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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
2
Car expert explains causes of rough idle and clutch slip, advising checks for air leaks and leather clutch wear. Discusses cone versus disk clutches, rivet wear, and solvent cleaning. notes kerosene use to remove grease. Also addresses front-end engine knock likely from bearings, clearances, or a loose flywheel, and cautions on bearing fitment.
The article discusses finding positive and negative wires from a switch using a salt immersion test to observe bubbles at the negative terminal. It covers cautions about fuel additives, kerosene carbon cleaning by feeding kerosene into the intake while running, muffler considerations, and explains why horsepower rises with RPM due to flywheel momentum. It also offers guidance on lightening reciprocating parts by drilling piston holes, warns against starving lubrication, and notes potential cam wear affecting valve timing.
A reader asks why cordon bleu shifted from knights of St Baprit to premier cooks. notes on the term cordans bleus and blue ribbon medals, plus references to Latin America and religious demographics in belligerent nations. Also cites Henry Lee’s tribute to George Washington as origin of a famous quotation.
Anne Royall born 1760 in Maryland widow of a Virginia Revolutionary officer. After government pension failure she started a Washington newspaper on an old Ramage press and ran a weekly named Paul Pry then Huntress. She interviewed Washington insiders, flattered subscribers, insulted non-subscribers, and was once fined and imprisoned as a common scold. She reportedly met and spoke with every president from Washington to Lincoln.
Napoleon died in captivity on Saint Helena in 1821, at the age of fifty two.
Waldemar Kaempffert notes a shift in aircraft design toward a boatlike fuselage to minimize air wakes. By studying wind resistance from wires, braces, tanks, radiators, and limbs, scientists showed that consolidated bulk slips through air more efficiently than scattered components.
The piece contemplates life as a corridor of doors where each moment demands a judgment guided by experience faith and self confidence. It warns that only one door can be chosen and passed through while the other must stay shut, shaping fate and consequence.
Alfred Lord Tennyson penned The Charge of the Light Brigade about the Battle of Balaklava on October 25, 1854 during the Crimean War. The poem recalls the British light cavalry of six hundred charged a Russian defense despite flawed orders.
The excerpt argues that once a decision is made there are no exchanges or reconsiderations. It likens life to a green balance sheet where one must pay the full price of choices, echoing an old Persian proverb about gods and mortals facing final reckoning.
The text traces Europe’s cultural and scientific roots to Asia through Arabia, noting gunpowder's Chinese origin, its spread via Arabic routes, Damascus steel reaching Toledo, Baghdad copper smithing, and Silk, cotton, wool weaving traces plus astronomy and mathematics entering Europe from Arabia.
A three year old, Margaret, is told a rural joke about a hen and an egg. She asks what the hen says about bacon and eggs, puzzled by the saying and seeking a clearer answer from her mother. The fragment ends with a playful, slightly muddled query.
Classified notice offers land for sale with trade options for residence or merchandise in southern Minnesota. P F Conlon of Worthington Minnesota invites exchanges and asks readers what they have to trade. Also includes a humorous quotation from the Ladies' Home Journal about a child’s attempt to wash before a teacher’s visit.
In Rua town, residents advocate using red feathers as coinage amid local debates. Officials and shopkeepers weigh practicality, value, and circulation concerns as the proposal gains attention.
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