Automobile Humor And Quick Wits In Motor News
A collection of light anecdotes and quips about driving and cars. It notes jokes about spare tires steering wheels nurses and ambulance chasers while citing Massachusetts data showing taxi drivers in 16 of 1816 motor accidents last year.
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Source of Annoying Noises Delays Tops Tied to Rain
Tops on roadsters and phaetons may rattle when summer rain begins. Windshield attachment nuts often not tightened, bows not moored, or cotter pins left out. A washer can usually remove play and stop the squeak.
Self Starting Siphon Handy Accessory
A simple siphon device lets you start gasoline flow without sucking. Form a U shaped brass tube, attach a rubber bulb on one end and a hose on the other, drill a hole at the bend, insert into the tank, squeeze the bulb, cover the hole, then release to start flow. Ensure the hole is below the tank level. Popular Science Monthly.
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Baseball Squirbs and League Moves Highlight News
John Mil ius a Cleveland pitcher has played for thirteen clubs. Pat Simmons sent to Pittsfield on option. Flint Rhein to Minneapolis after 15 innings. John Allen to Springfield by Giants. Rutgers baseball tops scholars in study among athletes. Amanda Clement umpiring for 25 years in Hudson. Baltimore ball park to seat 25 000 with quick exits. Pug Allen becomes Deland golf head pro. New York juniors Gehrig Hoyt Thompson Frisch Judge Connolly notable. William Clarkson to Baltimore on option after holdout. California opens six week Hawaii schedule July 4 against Honolulu Chinese team.
Hornsby May Tie Batting Title Record Run
Rogers Hornsby aims to tie Dutch Wagner’s NL batting crown as he chases a league record. The Texan, seven time champion, seeks another title with the Cubs, while past slumps and team changes shaped the record chase. Wagner’s earlier feats and Hornsby’s 1920 1930 era metrics frame the rivalry.
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Yale Freshman Albie Booth Sets Unmatched Sports Record
Albert J. Booth Jr. becomes Yale’s latest freshman to amass an unmatched record after joining last fall. He has captained the football and basketball teams and was elected captain of the freshman baseball squad. A New Haven High School graduate.
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Albie” Booth, Jr
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Nevada Seeks to Preserve Scenic Highways from Billboards
A United States Department of Agriculture survey highlights Nevada as the only state among 48 to strictly prohibit billboard erection that spoils scenic beauty or obscures highway views. Bureau chief Thomas H. MacDonald denounces roadside signs that urge purchases, praising producers who avoid such advertising and noting many fuel and lunch stands also offend.
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Do Not Stooping To Look Into Oven Guidance
United States Department of Agriculture offers guidance on oven posture for home bakers using coal or wood stoves. Households with lower ovens should practice setting up exercises to keep the back straight while checking food, reducing fatigue during baking days.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kinois
Different Ways to Cook Rhubarb
Rhubarb enhances spring desserts beyond sauce and pie. It serves as a filling for tarts cobblers and shortcakes with biscuit dough baked atop fruit. Use hard sauce rather than cream to balance acidity. A rhubarb betty layers sauce or raw fruit with buttered crumb topping, baked until tender and brown.
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Baked Caramel Custard Excellent for Dessert
Caramel custard proves a flexible spring dessert as eggs become abundant. The recipe from the bureau of home economics uses milk sugar salt vanilla and caramel to flavor the custard, with eggs lightly beaten and cups baked in a water bath until a knife comes out clean. Serve hot or cold with extra caramel syrup.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Pass Closet Made Through Remodeling in Washington DC
A DC remodeling project converts two adjacent bedrooms into dining and kitchen. One closet is kept as a pass through with the door on the dining side, creating a built in buffet. Dishes and appliances are organized for efficient flow between rooms per USDA home economics guidance.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Lucas Hits Hard as Pinch Hitter for Reds
Red Lucas appeared as a pinch hitter in three games for the Cincinnati Reds over one week and collected hits in each appearance. He provided timely offense while remaining primarily a pitcher in the same stretch.
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Sports items span golf soccer and more across nations
The notice surveys sports topics from St Louis clubs offering free admission for women to Yale’s athletic surplus of 215000. It notes Kansas City boasting 21 golf courses with over 23000 players, plans for a Bogota stadium costing 56000, lacrosse linked with football scouting at Eastern colleges, and Penn State’s golf manager also running the student paper. It highlights Tom Morris seniors and juniors winning the British Open four times each, Czech interest in tennis and football, and Harvey Frick’s near flawless marathon record.
Goat of 1929 season taints McGraws Giants with baserunning blunders
Handsome William Terry of the Giants misplaced a base and was called out after Bottomley and Wilson forced the play. Umpire George Magerkurth ruled Terry out for failing to touch first on a critical rundown as Sunny Jim Bottomley chased the ball and Travis Jackson followed. The incident echoes the famous Merkle basepath error of 1908 as fans recall the old saga.
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