Sonnenburg Wins Cage Title and Market Rumors Stir
Gus Sonnenburg, a college man, dethroned Ed Lewis with a flying tackle to claim mastery of the mat. Boxing whispers swirl after Tex Rickard’s death about a possible Dempsey return, while basketball activity grows in big cities and Cameron eyes a new gym to spark leagues among churches and fraternal groups. Miller Huggins pushes early starts as Ruth, Gehrig, and Pennock prep for spring, with hot stove chatter about the Yankees’ perch at the top through a dramatic World Series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Sonnenburg
Ed “Strangler
Lewis
Gus
Sonnenburg
Tex” Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Manassas
Miller Huggins
New York Yanks
Herb Pennock
St. Petersburg
Fla
Babe Ruth
Gotham
Wiley Moore
Birds
Oklahoma
Ruth
Gehrig
Yanks
St. Louis Browns
Athletics
Cardinals
Baseball and college football coach rumors and league outlook
The piece predicts tense times for Haggis' gang with potential losses and a tightening season. It notes New material shortages and a near-collapse last year, while the National League should deliver lively diamond battles. It mentions the Chicago Cubs as a current edge and discusses TCU and Center College coaching prospects to replace Matty Bell.
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Haggis’ Gang
Colonel Ruppert
Chicago Cubs
Matty Bell
Bo McMillan
Center College
Kansas A. & M
Bell
Essex Challenger Introduces Four Wheel Floating Brakes
The Essex Challenger debuts a full floating two shoe four wheel brake system. It provides 100 percent braking efficiency forward or backward with no tendency to drag and uses water and oil resistant pressed lining. A single no tool adjustment maintains complete effectiveness as wear occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Essex
Whitey Walker Sought by Texas for Murder
Governor Moody requisitioned New York to deliver "Whitey" Walker who is under arrest in Buffalo and wanted in Texas for murder. Moody telegrammed New York’s governor to secure the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitey” Walker
Texas
Moody
New York
Austin
Dan Moody
Rangers vow to hand Walker to chair if conviction fails
Captain Frank Hammer of the Texas Rangers says he is confident they can send Walker to the chair if they cannot convict him. The statement frames a pursuit of the death penalty as the next step in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Frank Hammer
The
Texas Rangers
Maysfield 4 H Club Meets At School House
The Maysfield 4-H Club met January 11 1929 with members Opal Allen Ada Lee Massengale Nell Red Artie Mae Red Jo Baylor Bernice Baylor Ruby Nicholson Mary Alice Phipps Willie Holloway Myrtle Holloway Mary Paterson Velma Waits Mildred Thweatt Grace Thweatt and others. Grace Thweatt Willie Holloway and Mary Alice Phipps received pins and certificates. New officers elected Grace Thweatt president Nell Red vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Allen
Ada Lee Massengale
Nell
Artie Mae Red
Bernice Baylor
Ruby Nicholson
Mary Alice Phipps
Willie
Myrtle Holloway
Mary
School Club Notes Moonlight Prom Plan
Song Leader Ada Lee Massengale and Yell Leader Jo Baylor are quoted. Some girls submitted a picture of their bedroom work. The group adjourned to meet again at the school house on Friday January 25 for a beauty and a joy forever motif, with a joke about meals at a corner restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Lee Massengale
Jo Baylor
For Sale Pitch on Breakfast Nook and Fertilizer Use
A quirky ad like line touts a breakfast nook as a potential sale item. It hypes Fidelity Fertilizer to grow yields on 10 acres instead of 20 and mentions Weems Gin in a rustic countryside setting.
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Rickard
Tex
Cameron
Cc. N. Green
Leland Green
Cc. N. Green & Bros
J. H. Sapp
Essex Challenger
S. M. Burns
Federal Land Bank of
Houston
W. G. Gillis
Cameron National Farm Loan Association
Cameron, Texas
Freeman Shoes
Stetson
Manhattan
Max Collins
Maysfield
Miles
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Mamie Arnold Hefley
Stanton E. Dossett
Keith Electric Co
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