He Died Game in Frontier Tales of Old West
A Montana buffalo hunter, a Texas prisoner, and a Michigan lumberjack share grit under peril. Each faced death with resolve as fate tested the frontier breed. From Yellowstone margins to Rio Grande misadventure, the piece recalls those who went down fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Montane
Tier
Bupter
Texas
Rio Grande
Santa Ana
Mejor Cook
Henry Whaling
Michigan
Jimmy Powers
Fellows
Montana
Buffalo Hupter
Teaas Cowboy
Michigan Lumber Jack
When in Love With a Girl of Any Kind
A Chicago American advice item urges respect and tasteful conduct with various dating scenarios. It humorously warns suitors to avoid crude behavior with girl workers, bosses’ daughters, athletes, bakers’ daughters, or an old-fashioned girl, emphasizing courtesy and discretion.
Night games lighted by GE floodlights at West Lynn
Night baseball and football were successfully played last fall at the General Electric Company athletic field in West Lynn Massachusetts under floodlights and searchlights. A permanent illumination plan was adopted after the success, with five lighting stations for baseball and eight for football plus many 1,000 watt lamps, totaling about four to five million candlepower. The setup allowed spectators to follow high flies and a regulation four period game was played with several thousand onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
West Lynn
Mass
KGO Opens on Pacific Coast in Oakland
On January 8 two steel towers rose on Oakland’s western edge and from the antenna a new radio voice began broadcasting. KGO becomes the second link in GE’s three-station plan, following WGY in Schenectady and with a third to be built in Denver. The Oakland building houses studio control room and power plant as radio’s brief history expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
East Fourteenth Street
Oakland
San Francisco
KGO
General Electric. Co
United States
Cal
General Electric Company
WGY
Schenectady
N. Y
Denver
Col
Electric Irrigation Boosts Western Farms And Efficiency
The article celebrates electric power in irrigation as a key to steadier yields for western farmers. It notes that electricity allows precise, on demand rainfall in the desired ground area, reducing reliance on weather and cutting costs. Small systems with storage reservoirs can run overnight, refilling by morning for daytime use.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wakefield Advocate
Wakefield
Anaes
Hasbrook & Trezise Publishers
Elmo Scott Watson
Western News
Chicago
Wakefield Pharmacy
General Electric
O. H. Caldwell
Bronxville, N. Y
Keo
General Electric Co
Wakefield Township
Thomaston
Board of Review
Nels W. Jacobson
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