Championship for tire changing to be decided soon
Charlotte November 3. The world championship for rapid tire changing will be held at the Charlotte speedway during Armistice Day auto sprint races. Sixteen chief mechanics will compete under AAA rules with a three-man pit crew per car and a purse awarded to the winner.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Speedway
Riley Brett
Jimmy Murphy
Altoona
American Automobile Association
AAA
Harry Hartz
Ernie Olson
Frank Lockhart
Dick “Blubber
Doyle
Leon
Prison cash balance shows surplus of revenue over expenditures
The state prison reports a cash balance of 59398.50 for the year ended June 30 1926 with total expenditures of 599456.73 and actual state costs of 82336.40 while farm produce used for supplies totaled 101741.62 The audit credits diversification of crops and full employment of prisoners for strong financial showing and self support praised by Governor McLean and Superintendent Pou.
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McLean
George Ross Pou
Perhaps SO MISTRESS Read in Kitchen Mystery
A brief Punch-like quip from Passing Show London humor column notes a joke about reading in the kitchen. The new maid hints the rubber heels cause Mary to read, delivering a light, vintage stage-lamp gag.
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London
Whiskey sales probe widens to Chicago colleges
Federal prohibition agents investigate liquor sales to students across Chicago area colleges. Women undercover agents reported in Madison Wisconsin. Captain R Q Merrick investigated an Indiana institution. Urbana and Champaign host University of Illinois where ten students were expelled for intoxication and one for drinking gambling and concealing the truth.
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The
Herald and Examiner
Madison
Wis
R. Q. Merrick
Indiana
Urbana
Champaign
University of Illinois
Keller and Murphy Home Improvement Estimates
Keller and Murphy offer building estimates and cost savings for new homes. Services include remodeling repair work and floor surfacing with guaranteed results. Call 41208 Greensboro Road.
Forested Sahara once housed thriving people, professor says
A University of Chicago professor states the Sahara was a dense forest long ago inhabited by a thriving race of people. The claim relies on paleoclimatic and archaeological evidence to suggest a wetter, greener Sahara in ancient times.
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Sahara Desert
University of Chicago
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