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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
3
An advertisement touts internal blood cleansing with S S S as a cure for rheumatic pain, claiming external treatments fail to address the root cause. The copy urges readers to obtain S S S from a druggist and mail a case history to the Chief Medical Advisor in Atlanta, Georgia.
A Bristol citizen separated from his wife advertised for a housekeeper via a Winstead dispatch. The note asks for a domestic who can sew, dislikes politics, allows suffragettes, desires not over eighteen years of experience, and requires Tuesday dish duties to be done by Thursday. It excludes overly religious candidates and ends with a blunt underlined wage cue. Jews Take Up Farming at Federation Convention in New York. The federation notes over 10,000 Jewish farm owners in the U S with land valued above 50 million dollars and equipment worth 10 million. Most are foreign-born citizens who built success through thrift and work.
The excerpt notes a playful exchange about Mrs Nagit catching Mr Nagit using her powder puff to dust his boots last week Then a quip on tense usage and unfinished business follows the line The piece ends with a line about the man who thinks he never erred being too stupid to recognize folly.
Two Indiana residents meet daily at noon and exchange brief greetings. A overheard conversation reveals misunderstandings due to poor hearing, with comments about weather and a revival meeting. A seven year old jokes with grandmother about bread and jam and aging. A quip about cider illegality and a note on affections as life. An anecdote about a stubborn automobile amuses a horse.
Report on using kerosene in automobiles outlines a test setup adding a second carburetor and a one gallon gasoline reservoir to aid starting and warm up. The system links to the throttle, leaves the main tank and carburetor controls unchanged, and promises lower fuel costs with improved mileage.
G A Luers reports in Popular Mechanics that an added kerosene carburetor supplies starting fuel while a main tank feeds kerosene for warm up. After engine temperature reaches 140 degrees, the gasoline carburetor is cut off and the steering post control uses kerosene. The system reduces fuel costs by about half with minor throttle differences and slight skipping under heavy load. Modern carburetors can handle kerosene better than gasoline types.
After placing the cotter pin do not bend the ends flat the pin will lock securely with ends spread enough to prevent slipping out End bends make removal harder and can cause the ends to break leading to the pin slipping out in service
The article introduces a simple two piece jack of round bar steel designed to lift tires off the floor with one lever motion. It urges automobile owners to lay up cars for winter or keep them out of service to avoid resting weight on tires.
Attention to rear springs in cars with rear seat mounted springs. Lubrication of grease cups or centers bearing in cantilever suspensions is advised. oil the center bearing on the steel shaft or transverse tube when needed to prevent wear and ensure smoother operation.
Repairmen can locate short circuits ground wires open circuits blown fuses and worn sockets by using an old electric door bell. Bind the bell to a dry cell wire eight feet long with clips on the ends and connect to suspected wiring parts. Ring means good wire. No ring means trouble location is found.
Harry M. Allen of 1009 Saint Martin Street Pittsburg Pa describes Tanlac as the grandest medicine he has used gaining 30 pounds and renewed energy He says it improved his appetite sleep and work and even eased rheumatism He recommends the remedy to others and notes Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
A Chicago Daily News note quotes John Blake praising newspapers as compact history. It argues attentive reading educates readers about current events and helps avoid being left behind despite formal degrees.
A promotional note urges use of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as a scented set for face skin baby and dusting powder with a 26c price each. A wind story from New Mexico features a stranger misunderstanding a sand blizzard as a windstorm and a resident recalling ground squirrels flying high in the sand.
An old advertisement claims Cole's Carboli salve stops pain from burns and cuts, heals quickly with no scars, priced 60 cents at druggists or 800 to The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Illinois for order. The snippet ends with a quip about a moving picture.
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