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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1915
Page
7
William A Radford offers guidance on transforming a bungalow into a welcoming summer parlor like veranda wing set for outdoor seating. He discusses hip roofs, framing, and the value of a spacious basement laundry, plus interior finishes and white enamels for a bright home.
A chaotic snippet from Youngstown Telegraph reports a distressed patient pleading with a surgeon. The fragment hints at asbestos and pain while expressing concern over public talk and personal sacrifice in a medical crisis.
California introduces an automatic turntable for motor cars that lets a driver reverse position without leaving the vehicle. Mounted inside a garage or just in front, two roller pairs engage the left rear wheel, and when the transmission is put in reverse the car is started as the platform slowly revolves on a center pivot guided by a circular steel track.
A description compares German and French aerial observation methods using motorized vehicles. Germans favor a laddered observer platform while French deploy kites with a suspended observer basket. Both systems use dual kite lines and wind drums to move a trolley and provide quick retreat from danger and sustained air pressure for lift.
An expert warns that high speed in races shortens tire life by excessive friction, advising private owners to avoid racing on touring trips. The article also notes autumn varnishing and painting can prevent costly future repairs for automobiles and mentions a Russian press request for motor ambulances for wounded cavalry.
A large explosives company markets Cellon as a near unbreakable window alternative for cars. The material, available in sheets up to half an inch thick or rods and tubes, is transparent and fire resistant, melting when exposed to flame but not sustaining burning. Weight is about 2.6 ounces per 100 square inches at 0.0 inch thickness.
Squeaky car springs and a dull start to repairs are noted as common auto troubles. A box of supplies for lubrication is mentioned as a quick fix to reduce creaking and improve suspension response.
A two part oil box clamps to the spring and keeps bearings oiled evenly. The inner bearing face uses fibrous material soaked in oil to supply the side of the spring, with oil delivered through openings on the box sides.
Two garage workers argued over what filled a car can. One claimed the gas smell came from outside. the other disagreed. A lighted match was thrown into the can, starting a fire. Fire crews put it out. the aggressor, burned, was fined 22 dollars for malicious destruction of property.
Keep Dry Cells Dry. Where dry cells are used for starting purposes extreme care should be exercised to keep them in a dry place. Even new cells may short circuit if damp, making it hard to start the engine on the magneto.
The note describes tightening the crankshaft and connecting bearings after an initial 2000 mile period. It emphasizes a slight tightening as wear patterns set in.
Okuma Shigenobu, leader of the party of the people, emerges as a decisive figure in Japan's century‑spanning strategy. He champions aggressive Asia for the Asiatics rhetoric, seeks leverage from Korean and Manchurian money, and advances weapons buildup to dominate China and contest British and American power.
The piece describes shallow water river piracy in China, with attackers using light draft boats to raid villages and murder travelers along the Weet river near Canton and the Yangtse Kiang. It notes Western nations and China adopting light river craft to counter the pirates, and cites multiple U.S. citizen murders by pirates over the past four years.
A wartime report recalls crawling into a seven foot deep trench at La Rassee with electric torch lighting caves in rear walls and catacomb like forward passages. Soldiers slept in earth holes while front pits held rifles and sandbags. The lieutenant warns heat will rise and to stay in shelter. Yorkshire has 12.00¢ rooma weaving khalkl.
The piece notes Henry IV and Edward the Black Prince tombs at Canterbury Cathedral one side of the shrine. Hubert Walter’s coffin and Edward I’s era banners. Arenblehon Stephen Langton’s tomb. Magna Carta ties. Henry VII’s wealth transfer. Cromwell’s horse stalls leaving hoof marks. begun 1070 and famed for architec tural evolution and archbishop influence through the Reformation.
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