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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
2
The federal government has allotted over $13 000 000 for Iowa highways since 1916. Iowa must match this funding and plans over 7000 miles of roads in the next decade under the Federal Aid Highway System. Completed mileage stands at 1660 with 650 under construction and 102 approved for construction. $43 354 remains for new projects not yet approved.
Article discusses proper steering gear maintenance and safe driving. It reviews lubrication intervals for joints drag link tie rods and knuckle pins and explains how wear misalignment and bent parts cause hard steering. It emphasizes consulting the vehicle’s instruction manual for model specific guidance.
The article notes how extensive paved road networks enable motor trucks to haul livestock to major markets such as Chicago Kansas City Indianapolis Omaha Sioux City St. Joseph and South St. Paul. Indianapolis stockyards alone handle up to 6800 head daily by motortruck, with trucks often preferred to trains for quicker, better conditioned arrivals especially hogs in heat.
An admonition urges every automobile owner to check and tighten critical nuts and bolts monthly. Loose parts can wreck a car and endanger lives, with emphasis on maintaining proper lubrication for the steering column and steering gear as essential for safety.
A 20th century farming note describes a motorcycle fitted with a crate style pen in place of a sidecar. The rider transports livestock to market using this improvised mechanism. The piece highlights a practical innovation for farmers seeking efficient, mobile stock handling.
An article discusses stone bruise or rupture by shock in automobile tires. It explains that impacts with stones, doors, tracks, or ruts damage the outer casing and inner carcass, and notes drivers often leave stones under stalled cars, risking future tire damage, as described by H. W. Slauson in Leslie's.
A joint congressional commission report proposes creating a new Department of Education and Relief, consolidating health education and veterans work, and moving several bureaus among agencies. It favors a centralized purchasing bureau and a public buildings office in DC while opposing War Navy consolidation and advocating various transfers and new offices.
The article outlines 1925 White House appropriations totaling 898 410 dollars for the executive mansion. It lists salaries for 38 personal staff at 63520 dollars, with the president’s secretary at 7500 and operators at 2400 per year. Police protection costs include 55 540 dollars for 33 officers plus 3850 for uniforms.
Bureau of Mines researchers at Pittsburgh Experiment Station and the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers report that rest and still air temperatures above 90 F with 100 percent humidity exhaust the body. Heavier men lose more weight yet endure longer. ice water reverses weight loss and may alleviate cramps. Pulse rate governs discomfort, exceeding 135 to 140 bpm causes distress, with a max of 184 bpm. High heat and humidity may impair mining workers' health and efficiency, especially in western metal mines.
The Outdoor Recreation conference led by Theodore Roosevelt urges an national educational push for outdoor facilities awareness through parks forests rivers and lakes. It advocates school nature study in all American schools and families, cites New York and California as models, and supports libraries museums and camps in nature education.
Mrs Josie M Shaw of Cambridge Maine credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from an operation after severe female troubles She used the remedy for two years and later bore a healthy baby girl The nationwide sale canvass reports 98 of 100 users benefited and the product is sold by druggists nationwide.
The article urges women to improve the milk supply citing two years of scientific admission that milk holds great benefit and danger. It calls for better milk quality to protect children and public health, presenting a startling story meant to guide daily life.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming it relieves urinary troubles and uric acid related rheumatism. It notes sample bottles by parcel post and mentions purchasing bottles at drug stores.
The article advises sanding the handle, replacing the head, driving tin wedges in the usual H form, then boiling the hammer slowly in linseed oil for about three hours. This method, attributed to Popular Science Monthly, aims to prevent head detachment and extend the tool's life.
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