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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
7
Practical rules for vacation travelers cover vehicle checks, signaling, horn use, braking on grades, loading camping gear, stream crossing in low gear, letting faster drivers pass, crossing railroad tracks safely, and properly extinguishing campfires and embers to prevent fires. The guidance emphasizes proactive safety and responsible driving behavior.
A thin shellac coating provides anti rust protection for bolts and nuts. Dip both parts in shellac and apply extra to the bolt end after tightening. The coating prevents rust and helps prevent loosening and rattling. It outlasts grease paint and other coatings which wear away.
Sheriff Smith of Salina Kansas finds his patrol car sounds the horn when a stranger enters. A nearby car backs out and its fender brushes the sheriff’s vehicle, prompting the horn and alarm to activate. The driver asks what is wrong, and the sheriff explains the car is calling him.
An owner drilled 1/4 inch holes in floorboards to oil rear springs but dirt clogged them. He fixed the problem by inserting brass tubing flared at the top, extending under the shield and above the spring shackles, with nails plugging holes between oilings.
A Hungarian inventor has perfected a method to increase tire resiliency by about 400 percent without altering tire size or shape. The design uses a double disk wheel with an airtight air chamber between walls, connected to the tire to provide enhanced cushioning akin to an extended inner tube.
Cadillac Buick Chevrolet Oakland Oldsmobile and Pontiac are highlighted with the Magic symbol Body by Fisher. The copy markets these cars as the greatest in their classes and assures supreme quality and value for buyers.
Jesse Livermore told a luncheon tale about a young minister seeking stock advice. He described the minister’s review of a company's officers, labeling them a shady lot and concluding that a company is judged by the people it employs.
Advertisement claims Bayer Aspirin is proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for headaches colds neuralgia toothache rheumatism and pain. It warns buyers to look for the Bayer Cross on package or tablets and notes tablet boxes of twelve cost a few cents while druggists offer bottles of 24 and 100.
Brief notes discuss keeping license tags clean and quick car turnovers at grade crossings. It mentions a ratio of 85 telephones to 100 cars and contrasts swimming with not diving in cars. An old style collision remark questions bells for bicycles and a speeder is blamed for unsafe testing.
A preacher’s awkward episode unfolds as he reaches the sermon climax and unexpectedly pulls tobacco from his pocket. He almost chews it before realizing the slip in front of the congregation, leaving everyone watching in stunned silence.
Four million people in the United States reportedly moved into new homes during May. The total moving cost is estimated at 68 million dollars, reflecting a busy housing period.
A Cincinnati Times-Star quip notes the joke baby pigs are called hamlets and contrasts this with a man’s groans prompting family attention. The brief remark hints at humor and social behavior in a light editorial tone.
Sir Flinders Petrie notes in a lecture that glass appeared in the Euphrates valley by 2300 B C and spread to Egypt within centuries. By 1500 B C Syrian artisans influenced Egyptian glass making, and glass became common as today’s store counters. Egyptian women favored glass beads made as glass paste for adornment. Weights made from glass paste showed precise testing within two hundredths of a grain.
A fragment from a historic page shows two men named George and a dialogue about tomorrow being the first of the month. The lines hint at a tense or ominous moment as a father may be involved in decisions to come.
A short dialogue showcases a reluctance to discuss chess problems. One person asks about chess puzzles and the other replies they already have enough to think about.
A daylight screen for motion pictures uses a surface of colored stripes that continuously moves over cylinders. The text notes that by his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted. Juvenal comments on judgment. Witty aphorisms compare brains and composure with love’s blindness.
Postmaster General Harry 8 argues that mail users gain a transitory lesson in national history from stamps. He notes that regular issues show presidents, while thirteen special series have commemorated key historical events, drawing public curiosity and historical insight from stamps.
A dialogue reveals Mrs Wall-How asking how to keep a cook, while Mrs Wiley recalls presenting a fat yet incomplete check last Christmas and promising to sign it next Christmas, suggesting deceitful intentions and a souring note of trust.
Rooks repair and reuse their nests in autumn. The same birds return to the same nests year after year.
A sharp quip declares that a dead man serves the world as little as a lazy one yet occupies less space. The remark hints at practical judgment over idle living in a period tone.
A brief editorial line notes that some men are more content with failure than others with success, reflecting a measured, cautionary tone about ambition and contentment in the community.
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