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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
2
The article notes excessive horn use by drivers, urging intermittent honking at curves and crossings. It warns that constant blasting dulls alertness, risks collisions when cars meet head on, and emphasizes courteous, selective signaling to protect pedestrians and batteries alike.
Dr E W Henke of Newark New Jersey describes a cheap semi automatic windshield wiper setup using a short spring from a shade roller and a pulley system. A cord runs from the wiper to a hand grip allowing quick sweeping action with a single pull and spring return for about ten cents in parts.
The piece describes a simple hand signal code for drivers to indicate turns stopping backing and conversations. It notes the code is widely accepted and questions why accidents are not more frequent given such signals.
A traffic bureau manager argues that safe highway conduct rests on courtesy, not rules. He recalls a time when drivers treated others like neighbors, despite rising traffic and diverse drivers. Courtesy, he says, is the great solvent and contagious, improving behavior on crowded roads.
The article argues that mental and physical well being in old age relies on health investment in youth. It likens the body to a health bank, noting longer life expectancies since 1900 and that careful health savings lead to lasting vitality and enjoyment in later years.
A Grace Church New York sermon insists religion is an inward adventure of the soul not a fixed formula. The pastor says liberal religion is a great spiritual experience that rises above ceremony and dogma and embraces faith and imagination as the poetry of life.
An editorial extols big ideas over luck, argues wealth is made not acquired, and urges thoughtful business construction. It notes Lincoln Memorial University sits in Tennessee mountains with 1000 students and 500 waiting, and that 85 percent work to fund studies, with Sergt. Alvin York as a trustee.
A speaker from Indiana discusses avoiding fundamentalism while valuing faith in the Lord and obedience to divine and natural laws. He cites Horace, stresses living in the here and now, and notes the saying God helps those who help themselves.
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