Great Transcontinental Foot Race Seeks 1929 Stage
The article covers the successful 1928 transcontinental foot race sponsored by Pyle, with 199 starters, 55 finishers, and $45,500 in prizes led by Andrew Payne. It notes 15,000,000 spectators, plans for a 1929 race from New York to Los Angeles with $60,090 in prizes, and medical findings showing participants were physically improved after the run. Harry K. Gunn set a distance record by walking the course.
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Pyle
New York City
Andrew Payne
Claremont
Oklahoma
Nio
Los Angeles
Arizona
Philelphia
John Baker
Baker
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Cal
Phi Harry K. Gunn
Beauty Pies Dancers Panic As Exits Reached In Stampede
Panic struck as dancers fought toward exits causing women to faint and scream in the crowded venue. A Deaver Pa paper notes chaotic scenes and disrupted performances amid the panic.
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Deaver
Be That as It May and Misused Phrases in English
This fragment discusses common misuses and mispronunciations of English phrases including Be that as it may and how words like abuse vituperate and disparage are applied. It notes spelling errors and the idea that practicing a word three times helps ownership, urging vocabulary growth.
The Case of the Railroad
Samuel O Dunn warns in Houston that government policy harms railroads by pushing competition while regulating rates, risking unsatisfactory service. He cites losses in passengers and freight, job cuts, and reduced investment, urging a shift toward fair treatment and Christian social ethics.
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Houston
Tex
Samuel O. Dunn
Railway Age
Knife and Fork Club
Howsay
Siem
Agriculre
Commerce
Panama Canal
Mississippi River
Sov Rhment
Farmyard Tales and Wit From a Bygone Era
A fragment from a 25 year old Sackwoods area piece recalls farm anecdotes and humor. Tales include Earl Weaver Frank Astroth at the American Jersey Cattle Club, a sunset walk with calves and rival hogs, a joke about an automow, a rabbit and toad in a hole, farm visitors mistaking buttermilk sources, and quips on optimism and old machinery.
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Earl Weaver
Frank Astroth
American Jersey Cattle Club
Frank
Fragmentary dialogue and odd medical prompt in overheard remarks
A clipped exchange notes someone bragging about taking girls to expensive eateries and a medical student posing a dangerous hypothetical about gunpowder from a wall. The prompt answer suggests waiting for a doctor to arrive, illustrating the fragmentary overheard nature of the source.
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Ain
Nine Students in Speeding Car Meet Freight Crossing
An early morning incident reports a fourteen year old driver and nine high school students in a high powered sedan approaching a highway crossing at sixty miles per hour. They stopped when the freight whistle sounded and all emerged unharmed after the train passed. The piece weaves multiple brief, disjointed clippings about local happenings.
Former Carbondale mayor murdered in home
In Carbondale Mississippi a former mayor and his wife were murdered in their night by a gunman believed to have intended to rob their richly furnished home. Hundley, 73, a pioneer of the community, was killed with six 45 caliber bullets. his wife shot in the kitchen area and found badly injured in bed upstairs.
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Carbondale
Charle
Hundley
Portes
Hindley
Incorrect OCR Fragment Highlights Mistrustful Soba Region
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a faulty collection and an empty Daeket Soba on the Richéi Rote, suggesting a disrupted report from the Louw region. No clear names, dates, or events are readable to confirm specifics.
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Louw
Airplane Leggers Plead Before Dewey Des Moines
Milo Hilton owner and Leonard Carothers charged with illegal transportation after a Marshalltown plane was seized carrying about 500 bottles of whiskey and champagne. They were arraigned before Federal Judge C A Dewey, pled not guilty, bonds set at 5000 dollars, and civil action to confiscate the plane underway.
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Des Moines
Milo Hilton
Leonard Carothers
Marshalltown
Champaign
C. A. Dewey
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Ham OF
the Nazarene
Jesus
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Calvary
Ameringlo-Saxordom
America
Weamer
Sackwoods
Cherbonnier
Alo
Liherry
Gary
South Pole
North Pole
Tob
Abe Martin
Jack
Cleveland
Bord
Tord D. It
Mr Wart
D.C. Fulton
FW. Kawere Howard
Frank Stewart
Brady
Charles Thomas
D. D. Sherman
George T
Tilbet
Klein's Luggage Dept
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Gladstones
Belcher
Dubrie
Klein Klothing KO
Airplane
Dewey
Xmas Food
Selec
California
Dremedary
Bagana
Benteco Store
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