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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
8
A letter from Ward Councillor John Wishart notes municipal efforts at Portage la Prairie Manitoba. The communication mentions tractor use since the two seasons and a repair bill of 90 dollars, with remarks on ongoing work and satisfaction with the service.
A reader questions if a 10 foot or foot grader could be hosted given surplus power. The note records using a tractor on 71 percent of days this season and fuel and lubricating oil costs of $645.88. The tractor ran about 10 hours per day with no separate fuel log, and average daily oil costs appear minimal at about four tenths of a cent.
John Stoffel of Blue Rapids Kansas touts the Oil Pull’s efficiency after buying a tractor August 1 1920 from a Greenlent dealer. He claims a 42 000 bushel threshing run with a 32 inch separator, earning 5450 dollars and total tractor expenses under three dollars, noting zero engine troubles during the season.
From Big Timber Montana comes a letter from Eddy Boddy praising a 16-30 Oil Pull tractor. He claims three seasons with the machine plowing over four hundred acres of sod disking drilling and seed bed prep plus running a large separator in thirty-five days. He reports sixty five cents spent on repairs and asserts the machine provides more power than motors at lower consumption.
Carlson California owner of a 42-2 Bull claims to keep accurate operation costs. He calculates fuel oils and grease at sixty cents per acre, including all necessities. His best day plowed 5.8 acres at 42 1/2 cents per acre for fuel and oil while plowing twelve inches deep with a 40 horse plow. The account shows meticulous tracking of costs and productivity.
Noted magazine writer and lecturer Bessie Beatty describes intimate life at the Constantinople palace of the crown prince. She notes royal musicians, family participation in the orchestra, and a painting illustrating Harmony in the Haven as signs of ultra modern Turkish royal culture.
Ford Coupelet priced at 580 dollars free on board Detroit as marketed by Hansen and Sans. The note mentions New Century and P. and O. cultivators and Layal separators in connection with the sale.
A hen nests in a tree in the deer pen at Phelps Drive Park Springfield, incubating eggs and displacing sparrows that had dragged hay to the branch. The park superintendent may need to remove the chicks once they hatch, as the tree houses a double habitat for hen and sparrows.
A garbled mix of names, amounts, dates, and product references from a 1922 newspaper classified section. Mentions Atlantic stock, Edward G. Allaman, Board items, various sums like 10,000 and 40,000, Crystal Lake Camp, Modern Woodmen of America, and an advertisement for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The text blends financial figures with product pitches and a Buffalo address for medical advice.
Fragments of two mastodon bones were unearthed in Gray county Texas by workers in a dry sandy strata. The pieces are sizable and believed to belong to a prehistoric skeleton, suggesting a larger fossil find in the area.
Reports from Saltsen near Fort Centro describe a spectacular eruption of mud geysers that sent mud smoke and steam about 200 feet into the air for twenty minutes without warning. Witnesses said the phenomenon occurred abruptly and spanned a short yet dramatic interval.
A fragment discusses the ease of calling for help and the tendency of many to ignore trying to solve problems themselves, noting people often fail to believe it is worth trying to work their way out of tough situations.
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