with a separate bar to hold the head and a downstream pen for disbursed steers.
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New Yorke
Cost of Roads Stresses Need for Better Construction
The article argues twenty million dollars annually funds road upkeep, citing Gen Stone of the Bureau of Agriculture. It notes 1.5 million miles of roads, many built by laborers under local supervision without engineering standards, wasting money on repairs. It urges affordable, well-engineered roads like France’s, with systematic year-round upkeep.
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Gen. Stone
Good Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Nesvie Suwtsz
France
Sheep and Clover: Destructive Insects Myth
An old writer claims sheep are uniquely destructive to insects, citing clover midge interactions. The piece describes sheep clipping and trampling clover, reducing insect eggs, and allegedly consuming worms to assimilate into wool and carcasses, with extrapolated outcomes for future clover growth.
The Fanciers And The Poultry Industry In America
The article contrasts poultry and egg production with the wheat crop in the United States. It cites rising fowl and egg numbers, imports from Canada, and rising prices, noting that poultry and eggs value surpasses wheat in some estimates. It highlights premiums from shows, breed improvements, and broad industry interest, with historical figures and regional prices cited.
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United States
Canada
Isso
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Toledo Blade
Brain sides and speech loss show Broca link
A 19th century discussion explains that aphasia results from damage to a specific left brain region later named after its discoverer. It argues speech can be relearned via training even if Broca’s area is damaged, but recovery is limited if the right side is also impaired. The piece concludes speech is not tied to a fixed organ but to trained brain regions.
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Stirk
Proca
Broca
Ealiel
A Grim Reality
A merchant confronts a stranger inquiring about gas usage by measuring the meter. The merchant fears burglary while the visitor cites checking last month's consumption. The note mentions Virginia and a Cotusteck mine origin rumor, reflecting a fragmentary, sensational fragment from Le Progress de Bolbee.
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Hiscenary
le Progress de
Mrs Macy A Marstall of Appleton Healed by Williams Pills
A Appleton Minnesota housewife recounts years of rheumatism and paralysis symptoms. After using Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she reports rapid relief and marks improvement across muscles joints and nerves. Her husband endorses the treatment and urges readers to consider the pills as a remedy choice.
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Appleton
Macy A. Marstall
Appletn
Minn
Williams’ Prats
Lingly Sen
Marshall
Bae
Dr. Williams
Lc. Williams
Syrup of Figs Promises Comfort and Health Benefits
Promote pure liquid laxative Syrup of Figs is praised for gentle cleansing of the system. Marketed as a favorite remedy with broad medical approval, it claims to ease cold symptoms while preserving liver and bowels without weakening them. Manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co and sold by druggists in bottles with brand name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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