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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
8
A self supporting four man eight hour erection home of five rooms built in Lebanon New Jersey under a nonprofit research group aims to cut construction costs to provide better housing. Uses plywood exteriors and interiors with factory built wall units. The design includes a patented wiring system hidden in molding and a combined fireplace and heater unit with lead sheathing.
The article discusses hazards at sharp street intersections in residential areas. It notes that irregular corner design, sight lines, and angle crossings create visibility issues and traffic flow problems. Traffic control devices are seen as insufficient without proper street design to reduce accident risk.
A rugged welded seam tank designed to resist impact reduces explosion risk after highway accidents. It includes breather pipes protruding from ends, a cap position to vent gas, a fusible alloy plug to prevent explosion, and an intake design that limits fill level while maintaining air expansion. Theft deterrence is noted due to pipe length.
Hard water causes soap to form insoluble curds with lime and magnesium, creating a sticky residue in dishwater. This reduces cleaning efficiency, wastes soap, clouds water, and can discolor glassware and affect taste.
Discolored piano keys spoil the instrument’s look. Wipe with a damp cloth and alcohol, dry, then rub with fine sandpaper. Apply lemon juice paste, leave minutes, wash away, removing oil traces for a polished finish.
Christ Church lessons for May 19 centered on immortality with the Golden Text from First Corinthians 15 53 and Hebrew 12 1 noting the cloud of witnesses and the race of life. The Christian Science text Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy was cited describing the real man as spiritual and immortal and mortals as counterfeit to be laid aside for the true reality.
A photo shows three casement windows used to illustrate fogging from interior double glazing. One window lacks inner glazing and fogging occurs quickly. The room stayed at 71 degrees while outside read 86 degrees.
The article explains how hog cholera and swine erysipelas are similar yet distinct diseases in pigs. It notes shared symptoms fever, weakness, and heart valve growths, the high fatality of cholera, and the 20 to 40 percent death rate for erysipelas. It urges vaccination near weaning and early veterinary identification, plus protective handling of carcasses and available serum treatment to reduce losses.
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