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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1920
Page
2
A suburban car owner recounts refinishing a two year old car for about $2.15 in supplies. He details washing, varnishing the body and chassis, drying times, and polishing, noting success hinges on the varnish quality and proper technique.
Representative Dyer of Missouri proposes a bill in Congress to impose a 5000 dollar fine or five years in jail for automobile thieves. The plan targets the nation ny 1920s theft issue citing 6.5 million cars valued at 7.8 billion dollars. Data show 23272 cars stolen in 1918 across 18 western cities with Detroit leading thefts at 2689 and Chicago at 2611. Ohio tops states with 464826 cars, New York second with 436923, and Pennsylvania third with 407923.
A method uses a long inside chain hook and a small outside padlock to fasten an anti skid chain to the wheel ensuring it cannot loosen or wind around the brake drum. Releasing the padlock provides slack to unfasten the inside hook.
Experts advise a cautious approach to crossing broken stone by making a short run at the hazard with the car coasting and the clutch out. This technique relieves rear tires from driving strain and tearing by sharp stones, extending tire life when feasible.
Roads for motor use in Mexico are in bad condition and little is being done to improve them. Vacuum cleaners for automobiles, operated on their engines, have been invented. Sometimes compression cocks stick. oil them when the engine is off and work to reach every part. Do not throw spark plugs haphazard into the tool box. Save old plugs to reuse insulators or electrodes and save money.
A brief fragment quotes Lincoln on confidence to keep resolves and Kipling on happiness under the sword, reflecting a menacing era mood with literary aphorisms from two famous authors.
A recipe for chicken pancake treats uses roast chicken remnants with a rich stock, bacon, and a lemon yolk sauce folded inside thin pancakes. Butter buns and Creole pralines follow with step by step methods. A nutritional primer outlines protein fats and carbohydrates and their roles in winter meals.
Whittier poem line about kindness healing a broken heart and renewing friendship with sincere sentiment.
A wartime style guide urges careful use of food and reduction of waste. Tips include meat loaf wrapped in oiled paper to preserve juices, making emergency fillings from small meat scraps, enhancing griddle cakes with molasses, caramelizing sugar for gravies, browning sugar to color gravies, using melted paraffin to remove tiny game feathers, and substituting honey for sugar in various dishes.
A compact guide on using occasional oven dinners to save fuel and free time. Recipes include Baked Soup with beef and cabbage. Pimiento Bisque with chicken stock and peppers. Fillets of Veal baked with crumbs and skewers. Tomato Salad tucked in lettuce. Spanish Chops stuffed with crumbs ham and mushrooms.
The governor warns a departing convict not to return to bad company while the man vows not to associate with others who lack prison advantages. Lateman seeks a durable clock and quizzes shopmen until a salesman boasts the clock will last a lifetime, prompting Lateman to quip about its numbered hours.
A simple preparation uses water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken streaked gray hair. Mix at home or have a druggist prepare it. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade. it softens harsh hair, adds gloss, and does not cool the scalp or rub off.
A humorous exchange between Jack and Mrs Justwed about burning old love letters. She suggests keeping them for amusement in the future to read when bored, reflecting playful domestic wit. The dialogue captures lighthearted marital banter from a bygone era.
Public notice-style ad offers 100 dollars for a case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Claims the remedy acts through the blood and mucous surfaces. Mentions selling by druggists for over forty years at 75 cents. Testimonials free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Conversation shows a couple celebrating by planning purchases after clearing their home loan. The exchange mentions buying new clothes and a motorcar, reflecting household optimism.
The ad touts S S S as a blood cleanser for eczema claiming quick relief and renewed vitality. It cites 50 years’ experience and guarantees pure non mineral ingredients. Readers in doubt are urged to write Medical Adviser Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Georgia.
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