New Speed King Floyd Roberts Dominates Indy Race
Floyd Roberts of Van Nuys California wins the Need Andianapolis motor event finishing about five miles ahead of Wilbur Shaw, the 1937 classic winner. Roberts averaged 117.2 miles an hour aboard a streamlined all aluminum Miller built car, breaking Shaw’s previous record of 118.58 and making the run without relief with only a one second stop.
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Floyd Roberts
van Nuys
Calif
Need Andianapolis Motor Aperdway
Roberts
Wilbur Shaw
Shaw
Sailfish Tiny Version Prompts Beebe Specimen Debate
Lenary Beebe returns from an expedition with 20,000 marine specimens and a tiny sailfish said to be 14 inches long. Doctors question if this “baby” sailfish is a juvenile of a normal sailfish or a new miniature species. Also notes a dorsal fin extending eight feet, and the team traveled 2,000 miles along the west coast from Cape Lucas to Panama.
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Lawilliam Beebe
Anpienl
California
Florida
Beebe
Doctor Beebe
Cape Lucas
Panama
Indicted Man Faces Trial In Panama Case Amidst Delays
A Panama man indicted on four counts faces a lengthy trial despite fugitive status and ongoing state witness concerns. The case, noted by Calles's Weekly, recalls recent captures and ongoing legal actions as the 1948 proceedings unfold with witnesses reportedly available.
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Panama
Cnen
Calles
Rug crochet guide by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Instructions explain how to arrange contrasting squares for a rug design with black joining and edging. Tips cover dyeing, rag sizes, crochet stitches, and joining, plus offer full slip cover instructions and Spears book details for homemakers in Chicago.
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A. Meantre
Around the House: Cooking Tips and Housekeeping Pointers
A fragmented housekeeping column offers cooking and cleaning hints. It mentions greasing pans, heating oven before batter, and using pressed pleated skirts, though readability is limited. The text suggests methods for lighter muffins and general prep but contains many garbled phrases.
Items of Interest to the Housewife
Practical tips for housework and cooking are shared. Advice covers dusting methods using hot water and a wrung sheet, protecting hats with cellophane, and keeping meat flavors from cooking water for cold servings.
You Said it Its Swell style fragment in old text
Fragmentary OCR text presents a dated, unclear prose fragment about thoughts and pleas. It mentions John and Ruxkin with no clear event, date, or identifiable organization. The piece reads like stray dialogue or advertising copy from a past era.
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John
Ruxkin
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Cardinal Pacelli
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M. Seendy
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Alf M. Landon
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Niagara Falls Gazette
Clarence Runalls
Association of New York State
Young Republican Clubs
Niagara Falls
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Lois Malaneeney
Livermore
Marin Jane
Ting Ot
Morin Mchardron
Elizabeth
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Elder Statesman
Lloyd George
Mary Wille
Er Power
Ue Toronex
Churt
Sureny
Iort
Dame Murgaret
Lord Georges
Lenary
Tiny Seitch
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Plato
Iria
Moukeleaeh
Jeremy Taylor
Una
Ina
Grandpa
Don Eee
Wen
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