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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
8
The article warns that steep grades challenge drivers and offers rules to descend safely. Use low gear to resist descent, keep throttle closed but ignition on, and avoid heavy braking. Apply both brakes and clutch to stop, shift to neutral to recover if stalling, and when on city grades engage hand brake, reverse gear, and curb wheels for safety.
H C Crowell assistant chief engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad predicts 40,000,000 automobiles will be in use by 1940. He spoke at the American Railway Engineering Association convention in Chicago noting motor competition has drawn freight and passenger business from railroads and many suburban schedules have been abandoned as paved roads expand.
Victor Coubard, a crippled French war veteran who lost his left arm at Verdun, drives among Paris’s 10,000 taxi drivers. He has logged about 600,000 miles with no accidents. Using his remaining arm he steers, honks, and brakes with extraordinary dexterity, sometimes using 60 percent of the wheel briefly to free a hand for horn and brakes.
Lukewarm water is best for washing a new car as the varnish needs time to harden. Use castile soap or non abrasive soap, avoid gasoline, and rinse with a six inch water stream to prevent scratching. Dry with a chamois, wring often, and use long sweeping motions rather than rotary.
A handy roadside repair clamp uses a wooden base and a U shaped strap iron to grip three sides of the base. The clamp pivots on one end and holds the inner tube flat while patching. Inventor Vincent J. McMurty of Chicago describes the device in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
An assortment of car lore and wry observations on driving. The piece humorously notes back seat driving, reckless moterial, and the risks of bad turns near freight paths. It mentions a new firm in Paria for synthetic gasoline, a street sign urging Stop, and old gunshot anecdotes with a grandson bearing dents on his car.
A preliminary Colorado Agricultural College report, based on four years of lamb feeding and three years of cattle feeding in the Greeley area, suggests an operator handling 1006 lambs and 100 steers yearly could net about 720 dollars annually. The study notes nonmonetary benefits from manure and feed sales, plus labor use and soil improvement, arguing long-term profitability for mixed livestock farming.
University of Illinois research shows pigs in larger pastures outperform those kept on tiny enclosures. Data from 9,421 pigs on 160 farms reveal fewer runts and lower worm and disease infestation when sows and litters have access to two or more acres per group.
Practical farm guidance covers profitable use of waste feed for sheep, alfalfa hay for breeding ewes, and hog management. It stresses feeding the sow properly to improve litter outcomes, mineral deficiencies in common rations, benefits of chopped alfalfa with yellow corn and tannage, and avoiding overfeeding sows after farrowing to prevent stress and piglet illness.
The Charleston gains a special competition in the Ulster Amateur Dancing championship held at Victoria Hall Belfast. All amateur dancers were eligible the event, judged by Catherine Watson of Derry. The loving cup prize was presented by Belfast’s lord mayor three years ago.
Aerial bicycle with a cigari shaped hydrogen balloon and aluminum bicycle frame powering a propeller has been invented in England. Land Buyers Service Bureau offers full owner details and contact for 820 acres of a dairy and alfalfa farm in Nag and alfalfa country with modern barns and reasonable terms through Plymouth Building, Minneapolis.
Annette and Tonia spar over marriage proposals in a playful unsigned dialogue about suitors and cuckoo metaphors. The exchange hints at social norms and romantic expectations in a humorous tone.
A quip contrasts Hawke and Gregg about money and talk. It notes that the less money a woman has to spend the more she talks shop, illustrating a social joke from a humorous exchange.
A fragmentary note hints at a pastoral theme or obituary style item referencing a peaceful existence connected to the Ford and Drummond names. no clear event, date, or specific person is discernible from the readable text.
To Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois a physician for 47 years it seemed cruel that many constipated people had to endure harsh laxatives. He believed a sickening purge was unnecessary and found in Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin a laxative that promotes natural bowel regularity with gentle movements even for chronic cases.
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