Daring 1929 aviation year recalls 1927 feats
A retrospective on 1929 aviation progress and peril recalls 1927 feats. Winged legends like Kingsford Smith and Von Gronje, the Quest crew, Bellanca Columbia pilots, and exploration flights across the North Atlantic are noted alongside advances in radio guidance and airliners linking major cities.
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Foster Gatley
New York
Aviati Ferns
Bigges
Song
North Atlantic
Kingsford- Smith
von Gronse
Cosie
Poelionte
Mark
Freak Tawks
Roger Q. Williams
Bellanca Columbia
Atlantic
Bermuda
Lewis Yancey
Emil Burcin
Wales
South
Americ
South America
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
New Year Dinner Menu and Cooking Steps
The excerpt lists a New Year dinner menu with items like au gratin turnips and pork with sweet potatoes. It includes cooking steps such as wiping pork, salting, preparing apple rings, boiling with cinnamon candies, and baking turnips and apples with butter flour and cheese.
Three A A U Track Stars to Compete in Antipodes
Three man track and field stars representing the A A U travel to New Zealand for competition. Rufus Kiser of the University of Washington will run the mile, Harlow Robert of Stanford competes in shot and discus, and George Simpson of Ohio State runs the 199 and 220 yard dashes. The team sails for New Zealand and plans to return April 11.
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Seattle
United
Seattie
Rafer Kiser
University of
aizerTow
Motaert
Stanford
George Simpson
Austral
New Zealand
On the Sidelines: USC Football Season Recap and Baseball Notes
Analysis of USC football season misses Notre Dame title as critics debate a tough schedule. The piece also covers baseball stats from the league era, highlighting pitchers like Craghead, Baecht, Frei, and Reuter, plus Boris Lerner's schooling and University of Texas attendance.
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University of Southern California
Note Dame
Uid
Testing the Growing Mind Through Early Milestones
The article outlines developmental benchmarks from ages three to seven, listing expected abilities such as naming objects, counting pennies, copying shapes, defining common terms, identifying body parts, and solving simple problems like what to do if a house is on fire. It emphasizes progressive cognitive and perceptual skills in children around age fourteen.
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John
Guiding Your Child Tests Early Brain Development at Stanford
The article describes how teachers faced a gifted eight to nine year old named Billy who questions history, solves problems in unique ways, and challenges authority. It notes the need for teachers to manage poise under intelligent pupils and mentions Stanford tests that assess brain development through tasks like counting backward, defining terms, and rhyming, highlighting the value of early cognitive assessment.
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Billy
Stanford University
Receiver Cannot Sell Ohio Railroad in Default
Lisbon December 32 Mo e reports the Youngstown and Ohio River railroad in default on a bond issue. Two auction sales failed to produce bidders and the property remains under court control.
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Ohio
Lisbon
Moe
Pisspergus Youngstown & Ohio River Railroad
Bandit targets salesman in Nebraska City hold up
Traveling salesman J. Somerville was held up on a country road by an elderly man who demanded cash. The thief kept only $12.50, then returned $50, claiming his wife and kids were stranded and they needed funds to get home. Somerville did not report the incident to police.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Join Somerville
Somerville
California Pear Tree Sets 24th Crop Record
A California pear grower reports a new crop record with a 24th harvest milestone. The milestone highlights crop yield and fruit quality for the season, indicating strong production in the state’s orchards.
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California
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Antipodes
Tony
Harlow Rothert
Trufus Kiser
Brian Gell
Bill Hunter
Montana
Notre Dame
Curse
Slip Madigan
Ipaty
Craghead
Ironman
Oakland
Totchers
Td Baecht
Los Angeles
Tony Freias
Sacramento
Walter Reuter
Fay Thomas
Star College Tower
Bacen
Piecneu Ee
Uni
Baceht
Jimmy Zinn
Ted
Joble
Beng
Pete Dagna
Boris L. Lerner
Russia
Exas
Leland B. Alford
Agnes Lyne
Aed
Las Vegas
J Jr & Fest
W. E. Ferdun
Prof
Fremont
Johnny
Las Vegas Coal & Ice Co
Bandit
United States
EOE
Untington
Liberty Coal
National Gralébelo
Main
Hunting’s Taxi Service
Omce
Wats
Ratte
People’s Store
Pri Ece
Vegas Credit Bureau
Cashman's
Nevada
Boulder Canyon
Las Vegas, Nevada
North Main Street
Business Men’s Assurance Co
S. Gene Parks
Venice
First State Bank
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