Letter From Editor Trubshaw Describes Puget Sound Visit
Tracyton Washington editor Trubshaw recounts travel from Seattle to Bremerton and Tracyton. He notes warship relics like the Missouri and Oregon, argues against new battleships, and reflects on economic waste and job shifts. The piece mentions Frank Haskell, a Portland visit, Medford Oregon, and local scenery including Puget Sound farms and tide cycles.
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Tracyton
Wash
Seattle
Bremerton
Missouri
Charlotte
Congress
United States
Neva Dakota
Oregon
Roosevelt
Admiral Dewey
Atlantic
Pacific
Ihro
Frank Haskell
Puget Sound
Portland
Medford
R. Trubshaw
Vigilance Saves Car Tires Through Regular Checks
Drivers can extend tire life by weekly inspections for cuts and wear. Seal small cuts with cement, address larger damage promptly, maintain correct pressure with a gauge, and avoid driving on misaligned or overloaded wheels. Wet crushed stones on new roads worsen cuts. vulcanizing fixes punctures and blisters.
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Uries
Compact Folding Dining Table for Auto Picnickers
A light compact folding table designed for outings sits along a car trip. It features a two piece whitewood frame hinged in the middle, hinged legs, brass join, and leather tabs over curtain fasteners to attach to the car edge.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Wasteful Drippings From Engine Components
The article notes frequent oil drips from loose cap screws on the crank cast, from bearings, plungers, or tappets above the cam shaft. The leaks waste oil and foul the engine, requiring prompt attention. oil from bearings can reach the fan and spray inside the hood.
World Automobile Tax and Trade Figures Spark Policy Debate
The report outlines motor vehicle tax bases in Belgium France England and Italy and notes Denmark requires police registration with insurance. It cites May factory shipments totaling 22 000 carloads 14 800 driveaways and 3 350 boats up 13 from April plus US gasoline price averages and Bulgarian price conversions.
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Belgium
France
England
Italy
The Funny Men Hie Gain and Social Mixups
A collage of comic exchanges shows misunderstandings about marriage raises and absent minded slips. A professor jokes about memory and kissing Charlotte while wives push back. The piece parodies social pretension among the newly rich and a senator famed for oratory.
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Charlotte
Kasper
Stockholm
Still Going Thru It Through Fire and Water
A fragmentary note expresses a relationship strain with a vow of perseverance through hardship and ongoing emotional tension between partners.
The Vamp and the Genteel Reader Gag
A collage of witty vignettes spoofs literature and public figures. A vampire eye gaze joke and lines on Dickens readers mix with political satire and old timey cartoons. Brief snippets mock culture and media figures with light sarcasm.
Different Now and Marriage Changes a Man
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts Mrs. A and Mrs. B with social change. A student mislearns spelling while a teacher critiques a composition about swords and dialect writing, reflecting dialect humor and generational shifts.
Wellington to pave six mile concrete road to Petone
Wellington plans a new concrete road two feet wide along a 100 foot wide macadamized thoroughfare to Petone six miles away. The project costs about 146000 and will ban carts and large vehicles from the center. A special vehicle tax will fund road upkeep, applying to motor driven cars including motor cycles.
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Wellington
Newland
Petone
Improvements from fixed motor truck trains on national highways
The text argues that scheduled motor truck trains will spur highway rebuilding and shorter routes to save time and money. It calls improvements vital for communities and the prosperous era ahead, noting broad sharing of benefits. It also urges national efforts to teach highway engineering and transport regulation in schools nationwide.
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United States
Riddles and Wit Jump From The Page
A collage of quirky historical quips and questions spans jokes about barbers folklore and language and odd facts about ocean life and bees. It features snippets from several papers noting humorous lines and curious observations.
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Crimson Gulch
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Boston Transcript
Atchison Globe
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Castoria
Office
J. van Houten
M. D
Omoen
Gray Block Valley City
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E. A. Pray, M. D
Winterer
Ritchie
Valley City
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Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
E. A. Pray, M
F. L. Wicks
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Nemo Hygienic Fashion Institute
New York
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