How the Useful Plants Came to Mankind
An overview of the origins and spread of bananas and spinach, tracing their exotic roots and cross continents. The banana likely originated in the Old World from the Malay peninsula and reached the Americas through early explorers, while spinach traces to Persian and ancient Greek origins with gradual spread to Europe and Asia, noting debates over native status and cultivation history.
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Asia
Malay States
Ceylon
Cochin China
New World
Andie
Africa
America
India
Navylore
Columbus
Pinzon
Vespucci
Cortez
Humboldi
Humboldt
Orinoco
Cassiquaire
Ben Rivers
Wimeraida
Corony
Prinr
Peru
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Pacific
Siam
South
Europe
Spain
Persia
Ibn Baither
Malaga
Nineveh
Babylon
Caucasus
Turkestan
Canary Islands
Algeria
Abyssinia
China
Oulon
Reinforced Garage Doors to Prevent Sagging
Reinforced garage doors resist sagging by bracing with metal bars or boards. Metal crossbars bolted to each door transfer weight to the lower hinge, stiffening the door and reducing hinge wear. Popular Science Monthly explains the simple method and expected improvements.
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Popular Science Monthly
Record Plunges in 1927 Grid Season Amid Historic Crowds
The 1927 college football year saw attendance records fall as top teams suffered shocks. The once undefeated 1926 group collapsed with programs like Alabama Brown Lafayette Navy slipping, while Georgia lost to Georgia Tech after nine straight wins. Notre Dame Yale Pittsburgh Minnesota Southern California Texas A&M Missouri Nebraska also endured surprising defeats or ties.
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Notre Dame
Chicago
Alabama
Brown
Lafayette
Navy
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Yale
Pittsburgh
Olinvis
Minnesota
Southern Californian
Texas Aggies
Missouri
Nebraska
Paddock Aims for Olympic Trio and New Challenge
Barley Paddock, veteran sprinter from California, seeks to qualify for a third straight Olympics next spring. He proposes a high stakes race against Chet Bowman in a big eastern city to raise Olympic funds and test his form. Paddock recalls his 1924 200 meter loss to Jackson Scholz and reflects on the late surge that fell short.
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California
Cincionati
Amateur Union
Southern California
A. A
Paddock
Chet Bowman
Bowman
Olympic Fund
United States
Jackson Scholz
University of Missouri
Scholz
Jack
Spotty tire wear and brake myths clarified
Spotty wear is a common balloon tire trait now being reduced by broader road contact treads. Many car owners blamed brakes for the irregular wear, while another false belief was that rubber wears unevenly.
Tests to Find Noises in a Radio Receiver
The Radio Manufacturers Association Manual on Interference outlines tests to locate outside noises after confirming the receiver has no alibi. It warns that loudspeaker hum may not implicate power supply and notes potential sources such as faulty components, corroded contacts, open audio circuits, and loose connections. Disconnecting aerial and ground helps identify outside interference.
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Radio Manufacturers’ Association
Waner Family Adds Player to Pirates Prospect List
Travia Waner, cousin of Paul and Lloyd Waner, edges toward a Pirates signing after the basketball season. The East Central Teachers College forward and Oklahoma Conference standout could join the Ada club history of Waner tied players, with two years seen as enough to challenge pace set by his relatives.
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Pirates
Waner
Travia Waner
Paul
Lloyd
Pittsburgh
East Central Teachers’ College
Oklahoma
O. A. Green
Ada
Travia
Travin
Lloyd Waner
Corsair Crew
Kelly Wilson
Ray Johnson
Automobile Hints and Driving Realities in City Life
Pedestrians faced with blinding headlights pose risks even to cautious drivers. Statistics note 92.6 used cars per 100 new sold, with 65.4 bought on deferred plans. Guayule rubber offers a tested substitute for plantation rubber. A Southampton man carried a motor horn openly. Winter brings slush spatter and motorist cheer.
Sport's Biggest Throng of Year
The year’s largest crowd attended the Memorial day Indianapolis 500 drawing 145,000 fans. George Sauders of Lafayette won the race. Boxing saw 120,000 at Tunney Dempsey in Chicago, a new record for a boxing match. Notre Dame vs USC drew 113,000 at Soldier Field, a new all time football crowd. Army Notre Dame and Army Navy also drew tens of thousands in New York venues. More than 700,000 applications were received for the annual service ball.
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Indianapolis Speedway
George Sauders
Lafayette
Ina
Gene Tunney
Jacek Dempsey
Soldier Field
Chicago
Dempsey
Tunney
Philadelphia
Notre Dame
University of South California
Army
New York
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Notable Squibs of Sport Across the Globe and U S Tracks
The notice highlights varied sporting notes from jockeys like Interesting Squibs of Sport mule Sande to Prank O Doul in the Pacific Coast league and Bob Zuppke as a landscape painter. It also covers football’s rise in Austria, umpire training in Bab Pmslie era, George Thompson in Baltimore basketball, high ball counts in the National League, Northwestern horseshoe, Jimmy Slattery’s boxing, Corroth handicap growth in Tiajuana, illuminated night tennis courts in Evansville and year round play based on Kentucky rock.
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Recreation Department
Evansville
Ind
Kentucky Rock
Brennan Gave Dempsey A Hard Fight In Madison Square Garden
Bill Brennan fought Jack Dempsey in Madison Square Garden. Dempsey began clever but Brennan battered him until the champ returned to slugging and stopped Brennan in the twelfth. Brennan later died in a suspected bootlegger war, with claims of his innocence.
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Bill Brennan
Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Madison Square Garden
Brennin
Bill
Whoosh di Wg
Brennan
Optimistic Prophecy Sparks Need for Bronze Statue
A cryptic editorial from the Texas News-Tribune argues that even optimistic forecasts may fail as the world waits for a statesman statue in plus fours. The columnist signs as Wueu, reflecting a local voice on public monuments.
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Wueu
Texas
News-Tribune
Red tape hits its usefulness in a wary age
A clipped, artful reflection on administrative obstruction and the paradoxes of bureaucratic power. The fragment evokes frustration with overregulation and the emotional toll of endless delays in governance.
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Beatrice Loughran
Washington Square
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Bureau of Standards
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England
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John McGraw
Prank O'Doul
Bob Zuppke
Inals
Glasgow
Scotland
London
Austria
National League
Bab
Pmslie
Patterson
Baltmore
George Thompson
Northwestern University
Jimmy Slattery
Buffalo
Tommy Loughran
Ight
Tiajuana
Mex
Cora Curry
Salina St
Horep
Teres
Horne
E. W. Grove
Mother Gray
Paleo
CHER
Elena
Pere
Circular
Brepzius Meg Co
DOVER
SUNN
North American Dye Corporationy
Vernon
Bwinaya Co
Sioux Rapide
Fae
Seni
SANT
Briutt Service
Davis
Miinala
YES
Tpetlure
Clnflon BP
Pie
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