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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
7
G. L. Mosher and M. A. Hurd pose with a fully furnished residence on wheels in Hallowell Maine. The feature declares the mobile home among the most comfortable designs for traveling vacationists.
By Co. B. AUOL president of the National Safety Council the piece argues traffic control is essential as auto use rises to 30 million by 1950. It notes right of way debates, benefits of synchronized signals, and the high cost of traffic officers, citing Chicago’s Michigan Avenue where fatalities fell 75 percent after signal installation.
Oiling ensures smooth operation and reduces heat from friction. Low oil supply thins the oil mist that lubricates internal parts, risking bearing failure, scored cylinders, and broken rods. Watch the radiator cap heat indicator and consult a mechanic if temperature rises.
Wash when necessary and use plenty of water soap and sponge. Wait for the hood and radiator to cool and remove dirt by washing not spraying. Use a chamois on windows hood and soak it before work. Rub nickel trimmings dry and avoid wet ignition wires or damp polishing.
Two vital components drive motor car safety the steering gear and the brakes. Regular thorough inspection of the steering column drag-link parallel rod and knuckles ensures secure fastenings and no looseness to prevent accidents.
The invention by W. E. and A. Levi son of Covington Virginia provides a system to withdraw a set quantity of gasoline from an underground storage tank into a measuring tank and then discharge it into a supply tank, ensuring only the exact amount needed is delivered.
Advice urges carrying spare bulbs and checking headlights reflectors. It recommends dimming when meeting oncoming traffic, using a spotlight as a flexible work light, and ensuring tail lights do not burn out.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports power and labor savings on farms. Machinery and new lands boost acres cared for per worker to nearly triple since 75 years ago while labor hours drop. Power costs remain about 60 percent of farming expenses, with total annual farm power use around 16 billion horsepower hours and costs near 3 billion dollars.
A jailed soy bean dealer who misrepresented Otootan seed to farmers shows the risk of buying cheap substitutes. Investigations reveal shipments of Tarheel Black instead of ordered varieties, with the operator convicted of mail fraud. Officials urge samples, help from county agents, and purchases from reputable seedsmen to avoid substitutions.
The Pennsylvania State College agricultural station issued a bulletin titled Fertility in the Apple Orchard. Profs R D Anthony and J H Waring summarize best practices for sod and cultivated orchards, including nitrate of soda application, acid phosphate use, pruning, mowing, and mouse control. Copies are available free from State College publications office.
Farmers are advised to maintain stock health with good feed and sunlit buildings. They are urged to spray melons with nicotine dust, use seed treatments for oats and potatoes, polish horns with ground pumice and sweet oil, and compare Sudan grass to millet for feeding value. Nicotine dust also helps control cucumber beetles.
If your child is delicate irritable or backward in school examine diet. Serve plenty of wholesome home made bread. The bread flavor is loved by children and is touted as wholesome.
A butcher voices defiance over profiteering claims, arguing others profit far higher in medicine, beverages, and dental teeth sales. He cites Junck's liver pills, mineral water, and porcelain false teeth, stating drastic markups in various trades. The piece satirizes price gouging and calls out public preoccupation with meat prices.
In Sarah Bernhardt the actress recalls a farewell in New York from The Art of the Theater. She describes a chaotic arrival with long stage-door delays and crowds, fans asking for signatures, gifts, and even attempts to cut a strand of hair as detectives intervened.
In New Jersey meadow a vertical axis air turbine uses canvas sails that rise edgewise to the wind. Metal clips hold sheets to the frame and release them in high wind to protect the frame. Each blade tier yields five to six horsepower per unit in a 25 mile wind with automatic brakes to control speed.
A Regent Street shop in London hosts a striking display of pearls from worldwide fisheries. White Austrian pearls gleam with a silvery sheen suited to pale blond wearers, while magnolia tinted Ceylon pearls and golden Red Sea pearls suit darker complexions. Black Gulf of Mexico pearls add rarity.
A playful exchange about a magnificent plant from a single seed that blooms in June, described as splendor like a sunlit snowdrift coast. His Wife pleads for a twopenny packet, from Edinburgh Weekly Scotsman.
Joseph Taylor head of the stores department at Middlesex Hospital London has served on time every morning at 5 30 for 37 years and worked from 100 to 112 hours weekly throughout that period.
Jones asks if happiness returns after divorce. Henry Peck answers that happiness comes only if they do not remarry, framing a ironic view on post-marriage outcomes.
The average per capita current expenses in cities of 200000 plus grew by 7.28 from 1921 22, with a Department of the Interior Bureau of Education circular noting 7.28 increases. Cities 30000 to 100000 saw a 2.75 rise and those 10000 to 30000 a 0.18 increase.
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