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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
7
The piece portrays Warren G. Harding as broadly accessible in the White House, meeting children, constituents, delegations, and various groups daily. It notes the President yields to pleas for favors, granting brief moments with many visitors, from high school seniors to Quaker delegates, amid busy staff and reporters.
The Get-Together Industrial Committee with President Harding's approval seeks to convene leading conservatives, employers, and public representatives. Members include former President Taft Samuel Gompers John Hays Hammond T Coleman Du Pont and John D Ryan. It argues such a body can counter radicalism and foster a middle ground for mutual economic and social progress.
The Water Power Commission enters its first year with scant personnel and limited authority. It has borrowed staff from other departments and lacks a field force. Despite small appropriations, funds sit unused as Congress failed to grant authority. By June 30, 1921, 229 applications sought 14,675,000 horsepower across 83 states plus Alaska and D C, dwarfing current U S development.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports nearly 100000 women are helping build and operate rail lines and maintain systems. The 1920 census shows women make up about 80 percent of the nations 2 million railway employees and the commission is preparing a 1921 census of female railroad workers. Attendants cleaners shop workers station agents telegraph staff and car department workers are all cited with thousands of women in each class.
The article outlines proper manual transmission use, emphasizing slow, deliberate gear changes, clutch control, and avoiding excess speed before shifting. It details gear arrangements, neutral positions, and a step by step method to progress from first to high gear with minimal clashing.
After rear tires wear, interchange with front tires and reverse sides. Moving newer tires to the rear reduces tractive strain and has yielded some of the greatest mileage records, making it advisable to place new tires on the rear wheels and shift old tires forward.
A counterweighted garage or barn door can close automatically after a vehicle passes the trip device. The hinged trip engages a notched plate on the door. a second notch stops the door briefly before it shuts. Front wheels drop the trip, rear wheels release it, and the door rolls shut after adjustment to clear the car.
Car owners report poor idling from six cylinder engines often blamed on the carburetor. In fact the issue usually stems from spark plugs set too close, causing the engine to roll. Increasing spark gaps and cleaning plugs cures the problem.
Maryland forms a state motorcycle constabulary as gasoline tops $1 a gallon in Japan. The U S shows one motor truck per 100 inhabitants. A new rheostat clamps to steering posts to dim headlights. South American cities install motor fire fighting apparatus. An oil burning Diesel engine for autos can run on butter lard or powdered coal. Detroit auto production May 144,601 units versus April 104,955 and May 142,088 in 1920.
The kitchen column presents lightweight recipes including Creole Gumbo with okra and beef, mutton with peas, a green pepper stuffed mutton dish, a rice omelet with peas, and corn meal waffles. It closes with a moral reflection about today and personal action.
Describes dainty cooking ideas from a lunch room visit and lists recipes including Peppermint Candy Ice Cream with candy and nuts. Ice Cream with milk cream junket and musk melon. Peach Shortcake with butter and peaches. and Rhubarb Jam with sugar and lemon zest.
A.J. Gillen of Maxey Georgia, a department store proprietor, recounts a customer bedridden for three years who, after taking Tanlac, rose after the second bottle and began doing all cooking and housework for a family of eight. The claim comes from a trusted source and is copied verbatim from a letter. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists nationwide.
Barbara, a four year old daughter of a professor, vanished from home only to be found walking toward the woods with a small basket in hand. She explained she had an idea and decided to try it, causing worry for her parents before being located.
Mrs J F Hursty of Star North Carolina credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with restoring her health after two doctors advised surgery. She reports months of relief and renewed ability to work, urging others to try the remedy despite prior operation recommendations.
Jack explains his neighbor's mother is petty yet amiable as she pets her boy and uses pet names. His mother and sister react, debating how niceness can coexist with petty behavior. The tale centers on misinterpretation of a neighborly figure.
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed to keep complexion clear scalp clean hands soft and white. Add Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and softness in the trio advertised for daily use.
The passage ponders whether God is unrighteous to punish sin, answering with a firm denial. It asserts that divine judgment remains just and true, leading readers to consider the balance between human unrighteousness and God’s righteousness.
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