Missouri Tigers Cut Gear Weight For Fall Football
The University of Missouri athletic department spends about 100 dollars per man to equip the varsity squad for the coming season. New lighter air plane cloth sweaters replace old gold and black garments and lighter hip and shoulder pads accompany a draft of dry and wet weather outfits. A heavy sweater remains for snow and cold conditions. Shoes have lighter cleats and materials, with overall gear designed to ease burden on players. Estimated cost per man is 98.90 dollars.
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Automobile Notes on Road Noise and Safety Trends
Timing gears cause noises in 1929 cars and delays to 1930 models are questioned. debates on radio traffic control and loud speakers spread across seven states with over a million cars. Rubber bumpers and worn brake linings prompt calls for replacement while pedestrian safety and life extension claims are lightly treated with a touch of humor.
Sports Notes Show Brevity and Ambition Across Disciplines
Bobby Jones disdains best ball. Lacrosse may mirror football in spring popularity. Indiana meets Millnois this fall for first since 1014. Stribling of Georgia, 24, may challenge Tunney for crown. Helen Meany, oldest of 11 swimmers, dominates family. Edwin Hunt, 24, Nashville, is South checker champion. Rosy Ryan starts at Holy Cross, later a Yankee signee. Bruno Stapes a multi talent in and out of track. Turner Barber released by Mobile after joining from Birmingham. Billy Bayne of Cleveland hits near 400. Gullane drives golf ball 470 yards in 1025. Clyde Barnhart traded to Indianapolis. Edward Cuccinello bought by Columbus.
Function of Batteries in Radio Tubes Explained
The A battery heats the filaments to emit electrons, an essential heat source for emission. The B battery pulls electrons toward the plate, enabling plate current that drives the loudspeaker. The C battery mainly maintains grid voltage and provides little power.
Rockne Named General Supervisor of Football at St Thomas
Knute Rockne, Notre Dame coach, is named general supervisor of football at St Thomas College by Very Rev. Matthew Schumacher GC. Father Joseph Gibbs becomes athletic director, with Rockne to supervise football activities and make frequent visits to the college.
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University of Notre Dame
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Fenwick Breaks Touring Record Across the Continent
Harold M. Fenwick of Philadelphia set a new touring record by driving solo from Los Angeles to New York City in 76 hours. The feat marked both a speed record and a demonstration of courage and determination.
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Los Angeles
New York City
The History and Mechanics of Early Speedometers
The article traces speedometer development from early unreliable indicators on locomotives and bicycles to modern accurate instruments. It explains dual units for speed and odometer readings, how the speed unit uses a flexible cable and magnet drag, and how odometers count miles with worm gears. It notes adjustments for accuracy and factors causing minor errors.
Wisconsin Badgers Eye Big Year with Wagner as Captain
Wisconsin in early season expectations rise as captain Rube E Wagner, a senior and top tackle prospect, leads a veteran squad. Glen Thistlethwaite returns as coach for a second year after a storied career at Earlham Illinois College and Northwestern, aiming for a stronger season than last year.
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Meadows Returns to Pirates Next Spring
Veteran pitcher Meadows, once on the voluntary retirement list, will rejoin the Pittsburgh Pirates next season as announced by team president Barney Dreyfuss.
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What He Gave for Ball at the Links
On a morning round at the links, Mr Smith meets a village boy who says he has the ball they lost yesterday. Smith offers to reward the boy with what he paid for the ball. The boy declines, replying he gave a black eye for it as payment.
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Why He Sighed In A Bathing Suit On The Sea
A thin pale man stands knee deep in water and sighs explaining the sea to be the grave of his first wife. He notes he remarried but his second wife refuses to enter the water.
Girls Don't Buy She Why Do You Object to Girls Smoking
A comic exchange titled Girls Don't Buy depicts a man questioning a woman about objections to girls smoking. The punchline follows with a male character noting girls will never buy their own smokes.
Sarcasm Costs Friends in Wry Social Warning
A witty reminder that sarcasm can wound relationships as humor fades, urging readers to choose tact over sharp jests and consider the cost of mockery in daily interactions.
Hard Flour Captain Accuses Crew of Cement Pudding
The captain disciplines the crew for a failed pudding, accusing the mate of using peart land cement from a bin behind the door as the flour source, in a nautical exchange from Stockholm Sondagentsse Strix.
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The Heavy Sleeper and the Young Mother Joke
A humorous exchange shows a mother questioning why a cradle sits on a dressing table and a sleeper replying to hear if the baby falls. The dialogue reflects domestic humor and a prairie or family life vibe.
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Two convicts joke about writing time in life and sentence
One convict says John Bunyan spent his life writing a story and the other retorts it took him ten years to craft a sentence. The exchange mocks long efforts and contrasts grand biography with a single line.
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John Bunyan
Egyptian Child Wonders What He’d Call His Mother
A lighthearted quip asks what ancient Egyptian children would call their mothers, suggesting if alive today he might call her mummy. The playful line reflects social humor and linguistic curiosity about terms of endearment across ages.
Non-Participant Notes on Campaign Song Sarcasm
A brief quip questions the value of campaign songs and the speaker notes they are glad not to sing. The item reflects a backhanded take on political messaging and public performances.
Heavily Remunerated Wife at Movie
A Capper's Weekly cartoon caption features a wife asking why her husband never makes love like the actor in a film and the husband questioning the actor's pay for such performances. The item reflects gossip humor about earnings and celebrity allure.
Foreign Mission Lesson on Cannibal Etiquette
A humorous exchange presents a missionary asking about work with cannibals and a reply that they have taught them to eat with knives and forks. The dialogue lampoons cultural contact and manners in a colonial context.
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Foreign Mission
Deeply Considerate Gentleman Offers Seat to Stranger's Wife
In a courteous exchange a man vacates his seat for a newcomer’s wife who sits briefly until her husband reveals the seat was his. The gentleman responds with patience and humor, the moment underscoring polite public behavior.
Pa's Idea of It Clarifies Good Will and Heirship
In a dialogue, Clarence asks about good will and his father explains it as the inheritance left by a rich relative that makes you the sole heir. The exchange outlines a simple legal concept through a family conversation.
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Clarence
Jelly never setting becomes reliable with Pexel product
Pexel guarantees jelly sets as it cools without relying on traditional results. The tasteless colorless pure fruit additive claims to replace boiling, saving fruit sugar flavor time and fuel, and pays back threefold of its 30 cent cost. Includes recipe booklet with full instructions from The Pexel Company in Chicago Illinois.
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Jelly Recipes From Mixed Fruit Juices
A recipe note lists juice to sugar ratios for jelly yields. It states 44 cups strawberry juice and 6? sugar makes 11 glasses, 4 cups raspberry juice and 8 cups sugar yields 11 glasses, 6 cups currant juice and 10 cups sugar yields 14 glasses, and 42 cups grape juice with 7 cups sugar yields 10 glasses.
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