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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
3
A vintage wash guide explains that a closed car hides dust but looks worse when dirty and should be rinsed with water before sponging. Use lukewarm water, wash with a wet sponge, rinse frequently, and dry with a soft cloth. Finish with a chamois and careful polishing, noting nickel parts require gentler care. Gasoline removes grease, and soap suds clean mud and grease effectively.
The 1926 report shows Texas leading with 285,276 farm cars, Iowa fourth with 229,000, Nebraska and Kansas ranking sixth and seventh, and Florida moving up to third. The shift reflects proportional growth of farm motor use across the Corn Belt and South.
A sensational plan from former Inspector G Turner of the London police claims whitewash and syringes can trap car thieves. The method proposes distributing whitewash at key police stations and spraying passing stolen cars near cross roads to ensure quick identification and interception.
A Popular Science Monthly note describes securing bulky luggage on a car running board using a rope and iron rod eyes. The arrangement allows holding substantial bags with eyes bent from a rod and tightened by screws, where eyes can be turned under the running board when not in use.
A historical survey notes motor trucks in use by sixty American railroads and school buses transporting pupils across the nation. It stresses teaching children not to touch vehicles, warns of the danger between 5 and 6 p.m., and highlights driver responsibility for passenger safety.
More than a billion dollars will be spent this year on highway construction and improvements. The plan calls for 28841 miles of new roads and 59000000 for new bridges, plus 27000000 for reconstructing existing roads. Total state and local outlays run into hundreds of millions, with roads reshaping urban and rural development and boosting real estate values.
Highway engineers envision roads at least 120 feet wide with night lighting and stop and go signals. Surface drainage goes underground, wires moved below ground, and grade crossings eliminated by separation. Streetcars fade to buses linking rapid transit, pedestrians stay off streets, with elevated sidewalks and underground subways in dense zones.
Earth roads make up SS per cent of the 3,000,000 miles of designated public highways yet carry less than 18 per cent of all road traffic. Builders face stabilizing earth roads amid varying soils, climates, and drainage. The highway research board plans an intensive study to reconcile these factors.
An Automobile Club of Maryland official warns that parking on narrow concrete highways is dangerous and can be a nuisance. Motorists may legally drive 35 mph toward open country, but drivers must slow or stop when another vehicle is parked on such narrow roads.
A fragmented note describes congestion not on rural roads but at gateways into cities where arterial highways pass through satellite centers. It notes that traffic is regional, yet local control remains, and mentions a map requiring judgment about arterial highways in metropolitan areas.
President Wilson reportedly praised a story told in Europe about black soldiers in a front-line trench on the eve of an attack. A white officer asks Jim what he would do if German cavalry charged. Jim replies he would spread the news through France.
The report links faulty lighting to injuries and deaths on the job. It cites four injured per minute and two killed per hour due to lighting. It estimates 100,000 workers unemployed from accidents caused by inadequate lighting, costing about $100,006,000 annually at a $1,000 per person rate.
A Spanish war cannon in the courthouse park at Galesburg TA will be filled with cement to stop college pranksters from firing it at night, silencing repeated disturbances to local residents and town workers.
One of the largest camera lenses used to photograph stars is manufactured in the United States and measures six feet long.
A London Daily Express excerpt quips about a woman's influence over her child and the perilous state of a bridge, while a Washington poster invokes a dictum on a woman's life as a history of affections. The items appear as fragmented quotations with no cohesive event or named individuals.
The fragment offers stray maxims about psychology, patience, and perseverance. It mentions stopping worry, an impossible word in Bonaparte’s dictionary, and suggests turning the stove to the axis sharp. It also hints that cheerful conduct fuels productivity and rewards one twice over.
A vintage advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil for tender swollen feet. It claims pain vanishes in fifteen minutes after two to three applications and swelling reduces with regular use. The copy markets the oil as a camphor enhanced antiseptic formula sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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