Good Manners in Motoring Hinted by Connecticut Official
Connecticut motor vehicle commissioner Robbins B. Stoeckel has proposed an ethics code for motorists. He urges drivers to show patience and courtesy, give warning to pedestrians and animals, use horns only for safety, mind headlights, and avoid arguing with officers. He cautions against obstructing crossings and losing temper, linking temperament to safe driving.
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Robbins B. Stoeckel
Connecticut
Driving Car Best Way to Determine Merits
An Oakland Motor Car Co sales manager urges motorists to ride and drive a car to judge its merits. He says shows inform buyers, but the real test is the ride and feel of life, power, handling, comfort, and durability under rough travel. The rider’s judgment reflects the car quality.
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Oakland Motor Car Company
How to Check Up on Gas When He Fills the Tank
Advice on spotting tampered gasoline deliveries describes watching piston travel and indicators, ensuring proper hose drainage, and noting airlocks or leaks. It warns that outside deliveries, idle pumps, and curb hoses can cause irregular flow and short deliveries.
Three Uses for Old License Plates Idea Hums With Ingenuity
Old annual license plates are rust resistant enamel steel. They can be cut into strips to form house numbers on rear gates. They serve as draft shields on intake manifolds and become broom holders or floor hole patches.
Clutch on Modern Auto Makes Shifting Easier
The article notes advances in car design such as electric starters lights and easy gear shifting that made driving accessible to women and teens. It contrasts past require ing arm strength to crank cars with modern conveniences enabling broader driver participation.
Strainer for Cleaning Pail Aids Car Overhaul
A metal strainer or grating that fits four to six inches in a pail helps keep cleaning liquids clean during car overhaul. It prevents sediment from stirring through and keeps small parts from mixing with sediment, reducing loss.
Cow Barn Design Improves Farm Efficiency and Appearance
Renowned author and builder expert William A. Radford offers free farm construction advice. He praises attractive, efficient cow barns designed to house 34 cows with concrete gutters, silos, carrier tracks, and litter alleys to reduce labor and improve work pride.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
barn with sunlit clerestory windows and ventilators
The barn features many windows for sunlight and ventilation aiding cattle health and milk production. Three roof ventilators remove foul air, a second row of roof windows adds air and light, and the frame structure sits on a concrete foundation with wood shingle roofing and a decorative belt around the silos.
Psychological Color Effects Require Study
Increasing interest in color psychology shows colors affect mood and perception. For schools cream and buff are soothing. blue and green are cooler and less cheerful. strong colors depress and hinder light refraction. Proper shading and harmony enhance interiors and exteriors, with careful color schemes yielding noticeable results.
Glazing Details Elevate Home Windows as Investment
A note on window glazing explains that good glass adds modest cost but yields clear vision, lustrous beauty, and improved view on cloudy days, framing glazing as a real home investment.
Color Range Limited for House Painting
A short guide on exterior color schemes emphasizes good taste over fashion. It suggests using one body color with darker or lighter trim, as in pearl gray with dark gray or white trim. Warm tints wear best, while grays browns and yellows withstand sun and weather for simple tasteful results.
Two Important Factors in Roof Construction
Modern architecture emphasizes two roof aspects the utilitarian protective function and the harmonious attractive appearance. The roof ranks among the home’s most visible features and shapes first impressions of the house. Advancements in slate tile and asphalt shingle colors broaden choices for variegated roofs.
The Horn Book: A Dated Tool of Early Education
The article explains horn books as early teaching aids used before modern primers. A horn book was a small wooden board with alphabet and Lord's Prayer under a horn shield, dating to about 1450. They faded by the 1800s. by 1877 few specimens appeared, making them highly collectible today.
Lost Sir Henry Wood on English music and a De Reszke joke
No 2 Lost Sir Henry Wood notes English music quality while joking about Edouard De Reszke. He recalls two amateur tenors who asked De Reszke to judge their singing and who are told by the maestro that the first singer is the worst in the world while the second cannot sing at all.
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Sir Henry Wood
London
New York
de Reszke
Edouard de Reszke
Esperanto spreads at Geneva university for 17th world congress
A summer university in psychology languages and international law used Esperanto as the language of instruction during the Geneva session of the 17th universal Esperanto congress. Esperantists from many nations attended the event, the culmination of national congresses across Europe, America, and Japan.
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Geneva
America
Japan
Living for a family stands as mankind’s finest work
In a classroom scene a primary teacher asks children to name the most wonderful human creation. A thoughtful girl replies that a living for a family is the most wondrous thing. The remark underscores the era’s high cost of living and economic strain.
Government sinks willow mats to curb Mississippi near Memphis
Waterlogged willow twig mats weighted with stones are laid along the river near Memphis Tennessee to stabilize shorelines. The submerged mats take root and sprout young trees that resist erosion from river washes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Friction Sparks Warmth as Girls Walk in Cold Times
The Ohio State Journal notes that nature may have shaped many girls to be knock-kneed so a little friction while walking would provide warmth and aid circulation in the current cold period.
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Ohio State Journal
Scroll Saw Toys Capture Charm of Paper Figures
Figures of animals and children cut from printed crepe paper are made into toys by pasting to thin boards and sawing out with a scroll saw. Little Boy Blue and a dancing girl are pictured, then glued to small wooden blocks.
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Blue
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