Price Of Old Cars In Trade In Value Still Low
Dealers face holding costs and financing on secondhand trades while offering fair prices. Consumers should not overvalue an old car when exchanging for a new model, as overhauls and showroom costs reduce actual resale value. A reliable dealer aims for a modest profit to cover expenses. Mrs. Lillian Harris sets a coast-to-coast woman driver record in 24 days, driving 4959 miles New York to Los Angeles with four passengers without mechanical issues. She praises smooth car performance and plans a return trip via Lincoln Highway after California fairs.
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Leslie
New York
Los Angeles
Lillian Harris
Redbank
N. J
San Diego Exposition
California
San Francisco Fair
Rotary lifting auto jack from New York inventor
A patent description details a self contained center rotating automobile jack. It shows an automobile elevated on a lifted post with a removable supporting apparatus. The notes mention oil degradation from mineral wear and gasoline contamination reducing lubricant quality.
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New York
Handy Helps for the Auto Tourist Headlights and Electric Aids
An Indianapolis firm introduces a thermo cutout for dash use to detect circuit faults and shut off all circuits on faults. Proper use of electric headlights reduces glare, with devices to vary light levels and a dash switch or foot control. A magnetized Muckalite lamp attaches to wheel parts for tire changes, powered by a six volt storage battery.
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Indianapolis
Chicago Tribune
Definition of Dry Farming in the United States
Dry farming is presented as good farming with crop reductions from annual water limits. Key practices include water delivery to the ground, minimizing evaporation, deep fall plowing, mulching soil, adding organic matter, and frequent shallow cultivation. Emphasis on drought resistant crops and forage rotation with livestock.
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United States
Utah Experiment Station
Logan
Utah
New Mexico
Agricultural College
New Moxico
Montana
Dozerman
Mont
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Dry farming grows to national scale in western states
Western states outside Colorado, plus Wisconsin Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Minnesota, show support for dry farming ahead of a Denver congress September 26 to October 10. The Pueblo Chieftain notes that dry farming selects crops suited to semi arid zones and uses cultivation methods to maximize scarce rainfall. These practices have already added hundreds of thousands of acres to western productive areas and boosted annual crop value.
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Congress
Denver
Colorado
Missouri River
Wisconsin
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Colo
Edible oil from weed eyed as Kansas option
Professor E H S Hatley of the University of Kansas reports a hitherto worthless weed yielding edible oil from its seed. Laboratory work shows the weed growing on western Kansas and neighboring states can replace olive or cottonseed oil and the press cake serves as high protein stock feed.
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Kansas
EH. S. Hatley
University of Kansas Food Chemist
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Sure Cure For Melon Bugs By Bone Dust Fraud
A market gardener claims a bone dust cure for striped melon bugs, saying he paid $10 and earned $100 in value. He asserts heavy bone meal around plants drives away bugs and also serves as a strong fertilizer, though he notes it may be a failing remedy.
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CM Schulz
Home Cookery and Food Preservation Recipes
Practical kitchen notes on meals and dessert preparation for a busy household. Includes yeast bread, creamed onions, lamb stew, berry pie, squash, french pancakes, Viennese chicken, and curry dishes with step by step instructions and tips for efficient cooking and serving.
English inventor Jesse Rameden Father of the modern screw
Jesse Rameden, an English inventor, is credited with being the father of the modern screw. He began in 1775 to pay especial attention to the making of screws by machinery. The note places him 50 years after a French thread-cutting machine for watch fusees and 200 years after Jacobi Ressoni's tide lathe for wooden screws.
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Warner
Jesse Rameden
France
Jacobi Ressoni
Favorite Cold Drinks for Hot Days
A vintage guide lists refreshing beverages for heat waves. Recipes include Milk Shake with crushed jee, sirup, and milk. Pinard mix with sugar and pineapple. Cherry Punch with lemons and jelly. Grape Nectar with pineapple and grape juice. Raspberry Mint lemonade and Ginger Ale with lemon, ginger, sugar, and yeast.
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Jemoy Jules
Werece Mae
E Is The Most Unfortunate Letter In The Alphabet
A quoted remark claims E is the most unfortunate letter because it is always in debt and in hell, yet it is the most used letter. The text also notes Rain Never Has Fallen in the driest place in Egypt Between the two lower falls of the Nile where no rain has ever been recorded.
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Dager
Egypt
Nile
Fragments of a Busy City Scene and Classroom Tale
A garbled mix of urban chatter and reminiscence appears, with references to Flatbush Bensonhurst and the Turkish army, then a domestic scene about affording a servant. A schoolroom anecdote shows a teacher testing mental arithmetic with a boy named Willie and a 1876 birth question, via Philadelphia Telegraph.
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James J. Klin
Columbia College
Willie
Little Willie
Philadelphia Telegraph
Pearl Sundae and a Quirky Newspaper Banter
A fragmented column mixes whimsical cafe chatter and advertising quips. Marcus Antony and Cleopatra debate a pearl in wine while references to Red Cross fairs, Lincoln Springfield, and Robert Louis Stevenson appear. An advertising expert extols eggs over ducks and jokes about hens advertising eggs.
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Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Carlo Fakers
Lincoln Springfield
London
Rendo
Mr. Springfeld
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Smilie
Orient
America
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Fletcher
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Wwe
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Adv
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Bensonhurst
Harry
Marrs
Ree Ule
Adiires
Western Newspaper Union
E. Burton
Leadville
Coto
Cedar Posts
Pinsent Rian
Red Cross
Fair Society Eader
Jada
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