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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
14
The article urges farm households to adopt convenient kitchen layouts, oil stoves, and small gasoline engines driving a line shaft for washing machines and other devices. It highlights modern water systems with a well pump, elevated tank, indoor plumbing, and electric lighting as affordable upgrades for thousands of prosperous farmers. It notes new fly swatters using a spring-loaded wire cone for efficient insect control.
The text advises shifting gears by feel, releasing the clutch before shifting, and avoiding battery self starters when the battery is weak. It suggests cranking by hand to conserve ignition current and notes preignition can come from overheated plugs. It warns not to depress plugs too far into the combustion chamber and to use proper plug length for the engine.
An Ohio inventor creates a wholesale grasshopper gathering device built on a motorized tricycle. A funnel at the front feeds insects into a revolving fan that drives them into a collecting box.
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