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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
7
Motorist guidance explains crossing rail tracks without gates by using second gear to prevent engine stall and maintain control. Full throttle and gradual throttle openings are advised, with emergency use of the starter if stall occurs. The piece also covers engine braking on hills and easing clutch to reduce shock when riding bumps.
An amphibious land and water motor truck developed for military use could reach French battlefields. It carries a dozen passengers and can operate as a motorboat, aiding scouting where bridges are destroyed. Lightweight mud guards and minimal running boards are noted.
A new car model includes a gear-shift lock built into the transmission cover. A hardened steel tube locks the change gear lever, preventing movement out of neutral. The car can only be moved by towing, and a key is required to unlock the mechanism.
A simple self feeding grease cup adapts to automobile axles without changes. It uses a bass tube with threaded ends, a pipe cap with a hole for the plunger rod, a spring loaded plunger, and a cap height indicating grease amount. The design avoids wasting grease and is more economical than compression caps.
A traveling gypsy band moves through Wisconsin in three automobiles decorated with red blankets. The kids ride on the hoods, drawing attention as they pass. A chemical windscreen cleaner helps remove rain mist and leaves a coating to resist further fogging. A motorist features a striped spare tire cover for night visibility and rear-end safety. A new pump inflates tires automatically as the car runs.
Gus and Bill, two tramp printers, flee via box car to Chicago and end up in the Pontiac reformatory. Guards confiscate the pair and place them in a jail cell before they begin prison work. After months of legal wrangling and court delays Uncle Jim Maddigan champions their release, and Gus and Bill gain liberty as the case resolves.
A vintage collection of oyster preparations and home economy guidance appears. It includes Oyster Club Sandwich, Oyster Casino, canapes, broiled and baked oyster dishes, plus light dessert ideas and tips on saving fats and using skim milk in cooking. It also features prose on frugality and the value of economical pantry practices.
Andrew Francis Patrick Mahon a sixty seven year old hotel porter in San dusky turned over daily Red Cross receipts minus meals costs and first to subscribe for a Liberty bond. He purchased $1000 in the name of his stepson. Plans emerge to print new editions of the Figueira school readers used in Uriguayar schools.
A watch left in a soldier’s army shirt pocket went through the Fort Sam Houston post laundry. An observant laundry worker felt the timepiece in the shirt pocket just before washing would have ruined it. The watch retained every second.
A Kansas woman last year caught over 300 bushels of grasshoppers and dried them to sell as chicken feed earning more than $560. The report compares oyster nourishment, noting a quart equals about three-quarters of a pound of beef, with no waste in buying. It states oysters take two years to reach full size from spawning.
The program guides pupils to start with simple knitted squares using No 8 needles, advancing to mufflers and wristlets. Red Cross uses the squares for quilts, and needles or yarn can be bought from stores or Red Cross chapters. Students learn casting on, keeping stitches even, picking up dropped stitches, and joining yarn ends.
Mothers indoors fashion dainty baby gowns as January sales lure with white goods and new-season frock models. The described dress showcases fine boutonnière lace, Swiss embroidery, pink satin rosettes, and a long bodice with a short scalloped skirt, aimed at state occasions for a three to four year old girl.
Practical advice on handling washgoods shrinkage by using wide hems and blind basting, then sizing after first wash. Notes on worsted dresses with deep hems and hand-tucked hem threads. Mentions Paris gloveskin cloth frocks, simple designs, and a do skin colored model trimmed with beaver and no black velvet hat.
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