26 Dec 1929
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
1
Intercollegiate football profits surged as Western conference teams drew about 1.9 million spectators this season and several games sold out early. Big Ten receipts neared 4.77 million dollars, with tickets often at 3 dollars and some at 2.50 for conference matchups. Michigan led in attendance with 464,000 across eight home games.
New York state will levy higher insurance premiums on wire owners and operators who commit serious traffic violations. Offenses include reckless driving with injury, speeding with injury, driving while intoxicated, driving without an operator’s license, and leaving an accident scene without stopping.
In a tense eighth inning in St. Louis Douthit made a spectacular center field grab off Thompson with two on and two out. He sprinted back to the wall and held the ball after crashing over the fence preserving a win for the Phillies in a dramatic moment.
Automobile tips and summer care hints mix with sports notes about racers by John E. B Madden totaling nearly $1,000,000. Hand ball gains popularity in Germany with 13 000 players in Berlin. Los Angeles profits from Augie Walsh trade to the Cubs for $20,000 after a $10,000 deal a year earlier. Corroborating baseball facts include pinch hitters 976 in the American League and leader pitchers now managers Bob Shawkey and Walter Johnson. The piece also notes golf clubs near Philadelphia and a loose battery check for headlight bulbs.
Veteran pitcher Howard Ehmke of the Athletics declares he will return next season after reaching a salary agreement with Connie Mack. He says he will sign contracts in January and has not retired from baseball.
Fans hail Chick Evans as the sport’s greatest draw of his time. In 1916 he won both the National Amateur and National Open, acclaimed for his engaging smile and theatrical appeal. Evans rose from caddy to star, drawing large crowds and exhibitions across his colorful career.
A London police officer on duty at the Savoy bottom wears a rear light and oversized white gloves with large cuffs to stay visible to motorists at night. The article notes the gloves are highly noticeable from a distance.
The text recalls the first paved US highway between New York and Boston laid in Cobblestones by 1650. It notes a 1928 tax contrast with 27 states at three cents or less and 18 at four cents or more, and states the automobile industry ranks first among US manufacturing sectors.
The article reviews anti freeze methods for engines noting kerosene as a mix but warns of heat retention risks and radiator wear. Honey solutions resist cold to about 20 below and require only water addition, while denatured alcohol is common with boiling point limits. Percentages of alcohol provide protection to zero to 32 below.
German heavyweight Max Schmeling leaves Berlin for a Sicily vacation and plans training in Atlantic City on Washington's birthday for a forthcoming bout with an unnamed opponent.
A historical overview explains the thyroid gland's development and function, noting its size variation from infancy to adulthood, its potential absence or extra glands, and conditions such as goiter and Graves disease. It covers thyroxin, thyrosin, iodine sources, and the adrenals, detailing how these hormones affect metabolism, nerves, and cardiovascular systems.
The passage argues that modern wealth replaces the Pilgrim moral code, turning Sundays into days of wanderings and paid pleasures. It cites Durant's Mansions of Philosophy to illustrate how material abundance shapes social values and personal liberty.
Fragment from a sermon notes collection detailing Ezra reading the law before the eager assembly in Jerusalem. It describes reverence as people stand, pray, and say Amen, the reading of Scripture, and the conversion of sorrow into forgiveness and blessing through God's word.
Fragmentary text appears to discuss help and guidance with unclear meaning and garbled spelling. No discernible person, date, place, or event can be identified from the legible words.
Fragmentary note discusses prayer and spiritual guidance. Text references God and a book, with garbled phrasing and unclear attribution, offering limited readable insight into religious instruction.
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