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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1917
Page
7
A detailed discussion on building a separate implement shed for farm machines. It covers space planning, floor and door sizing, tool storage, and advantages of a dedicated workshop. The article describes a 24 by 50 foot structure with end doors, concrete foundations, and practical layout for blacksmithing and repairs.
Conrad Keller, a Justice of the Peace and former long time druggist in Indian apollis, recalls a late night incident when a neighbor sought to use the phone to call a doctor for his ill daughter after Keller, then a single man, heard a knock at the door.
An article segment describes building an implement shed with concrete walls around a workshop, noting ease of tool maintenance, rust prevention, and winter overhauls of farm machines. It also covers chestnut blight findings on wood durability and mentions wartime munitions work drawing students away from colleges.
A plan suggests placing food boxes in the north woods to aid hunters who become lost. A cynical note envisions hoboes heading north, reflecting the era’s harsh views on displacement.
Farmers in New Jersey and Monmouth county experiment with motor trucks to deliver produce directly to New York City. A six ton truck lets a western farmer fetch higher prices, while a cooperative in Monmouth ships potatoes by motor to city markets within hours, reducing price fluctuations and waste and uniting producer and consumer for mutual benefit.
Carlton B R Radcliffe of New York designs a fluid tight transmission using hydraulic power to rotate the driven member from the engine. It powers rear wheels with two driven members for forward and reverse gears the speed controlled by shifting. The article notes leak proof rings and advises replacement when worn.
The Society of Automobile Engineers plans to publish a report on glare and road illumination after a year of study. Recommendations aim to illuminate 150 feet ahead without dazzling others, with lamp designs to limit reflected heat light above 42 inches at 75 feet. The findings will feed a model bill for uniform traffic laws.
A survey of automotive innovations includes a Frenchman using a revolving lamp array for a powerful searchlight, two New York inventors adding paired steering, a Massachusetts sand distributor for tires, and a bird wing shaped propeller auto. Italy tests show electric motor plowing costs about half horse drawn work and two thirds steam plowing. Helpful hints urge patience in motor adjustments, noting delayed effects from carburetor and lubrication changes.
The planetary gear is so named because the change speed gears revolve around a center gear on the main shaft, the motion resembling planets around the sun. The sun gear is the central gear attached to the shaft, while the surrounding gears are planet gears.
Across the West and Southwest motorists increasingly drive over fences rather than through gates. Inclines, built with two parallel tracks and guard rails, let cars mount the barrier and descend the other side. Cattle avoid the incline as no floor rests between tracks, though occasional accidents occur.
A lady observes a grocer in a white apron offering egg plants. The man explains he cannot handle plants due to his association boycotting eggs, signaling a conflict with his conscience.
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