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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
6
A Kansas State College Aunt Aggie recalls a two week Estes Park trip with family. Advice covers packing light and practical gear including waterproof tents steel stakes roped beds and folding cots. Emphasizes planning expenses and vehicle checks before leaving with a trailer as an option.
The American farm housewife needs her automobile above all else. A General Federation of Women's Clubs survey of 40,000 farmhouse wives found about four fifths own cars, one fifth own radios, and over a third have running or pumped water in the kitchen.
Car maintenance tip stresses oiling overlooked steering gear post to reduce grinding noise when turning. Mentions lubricating clutch and brake pedal shafts to prevent wear and noisy action.
A garage limited in space uses two methods to stop a car correctly. One plan suspends a card from the ceiling to touch the windshield when in position. The other installs a removable wooden bumper on the floor as shown in the illustration.
Washington reports that higher acre yields have driven most production gains in crops over the last four decades. Agricultural economist B O Weitz notes corn yields rose about 18 percent and potatoes about 40 percent since 1888, while total crop production jumped 77 percent as acreage grew only modestly.
Australia is the largest purchaser of American heavy-duty trucks, importing 647 units over two and a half tons last year. Canada imported 271, about a third of that amount, while Australia benefits from modern highways and farm districts, not rail expansion.
A compact column covers themes from self parking cars to tire blowouts caused by rusty rims, and tips for starting engines with ignition issues. It notes average wages and a government stat on auto accidents, while warning higher speeds wear axles and components.
Berkeley scholar William Bade reports uncovering Mizpah ruins in Palestine and prehistoric relics at Tel El Nasbeh. Dr Herman Swartz says finds largely confirm Old Testament history, though some details may not endure.
G A Escoffler, dean of French chefs aged eighty seven, recalls serving the ex Kaiser after being a prisoner of Wilhelm II’s grandfather. He asserts he trained many cooks abroad, including at the Savoy and Carlton, and on Hamburg America liners. He first met the former emperor aboard the Berengaria and Imperator and convinced him he posed no threat.
In Bedfordshire the Biggleswade board of guardians agreed to let a local barber shingle all women in the workhouse. The plan, priced at 17 50 yearly, follows a heated discussion over the growing trend of shingled hair among English women.
Detective Francis Carlin cites statistics claiming blondes account for 76 percent of persons convicted of crime in a New York study.
A Commerce department census reports 27,650,267 vehicles in operation worldwide on January 1, 1927, up 8,176,688 from 1926. The United States accounts for 22,137,334 of the total, with Britain, France, Canada following in order and notable figures listed for Australia, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Spain and New Zealand.
Washington reports Lieut. Calixto Duque of the native constabulary recounts a perilous Mindanao expedition against 150 Moros who killed a sergeant and several others. He charged a hill fortress, crawled over a moat, and exchanged fire with attackers. a Moro spear nearly struck him before a bullet ended the siege.
An 18th century excerpt notes John Evelyn set the rules for sallet, distinguishing raw herbs from cooked and urging culinary craft akin to composing a symphony. The piece traces sallet from its early English entry to modern salads.
The United States Bureau of Fisheries reports that beef liver and sheep liver feed fish for spring planting, while beef liver yields the largest trout for dinner table use. New foods tested include soybean oil meal, dried shrimp product, and freshwater mussel meal as potential substitutes.
In St. Paul Minnesota twenty year old Miss Bernice Rice a primary teacher at a local school died after experiencing excitement from an offer of a new teaching post at Winona State Teachers College. She fainted later that afternoon and died.
Federal tests in McLean county Illinois prove parasite control boosts growth and profits. Georgia records by Dr B M Nighbert show a sanitary pig marketed at 178 pounds at 4 months 23 days versus a non sanitary pig at 10 months 165 pounds. Farmers adopt system for demonstration and profits.
The article explains middle ear infections in pigs, noting the ear’s connection to the pharynx by the air tube and how pus buildup can press on or rupture the eardrums. It states no permanent cure exists, recommends fattening affected hogs for pork, and suggests destroying lightly affected animals for economic reasons.
The article lists causes of swine paralysis with deficiency feeding as the most common. It notes fractures, osteomalacia from poor nutrition, kidney issues, nerve or muscle injuries, and lack of digestible lime and phosphorus due to corn or peanut based feeds. It mentions the vitamin found in milk and cod liver oil but not in certain feeds.
U.S. Department of Agriculture pigs sanitation method to prevent intestinal parasites draws inquiries from Salonica Greece. The zoological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry maintains international ties with parasitologists and an extensive index catalogue of animal parasites.
The Canadian field pea suits hog feeding and can be pastured in August after ripening. It provides four to six weeks of pasture, and with some corn or barley meal feed, pigs do well and yield a fair return.
In Vinton Iowa Mrs. Frank Sellers recalls using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound since age seventeen to ease illness after quitting school and childbirth. She credits ongoing use for health, and notes generations of women report its benefits.
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