Greatest Worry for a Motorist Best and Safest Carbon Remover
A veteran motorist explains that kerosene poured into the intake while the engine is hot and the throttle opened slowly is the most reliable method to remove carbon deposits. Regular small doses prevent buildup, and mixing kerosene with alcohol or acetone offers alternative cleansers. Proper cylinder oil and carburetor adjustment remain essential, with oil weight tailored to season and car age.
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Kansas City
Cause of Overheating in Engines and Belt Tension
The article explains that engine overheating can be caused by a slipping fan belt, which must run at the designer’s intended speed. A belt that is too loose shows by easy blade rotation, and automatic belt tension through a spring is a good setup. It also notes that opening relief valves to locate a missing cylinder is unreliable without increasing engine speed and that high fuel input can cause flame bursts through valves. It concludes with statistics: in the last decade the U.S. auto industry produced about 5,853,000 vehicles, 4,800,000 in the past five years.
Shakespearean Echoes Across The Stage This Year
Fragmentary OCR reveals assorted Shakespeare quotes and misreads from Henry VI to Pericles, referencing Much Ado About Nothing and Cymbeline. The garbled text appears as stage directions and line fragments, suggesting a playhouse montage or catalog of passages rather than a coherent article.
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Cymbeline
Changing speed of gearing device described in Scientific American
A Scientific American description details a device to modify gear ratios on automobiles and power driven vehicles. The mechanism lets the operator shift from a lower to a higher speed while causing the lower gear to disengage automatically from its companion gear without leaving the same gear train.
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Scientific American
Tastonting
Gasoline Supply Seen Ample Despite Extraction Doubts
Experts claim supply is large though extraction questions persist. Millstone notes millions of untapped acres and potential in Mexican fields could boost output tenfold with solved transportation issues. He cites evidence of oil in Rica and ongoing development, with production and distribution improvements underway.
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Millstone
Rica
Gasoline safety tips from agriculture bulletin
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the bulletin warns that a pint of gasoline can make room air explosive and water spreads fire. Advice includes storing gasoline in underground tanks keeping open flames away from buildings housing vehicles and never heating such spaces. It also covers how to stall a running engine by lowering gears and braking and recommends steady driving around 20 miles per hour for safety and efficiency.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Market reports show mixed commodity prices across sectors
An assortment of quotations appears for metals, grains, cotton, wool, sugar, linseed, and livestock. Chicago and New York prices feature soy beans, corn, oats, rye, barley, flour, and butter with varied futures and spot figures. Names of places and commodities stand out amid scattered numerals.
Stuck to His Post as House Fire Enters Home
In Lock Haven Pennsylvania telegraph operator B R Staver remained at his telegraph key despite his family’s danger from a house fire. He alerted others, saved his wife and newborn, and helped evacuate them to safety as firefighters gained control. The home was ruined though his family survived.
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Lock Haven
B. R. Staver
Riltog Rapher
Silver
Staver
Miskey
Trouser Mystery Solved by Conscription Board
In Princeton Indiana a mystery at the Gib son county conscription board ended when a trousers were claimed by a young man from Lyles station who said he arrived with three parts on and forgot one pant during the rapid dressing room process after his army service physical.
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Princeton
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Gibson County Conscription Board
Victoty of
Lyles Station
Cock Fight Audience Held Up by Bandits in Connecticut
A group of sporting men at a barn near Greenwich Connecticut were robbed by six masked gunmen armed and well supplied. They derailed their automobiles to prevent pursuit and escaped after emptying their revolvers. Eleven sportsmen were arrested for cock fighting violations.
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Greenwich
Conn
Connecticut
N. 4
New York
Man Refuses to Quit Jail at Belleville
The 75 year old East St Louis gardener Bastien refused to be released from the county jail after a six month vagrancy sentence. He asked Justice Wangelin to lengthen his sentence, saying he wished to remain in jail, as the judge noted Bastien had a long life behind bars. Bastien rode daily to the adjacent workhouse eight blocks away as a privileged prisoner.
