Loughran Seen As True Champion In Tough Boxing Era
The article lauds Tommy Loughran world light heavyweight champion for readiness to defend his title. It notes victories over McTigne Slattery and Lomski, calls him a fighting champion, and contrasts his gameness with era boxing trends and lack of challengers amid several titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Loughran
Loughran
Mike McTigne
New York
Jimmy Slattery
Leo Lomski
Harry McNamara
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Gene Tunney
Mickey Walker
Tommy Milligan
Sammy Mandell
Phil McGraw
Joe Dundee
Pete Lazzo
Sad Taylor
Tony Canzoneri
Chicago
Fidel la Barba
Benny Bass
Louis
Kid
Leo Lemski
Condition of Roads Improved Greatly
A Chicago Motor Club president cites a year of happier motoring, fewer speed traps, and increased police respect for peacekeeping duties. He links improved highway conditions to a Supreme Court ruling on officers’ duties and conflicts of interest reducing revenue motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hayes
Chicago
Mr. Hayes
Supreme Court
United States
Signs for Motorists on Unpaved Side Streets
A western town uses improvised stop signs on unpaved side roads. Old auto tires are buried in dirt with a painted stop visible above the surface to warn drivers as they approach a busy boulevard. The signs are low cost, effective, and harmless if driven over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Oscar Wiggenfost
Lincoln, Neb
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Why Many Sporting Experts Go Crazy
Veteran sports writer Bozeman Bulger discusses the intangibles of baseball such as team morale class and esprit de corps. He cites Christy Mathewson and Grover Hartley and notes that math cannot predict which teams will dominate the season mentioning the Yanks, Cardinals, Pirates, Giants, Cubs, Reds, Braves and Robins as potential contenders.
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Bozeman Bulger
The
Farm Journal
Army
Christy Mathewson
Grover Hartley
Yanks
Cardinals
Pirates
Giants
Cubs
Reds
Braves
Robins
Athletics
Washingtons
Tigers
Terse Bits of Sporting Events
Bob Zupke notes on football's intensity and the pace of race tracks. He observes about 10,000 men play for money with baseball clubs across the United States.
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United States
Baseball and sports notes from early season rosters
Ex Pirates player Carson Big Tee joins Portland outfield in the Atlantic Coast League. Florida hosts over 50 golf courses along its eastern coast. Yale Harvard Princeton and others feature indoor polo. Jim Wilson signs with Des Moines for the season. Adolfo Luque is the Reds oldest pitcher at 37. Roy Sherid to the Yankees in June after college. Golf revenues rise despite a small fee, totaling 40 000 in 1927 across five Chicago area courses. Snipe Hansen returned to Reading by the Cubs. Alabama alumni Gillis Barnes and Hayes now with Washington. Carl Spencer moves from Savannah to Macon on the Atlanta farm system. Yankees show teeth at world series chances amid spring scores.
Automobile items and cautions from a bygone era
A collection of car related notes mentions Czechoslovak government bus lines numbering 115, French car designs influenced by American styles, and a variety of cautionary tips about vehicle maintenance and driving behavior. It notes alibi phrases and urges keeping shackle belts lubricated to prevent bolts from freezing during operation.
Collett Dominates Metropolitan Golf Circle in 1928 List
Glenna Collett stands head and shoulders above the district’s women golfers per the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association. On the 1928 handicap list she is rated 2 plus Collett, with no other player within two strokes of her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenna Collett
Metropolitan Golf Association
Miss Collett
Battery Dope Claims Boost Battery Power Scrutinized
The National Better Business Bureau reports on battery dopes mainly made from cornstarch and criticizes blanket claims of charging or reducing resistance. It notes legitimate manufacturers’ cooperation and a shift away from labeling devices as eliminators, with 50 advertisers adopting bureau recommendations while seven kept the negative term.
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National Better Business Bureau
National Bureau
Bureau
Devil John Wright settles in peaceful Virginia hills
A retired figure tied to John Fox Jr. and the Wright fed gang, known as Devil John, now 76, lives near the Cumberland mountains in Wise County Virginia. He recalls a life as a border fighter and deputy sheriff, claiming seven confirmed kills outside of war and detailing his war gun and shooting practice.
