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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1929
Page
3
The Chicago Motor Club announces an intensified safety initiative driven by a 29 percent rise in nationwide motor vehicle fatalities from 1924 to 1928. Focus shifts to protecting children with expanded safety patrols, school visits, two color posters, and enhanced highway sign service in a sustained program.
The article argues that football success comes from depth, not a single backfield star. It notes many candidates are large and fast, yet only about 36 percent make the backfield, highlighting the need for speed, strength, and the desire to excel. It compares football backs’ thrills to base hits and outlines the back’s roles in passing, rushing, and kicking.
A simple drawing shows a large nut slotted on one side to form a U shaped spanner. It aids removing or replacing valve springs in an overhead valve auto motor and can be made in minutes by any mechanic.
A quoted instruction from G. A. Luers of Washington D C explains using a wooden lever to apply pressure so a valve stem spring can be compressed against a spring retaining washer. The method permits removing or resetting the pin.
The article notes misfiring blamed on spark plug placement causing a too wide gap. It also mentions pedal play improving hydraulic brake operation on some cars and claims fuel use doubles at high speeds compared to economical speeds. It cites brake faults sometimes due to warpage and scoring of drums rather than linings.
Weather conditions cause noisy reception as damp air affects an external volume control contact. The report notes climate-related contact issues can degrade sound quality in certain environments.
When leaving on an extended motor trip, carry a simple medical kit. Readily available items include antiseptic, bandages, scissors, absorbent cotton, healing salve, castile soap, vaseline, adhesive plaster, glycerine suppositories, flaxseed, eye wash supplies, eye cup, boric acid powder, castor oil capsules, epsom salts, baking soda, quinine capsules, citronella oil to deter mosquitoes, camphor for chapped skin, anti cholera tablets and iodine applicators for bruises.
Ten Cleveland mercantile firms’ drivers, in a joint sponsor safety contest by the Automobile Club and Safety Council, recorded 278 989 miles with nine accidents, averaging 30 993 miles per accident, and never exceeding 19 000 miles per accident in six months.
A collage of sports notes covers pennant talks in 1980, George Senne trade to Montreal, Leila Claude Anet hailed as a future champion, Polo in Paris on mules, and Johnny Weissmuller seen on New York golf courses. It includes golf and bridge angles, Indy speedway golf, Indiana laws on reckless driving, and minor league moves such as Joe Benes to Springfield.
Lord Dewar opened the London and North Eastern Railway posters exhibition at New Burlington Galleries and urged advertising as essential. He cited Samson and urged embracing the past while moving toward better times, warning against fossilization without promotion.
Dr William A Muhlenberg founder of the Church of the Holy Communion in New York is credited by a Churchman correspondent with delivering the world’s briefest sermon at a trustee’s burial. He used Micah 6 8 and spoke simply He did this.
The world’s most comprehensive geyser exhibit is housed in the Yellowstone Park museum at Old Faithful under park naturalist Dorr C. Yeager. It features geyser and hot spring deposits, diagrammatic paintings of geyser action, and geyser evolution through geological ages. Old Faithful hosts the collection as the earth’s geyser capital, with more first order active geysers within ten miles than elsewhere combined.
The article notes a 1928 hunting season with 6,450,000 licensees paying over $9,000,000. New York led with 675,78 licenses and Pennsylvania followed with 517,729. It compares the potential hunting force to an army nearly three times the AEF from World War I, moving on rabbits deer ducks partridges and other game.
In Great Falls Montana a surgeon at a dog and cat hospital performed a successful operation to remove a silver dollar from a dog's stomach. The dollar was recovered and the dog regained its health.
A newly married man laments his wife never listening. An older married man offers caution recalling his own wife’s sleep talking that once caused trouble. The humor hinges on domestic miscommunication and the folly of confessing in sleep.
Assistant secretary of commerce Dr Julius Klein says foreign citizens hold over 7 billion dollars in investments in the United States. The claim underscores international financial ties and confidence in American markets.
An oak tree in Forges les-Eaux France named Madame de Sevigne after the French writer was cut down. The tree had been referenced in letters from around 240 years ago.
The famous fountain in a Copenhagen park is the largest porcelain fountain in the world. It took a year and a half to bake the figures, showcasing Danish craftsmanship.
A Kansas City Journal Post column argues that treating future provision as a spare tire reflects a mindset about preparing for what lies ahead. The piece contrasts proactive saving with reactive approaches and questions the prudence of overreliance on contingency gear.
Notable quote by Mark Guy Pearse urging reconciliation with brothers and restoration of duties we may have quarreled over.
An advertisement asserts that covering a toothbrush with 20 Mule Team Borax and brushing teeth and gums will restore the kick of smoking. The copy suggests the next cigarette will taste like the first.
A man, discouraged by unpaid debts, stops requesting payment and turns to prayer for strength to refrain from lending again, as reported by the Ohio State Journal.
Comic exchange about home cleaning ends with a joke on rug care. The husband asserts cigar ashes can clean, while the wife remains skeptical. A light domestic quip suitable for a humor column.
A jumble of quips about baseball umpires, Red Cross references, and shop humor. It nods to small town manners with lines on luck and flirting, showing humorous ad copy and social notes from a local paper.
Textile makers endorse special Diamond Dyes for silk and wool as the best option for home dyers. The Blue Package delivers clearer, brighter colors than all purpose dyes and is as easy to use as ordinary dyes. Each package costs 15 cents at drugstores.
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