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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1921
Page
3
A single fly lays eighty eggs in a season and half become females. The first batch of offspring multiplies to 909,120 flies, with subsequent batches yielding 777,600 262,400 and 131,120. Total descendants from one female in a summer reach 2,080,000, illustrating why Swat the fly is a good slogan.
The speaker reflects on choosing a practical path over loftier ambitions. He quips about half gods, his own limits, and the value of staying within one’s station in life. He praises Jed Halter for tailoring and Ironies of fame, ending with a call to accept personal limits to reduce failures.
The article describes a new car gear shift design inspired by a piano player. A roller with a face hole aligns five steel rods connected to speed gears. A thumb lever near the steering wheel selects gears, replacing traditional hand levers for smoother shifts.
Two major American manufacturers dominate the boom with the American Woolen Company running its mills at 98 percent capacity and Henry Ford set to produce more cars in July than ever before. Auto plants elsewhere slow, but Ford cars are deemed essential like jack-knives.
A collection of bystander quips and sketches from a fairground scene. A druggist laments waiting customers and prices, a misprinted remedy tale amuses, a man boasts of a dry summer, and a groom jokes about savings after marriage.
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