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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
2
An auto article explains spark plug troubles causing engine misfire and loss of power. It notes causes like carbon buildup, improper carburetor adjustment, or excess oil in cylinders. Cleaning methods, plug types, and proper replacement practices for on road fixes are described.
The Halifax Automobile Association issued safety instructions to members. The guidance urges drivers to assume others are reckless, pedestrians may be at risk, and to act with extreme caution around vehicles and intersections.
The text discusses avoiding mud, greased front components, and engine demo projects. It mentions protecting fenders, sandguards, and enamel, with references to following best practices. The passage is garbled and reads as an old technical note on maintenance and parts alignment.
Instructional fragment describes making a spark plug cleaner from glass tubing with corks at both ends to hold the cleaned bushing and using sand to scour carbon. The text is unclear and partial but outlines a simple cleaning device assembly.
The note offers practical tips on engine fuel efficiency, brake fabrications, and carbon liners, plus advice on tire tension, keeping a tire in soft dirt, and avoiding horn use to move cattle. It mentions shifter lever alignment in rain, graphite lubrication, battery indicators, and bluing screws by heat, with leather covers for springs as a protective method.
A kitchen manual excerpt explains stock from bones simmered with flavorings, clarified stock using egg whites, and instructions for consomme and vegetable purees. It also notes summer storage, strain and cooling steps, and a brief aside on servant insubordination reflecting era attitudes.
A home cooking feature lists fruit based desserts and pantry dishes. Recipes include Strawberry Puff Pudding and Scalaped Celery with cheese sauce. Nut Timbals use bread crumbs and nuts. Chicken a la Reine blends chicken mushrooms asparagus tips pimentoes in a paprika scented sauce.
A government developed peach sizer, tested at Leesburg Virginia and Mayfield Georgia, aims to reduce bruising while handling 2 to 3 carloads per day per machine. It uses an inclined roller, rope belts and adjustable spacings for size grading, with a price about 450 dollars and plans to provide working drawings to growers for two dollars.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture this guide urges gardeners to keep soil mellow after planting. It warns dry spells can stop germination and suggests light watering, mulching with boards, or scattering sifted manure. A steel rake helps cultivate before and after seedlings emerge.
A New Jersey agricultural bulletin warns that overcrowded colony houses at night cause stunted growth and disease in growing chicks. It urges providing 50 to 75 birds per house for better air access and healthier stock, noting overcrowding among range flocks as a key issue.
A historical note describes punching holes in ant hills and placing wet cotton with carbon disulphide to kill the ants. Caution given to keep the chemical away from open flame due to its highly explosive fumes.
Infertile remarks describe eggs kept under normal conditions at a temperature range of 60 to 80 degrees for several hours. The fragment hints at agricultural or experimental context focusing on egg viability and stability.
Scott County Kentucky inventor Uncle Eph Johnson offers a non patented fishing labor saver. A simple umbrella rib set in mud with a sleigh bell and line triggers a bite alarm to haul in the fish. He promotes it to all anglers as a convenience device.
The excerpt notes ongoing disagreement at Bilkins' house centered on wages. One speaker claims Bilkins believes he will not secure a dollar of his wages this week, while another asserts a shared opinion on the matter.
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