Nebraska dominates valley selection with nine coaches voting
Nebraska earns a majority on the all-Missouri Valley football team for 1927 as the Associated Press lists nine valley coaches and many athletic directors in voting. Glenn Presnell headlines the backfield and Edward Howell powers Nebraska at fullback with other Cornhusker names on first and second teams alongside Missouri and Oklahoma players.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
Associated Press
Nebraska Cornhusker
Missouri
Town State
Oklahoma
Glenn Presnell
Cornhusker
Presswell
Grange
Edward
Blue
Howell
Pressnell
Bob Mehrle
Massouri
Mehrle
Walter Weiss
Iowa State
Rialto Show Features Tad Jones Brother as Grid Star
The Rialto screens College Days with 25 famed university football stars including Tad Jones's brother Howard Jones. Former Iowa coach and three time Big Ten central states champion, Jones now leads the University of Southern California football team, guiding its successful intercollegiate run the past two years.
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Rialto
Howard Jones
Tad” Jones
Yale
Tiffany
A. P. Younger
Brown
Harvard
Rialto Theater
Jones
Iowa
Central States
University of Southern California
Smithsonian hunts for full American elephant skeleton
The Smithsonian Institution seeks to assemble a complete skeleton of an American elephant after finding incomplete specimens. Researchers are pursuing remaining bones to reconstruct the full prehistoric animal.
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Smithsonian Institution
Market Reports Silver New York Nov 28
Bar silver 57 percent. Mexican dollars 4434.
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New York
Creamery Butter Prices Steady in New York Market
In Creamery New York on November 28 butter markets held steady with receipts of 6,229. Creamery extras 92 score sold at 51 14, creamery first 88 to 91 score ranged 42 50, packing stock current make No 1 34 14 to 35, No 2 33 to 1.
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Creamery
New York
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Edges Lower
Liverpool reports a steady spot market with eased American grades led by strict good middling at 11.17 and 11.21 for different categories. Total sales 6,000 bales with 5,300 American. receipts none. Futures closed barely steady with December at 10.35 and October at 9.99.
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Liverpool
Chicago Grain Report Sees Wheat Decline On Argentine Crop Estimate
Chicago traders opened with a slight drop as bearish Argentina crop forecasts weighed on wheat. A Buenos Aires expert cites a 1927 Argentine wheat yield of 231 million bushels, with corn wavering 1-8 to 1-4 cents and oats and provisions easing overall.
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Chicago
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Chicago Potatoes Market Report
In Chicago the Navy region reports 165 cars of potatoes on tract 424 with total U S shipments 607 Saturday and 39 Sunday. Demand is slow and market dull with few sales. Wisconsin sacked round whites 150 165, Minnesota North Dakota sacked round whites 135 15, sacked Red River Ohios 130 140, Idaho sacked russets 160 175.
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Chicago
Navy
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Foreign exchange mixed as market reports rates in New York
New York foreign exchanges show mixed quotations with Great Britain at 487 5-16 for demand and 487 13-16 on cables. France 93 1/2 cents, Italy around 5.43542 and 5.44 on cables, plus rates for Belgium Germany Holland and other nations.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
New York Cotton Prices Hit New Low on Mills Curtailment
Cotton futures on the New York exchange fell sharply as reports of further mill curtailment and weak demand added to selling pressure. January contracts slid to about 18.80 cents per pound, with December and January around 18.79 and 18.87 cents, while March and May also declined. New Orleans, Liverpool, and the South led the selling, with limited buying or covering and scattered temporary rallies.
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NEW York Cotton
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Liverpool
South
Cotton futures end lower after sharp Egyptian break
Cotton futures closed with a net decline of 33 to 36 points as prices eased after another drop in Egyptian futures. Jan to Dec contracts posted losses with spot down 34 points. Sales totaled 3,183 with receipts 8,141 and stock at 478,576.
U S government bond quotes across issues in New York
On November 28 in New York the AP reports U S government bonds trading quotes including Liberty 3398 at 101.29 First 4 at 101.24 First 43 8 at 103.11 Third 4 c at 100.26 Fourth 41 8 at 104.1 Treasury 4 c at 110.7 and related figures.
