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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
5
A long-standing reminder from Popular Mechanics Monthly stresses cleanliness as essential to reduce ignition carburetor and bearing troubles. The piece lists common automotive woes and urges careful inspection, cleaning, and strain of fuel, plus regular checks of vacuum tanks pipes and universal joints to prevent shocks, rattles, and costly repairs.
An inventive device helps lift a car battery by attaching leather strap ends with riveted snaps. A one inch wide strap extends beyond the battery, forming a practical handle for lifting and grounding the battery safely.
Potato growers rapidly adopt two ton motortrucks to haul 100 bushels per trip to market, lowering costs per bushel. A farmer four miles from railroads reports about 2.25 dollars per trip, with potential savings if trips spread over longer periods. Fruit farms also increasingly use autotrucks to move perishable fruit to rail, reducing dependence on draft horses and enabling quicker market access.
Read fragments on Texas archaeology and Moroccan imperial finance. Ethnology work by Dr. J. Walter Fawken and Professor Pesce links Texas tribes to Pueblo and canyon builders, while Moroccan sultanate debts reveal state versus private funding disputes and imperial kitchen expenses.
A report on the death of Antony a remarkable chimpanzee who spent eight years defying rules for chimp welfare. He came from the Congo in 1911 and survived English climate unheated in a brick building with minimal care. Antony weighed 14 pounds at arrival and grew large by last summer, with a diet including chocolates and special treats.
The note explains the term amen corner as a church cross street practice from London where elderly parishioners would utter amen at intervals. An advertisement urges readers to buy it in Forest Park.
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