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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
4
Practical guidance for motorists facing sand and mud conditions. It covers gear use, braking, engine resistance, detaching tires, using boards or ropes, and emergency devices to extract stuck cars. Targets safe handling, warns against spinning wheels, and advises on staying alert to grades and road hazards.
A bulletin from the B Goodrich Rubber Co argues the auto industry, now the nation’s third largest, reshapes cities and property values. It contends highways as civilization measures and stresses public demand for a broad high way network to boost freight and passenger traffic and local prosperity.
Secretary Dale Brown of the Automobile Association was directed to notify all garage section members in Cleveland to refrain from selling alcohol unless it is actually placed into the radiator of the buyer’s car by the garage man or his assistant.
The article explains fixing door fit by adding wooden wedges or metal plates bolted to the frame to ensure a proper seal and rear support. It warns engines bolts, if loose, cause misalignment and potential failure of the engine mount, stressing secure tightening.
The tube is rolled flat with goat cloth between layers, a cotton flannel strip rolled with the tube. place in a thick cloth bag with the stem protruding and tie the bag around the stem. Add talcum powder in the bag for use.
The article stresses correct casing and inner support for tires and tubes. It warns against sizing errors from use of wrong scales or cross neck ligaments and emphasizes careful tube selection, proper lubrication, and avoidance of pinching during fitting. It notes powdered mica and soapstone as lubricants and highlights detachable clincher cases with correct dimensions to protect the tube.
A Lexington report notes that rubber has long been the best insulation for many uses but failed in storage battery insulation due to hindering electrolyte flow. Recently rubber applications succeeded in starting and lighting battery insulation only after new processes were developed.
The Willard Storage Battery Co introduces Threaded Rubber Insulation for its Still Better Willard Battery. Thousands of Lit-Uke threads run through the rubber to allow electrolyte circulation while preserving insulation. The secret manufacturing method remains with Willard. Also advises motorists to exchange names licenses with involved parties and report to police after accidents.
Local market notes show Andrews and Co Brokerage defeated in a series of listings including Goodyear Tire and Rubber Firestone Tire and Rubber Owen Tire and Rubber Mason Tire and Rubber Mason Cotton Fabric and Perfection Tire and Rubber Portage Rubber in scattered mentions.
The notice warns against thinning rubber cement with ordinary gasoline due to excess oil. It states that gasoline and bisulphide of carbon are unsafe and identifies high test gasoline as a proper thinning agent for rubber cement.
When missing happens at slow speed but not at higher speed, the fault is likely a too wide spark gap in the plug of that cylinder. The firing becomes normal as speed increases, indicating ignition timing or gap issues rather than mechanical failure.
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