Sophomore stars loom in Big Ten basketball
The piece highlights Purdue junior Johnny Weeden and other Indiana prospects as future standouts. It notes Billy Blygrave and Bill Newbold as key sophomores for Indiana and Notre Dame, with Reg Hildreth at Valparaiso and Iowa as a forward and multi sport athlete.
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Ted Chmielewski
Purdue
Johnny Weeden
Martinsville
India
Indiana Prep
Don White
Windy" Robbins
Billy Blygrave
Indiana University
Hoosier
Bill Newbold
Rushville
Ind
Notre Dame
Kalamazoo
Jank Crowe
Reg Hildreth
Valparaiso
Iowa
Hawk
Willis Glassgow
Des Moines to Host Night Baseball in 1880 Season
Des Moines club president Lee Kaiser announces night games for 1880 after dark using new lighting by electric engineers. Plans aim to boost attendance by weekday night games and Sunday daylight matinees, offsetting two prior loss years and reviving interest in the sport.
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Des Moines
Lee Kaiser
Kaiser
Gehrig’s Early Pitching Star turns up in 1923 Columbia game
The future Yankee star Lou Gehrig began as a pitcher for Columbia University. In a April 18 1923 Columbia vs Williams game he struck out 17 batters yet lost 5 to 1, marking one of the era’s most unusual pitching performances.
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Lou Gehrig
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New York Scouta
Gehrig
Columbia University
Columbia
S. Williams
Williams
Road Building to Get New Impetus
James W. Brooks reports that highway officials urged Congress to raise federal aid to 125 million dollars. They push speeding up main federal aid projects, aligning with President Hoover on prioritizing trunk waterways and highways to support rising traffic and fuel tax revenues.
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Amerian Highway Educational Bureau
Forcéa
Hoover
American Association of State Highway Officials
San Antonio
Texas
Congress
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Cincinnati
Louisvile
Tersely Told Squibs of Air Kin and 1929 Baseball Notes
A fragmented sports column notes Athletics stars including Fred Schulte and Lefty Grove, Casey Stengel taking Toledo Mud Hens helm, and 1929 season highlights. Mentions University of Iowa stadium cost, Havana league plans, and autos in the US. Also references Jack Cannon coaching move and a Peiping polo event.
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Squibs
Fred Schulte
Gleason
Athletics
Charles
Casey) Stengel
Toledo Mud Hens
Jack Cannon
Notre Dame
Creighton University
Champon
Lefty Grove
George Earnshaw
Rube Walberg
Spark Time Indicator Tool for Precise Timing
A simple method wires a light bulb to the battery and the timer terminal to indicate exact contact break in the ignition. When contacts are closed the bulb lights, and it goes out when they open. Helpful for both mechanics and DIY motorists to eliminate guesswork and save time.
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Popular Science Monthly
The Motor Quiz How Many Can You Answer
Q and A style questions discuss tire rotation to equalize wear, cleaning dust from headlight lenses to improve illumination, brakes in good condition conserving energy, and risks of loose spark plugs causing hot running and power loss.
Hoover Aims to Accelerate Highway Building Nationwide
The plan seeks to press main traffic channels to completion to handle 73 to 85 percent of national traffic and expand federal aid after. President Hoover's initiative in internal improvements is expected to boost highway construction soon and sustain employment and profits across the country.
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Hoover
British American and French teams contest in Peiping Shanghai and Tientsin
Eddie Wineapple of Salem Massachusetts, a familiar New England baseball and basketball star, has signed as a pitcher with Washington Berg and southpaw. The item notes ten British American and French teams from Peiping Shanghai and Tientsin.
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Peiping
Shanghai
Tientsin
Eddie Wineapple
Salem
Mass
New England
Washington, Berg & Southpaw
Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Lesson Focus
The lesson covers Jesus baptism by John and the opening of His mission, then His temptation in the Judean wilderness. It emphasizes Jesus as sinless King, the divine approval after baptism, and His victory over Satan using Scripture, with the threefold attack as Man, God, and Messiah.
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Jesus
Nazareth
John
Christ
God
Satan
Judea
To Secure Salvation
A cautious reflection quotes W Gladden on mortal duties to seek salvation by repenting and believing, urging a personal response to God and following Christ as Matthew did.
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God
Christ
Matthew
W. Gladden
The American Magazine Promotes Truth and Beauty
An old reading notes a plea from The American Magazine to appeal to the soul and eye, urging concord and natural beauty as guiding ideals in literature and art. The piece voices the belief that truth speaks through the mind’s eye and moral harmony.
Onions Grow on Reclaimed MarshLand in Ohio
On reclaimed marsh land in Ohio onion cultivation rises as a major crop while a threatening woman, described as a dangerous associate, appears in a separate alarming note.
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Ohio
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Relief for Indigestion
Many people misread indigestion as a chronic condition when it is often acidity corrected in minutes by Phillips Milk of Magnesia. It neutralizes acid and relieves distress after meals, unlike soda.
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Maghesla
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