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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
4
Henry Kitchell Webster crafts a tense late night scene as Randolph and Rodney navigate an impending court day. A phone call, a dinner invitation, and rising tension frame the couple's strained dynamics and uncertain plans.
A fragmentary scene from a social drama shows Rose adjusting to a perfect home while Bainbridge, a tenor, and others in Chicago society test her endurance. The narrative hints at a complex love triangle, intellectual pursuits, and emotional strain as Rose seeks meaning beyond comfort.
Rose enters a dinner dominated by social games and intellectual talk. She probes her husband Rodney's court case while hiding her growing power to influence, study, and challenge his world, hoping to aid him without breaking their fragile balance.
The scene follows Rose as she tries to follow her husband’s professional labors and stay mentally engaged. She makes little progress and the story hints at unusual developments in their relationship to unfold in the next installment.
Excerpt discusses youthful talkativeness and reminiscences on insurgent ideas during youth, contrasting radical thought with prudence, and reflecting on memory as life’s corrective. A neighbor anecdote about vinegar shows clever social satire and a practical joke from an exchange column.
A would be writer asks what matters most for a beginner and an experienced author answers with a concise, playful remark about keeping appetite modest, followed by a wry note on coffee valued in Brazil. The exchange hints at restraint and global detail in writing matters.
The article describes growing efforts to mark roads across the country. It notes Buncombe county Asheville to Weaverville as an example and highlights the Lincoln highway marked by red white and blue bands and I stencils along the Missouri valley. It mentions local boards by automobile clubs and small-town signs directing travelers to towns, praising their practicality for navigation.
The Pike's Peak Highway reaches the summit on July 15 1916 extending 17 miles from Cascade to 14108 feet above sea level and earning the title The World's Highest Highway. The road winds up ridges offers spectacular views with a restaurant at 11000 feet and watering stations along the way. Built by a private company under agriculture department permit, tolls are charged though government funding is not used.
When steering column wobbles drivers should not expect quick fixes. Some manufacturers brace the steering column up to the cowl to make it firm, giving greater rigidity and control.
In preventing carbon buildup nothing is more important than using good cylinder oil and the correct adjustment of the exhaust retainer.
In Colorado the Pike national forests offer mountain lands and limited attractions beyond highways. Forest roads wind through valleys and canyons to shaded campsites by streams, inviting nature lovers, anglers, and climbers to a preferred recreation. Families leave the city heat for tenting and travel in motor cars with camping gear.
The piece argues that motor accidents rise with more cars and finds about 80 percent due to careless driving. It urges renewed safety habits, tagging vehicles with a safety message, and warns that stricter laws may follow if care is not improved.
Nebraska officials report over 13 million dollars yearly spent to run state owned autos and more than 70 million invested in the machines. There were 100,534 cars registered in 1916 valued at about 700 dollars each, totaling 70,878,000. Upkeep at 5 1 2 dollars per year would be 5,000,700 with gasoline costing 8,042,720. A parade of all cars would stretch 312 miles. Town reports 200,000 cars registered this year, up from 190,000 in 1916.
Do not use force when installing spark plugs. They should be seated firmly against a copper asbestos gasket with only finger-tight pressure or slightly more. Avoid severe wrench action to prevent damage.
The piece extols the automobile for its superior resourcefulness by ignoring the freight car shortage and moving from producer to consumer using its own power, highlighting self powered distribution as a key advantage.
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