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Pound
John” Wright
John Fox, Jr
Judd” Tolliver
John Robinson
Wright Fead
Kentucky
Cumberland Mountains
Wise County
Bride and Bridegroom Weds in Virginia After License Mixup
In Washington a bride tore up a marriage license after being mislisted as a widow. Raymond Mickum and Jean Dempsey, seeking a Maryland ceremony, were legally wed in Virginia where records showed Dempsey as single. The pair later obtained a Virginia license and married in Arlington.
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Washington
Raymond FP. Mickum
Jean Dempsey
Maryland
Virginia
Rockville
Lcense
Mickum
Dempsey
Wiley
Miss Dempsey
Montgomery County
Arlington County
Brothers Treated With Fire In Tennessee Robbery
In Huntingdon Tennessee three white men used hot irons on William Woodward a recluse and his invalid sister aged eighty one to force disclosure of their hidden life savings. After three hours Woodward fainted as intruders searched the farm home confiscating about 700 dollars. Local tales had pegged Woodward’s hoard at five to ten thousand dollars.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
William Woodward
Woodward
Gas ignition nearly kills Roy Boythe in Los Angeles
Roy Boythe, 48, in Los Angeles reportedly turned on gas seeking a cigarette and triggered an explosion that wrecked the room. Police say a final smoke saved him, and he was taken to a psychopathic ward cell after the blast.
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Blast
Los Angeles
Calif
Roy Boythe
Roy
Boythe
Mothers-in-Law Rights Questioned by German Court
The Reichsgericht overturns several lower-court rulings that favored husbands against their mothers in law, asserting wives hold precedence in family disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Federal Supreme Court
Reichsgericht
Puts An End to Bunion Pains
An advertisement promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a simple inexpensive remedy for bunion inflammation and swollen toe joints. It claims two ounces last long and offers money back if not satisfied. It also suggests veins or varicose concerns improve with nightly and morning application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
Men of the Trees Grasp Public Forestry Education Across Empire
The Men of the Trees organization, founded six years ago by an Englishman among Kenyan highland tribes, expands its work to educate public opinion across the British Empire in forestry and to instill love of trees in all communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenya
British Empire
Early History of Christmas Cards Noted in 1846 Designs
The earliest example of Christmas card art is attributed to J. Horstes R. A. in 1846 who created designs of this character. Demand for these tokens grew quickly and today Christmas cards are often praised for artistic merit in design and coloring.
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J. (. Horstes
R. A
Average tenure of twenty seven U S Presidents
The text notes that the average use attained by the twenty seven Presidents of the United States who have served was sixty eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canary Islands Brought To Europe By Spanish Traveler
A history note recalls that Canaries were introduced to Europe around 1400 A D by a Spanish traveler visiting the Canary Islands and carrying the berries. A housewife praises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes bought at grocers.
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Red Cross
Europe
Canary Islands
Beware of Always Talking Common Sense Trap
A reflective note warns that constant reliance on common sense can mislead and cost more than expected, urging caution in accepting simple explanations and urging discernment in everyday judgments.
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Bob Zupke
Carson Bigtee
Musburgh Pirates
Will Patcel
Portland
Florida
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania Military College
West Point
Jim Wilson
Boston
Des Moines
Adolfo Luque
Cincinnati Reds
Roy Sherid
Albright College
New York Yankees
Roy “Snipe” Hansen
Reading
Chicago Cubs
University of Alabama
Grant Gillis
Emile Barnes
Jack Hayes
Carl Spencer
Atlanta Crackers
Savannah
Macon
Atlante
Ue Auto
Czechoslovakia
Collett
M Louvet
France
America
Nembers c' Ng
Devil
John
Mississippi
Bumps
Bayer
Men
of the Trees
Clinton
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Louisa Redfield
DeWitt St
Pierce
Buffalo N. Y
Kremoia
Berry Coq
Michigan Ave
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