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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1927
Page
7
Spark plugs power a vast industry built on silimanite research. Scientists climb California volcanoes to extract this mineral, now used in millions of plugs. About 80 million plugs yearly worth around 60 million dollars, with 58 million in passenger cars and 14 million in trucks and industrial engines. Plugs last five years, but makers urge annual replacement to save gasoline and oil.
The National Automobile Club warns motorists to look and listen for trains at crossings. Courts have held travelers on public roads must take care to see and hear an approaching train. If a safe look or heed was missing and injury occurs, responsibility may lie with the traveler. Railroad tracks signal danger and crossing requires first look, listen, and if needed stop.
A Massachusetts Mutual analysis finds 65 percent of motorist injuries stem from broken glass in windshields and windows. The study covers 100 accidents across 26 states, involving 1,300 motorists and 720 injuries, with 467 cuts from glass fragments and several deaths due to glass-related impacts.
Walter G. King of the National Safety Council warns motorists and pedestrians to stay alert as snow, hail and sleet reduce visibility. Advice includes windshield cleaners or deicers, functional brakes, keeping tires with good tread, using chains, and ensuring steering, lights, horns and batteries are in good condition to avoid accidents.
A description notes that the top of a closed automobile body can serve as a luggage compartment. It explains space for extra coats blankets or parcels and outlines practical use of the top surface for storage.
A simple auto top modification adds a luggage compartment beneath the top by attaching snap fasteners around the edge and fitting top material to create a dust and rain shield. Suitable for rolled blankets tents and soft items. allows space under the cover for baggage during travel.
The piece notes rising car efficiency claims and the shift toward motor trucks, citing Denmark's rail replacement by road and a 1.9 percent of railroad capacity in truck tonnage. Boston develops an automobile truck row while the railroad era faces competition. It mentions a vaudeville act and a locomotive crossing for contrast.
United States Department of Agriculture reports total state highway department expenditures in 1925 at 649,125,191 with 59.6 percent for road and bridge construction and 18.4 percent for maintenance. Administrative costs, bonds, and miscellaneous items shaped the year’s funding, while motor vehicle licenses and gasoline taxes rose to 43.5 percent of income, signaling a shift away from property taxes for road funding.
The first fully hard surfaced through state highway in Virginia is finished and open for motorists. A Tennessee campaign seeks to curb roadside billboard advertising seen as a hazard to drivers, aiming to clear the state roads of such signs.
An admonition by F A Walker urging young readers to value their idle hours and abandon aimless amusement. The piece compares frivolous friendships to honeyed but poisonous sustenance and warns that neglecting self improvement leads to ruin in old age. It stresses self-reliance, courage, and prudent use of every moment.
A look at the origins of samplers revealing their spread from Europe to America, their link to early homework by colonial women, and the 1643 London museum sampler as an early example. The piece explains how samplers served as pattern books when printed books were scarce, shaping later needlework traditions.
A fragmentary vent about aging, gender teasing, and self reliance. A speaker jokes about counting age from first kiss, the social sting of aging, and the idea that true humor comes from self made jokes. Copyright remark caps the piece.
Lieut. John A. Macready writes in Liberty that pilots struggle at very high altitudes where the mind slows and calculations fail. To counter this, eleven instruments record engine, supercharger, and external conditions during flights above 30 000 feet. The article notes a machine’s reliability in extreme conditions outweighs human steadiness in such rarefied air.
A reflective poem traces winters past and springs ahead, noting the robin’s song and the constancy of hope. It vows that even as time passes and loved ones are lost, God will restore spring and the days of youth in some future season.
The quote notes that understanding a person requires learning his possessions cares and daily battles. It suggests that once you know his toys and concerns you see him as different from yesterday. The line frames empathy through intimate insight into a person’s life.
A collection of soup methods including cabbage soup with bacon, milk soup with egg yolk, chestnut soup strained and seasoned, and clam bouillon steam prepared from shelled clams. Instructions cover boiling, simmering, straining, and serving, with notes on bread accompaniment and garnishes.
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