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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1928
Page
6
An engineering bulletin explains heavy vehicles use power comparable to cars at higher speeds due to weight. Buses and trucks work hard, need frequent servicing, and require different spark plugs for varied driving conditions to prevent preignition and maximize efficiency. Operators study conditions to choose best plugs and reduce costs.
Mrs. Helen Stevens Fisher, Montgomery Ward home advisor, shares how she enjoys work for the fun of it. She reveals the highlight of her day is the red signal at noon when she goes on air from Chicago NBC studios to speak to women about homemaking. Three days a week she discusses the many little problems of running a home.
A Bunkie Louisiana ordinance bars operating any instrument that interferes with radio reception between noon and midnight. Violators face a 25 dollar fine or imprisonment or both.
Six inch wave lengths from 12 to 15 centimetres roughly 5 to 6 inches have been produced in the laboratory of M. Gasson a Paris wireless engineer.
Warm up the engine before carburetor work and balanced brakes are key to safe driving. Four hundred seventy thousand school children ride 20 000 buses daily. Oil absence harms piston rings and can cause leaks. A crossing incident prompts a freight train warning remark. A loon is loud, and a banker honks for the same reason.
A note lists Cartier field at Notre Dame as a 27 000 seat football venue. It mentions Pinehurst North Carolina as a famed winter resort with seven eighteen hole golf courses. It also notes John Hendricks will continue as Reds manager in 1928.
Minnesota finds Bronko Nugurski, a sensa tion on the Gopher football squad from International Falls. He is regarded as a second Herb Joesting, praised for defensive skill and breaking ability, though not a hard plunging runner. Nugurski weighs 205 pounds and is noted for speed.
The club denies persistent rumors he contem pnated selling out. The Washington and Jefferson squad of 1920 is expected to be lighter than Presidents teams for years. Opinions on golfers vary with references to Bobby Jones and an eastern college known for gridiron defeats.
William Meyer, manager of the Louisville American Association club, resigns after three seasons to owner William Knebelkamp. Midwestern critics hail Jed Barratt, Ohio State center weighing 252 pounds, as one of the era’s best at the position.
A Department of Commerce survey shows 326 radio jobbers sold 452,260 receiving sets in 1927. Battery sets total 284,593 units while electric sets reach 167,867. returns cover 35 percent of queried firms.
The antenna for the short-wave receiver should not exceed 50 feet. Often a wire as short as 15 feet will work well and pick up signals from halfway around the world.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, 66, Chicago football coach, complains that his name is often printed as Amos Alonzo or A Amos and urges correct usage. He notes his correct order is Amos Alonzo Stagg and insists accuracy reflects respect.
The American Medical Association urges study of punch drunk syndrome beyond boxers. Harrison S Martland defines possible brain injury from head blows and notes symptoms from slight unsteadiness to severe gait deterioration and mental decline. He warns against unfounded expert testimony and calls for courts and labor boards to recognize the condition.
Walter Damrosch, musical counselor for NBC, will bring symphonic music to U.S. school children by radio. In partnership with RCA, the 48 concerts will run in four series graded for third grade through college, via the NIC System.
A single person can pull a car from mud using a rope stake and a wooden lever. Tie rope to the axle and to a stake, loop rope around a pole, insert a stick under the rope, and use the lever to amplify force. A forked stick helps but is not required.
Prof J D Brew of Cornell dairy department emphasizes proper cooling and cleanliness of contact surfaces to reduce milk bacteria. He notes high counts come from cows with higher bacteria, that counts are an index of care, and that sanitary control targets eliminating carelessly handled milk.
Purdue University expert G A Williams warns dairy farms that metal waste such as wire bolts and scrap near pastures can be ingested by cattle. If swallowed, these foreign bodies threaten the stomach lining and vital organs, often proving fatal. Prevention through convenient receptacles reduces risk and can save cows or heifers.
University of Illinois study by J A Brock analyzes 4920 dairy cows to compare butterfat output and returns over feed costs. Top producers average 496.1 pounds butterfat and $213 yearly over feed, about 58 cents daily per cow. Lowest group yields 121.4 pounds and $26.07 over feed, roughly 7 cents daily. A middle group averages 297.6 pounds and $113.13 over feed, about 31 cents daily.
A nostalgic ad describes Castoria as a trusted, mild remedy for colic, constipation, and fussiness in babies and children. It argues the product is safer than stronger medicines and emphasizes its familiar, doctor endorsed status and wide availability from every drugstore.
The Atchison Globe recalls two tombstones placed on a yard years ago by a debtor as payment for work. Theodore Arensbe notes the stones sat forgotten for decades, not monuments to the dead but to a deadbeat, originally set on a tractor owner’s front lawn after a dispute over a bill.
The excerpt notes the twenty fifth anniversary of its first motor equipment piece used by a fire department in the country, dated July 11, 1928. It also includes social commentary and laundry product advertising from period print.
Common digestive troubles stem from excess acid soda worsens the condition. Physicians recommend Phillips Milk of Magnesia a one spoonful neutralizes acid quickly relieves gas sourness and leaves the system sweet. Suitable for children and available at drug stores.
Dairy guidance covers clean cows and hands, storage in proper places, and rapid cooling of cream. Emphasizes raised heifer calves due to high cow prices, herd testing to improve profitability, timely delivery to the creamery, and protecting cream in transit with cover cans.
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