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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
2
The article notes New York Giants manager McGraw returns to a uniform but stays on the bench for directing games. It argues bench management offers full-field view and clearer signals, citing Bulger and listing other leaders who succeeded from the bench while naming Harris Schalk and Sewell among present leaders.
Workers at the National Broadcasting company building in New York report frequent static shocks from doorknobs and carpets. Engineers say insulation against sound also traps electricity, making every doorknob hot and causing brief injuries to those touching metal surfaces.
A compact automobile column warns that detour habits in travel can excuse a fall from grace, alloy pistons wear fast without timely replacement, and lack of lubrication accelerates aging. Rattles indicate neglected springs and shackles, with a remark about 3,100 RPM cited as about a new car rather than Central America.
Any amateur who knows how to use a screwdriver and bend wire with pliers can build a receiving set. Soldering is simplified as all wires and terminals are timed, and diagrams are unnecessary to read. Full size drawings show clearly where each part goes and how wires connect.
Joe Walcott once welterweight champion of the world for eight years is now a porter at the Imperial theater on West Forty fifth street in New York. He and Billy B. Van, once vaudeville colleagues, reconnected after thirty years amid tales of fame fortune and later reversal, with Walcott aged fifty seven and Van a wealthy actor and Newport mayor who still helps his old friend.
Harvard rowing coaches gain a new launch for coaching duties while Alfred de Oro remains a formidable billiardist at sixty four. John Heydier marks ten years leading the National League as president this year. Charlie Paddock Sr. has competed for sixteen years as a Pacific coast sprinter. Damon Anderson reports to the Boston Braves for a trial. The Red Sox release catcher Bob Abjernson with a possible option to Pittsfield in the Eastern League. Tom Sharkey works in the mutuel department at the Aurora track. Japanese players praised for fielding but weak at bat. Lloyd Waner struggles with hitting as Paul Waner, Al Landry, and Sonny Krem are cut from Springfield by Joe Bens. Since 1918 Earle Sande has earned turf owners $2,560,320. The Pirates are the only NL team ever swept four straight in a World Series. Roy Sherid, Norristown native and Albright College pitcher, ordered to report to the Yankees. Whitey Witt of the Kansas City Blues seeks reinstatement after a brief New Jersey stop.
Sharkey after beating Delaney announced a return bout with Jack Dempsey. He calls the Tunney Heeney episode a battle of second-raters, as a photograph shows Sharkey in a fighting pose.
A defective resistor causes scratchy noises and warns to keep the set away from electric lamps. A dry battery short can melt wax on cells, PB batteries need cool storage for max life. The home guard experimenter risks rough handling or neglect. Leakage in a poor grid condenser is a chief fault. high standard condensers are crucial.
Officials of the American Automobile Association warn that vacation pleasure hinges on car care. With 44 million expected travelers, prepare the vehicle: generator output control, distributor points, spark plugs, carburetor, fuel lines, clutch, transmission, crankcase oil changes, oil filter, steering, brakes, and tires. Ensure tires are not worn and tires inflated 3 to 5 pounds over normal for higher speeds.
An Argentine medical student Horatio Columbres shot dancer Maria Montero after learning she would not reunite, then killed her and shot himself in her West Fifty seventh street studio. He left four letters and had planned to attend Columbia University. Montero, 27, had danced for royalty and appeared in films and shows.
Golden text Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Lessons outline Jesus teachings on listening and living, covering April to June topics with focus on Christ’s person, resurrection, transfiguration, and sacrifice. Notes urge senior classes to review principal facts and leading teachings, stressing repentance and readiness.
In Bordeaux a baker and his wife repelled three masked intruders by wielding a six pound three foot long French loaf. The couple ordered to surrender while a pistol was present. the baker struck one bandit and his wife battered the others, forcing the robbers to flee with scratched faces.
Report notes bank holdups and street robberies are rare in Mexico City. It describes cargoes of large sums of cash moved openly daily and mentions trucks loading and unloading bags of gold and silver with little guarding.
A Moody quotation contrasts intellectual purpose with genuine heart commitment to God. It states that belief must come from the heart and a life of service, not mere intention.
Deep convictions of sin cannot be produced by reason and effort alone. They are arrows of the Holy Ghost that He sends, and when they strike they endure within the soul. This reflects Jonathan Edwards style sentiment and evangelical emphasis on divine operation.
A religious an note lines by J B Evans citing that rising to the crown comes by humility and following the cross while the mountain path passes through the valley with spiritual exhortation.
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