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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1927
Page
11
A detailed fashion and equipment survey for golfers in 1927 New York describes lightweight outfits and footwear. It highlights fabrics, colors, patterns like crepe rubber soles, two color models in tan and white, and accessories such as English wire spring belts, leather belts with tee loops, and straw or linen hats.
The piece urges readers to embrace higher food intake and regular exercise to gain weight rather than pursue extreme thinness. It recommends meals with butter, bread, vegetables with fat, fruit with sugar, and daily musk, plus prescribed exercise to improve posture and nerves. It emphasizes rhythm in activity, sun exposure, and leisurely recreation to balance body and mood.
Kansas City article describes contract golf as a new pastime after contract bridge. Players must call their shots and commit to a set number of strokes. exceeding the limit incurs penalties. The piece notes the game's novelty and belief it improves players' judgment and skill.
An article surveys American literary awards and figures, praising Robinson and Tristram as potential top works while critiquing prize politics. It notes Faul Greens, Leena Speyer, and Abraham’s Bosom as influential touches, with authors from South Carolina and debates over national taste.
Indianapolis report that Italian extraction Legionnaires holding an official Legion certificate of identification can travel to France with the Legion September 19 to 23 without fear of Italian draft. Mussolini decree exempts those with Legion certificates. ordinary passports still do not. Applications should be filed quickly due to space on official ships.
The federal Farm Facts notes the rapid disappearance of little red one room schools as the U S Bureau of Education reports 160000 exist with 10000 closed from 1922 to 1924 and more consolidations. It also highlights farm co operatives and rising agricultural schools in the South and urges firm accounting for profitable farming.
May 1927 report quotes Malthy, southern regional agent for the agricultural education service, urging vocational schools to study farm electricity. He says electricity will grow on farms, especially near dwellings and small machinery, and teachers must learn to operate farm electric equipment. He notes water power areas use it more and homes without water power install home plants.
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