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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1922
Page
2
The article stresses lubrication as a critical factor in engine performance. It warns that oil dilution with fuel and water contamination create breakdowns, and improper lubrication leads to slipping clutches, wasting power and fuel.
United States Department of Agriculture reports a material shortage in spring lambs across Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada, with lamb production about 70 percent of normal. Wool prices rise as fleeces sell up to 38 cents per pound while overall supply tightens and large operators seek new crop lambs amid cold weather and a late spring.
Sudan grass rapidly replaces millet in many states as an emergency hay and summer pasture crop. Originating from Africa and introduced in 1900, it has grown in value to about 10 million dollars by 1918. It thrives in southern Great Plains, needs water, resists drought, and is used widely by farmers for feed and pasture. Seed production remains unprofitable due to yields and prices, with best seed yields in western Texas and irrigated NM AZ CA regions. To avoid hybridization, seed fields should be kept at least 80 rods from sorghum.
Advice on storing seed grain to prevent insect infestation. Inspect before storage, discard old sacks and dust, clean and disinfect bins, use carbon bisulphide per directions, store compactly to reduce surface area, ensure ventilation, and keep windows screened and open in good weather to deter pests.
A dated pest control note advises using a mixture of one part calcium arsenate and two parts gypsum or sand. Dust the plants with a metal duster to coat leaves and surrounding soil, applying early in the morning for cucumber and melon crops.
Cutworms damage small plants and threaten young, tender crops. Use barriers or sticky bands near plants to deter them during the day. When worms are exposed, crush and remove them. A better method is to use poison bait around the affected area.
KR H Bowron of Los Angeles says Tanlac cured forty years of indigestion and chronic weakness. He reports improved appetite, steadier sleep, and no postmeal distress after starting Tanlac two years ago. He urges others with similar ailments to try Tanlac, sold by druggists.
The marquess of Simon notes the Duke of Albuquerque owns extensive silver and gold tableware inherited from his father. Inventory took two hours daily for six weeks, listing 1400 dozens of dinner plates, 500 large platters, 700 small ones, and 40 silver step-ladders. The Duke of Alba reportedly left 600 dozens of dinner plates and 800 wrought silver platters.
Advertisement urges purchase of Cuticura talcum powder as part of a skin care routine. Promotes soap ointment and talcum trio, claiming it leaves other perfumes unnecessary and notes 25 cents price everywhere.
In an order dated September 5, 1776, the Marine Committee specifies officers' uniforms: a green coat faced with white with round cuffs, slashed sleeves and pockets, cuffs buttoned, skirts turned back, white waistcoat and breeches edged with green, and black garters. Green shirts could be issued to the men if procured.
In a Louisville Counter-Journal item, a spring humor piece notes bosses complain their entire force performs poorly during spring as workers divert effort to moving windows up and down, a quip about seasonal distraction during mild weather.
A Boston Tran script notes a domestic dispute outcome. The wife and husband discuss attire and financial plans. A neighbor claims to have formed a protective union, barring either from obtaining a new suit this fall.
In a terse exchange, one party asks what the other was doing after the accident, and the reply jokes about scraping up an acquaintance. The remark highlights a strained, wordplay laden interaction amidst the incident’s fallout.
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