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St. Louis
Alexander Bastien
East St. Louis
Belleville
Wangellin
Wangelin
Lifted 300-Pound Hog, Fell Dead
Springfield man Leon Lansinkiewlecz attempted a show of strength by lifting a 300 pound hog and soon afterward collapsed and died from a ruptured aorta or heart injury.
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Springfield
Leon Lansinkiewlecz
Germany Presses Western Front As Haig Reports Attrition
London May 15 Allied lines along a four mile front near Morlancourt saw a German penetration at one point, but Haig said the rest of the sector repulsed the assault with heavy losses and Australian troops recaptured the position. Reports from Moscow and Amsterdam mention White Guard actions and Lithuania waivers, while Haig cautions of a major German offensive to come as French observers foresee a decisive phase on the Western Front.
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Field Marshal
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Toul
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Kemmet
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Austria
New Draft Call Demands 51,600 More Men for Army
Provost Marshal General Crowder orders 51,600 additional men from 24 states and the District of Columbia for the two May drafts to join the zonal army. Movements span May 20 to May 24 and May 24 to June 2 with specific camps listed in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. The new army bill totals 11.77 billion dollars, a net increase over prior estimates, though some items are under review for accuracy.
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Crowder
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Fort Logan
Kansas
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New Mexico
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Oklahoma
Jackson Barracks
Louisiana
Oregon
Fort McDowell
California
Vancouver Barracks
Wyoming
Government commandeers platinum and rare metals
The government seizes all platinum iridium and palladium held by refiners importers manufacturers jewelers and large dealers. Platinum price fixed at 105 per troy ounce iridium at 175 per ounce and palladium at 135 per ounce.
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Washington
State of Siege Declared at Smichow Suburb
A state of siege has been declared at Smichow a suburb of Prague in Bohemia Uplands amid rising tension reports indicate authorities impose curfews and mobilize security forces to contain unrest in the region.
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Smichow
London
Prague
Bohemia
Campaign in North Dakota rodent control success grows
More than five million acres in North Dakota treated and over one million dollars saved as counties form organized campaigns against prairie dogs ground squirrels pocket gophers rabbits and rodents. Federal state and local agencies plus farmers cooperate using modern poisons and coordinated township units to eliminate pests and boost crop value with widespread success.
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Wnty
North Dakota
Bureauu of Biological Survey
States Relation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
North Dakota Agencultural Experiment Station and Extension Service
North Dakota Leads Co operative Rodent Poison Campaign
The 1916 effort distributed poison to farmers for ground squirrel control, treating over 1,000,000 acres. In spring 1917 about 16,000 North Dakota farmers joined, poisoning 1,500,000 burrows and saving over 1,000,000 dollars in crops. Cost under North Dakota conditions averaged less than 0.10 per acre. Cooperative campaigns elsewhere target prairie dogs and jackrabbits, with five key success features: broad cooperation, trained leadership, organized plans, large territorial coverage, and legal pest extermination provisions.
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Dakot
Iabor
North Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Harm From Rodents in Country Wide
Food destroying rodents are common throughout the United States. West of the Mississippi prairie dogs, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, rabbits, cotton rats, and field mice threaten crops like wheat, oats, corn, barley, alfalfa, and potatoes. East of the river rabbits, woodchucks, meadow mice, and white footed mice damage gardens, crops, and vineyards. Estimated annual crop losses reach 150 million dollars based on field reports from the U S Department of Agriculture and local agents.
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United
Mississippi River
United States
Ble Region Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
States Losses From Rodents Estimated by State Directors
National figures estimate statewide crop losses from native rodents. Montana ranges from 15 to 20.9 million dollars, North Dakota 6 to 9 million, Kansas 12 million, Colorado 2 million, California 10 to 15 percent of all crops or about 1 million, New Mexico 1.2 million plus a double range.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
North Dakota
Kansas
Colorado
California
New Mexico
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