Service Point for Busses and Trucks
An engineering bulletin notes buses and trucks use power proportional to weight, with a 20 mph vehicle needing similar effort to a 60 mph car. It explains heavy-duty vehicles require frequent servicing and spark plugs vary by driving conditions, recommending different plug sizes for hills and level routes to prevent preignition. Bus and truck operators study driving conditions to choose plugs that maximize efficiency at lowest cost.
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Repute
Onder
Bus
Dayek
Housewife Host Shares Homemaking Tips on Radio
Mrs Helen Stevens fisher Montgomer Ward and company home advisor describes her daily DIY routine The pleasant part is when the little red signal lights blink and she goes on the air from Chicago studios to speak to women about homemaking Three days a week during Warm and Home Hour she discusses the unting Utule problems beset the lousewite
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Helen Stevens Fisher
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicagua NG
Guk
Bupkie La Enacts Ban on Instruments Interfering Radio
A local ordinance in Bupkie Louisiana prohibits any instrument that interferes with radio reception from noon to midnight. Violations carry a 25 dollar fine, imprisonment, or both.
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Bupkie
Lab Produces Short Radio Waves in Gueson Lab
Six inch wave lengths between 12 and 14 centimeters and roughly 5 to 6.44 inches have been produced in the laboratory of M. Gueson, a French wireless engineer.
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Youghly
M. Gueson
Purts
Automobile Notes and Driving Safety
A garbled note set on car care mentions carburetor tuning and engine oiling. It touches on traffic, buses, piston rings, and avoiding leaks while warning about crossing hazards and cautious driving.
Sports and football notes from era across colleges and pros
Brief clippings touch on Cartine field Notre Dame seating, Pinehurst golf, Hendricks remaining Cincinnati Regs manager to 1928, an airplane incident at football fields, push to curb football by a Women’s society, Cardinal sale remark by Sam Breadon, Army backs gains, Coach Biff Jones discontent with defense work, and various reflections on football and baseball figures including Col Earle Combs, Bobby Veach, Clifton Veach, Joe Jackson, William Meyer, and Ohio State center Pred Barralay highlighted as a standout talent amid Midwest buzz.
Nagurski Emerges as Minnesota Sensation
Minnesota halfback Bronko Nagurski from International Falls is identified by experts as a potential star on the Golden Gophers. He is praised as a strong defender and blocker, likened to Herb Joesting but noted for his speed and power.
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Bronko Nagurski
University of Minnesota
Nagurski
International Falls
Minn
Rumor Denied As Club Refutes Selling Out Claim
A club denies a persistent rumor about selling out. The piece mentions Washington and Jefferson with 129 players, describes varied golf skill levels, and references Bobby Jones and an eastern college famed for gudiron defeats setting concrete goals, plus talk of playing the Yanks with limited outfield presence.
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Washington and Jefferson
Bobby Jones
Battery Sets Lead in Sales Over Electrics
A commerce survey shows radio receiving sets sold by 326 jobbers in 1927 totaled 452,200. Battery sets account for 284,393 units while electric sets total 107,867, with overall sales reaching nearly 500,000 units nationwide last year.
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United States
Electrical Equipment Division
Department of Commerce
Giles
Antenna Tip For Short Wave Sets
A short wave antenna should not exceed 50 feet in length. A 15 foot wire often suffices and can receive signals from halfway around the world.
Stagg Seeks Correct Name For Himself in Print
Amos Alonzo Stagg, 86, University of Chicago coach, denounces misspellings and wrong attributions about his name. He urges accuracy in reporting his name as Amos Alonzo Stagg and rejects variants like Along Amos or Atmos. He defends his home pride and asks authors to correct the misrenderings.
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Stagg
Amos
Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
Purdue
Atmos
Alonzo A
Castoria
St Fort
Ieho
Punch Drunks Move Beyond Boxers, Medical Inquiry Says
The American Medical Association notes in its Journal that the so called punch drunk condition may affect nonboxers as well. Dr Harrison Murrland of Newark argues brain injury results from blows to the head and discusses symptoms from unsteadiness to severe mental deterioration. He warns against uncritical expert testimony and urges study for labor and disability boards.
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American Medical Association
Harrison. Murrland
M.D
Newark
N. d
Fang Describ
Enekoo
Vortur Marthind
Mercleal
Publte
Damrosch Plans Forty-Eight NBC Radio Concerts
Walter Damrosch of Saffonal Broadcasting arranges forty eight symphonic concerts for school children across the United States. The LMNs schedule with RCA covers four series graded for mental development from third grade through college.
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Damrosch
Walter Damrosch
Saffonal Broadcasting Company
Symptonic Nisle
United States
Lmns
Radio Corporation of America
NBC
Emergency Lever Used to Pull Car Out of Mud
Instructions explain how a single person can extract a car from mud using a rope tied to the axle, four stakes, a wooden lever, and a simple pole or forked stick to multiply pulling force. The method emphasizes using a lever and slack rope to generate upward leverage.
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Tve
Popular Science Monthly
My Favorite Stories Ate The
A brief item notes an unusual culinary mishap involving readers who claimed their favorite stories literally “ate” them in an ironic metaphor. Officials caution against misinterpretation and urge readers to check for errata in next edition.
A Little Story of Gratitude by Irvin Cobb
A humorous reminiscence notes aging tales and a parable from a visiting clergyman in a prison. It includes a joke about a murderer's bond with a rat and Rex Beach's amused reception of the tale.
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Rome
Newgate Prison
London
Record Yield of Wheat in Ishind County Washington
The Cropeskmites bureau reports a record wheat yield of 117.2 bushels per acre from 1895 in Ishind county Washington. The harvest weighed and measured, with likely losses from threshing heavy grain.
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Bureau At
Cropeskmites
Ishind County
Washington
Apples Keeping Qualities Tied to Growing Regions
A Bristol university report notes that apple keeping qualities depend on where the fruit is grown. Some varieties brown and deteriorate internally when stored in certain places, while others stored under the same conditions but from different growing regions resist breakdown.
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Bristol University
Jonathan
Dam Project Maintains Steady Course Amid Challenges
Officials report progress on a long running dam construction effort focused on steady capacity gains and resisting pressure to yield to shifting budgets and environmental hurdles. Strong agencies oversee design safety and funding adherence.
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Wehoal
Nebraska
Blue Howell
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Whner Uolm
Cartine
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Pinehurst
John (. Hendricks
Cincinnati Regs
Wumane Society
Cardinals
Sam Breadon
Army
Yat
Biff Jones
New York
Col
Earle Combs
Sampson
Rink
Bobby Veach
Clifton
Detroit
Portugal
Heegine
Joe Jackson
White Sox
William Meyer
Louisville
William Knebelkamp
Ccultics
Minnesota
Yanks
Bhi Russell
Russell
Mongolia
Ray Chapman Andrews
Irvin
Cobb
S&ce
Rex Beach
Pittsburgh
Thrysle
Phillps of
Mt Sia
Hanford
Ada Deere
Astoria
Garfield
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