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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1915
Page
7
A manager from a large auto concern explains battery ignition’s edge: it provides a uniform current and strong spark at all engine speeds, unlike magneto ignition whose output drops as speed shifts. Modern cars use generators to keep the battery charged, eliminating recharge concerns.
An Indiana man has patented a towing device that allows pulling a stalled car without a rear guide. The mechanism attaches to the front axle and the tow car, guiding the towed vehicle and preventing damage during extraction from mud or potholes.
A fragmented Norristown pamphlet* promotes safe driving and legal penalties. It urges compliance with traffic rules, no intoxicated driving, proper signaling, yielding to faster vehicles, and safe speeds. It also describes a combined footrest and shoe box accessory for cars.
The article counsels against gasoline for leather cleaning and recommends leather dressings to preserve softness. It notes several market products, and suggests a cleaner made from water with a touch of ammonia, finished with a soft cloth to dry the surface.
Grace Levering rebuffs Ward Lyndon as a suitor while he pretends to be a milk wagon driver aiding the poor. He secretly funds charity, then unveils his plan for a permanent partnership as they collide in a storm, revealing Lyndon as the benevolent suitor and the unlikely romance. The tale centers on social aid, disguises, and a marriage proposal amid charity work.
An actress 24 discusses stage Ifs in a New York supper talk. A schoolteacher explains subtraction by uniform denomination with examples like oranges from apples and sheep from cows. A girl interrupts asking what a chorus girl is, recounting a diamond taken from a lobster.
The article outlines pneumatic tubes moving fine materials including coal slag ash refuse and coal up to nut size along with grain malt and chemicals. It notes dust losses are reduced by tube transport and that the system uses exhausted power or compressed air or both to move these goods.
In a downtown dry goods store a gruff man argues with the clerk over whether dried beef and crackers are dry goods. The exchange ends with a puzzled remark about classification and a joking insistence on proper labeling.
A reminiscence recounts Franklin K Lane as a progressive yet conservative Interior Secretary under Wilson. It notes his Marine style leadership of the Home Circle social club for 600 clerks, efforts to study clerks’ routines for recreation, and his conservation stance influencing public policy.
The garbled passage mentions a Welsh village in Angelses with a phrase meaning church of St Mary near a white hazel and rapid whirlpool, plus notes on a Czars mountains cavern farm where mushrooms celery and rhubarb grow. It also describes a German inventor potato plant er with hollow wheels feeding tubers. Other items cite reinforced concrete piles and a Cincinnati entrenching tool patent serving as multi tool shield.
A dialogue between Mr Groweber and an unnamed speaker discusses sprites roaming on Halloween. Groweber notes sprites do not dare face the small boys who have claimed that dawn, implying a protective or fearsome local control over Halloween dawn.
A snippet from a column depicts Mrs. Dodds unable to afford piano lessons for her daughter yet she schemes revenge on the family in the flat next door. The dialogue hints at tension, financial strain, and a backstory of neighborly conflict.
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