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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
3
Gothic roof barns with curved arches draw farmer interest for distinct appearance and robust structure. The design uses built up truss like rafters and wide segments to create stiff, durable roofs. The 30 cow stalls and integrated horse stable offer efficient livestock housing within a single building.
A reflection on why old songs hold power as memories and comfort. An article describes curved hip and valley rafters in roof framing, built-up rafters, and the solid wind-braced structure. It contrasts memory and music, urging preserving cherished tunes for elderly readers and future generations.
A Denver millionaire shows a lavish dollhouse with electric beds baths a tiny car and a hangar while a girl rents it furnished to Cousin Salle for 35 cents a week. Separately Arizona potash is found 80 miles north of Parker in an underground basin near the Colorado River.
The article recounts the first week of the Somme battle with vast German casualties near 250,000 and over 52 German divisions engaged. British lines held firm with heavy fighting around Bullecourt, Vaulx, Croiselles, and Peronne, while counterattacks and rear-guard actions prevented a German breakthrough. The Kaiser proclaimed jubilation and awarded Hindenburg as conditions worsened.
James W. Sitzler of the National Soldiers' Home at Johnson City Tennessee, age seventy, has volunteered for shipbuilding work. In his application he states he wishes to be a ship painter and asserts he can work a full day as well as any young man, claiming to be a general all-round workman. He was enrolled.
Edward A Woods a Pittsburgh life insurance expert argues mortality in the current war is lower than in great wars due to timely medical care. He notes over 90 percent of soldiers treated by physicians return to duty and compares a twenty year old in trenches with a sixty year old civilian in terms of life expectancy. He asserts similar odds regardless of duration. Santa Monica to sell garbage at 18.90 a ton for coming year, up from 1.00 last year.
Taken from exchanges A NSW built car completed its first run from Sydney to Melbourne covering 600 miles. A shield to protect car windshields from rain without blocking vision was invented. A Europe church heats each pew with a separate electric unit for occupant comfort. A student swam 200 feet across a channel after abandoning clothes for $2. A Los Angeles florist moved shop back 20 feet to save bamboo clumps later lit by Incan descent lamps forming tall illuminated features.
Market notes show Nebr upland and corn headlines with per ton and price ranges, plus figures for Timothy Alfalfa Straw and various grains. Regional quotes include Denver and Chicago futures, with New York cotton, Duluth seeds, and Kansas City butter and poultry bids. Prices reflect stale OCR data across commodities, livestock, and metals with multiple entities like Denver and Chicago markets.
Detroit Free Press notes motorists often face backlash when offering rides to pedestrians near streetcar zones. Tales from a club gathering include a rider deriding a driver, a business man marring a car with boots on the dash, and critics praising soldiers and women as acceptable passengers while car owners express mixed feelings about aiding those without cars.
Club News of Keystone Auto Club warns that cranking a troublesome engine is hazardous. Open the throttle, keep spark off, turn the engine two or three revolutions, then energize spark and pull the crank upward to avoid arm injury.
A damaged spring serves as a makeshift tire tool for clincher tires, with the thin end worn to a point needing emery cloth touch up. Also notes cone shaped automobile oil containers requiring a knife cut to open and drain into the engine port.
Antiskid devices help only under certain conditions and their continual use causes harm. They must not be fastened too tightly as excessive pressure can cut the tire cross grips. Worn cross rips should be replaced to avoid tread cutting and moisture damage. Remove devices as soon as no longer needed to save tire costs.
The article advises car owners to lubricate spring seats in modern vehicles. It notes that springs mounted on seats often have lubrication points, but many owners neglect them. Regularly turning the grease cup and tending to the bearing on the spring helps maintain cantilever suspensions and shaft or tube-mounted grease points.
When brake shoes wear out the usual practice is to replace them with new parts. If new parts cannot be obtained an excellent repair is possible by bending a piece of soft steel to fit as a temporary substitute.
A repair note describes making a bushing about 0.148 inches thick and matching width to the brake shoe. It should be bent to fit snugly over the cam so the wheel keeps the bushing in position, reducing risk of detachment once mounted.
A new tool for retrieving stuck vehicles functions first as a shovel to clear a path and then as a track for the wheel to move the car from the hole. It attaches to a wrecking truck when a wheel is disabled. The device features a metal trough with tire cross chains for traction, a beveled end for scooping, and a metal cap with a bearing and wheel at the other end.
The piece explains that battery trouble may stem from corrosion on terminals where a green hard deposit prevents current flow. It notes removal can require a chisel, and mentions improvements in car design shifting from larger wheels to smaller diameters with bigger tires for a sleeker look. An auxiliary cooling system for radiators is also described.
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