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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1928
Page
3
The Orange County borehole exceeds 8 feet in depth, surpassing the prior record by 250 feet. At 70 million feet the temperature rose above 212 degrees melting the photographic batteries used in depth surveys. Drilling ran over two years using a 5 1/2 inch bit with Westinghouse gear. the shaft deviated but stayed near vertical near the bottom.
Mrs Lareer Hisss of Westwood California says six years of bad health and nervous troubles ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She now sleeps well and can do housework and field work with renewed health and offers to answer letters about the medicines.
Nebraskan Loyd Hahn is hailed as the United States top contender for a double Olympic medal in the 800 and 1500 meters after a series of record breaking performances. He shattered the indoor half mile mark and exceeded the outdoor world record, drawing praise from rivals and experts ahead of Amsterdam. Doctor Otto Peltzer, watching, hopes for a 1:50 if conditions allow.
A Chicago Motor Club legal bulletin analyzes the Supreme Court ruling on auto drivers stopping at railroad crossings and proving safe view before crossing. It cautions motorists not to abandon ordinary care and emphasizes railroad duties to signal and operate within the law.
Charles Adler demonstrates a traffic signal that uses horn sounds from approaching cars to trigger green lights. The device places ear-like metal boxes at intersections and changes the light from red to green when a horn is heard, then reverts to red after a interval.
The article lists four key criteria for buying a receiving set. It highlights budget, expected service, usage location, and the set’s appearance as crucial decision factors.
Jack Slattery is named the Boston Braves new manager replacing his college coaching stint He has 25 years in baseball across college and pro ranks including Tufts Harvard and Boston College He also served as a Braves scout keeping major league ties for a well rounded manager profile
A cautious automotive column warns readers that regular oil changes prevent engine wear and explains how neglect leads to grease contamination. It notes drivers rush to speed with little regard for braking and urges thorough cleaning of lubrication nipples before applying grease to avoid severe wear.
George G. Royce of the New York state agriculture office notes radio provides farmers with timely market information. He says radio reports help farmers know conditions and prices, boosting bargaining power and profits as thousands listen daily from many stations.
Harvard and Army announced a four year football agreement by William J. Bingham Harvard director of athletics. The series opens this fall at Harvard stadium with Harvard visiting West Point in 1931 and Michigan games set for 1929 at Ann Arbor and 1930 at Cambridge.
Tex Rickard plans a match between Benny Leonard and Ace Hudkins as the former lightweight champion eyes a welterweight title. A qualifying bout with Joe Dundee may precede the return, with May the likely bout month after Leonard’s three year ring absence.
The photograph shows John Silvester of Ludlow Shropshire riding horse Trixie. At ten he visited Wales and won three races at Lilandenny and two of three at Usk. Now twelve, he has ridden ten winners with nine seconds from twenty one mounts, weighing just under sixty pounds with notable strength for his age.
Instruction on maintaining sound quality by loosening a small chuck to let the driving rod find neutral tension as paper surface tension varies with weather. The adjustment should be done each time the cone speaker is used to ensure perfect tone and reception.
J N Mack elected Albany club secretary of the South eastern league. Piranda signs with Burlington in the Mississippi league and Billy Hamilton joins Vicksburg in the Cotton States circuit. The Glasgow Celtic tour is deferred. Sabin Carr trains in Hartford while Harold Gleichman becomes Northwestern captain. Wisconsin’s Camp Randall will seat 44000 in 1928.
Leakage is a chief fault of a ynear grid condenser and a high standard is crucial in a ree server. Quality relies on the selector, not the tuner or amplifier if the selector isn t super heterodyne. Atropin tablets can be used in emergencies to make quick joints without a soldering iron. place one in a teaspoon with water to produce a steady flame.
In Liberty Magazine Kipling explains Brazilian business culture as informal and person focused. He notes Brazilians favor individuals over impersonality, saying they reward familiarity with effort and detain hesitation when lacking polite manners and small courtesies.
The fragment hints at a quip about mattering twins and parallel lines, but lacks clear persons places or events. It resembles a casual dialogue about finances and similarity, with no definite news angle or identifiable entities to anchor a card.
Two fashionably dressed women entered an Augusta fire station with a well fed cat they claimed was lost in the city. They let the firemen know they wished to register at an Augusta hotel where the rate was taboo and showed confidence in the firefighters kindness and gullibility.
Advertises Joint-Ease for rapid relief of rheumatic pains in joints and muscles. Claims fast absorption and frequent use with speedy results. Offers 60 cents a tube and a 12 day trial by mail from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
A teacher asks Willy why two right hand fingers stay cleaner. Willy promptly answers those two fingers are the ones he uses to whistle for his dog, turning a simple question into a playful misunderstanding.
A historic pipe organ, believed the oldest of its kind in the country, now serves at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Clyde New York. Presented to Trinity Church in New York by Queen Anne and transported in the seventeenth century, it later stood in Trinity Church Utica then Geneva before arriving in Clyde in 1810.
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