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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
7
The passage argues hundreds of women take paid but uncongenial jobs due to lack of experience or capital. It promotes Franco-American toilet requisites under a liberal profit sharing plan as beneficial for women, neighbors, and friends, claiming long-standing suitability for over thirty years.
An advertisement invites readers to write for details about independence driven work under the Reefeiler's Plan. It promises a generously paid position for a gay woman to achieve success and mentions the Franco-American Hygienic Company offering the treatment box at 13th Street and Indiana Avenue in Chicago Illinois.
The farmer and Mrs Spuils discuss a concert claiming to be Chopin with humor and mishearing. The farmer dismisses Chopin as "blowed" and jokes that the performance sounds more like something else. The exchange highlights playful confusion over the music being played.
A short advertisement touts Danderine promising hair that resists shedding dandruff and shows vigor brightness and thickness after use. The page also includes a humorous reader exchange about a front porch campaign with a farmer named Corntes sel and a remark about Miranda and the yard.
Nasty Colds promise instant relief with Papes Cold Compound. A dose every two hours, usually three doses, opens congested nostrils and relieves headache fever sneezing and nasal dripping. It costs only a few cents at drug stores and acts without quinine.
An early 20th century ad touts Cascarets as a sleep aiding laxative that clears the head steadies the stomach freshens breath and gives rosy skin by morning. It claims no inconvenience and appeals to children with a two price range. The joke punchline riffs on a delivery wagon.
An article describes a repair for slight end play in a crankshaft without replacing main bearing caps. It recommends filing the washer, cutting a bronze washer in two, and fitting two screws to clamp a flat iron plate under the bearing cap to prevent rattling. Illustration reference included.
The Scientific American describes a motor vehicle power transmission by G L Jacques of Neillsville Wisconsin. The invention aims to change speed without breaking the motor to drive wheels connection and uses a friction transmission with a flexible shaft driving disk and propeller shaft to increase bearing and maintain engagement between driving and driven members.
The piece argues badly worn tires offer only a small mileage gain and cause excessive wear to wheels, motor, and transmission, risking breakdowns or serious wrecks. It urges truck makers to advise against extending mileage after tires wear down.
King Albert of Belgium is an experienced motorist with a car claiming 24100 to 2500 parts in popular priced tours. Auto makers plan standardization of wheel sizes and gear maintenance. Tires are wrapped in paper to protect rubber from sunlight and air. Monthly wheel play checks prevent bearing and tire wear. Carry a shovel and tow-rope for emergencies and roadside recovery.
A mechanic explains locating a short in fighting or starting systems by feeling heat along wires. When two wires short, heat is produced and a bent or warm spot along the line reveals the fault to the operator.
When the vacuum tank f fails on the road the driver can temporarily create pressure by blowing into the main fuel line. Repeating this every quarter mile can push enough fuel to reach a garage for repairs.
A quirky anecdote notes Tommy Smith outwitting a teacher with a joke about halves and sideways figures. The piece cites teachers using slang and children’s phrases as routes for new terms, with commentary from Professor Jorgan on language adoption.
An unnamed speaker remarks that a ferret-faced man waits long with fellow employees in a rat office. Another voice asks why, and the reply cites solitude as preferable to congeniality-less company.
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