Touchdown! Spectacular 1926 football season described
A vivid recap of the 1926 college football season highlighting massive crowds, record attendances, major upsets, and the rise of Harold Grange. It notes stadiums seating 40 000 to 60 000, total attendance exceeding 5 million in the East, and an overall estimated 15 million fans across 200 plus colleges. The Army Navy finale at Soldier Field draws 110 000 as a peak spectacle.
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Vox Popull
Man
Wheaton
Harold Grange
Grange
Bob Zuppte
University of Winds
Bacheld
Tufnels
Michigan
Illinois
TlInois
Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Middle West
Penn
Millon
Pacific Coast
Dartmouth
Yale
Harvard
Brown
Cornell
Davis
Goliath
Starvard
Tittle
Geneva College
Little St. Mary's
California
Bears
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Lidoward Jones
Southern California
Stanford
S. GC
Ithaca
Dartmuuth
Doble
Green
Annapolis
Colgate
Navy
Lloyd
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Benny Friedman
Army
Soldier Field Stadium
Chicago
Alleghenies
Shapley
Udamton
Californ
Soldier Field
United States
Notable quiz questions from a vintage test collection
A list of trivia prompts covers topics from Harvard Yale rowing to colonial history. It asks who led the American League in 1942, the origin of the theatre tragedy at Astor Place, and the inventor of the Colt revolver, among other questions.
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Astor Place
Ingland
Bunker Hill
United States
Answers From Noi II i Capt. Robert Gray 1792
A list of items includes historical names, works, places, and facts. It mentions Captain Robert Gray 1792, Dvorak New World, Keats Endymion, Keats, Nile, Stravinsk, five day week, and US political references among scattered entries.
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Robert Gray
Harrison
Taylor
Harding
Musk Ox Wool Stays Firm in Arctic Fact
Pathfinder Magazine notes ovibos or musk ox as an Arctic mammal like a cow and sheep. It yields soft wool that does not shrink, produces meat and leather, and can be identified by a distinctive musk odor when approached.
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Ovibos
Arctic
Pathfinder Magazine
Duck causes momentary traffic halt near Bourne
A duck on a busy Bourne road paused mid crossing for ten minutes as onlookers watched. Police halted vehicles while the bird waddled and then resumed its journey after an incident described with quirky detail.
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Bourne
England
Milk Without Cream A cow with a perfect separator
A Sydney Bulletin correspondent reports a cow that yielded much milk and large calves yet produced no cream. The separator ran nine times without cream appearing in either the funnel or interior, and milking could not coax cream from her milk.
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Sydney Bulletin
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