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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1921
Page
7
The Market Review notes mixed activity in crops and livestock with demand for fancy poultry and eggs steady to firm. Prices for butter and cheese edge higher due to imports, while fruit and vegetables show varied receipts and steady to softer prices.
New York Giants defeat Pittsburgh Pirates to claim the National League pennant under manager John McGraw. McGraw earns a seventh NL crown, tying Connie Mack for most pennants as a manager. Giants rallied from seven games back to take the lead on September 11 and win five straight to clinch.
A London Daily Mail correspondent describes a Malay religious festival in Singapore with two days of fasting and hours of torture. Processions move a costly idol between temples, with elaborate chariots, banners, and grotesque effigies. Participants endure self-inflicted pain using coconut, ash, darts, and hooks as part of endurance rites.
The Christian Science Monitor describes spring scenes in Holland seen from a train. Golden kingcups bloom across wide meadows beside blue waterways fringed with silver. Cattle, pigs, lambs, windmills, poplars and willows line the dykes while blue-clad peasants work the fields and barges drift by.
Radio News says a world first free medical dispensary will serve hundreds of ships in New York harbor and along the Atlantic coast. The Seamen's Church in South Street will carry the service at its expense, providing advice by wireless telegraphy on ships with radio but few carrying doctors.
The Daily Herald in London notes new color names such as mutton fat jade and humorously anticipates future shades like chicken gizzard grey cat's meat pink and chewed gooseberry skin cerise. The playful list reflects evolving color language and consumer imagination.
A 1920s reform notice urges motorists to maximize tire life and cut costs. It cites estimates of tire waste totaling 150 million dollars and motorist carelessness causing about 2.15 billion in losses. The piece warns about misalignment, worn tread, cuts, and improper braking, urging frequent wheel alignment checks and careful driving to reduce future expenses.
Guidance on safe driving practices on country roads. Promotes yielding to animals and pedestrians, parking at road sides, using headlights, keeping road space for heavy vehicles, and caution on hills and curves. Emphasizes cleanliness, courtesy, and adherence to local traffic rules and speed limits.
Drivers or the men in charge of this class of work should be compelled to give the tires a daily cleansing. Mud should be washed with a little water, a sponge not too wet being used. Not only is this good in these, but it enables easy detection of dirt or damage.
The Scientific American notes an invention by B. TM at 3 West Fifty second street New York describing an overshoe for tires. It covers a tire with a casing enclosing an inflatable tube to reduce wear and punctures. An objective is to produce the overshoe from inexpensive material and allow easy replacement of worn tread portions.
For the first eleven months of 1920 South Africa logged 470 water vehicles valued at $18 70 070. A saleswoman uses driving knowledge to sell care and declinics. A bolt can be started by attaching a keyed wir d with solder. New York State reports $8 141.50 in auto idle tax revenue for the first quarter of 1021, higher than the prior year.
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