Motor Truck Transforms Ohio Wheat Movement in Harvest Rush
United States Department of Agriculture reports motor trucks greatly speed wheat transfer from farm to elevator in Ohio. Trucks cut travel to about two and a half hours for journeys up to eight miles, hauling 85 to 145 bushels regardless of weather. Elevators adapt with farm deliveries and midnigh t operations. rail cars up to 100,000 pounds increase carloads to 1,400 to 1,600 bushels, boosting daily terminal receipts.
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United States of Agriculture
Ohio
Charles M. Fritz
Chicago
Grain Futures S Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Fritz
Football coach Fletcher says intercollegiate football is dying
Former Knola University star and Case School of Applied Science head coach Bob Fletcher resigns to practice law. He warns intercollegiate football is dying, predicting big games will draw crowds for a few years but the public will tire of the sport as youngsters no longer play it for enjoyment.
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Bob Fletcher
University of Knola
Case School of Applied Science
Fletcher
Neale's Return to Football After Baseball Run
Burle Neale had quit coaching at Virginia to rejoin professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals as assistant manager. A year later Card in management changes left Neale disappointed he had left football.
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Neale
Burle
Virginia
St. Louis Cardinals
Cards
England Plans Major TV Broadcast Outside Regular Hours
English television announces an extensive broadcast schedule that will extend beyond the standard daytime band. Existing regular hours will be reassigned to accommodate the new programming window.
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English Television
England
Detroit Americans Chase for Shortstop Rogell May Be The One
Detroit has long pursued shortstops, buying many from various leagues. Bill Rogell, with six years of big league service and a .836 hitting mark last summer, is the latest candidate the Tigers may pursue as they seek a steady answer at shortstop.
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Detroit Americans
Detroit Tigers
Indianapolis
Donie Bush
Detroit
Bill Ragell
St. Paul
Tigers
Heinie Scuble
Bill Akers
George Wuestling
Joe Richardson
Texas
Tavener and Galloway
Bush
Rogell
Mack Defends Joe Boley as Key A's Man for Double Plays
Connie Mack sticks with Joe Boley, the 31 year old coal region native from Mahanoy Pa. He has battled a weak throwing arm and limited hits this season but Mack says Boley delivers when needed and remains a steady, valuable part of the infield. Boley’s long minor league run with Baltimore and Jack Dunn’s Orioles is cited as foundation for his dependable defense and clutch moments.
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Joe Boley
Onig Mack
Connie Mack
Baltimore
Orioles
Jack Dunn
Joe
Connie
Mack
Boley
Football Tops Baseball Denied in Sporting News Dispute
Sporting News denounces the frequent football versus baseball comparisons. It defends football as a limited weekly sport featuring mostly college men, while praising baseball as democratic and widely understood across the United States, Canada, Cuba, and Mexico. The piece argues football interest starts after practice and ends on Thanksgiving, unlike baseball year round.
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Sporting News
United States
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Arizona
Maine
Stop Light Indicator Handy Accessory
A Vintage Popular Science item explains wiring a 1.5 volt flashlight bulb across the stop light circuit to sense voltage drop and illuminate the indicator. The setup avoids overloading the stop light with a brighter bulb and remains independent if either bulb fails. The article notes a suggested wire length adjustment to brighten the flashlight indicator.
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Fopular Science Monthly
Various Sports Facts and Oddities From 1920s Era Record Notes
A collage of sports trivia notes including Detroit Tigers hitting and errors counts for 1929, the Travers Stakes historic start in Saratoga, Princeton football history, Donahue’s golf hole in one, car hydrometer tests, and Boston Red Sox home run stats from 1928. It also covers wind shield wipers neglect, French Cup entry in football, carburetor maintenance, highway costs, cricket in various cities, a Washington college student jail turnkey, weather gear, vandalism charge in Eastport, Reggie McNamara’s six day record, oil gauge worries, Rutgers cane promise, highway feeder roads, 1748 baseball game by Frederick prince of Wales, Rock Island high school stadium cost, and 2,000,000 cars exiting yearly.
I Wish I Had Money Travel Desire on Moonlit Porch
On a moonlit front porch a young couple sits apart. He sighs and longs to travel. She suddenly slips her hand into his, then darts inside. He discovers a snail in his palm, a strange twist near the end.
Nother Meat Ticket in Hurry What Exclaimed the Insurance Agent
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet shows an insurance agent asking a man why he has no policy to secure his wife's future. The reply emphasizes the wife’s sweetness and beauty, claiming she would never have to worry about the future.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Proper Label and Witty Exchanges From Capper's Weekly
A capsule of humorous quips and punchlines from Capper's Weekly Notes feature including lines about fashion inquiries, watermelon in the ice box, a vase prize mix up, and a joke about Einstein’s pawn broker widow. Richards and Jones contribute brief wry remarks.
The Right Word and Other Quips from The Gym
A collection of brief humorous exchanges set in everyday scenes such as a gym, a park, and a home. Jokes touch on vanity marriage weather and miscommunication with playful wordplay and light irony. The snippets showcase wry observations about social norms and private signs versus public space.
Steel Tape Could Replace Film in Talking Books
A London developed Blat terphone system uses a steel tape for sound reproduction, offering durable, economical, and scalable talking film. The positive recording allows immediate use for playback or unlimited copies with little wear, enabling a home talking book device that runs nine hours continuously for literature and music.
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London
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Health For Children In Los Angeles
A short feature highlights Leroy Young of Los Angeles as a healthy, active student who benefited from California Fig Syrup for digestive issues. The ad-style piece cites trust from mothers, physicians, and a long history of use, urging readers to seek genuine California products. It also contains a humorous anecdote about a frightened mother and mentions safety and automobile accident concerns voiced by Pearl P. Oldfield.
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Leroy Young
Georgia St
Los Angeles
Leroy
California
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Popular Constipation Remedy
Dr Caldwell, a family physician, created a harmless prescription in 1885 to tackle constipation by addressing its cause. His mixture of herbs and pure ingredients became a world famous laxative used for sluggish bowels in men, women, and children, praised for no griping and pleasant taste.
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Dr. Caldwell
Transferring Game Aims to Replenish Eastern Forests
Deer have been brought from the West to replenish the big game population of eastern forests with limited success. Transfers from overstocked regions to needed areas continue wherever practical though heating houses by radio may cost more than coal.
Mrs Walkinshaw Praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Mrs. Walkinshaw testifies to reliable Dr Pierce medicines over six years noting strength, health benefits, and satisfaction. She and her family use the remedies and endorse Favorite Prescription for weak women, inviting others to obtain a trial package.
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St. All
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Not Sustaining Enough Stray Stories Exchange
A fragment from Stray Stories features Jack declaring he can live on others biases forever and another voice questioning the plan. The exchange hints at personal stance and the search for a sustaining basis for belief or life.
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Jack
Home Has More Danger Than Savages of Brazil
Explorer John J Whitehead recounts eight months in South America seeking traces of Col Fawcett and son. He warns that home dangers were greater than jungle hazards, detailing digestive woes, use of Najol as a health aid, and advice to start using Najol nightly for two weeks to feel better.
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Brazil
Ohn J, Whitehead
South America
Fawcett
Najol
United States
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