World Flight Aims and Military Aviation Impact
The world flight demonstrates feasibility of long distance air travel and aerial communication with all nations. It supports expanding military and naval aviation funding, showcases American aircraft capability, and argues for defense air programs while proving oceans are no longer impassable barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
United States
Air Service
Atlantic
Pacific
Hoover Plans Interstate Fish Conservation Effort
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover proposes a series of state led conferences to conserve and rehabilitate coastal and inland fish resources. He argues joint action preserves state responsibility, cites drastic declines in salmon sturgeon and shad, and notes recent federal laws protecting coastal waters and the upper Mississippi refuge.
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United States
Herbert Hoover
United States Fisheries Association
Atlantic City
Hoover
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Upper Mississippi
First Ladies of Presidents Write White House Memoirs
Wives of Taft Wilson and Harding are editing or planning biographies of their husbands or White House years. Mrs. Taft already published memoirs, Mrs. Wilson edits Woodrow Wilson letters, and Mrs. Harding contemplates a Warren G. Harding biography after health permits.
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Coolidge
White House
Taft
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Warren Harding
Pershing to Stay at the Capital After Retirement
General Pershing will remain in the War Department as head of the battle monument commission. He will keep his offices, advise Secretaries Weeks and other officials, and receive an executive honor from President Coolidge for his World War leadership. He signaled farewell to army associates by telephone after a nationwide defense test.
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Wilson
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Executive Mansion
Pershing
Battle Monument Commission
War Department
Weeks
President Coolidge
General Pershing
Pershings
Washington
New York
San Francisco
Neglect Causes Many Accidents In Motorist Warnings
A 1920s automotive piece argues neglect and mistreatment ruin brakes. It urges drivers to test linings, inspect two to three times weekly, and avoid trusting luck to stop a car. The author, Erwin Greer of Greer College of Automotive Engineering in Chicago, warns that brake failure leads to crashes and asks readers to act responsibly.
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Erwin Greer
Greer College of Automotive Engineering
Chicago
How to Free a Stuck Car in Deep Mud
When trapped in deep mud with wheels slipping, wrap tire chains around the tire and rim to form a tight bundle and secure with a strap or wire. Engage low gear and pull out slowly and carefully to gain traction.
Do Not Employ Heat to Straighten Steel
Do not use heat to straighten heat treated steel chassis parts as heating could ruin the temper and weaken the parts. If bends are severe, straighten cold if possible, or ship the affected parts to the factory for straightening.
Test for Gasoline Should Be Tried Out
The reader is advised to test gasoline by placing drops on white paper at a gas station. After two to three minutes, if no grease spot remains, fill up. if a grease mark is visible, move on. The tip is attributed to a longtime gasoline maker.
Locking device prevents unauthorized car operation from lampson
The Scientific American describes E C Lampson of Jefferson Ohio and his automobile lock. The simple system blocks the clutch pedal control shaft or sleeve to render the car inoperative. Either clutch or service brakes can be locked separately or together, preventing the car from being pushed or dragged away. It can be placed anywhere on the vehicle and adapted to most car types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
E. C. Lampson
Jefferson, Ohio
Resetting a Magneto Coupling Alignment Guide
The article explains checking the magneto coupling before removal by feeling its edge with thumb and forefinger to ensure a smooth periphery and equal height sides. It advises cleaning the coupling and aligning outer surfaces during reassembly to avoid shaft misalignment.
How to Remove Stubborn Hub Caps With a Jack
If a hub cap resists wrench effort, use a long handled wrench and place a jack under the end of the handle. A few strokes of the jack will loosen even the stubborn hub cap.
Care of Magneto Maintenance Suggestion
The magneto needs little care beyond occasional oiling. Remove the breaker box and distributor covers to clean the parts with a small soft brush, especially when exposed to dust.
How to tow a car with locked drive wheels
The article explains that when drive wheels are locked by differential or universal joint failure it is best to remove the keys that connect the rear wheels to the axles. This frees the rear axles and allows the car to be towed without further difficulty.
Enrollment up in Coe Latin classes and regional notices
Enrollment in Coe College Latin classes is 44 percent higher than last year at this time. Woodbury county to celebrate the completion of its $38.5 million paying program at Correctionville on October 21. Final plans for advertising and sales by Appanoose county mine workers and operators for Iowa coal were made in Centerville recently. A regimental review of 500 high school cadets honored Maj. Gen. Matt Tinley in Council Bluffs. Southeastern Iowa American Legion members set their annual second district meeting in Iowa City November 5. The Iowa university Butler football game is listed on the convention entertainment program. The state executive council ordered a supplementary survey of Storm Lake before dredging action, with Izaak Walton league backing the project and seeking state aid. The Town Library association convention at Boone adjourned after officers were elected.
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Coe College
Woodbury County
Correctionville
Appanoose County
Iowa Coal
Centerville
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Southeastern Iowa American Legion
Iowa City
Iowa_ university- Butler
Storm Lake
Izaak Walton League
Town Library Association
Boone
Mary Rosemond
Des Moines
Mary Egan
Clinton
Frances Mason
Elizabeth Walpole
Sadie Stevens
Carroll
Lucille Peterson
Estherville
Gilliland
Waterloo
Iowa’s Wealth Exceeds National Average Across Population
The statement notes that every man, woman, and child in Iowa holds over $4,000 in wealth, about twice the U.S. per-person average. It emphasizes Iowa’s extraordinary relative wealth compared with similarly sized regions worldwide.
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Iowa
Love and Death of Nathan Hale in a 19th Century Romance
Nathan Hale, youth of fifteen, loves Alicia Adams. His brother Enoch also loves her, but Alicia weds Elijah Ripley. Ripley dies a year later, Hale reopens his suit, Hale joins Washington's army and is captured and hanged. He writes a rhymed letter to Alicia expressing undying love before death.
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Athan Hale
Hale
Alicia Adams
Nathan
Enoch
Alicia
Mamma Adams
Adams
Elijah Ripley
Elijah
Ripley
Washington
Loving Letters Between Livingstone and Mary Moffat
The piece recalls the deep affection between explorer David Livingstone and his wife Mary Moffat. It cites early marriage sentiments and a Cape Town letter from May 5th 1892 praising Mary and the family, noting enduring love and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Livingstone
Mary Moffat
Mary
Livingstone
Jesus
Cape Town
Mabosto
Fisherman's Luck
A regional woodcut tone item quotes Uncle Eben on fishing luck and leisure as a man goes angling. The piece frames fishing as a chance to enjoy lazy time even without catching a fish, highlighting contentment in small moments.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
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Smithsonian Institution
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New York City
Paul ©. Garber
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Magneto
Hawkeye
State News
Decorah-Posten
B. Amundsen
Decorah
Posten
Amundsen
U. S
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Conesville
Robert Stewart
Maynard
Gerald Peterson
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Marple Mountain
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Black Hawk County
Donald Hansaker
Melcher
Margaret Mooney
Louis Frost
Ayrshires
John Wilcox
Monticello
Harold Bauer
Jesup
Geneneral
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