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New York
U. S
Treasury
Cotton futures fall sharply in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on November 28 the cotton market dropped about three dollars a bale amid heavy liquidation and Egyptian futures declines. Speculative short selling was widespread as December contracts slipped to 18.79 cents, down 59 points from Saturday’s close.
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New Orleans
Unclear OCR listing of brands and percentages
Fragmentary OCR text lists numerous company names including Paramount Famous-Lasky, Pennsylvania Ry, Pierce-Arrow, Liggett & Myers, Lorillard, Standard Oil, Studebaker, Union Pacific, Westinghouse, Woolworth, and others with scattered percentages and codes, lacking cohesive narrative or event.
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Norfolk & Western
Paramount Famous-Lasky
Pennsylvania Ry
Pierce-Arrow Am
Ek Shoe & Fdy
BEAR
Liggett & Myers B
P. Lorillard Goodrich Co
Hup Motors Pa
Dix. Cement
Pierce-Arrow M
Madio
Morgios Ok Sic Bane Ss Rep. Ir
Steel Reynolds
St. Louis
San Fran
Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Maryland
Westinghouse Elec
S. Ovgmong
Woolworth
Preachers Auto Recovered After Theft Near Greensboro
A Buick sedan belonging to Rev Mr Wood of High Point was found in the woods near Greensboro with upholstery slashed and set on fire. Police McFarland and Hayworth fought the flames before fire origin was controlled. thieves likely fled during effort. Wood notified to recover the car. stolen during church services in High Point.
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Mr. Wood
High Point
McFarland and
Hayworth
Wood
Alienist Expected To Help Save Condemned
Dr. Clarence J. Neumann the Chicago psychiatrist who testified for Leopold and Loeb arrived to aid Mrs. Ruth Snyder in her bid to avoid the death penalty. Hazelton sought to link the Snyder murder to the Franks case, arguing overpowering influences affected her sense of right and wrong.
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New York
Clarence J. Neumann
Chicago
Leopold
Loeb
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Gray
Bobby Franks
Neumann
Snyder
Hazelton
Smith
Drunken Drivers Rise in November in North Carolina
Raleigh reports that November arrests for drunken driving doubled from October, with 78 statewide. Since July 1, 1927, 329 drivers have been drunk while operating vehicles. other convictions include speeding 179, reckless driving 197, misc 61, light-law violations 29, assault with deadly weapon 6, and manslaughter 6.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Department
Waddill Funeral Postponed by Air Transport Service
In Raleigh on November 28 the airplane carried Pauli H. Waddill from Raleigh to Augusta and back to seek quick medical advice after his father J B Waddill of Carthage died late Saturday night. The funeral was held in Carthage today.
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Raleigh
Pauli H. Waddill
Here
Augusta Ga
Waddill
J. B. Waddill
Carthage
Forbidden name rule in Zulu marriage custom
A Zulu woman may not call her husband by his name whether speaking to him or about him. She must refer to him as “Father of Se-and-So,” reflecting a traditional honorary naming practice within the community.
Wife Shoots Husband After Domestic Dispute in Chicago
Chicago, Nov. 28. An estranged wife shot her husband at his Lasalle Street home as detectives escorted them to police headquarters. The husband, mortally threatened by the shooting, expressed hope the wife would be executed if he dies. The shooter, 40, mother of two, has a divorce suit seeking 5000 monthly alimony filed in Chicago court.
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Chicago
John M. Isbell
Lasalle Street
Charles Davis
Isbell
Davis
Isbells
Earth
Hell
Ethan Tilen
Tom Payne
Vortair
Gibbon
Hume
Villians
Enemies of the Home sermon warns against home foes
Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson preaches at First Baptist on Home Makers and Home Breakers. He names indifference, intemperance, ingratitude, infidelity, irreligion and insincerity as enemies of the home and urges making Jesus the secret member of every household tonight.
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Lloyd T. Wilson
First Baptist Church
Church
Jesus
Sentenced to die for guard killing in New York
Handsome Dan Graham, a former policeman who shot and robbed a paymaster he was to guard, was sentenced to die in the electric chair in the week of January 9 in New York.
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New York
Dan Graham
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