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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
6
A Motor Life department offers practical guidance for building a simple private garage with sand floors, cement optional, and sand upkeep. Advice covers a hydrant, underground tank considerations, an oil house, safety distance, and non heating strategies using wood alcohol and water fuels.
Dirt on the outside of engines harms bearings and causes power loss and wear. Regular cleaning prevents wear, extending the car’s life.
Popular Mechanics notes that hot front compartments in small cars with rigid non ventilating windshields and blind doors were cooled by replacing the blind door with a hinged version. A cut out door was framed with wood to fit the window molding.
Modifications include wooden blocks and rear hinge for the door, with fasteners bought for 660 cents total. A rear hinge and door hooks allow doors to stay open about three inches, directing a stream of cool air through the front opening and out the other side. The change, costing under $5, saves trouble for entering and exiting the driver’s seat without disturbing the passenger.
Farmers nationwide became convinced of motor trucks value for farm work as rail congestion and equipment shortages pushed trucks onto overland routes. High freight loads and factory delivery shifted more cargo from rail to road, revealing trucks in growing prominence across rural areas.
A new motometer offers easy reading from twelve feet away. Replacing the old red fluid thermometer, the dial shows Cold to Cool as a white needle traverses a quarter circle from left to right, ensuring quick legibility for users.
Edward W. Pickard surveys a brutal week on the Western Front with German thrusts from Montdidier to Noyon checked by French and American forces. Belleau Wood falls to Allied advance, Courcelles and other positions are retaken, and Allied morale grows as German losses mount amid bolstered Allied aviation and new posts for American troops as the war moves toward a long, costly struggle.
Hird Island the northern Magderea Islands in the Gulf of St Lawrence is a perilous rocky outpost with a lonely lighthouse keeper and his wife. Gulls murres and other seabirds breed in vast numbers while ships risk wrecks in rough weather. The lighthouse is reached by rope and windlass and the keepers endure isolation except for biannual relief.
A fragmented report describes artists embracing a redesigned craft culture cutting bright colors for refined gowns and new lines. It mentions Shirly and other figures returning to a formal attire trend, with plans for a vivid stage display and a broad public reception.
The term boulevard evolved from meaning a bulwark of fortifications to denote new city thoroughfares not mapped on old defensive lines, a shift dating from the mid nineteenth century.
A Terlin instrument dealer faced usury charges over selling a second-hand piano for 8175. The court rejected the claim that pianos are a daily necessity for war nerves, ruling the dealer had the right to sell planes, skis, and similar items for whatever price they could fetch.
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