Riders in the West and the Enduring Poem Ridin
The piece surveys long distance horse riding in America from Frank Heath's 11,387 mile trek to Bert McCloud's 36,000 mile plan and Miss Voncell Viking's New York to Los Angeles wager. It highlights Badger Clark's Ridin as a West classic and notes Clark’s rise as the poet lariat of the West as East coasters discover frontier lore.
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America In
Frank Heath
Silver Springs
Washington
United States
Heath
Ridin’, Riu
Union
Bert J. McCloud
Fort Morgan
Colo
Sitting Bull
Denver
New York
Canada
Washington McCloud
Subhoy
Arizona Range
Phoenix
Ariz
Great Southwest
A. Pelix Tschifis
Buenos Aires
Mexico City
New York City
Patagonia
Pimpas
Miss Voncell Viking
Roswell
N. M
Badger Clark
West
Kansas
Medicine Lodge
Clark
Cuba
Arizona
Old Pacific Monthly
Lariat
Coolidge
White House
Black Hills
South Dakota
Larlat
Just a Ridin and the Desert Wide
Badger Clark celebrates the ranch life with riding across endless ranges. The speaker rejects art and heavenly adornments, preferring a cowboy existence of horses dust and cattle songs under desert stars. He imagines rounding up sinners from Hell as the ultimate riding dream.
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Hell
Badger Clark
Curious toddler requests repeat of Mother Goose rhyme
A mother describes Edwin aged two and a half who loves Mother Goose. After each line of Little Red Riding Hood he begs to hear it again and finally offers to recite it for her, prompting her blush and encouragement.
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Edwin
Red, Riding Hood
Red
Red Riding Hood
Grandma, What’s the Big Idea Moment Captured
A dramatic line erupts as a speaker pauses and exclaims to Grandma asking for the big idea. The quotation captures a moment of surprise and inquiry in a public setting reported by the Los Angeles Times.
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Los Angeles Times
German doctor finds anger raises blood sugar
The Boston Transcript notes a Literary Digest article about a German doctor’s discovery that anger increases blood sugar. It suggests anger heightens sweetness in the blood and affects the disposition, implying a corrosive psychological or physiological effect.
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Boston Transcript
Designed for Utility Well and tree meat platter
The piece features a well and tree design intended to catch gravy and juices for easy serving. The design, widely used on silver platters, has no further significance and its origin remains unknown.
Mildew Petroleum Ointment Lifts Leather Mildew
A remedy uses Mildew Petroleum ointment to remove mildew from leather items. The product claims effective mildew elimination with a simple application.
Gardner Promises Three Surfaced Roads Across Kansas
Kansas State Commissioner John W. Gardner announced tentative plans to surface three east west and north south routes under the 1928 program. He outlined U S highways 40 1 and 73 plus a Topeka to Wichita corridor and a Cannon Ball west to Wichita. funds total 3 600 000 from 1925 state and federal budgets.
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Gardner
Kansas
Wopeka
John W. Gardner
State Highway Commission
Kansas City
Denver
U. S
Topeka
Wichita
Ponca City
Kansas Bus and Truck Lines Reach Nearly Two Hundred
The Kansas public service commission reports about 200 bus and truck lines in operation. There are 128 truck lines and 51 passenger bus lines with two city lines licensed in Kansas. Wichita and Topeka are the only cities with special lines licensed.
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Topeka
Kansas
Public Service Commission
Wichita
Parsons to appoint receiver for Midland Investment Company
A receiver will be appointed to liquidate Midland Investment Company after an audit, following the bank failure at Peoples State Bank in Mound Valley. Depositors face losses as bank officers R D Payne and A G Jamison are bailed on 10000 each for embezzlement. In Winfield, a 20 year old former college football player is returning to LaCrosse to face bank robbery charges after confessing. $249 in cash was found in his hotel suitcase.
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Winfield
LaCrosse
Rush County
Death of Henry B Hollowell the oldest marine
Henry B Hollowell 87 formerly of this city died at the Naval hospital in San Drake. He was widely known as the oldest marine. In Topeka W F Lilliestone of Wichita was named general counsel for the St Louis and San Francisco railroad in Kansas per official announcement.
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McPherson
Naval Hospital
San Drake
Henry B. Hollowell
Topeka
W. F. Lilliestone
Wichita
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Kansas
Cuba World War veteran found burned in truck on farm
Ed Peterka aged 35 a World War veteran was found burned to death in his motor truck on an unoccupied farm four miles southeast of Cuba. He had driven there to haul a load of cobs on the property owned by Frank Zieman.
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Cuba
Ed Peterka
Frank Zieman
Wichita farmer seeks ten ears to start Kansas crop in Romania
News of Kansas corn spread to Romania where Dumitru Hariton asks Wichita Mayor A. J. Coombs for ten ears to introduce the crop on his land. The request is to be granted.
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Wichita
Kansas
Romania
A. J. Coombs
Dumitru Hariton
Color and taste in car refinishing contrast with mood and fashion
The text argues bright color can unsettle the general public yet color enhances life and style. It links car and home coloring to personality, noting red hair and green tones as complementary. It urges buyers to bring a definite color idea to refinishers with current Paris and New York tones.
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Times
Paris
New York
Cutting Glass With Shears A Helpful Technique
The Michigan Farmer notes that cutting glass with shears is easier when both the glass and shears are submerged in water. This method absorbs shocks and vibrations, preventing cracking, and is useful for curved or thin glass such as resizing a headlight lens. Practice on waste pieces to master the technique.
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Michigan
Time-Payment Plan Promotes Auto Purchases in France
Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, says a million people in France buying cars on installment plans would boost happiness and prosperity. He argues installments are sound for purchases over $100, requiring one third as a down payment.
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France
Alfred Reeves
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
St Louis Records Fewer Traffic Deaths in Early 1927
A National Safety Council survey notes St Louis is the only large city with a drop in motor vehicular fatalities in the first seven months of 1927 versus 1926. It records 85 local deaths vs 118 last year, about a 29 percent improvement with 14.8 fatalities per 100000 residents, while autumn remains a danger period.
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St. Louis
New York
National Safety Council
St Louis
Wieesurvey
Westher Stripping Will Reep Snow From Garage
Old tuner tubes are tacked along the lower garage edge to block snow and dust. Tubes must extend just enough to clear ground contact. excessive length risks jamming the door. Additional inner tube sections at top and sides seal doors for an airtight fit after washing.
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Westher
Mike
Popular Science Monthly
Automobile Notes and Oddities From Historic Clips
A humor filled roundup notes tire care and the perils of neglect. It cites a Lenox woman who died at ninety and never rode in a car, a New York taxi driver fined for reckless driving after claiming a bee nipped his nose, and a Cincinnati headline on rising gasoline output aiding the auto industry.
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Lenox, Mass
New York
Cincinnati
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Elmo Scott Watson
Woddell
Orse Broadway
Washinglon Marts
Met
William R. Baker
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Farmers Union
Warm Bureau
Wheat Growers
Equity’ Union
Grain ‘Dealers Association
the Grange
Caldwell Davis
State Grange
Big City
Automobile
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