Cleanliness and maintenance prevent car troubles on the road
G F Collins in Popular Science Monthly urges car owners to keep every part of the vehicle clean to reduce ignition carburetor and rear axle failures. Regular inspection reveals hidden issues like broken bearings and worn universal joints. Proper cleaning coexists with cautious oiling, fuel filtering, and careful washing to avoid new damage.
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Jess
Hy G. F. Collins
Pop
Ular Science Monthly
Harness snaps turn leather strap into battery lifter
An old method describes riveted harness snaps on a leather strap to lift a car battery. The strap acts as a handle to juggle and move the battery easily.
Motortrucks catch on with potato growers across regions
Potato producers rapidly adopt motor trucks to haul 100 bushel loads to markets from farms up to four miles from rail sidings. Two ton trucks run about five trips daily during shipping season, costing roughly $225 per trip. Autos offer cost savings over longer periods and help fruit farms move perishables quickly to rail.
Wipe Tires and Rims Clean for Rust Prevention
After exposure to bad weather a car owner should wipe tires and rims with a sponge and dry them, especially along the beads, to prevent rust. The article warns about fuel waste from valve timing issues and engine power loss, and recommends treating spare asbestos washers before storage. It notes a common squeak often comes from the head lamp bracket.
Relief Valve Handling and Replacement Guidance
Some relief valves have handles set to shake open. If a valve becomes troublesome, replace with a model that closes itself rather than opens.
Tuberculosis Free Cattle Program Expands Eradication Efforts
The U S Department of Agriculture reports 165 field veterinarians and an equal number of state workers testing about 500 purebred herds as tuberculosis free. Accreditations grow with 800 accredited herds since July 1 1918 and 1 000 tested herds, while 1 100 grade owners have passed. The program projects annual losses from the disease at 25 million dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Suitable spray for flies from Iowa State College
The Iowa State College experiment station recommends a dairy spray mix using coal tar dip oil turpentine par. Dissolve laundry soap in water and fill to 30 gallons with soft water. Spray cows twice daily to deter flies and protect coats. A portable cart enables two men to spray forty cows in five minutes.
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Towa State College Experiment Station
The Cow Is a Living Machine for Milk Output
The United States Department describes the cow as a living machine transforming feed into milk. Output reflects the quality and amount of nourishment provided, and cows failing to repay generous feeding should be replaced with more productive stock. Some inherent traits limit the impact of even liberal feeding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Dairy cattle care and feeding tips for farmers
The article discusses daily sales, silage benefits, and the impact of good feed on cow productivity. It notes well fed cows milk better and are less prone to bloat, mentions how to handle slow Milkers, summer attention, and evaluating cheap cows for beef value. It emphasizes two cows per farm and the role of cream separators.
Memoir of a Beggar Nickels a Trickle into Loss
A narrator recounts a man who tried profiting from small coin gifts to a beggar, gradually giving away two dollars and then more as the beggar pursued outreach through the town. The tale contrasts with a memorial note about Edith Cavell and a Westminster reconstruction plan for a WWI memorial district including a grand avenue and new bridge.
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Gestington
Hilal
Wwekars
Phil
Eant
Sys
Edith Cavell
Hadwin
Cunelford
Cornwall
Nurse Cave
George Pramton
Nurse Cavell
Westminster
London
Westminster Abbey
Lambeth Bridge
University of London
Britain
British Empire
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Labor Day Reflections on Organized Labor and Democracy
A historic Labor Day piece argues union growth reshapes public opinion, praising organized labor for supporting democratic ideals during wartime. It contrasts autocratic rule with a government of the people and calls for unity between labor and capital in productive partnerships while stressing just, brotherly industrial relations.
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John Mitchell
Organized Labor
Uie
Gert van Junkerdon
Labor Day Reflections on the Labor Movement 1910
The piece notes advances by the American Federation of Labor under Samuel Gompers, highlighting progress for members across national international and local unions. It stresses the shorter workday as a key victory and a demand for rest and development beyond economics.
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Labor Day
Works of
America
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Haw
Ite
Guilds of Shrewsbury Preserve Ancient Craft and Hospitality
In Shrewsbury England guilds once hosted fairs with meals and entertainments tied to the town’s history. Though many faded from the eighteenth century onward, about 80 of the original 190 guilds survive, with 40 maintaining halls and quartering. Their silver cups and heirloom pews endure in ceremonies and local recreation.
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Shrewsbury
England
Kingsland
Americans First and the Call to Common Destiny
A speaker urges forgetting selfish rivalries and politics to remember we are Americans first, all workers united in a shared future of free institutions. The message acknowledges human faults in society and faith in wisdom to guide progress and improvement.
Advance must be general for labor in democracy
The text argues that labor progress supports democratic stability and warns against confiscation or class war as routes. Autocracy and Bolshevism fail, and Russia’s fate shows labor must advance with society, not take all or gain at others’ expense.
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Russia
Iabor
Labor Day Poem Declares the Worker’s Rise to Freedom
The poem by Berton Braley mourns toil and exploitation then proclaims the laborer’s ascent from enslaved, underpaid labor to master of the world. It links builders of cities and forests to a vision of independence and national celebration of workers.
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Iowa State
College
Frnally
Patriots
Organized Workers of America
Dreds
Lauran
LABOR
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Windom
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