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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
7
Mike Keating, a cowboy on J. E. Boyce’s ranch near Delhnurt Texas, was knocked over by a bolt of lightning and left unconscious. He revived and demanded food, eating a large meal after months of poor appetite, with the incident reported by the New York Sun.
The nervous playwright savors a curtain call as critics cheer. The audience bursts into applause only after the manager announces the show will close tomorrow to make way for a new musical by the author of The Girl From Piftleburg.
A witty remark about a daughter being robbed of beauty is followed by a statistic showing the U S per capita wealth nearing two thousand dollars. The two items appear as separate humorous and economic notes in the page segment.
Mrs. Earl W Brannon, first woman football coach, trains the First District State Agricultural school in Jonesboro Arkansas. Formerly Miss Cozette McManagil of Lincoln Nebraska she assists her husband the official coach by drilling the second team and developing prospects for the first eleven.
A New York City writer notes kids in three city lots swiftly throwing and catching a football, showing a rising generation prefers open passing over plunging tactics. He argues this youth trend signals the passing game will endure and shape high school and college football.
Carlisle Indians will no longer be intercollegiate football contenders. Secretary of the Interior Lane ruled football must be subordinated to the school’s educational mission. Seventeen Carlisle Indians were employed in a leading auto factory last year and thirteen played or had played on teams. they returned to the school during the season sacrificing education and wages.
A broad sports column notes Washington’s single win in Detroit this year and comments on coaches like Crowell at Lafayette and Foster Stanford. It mentions boxing figures such as Mike Gibbons, Welterweight Freddie Welsh, and Kid Williams, plus college teams adjusting to graduations and the Grand American handicap growth with 227,200 targets.
Hughey Jennings discusses coaching in general and Princeton prospects, praising Rush’s leadership and temperament. He argues successful coaches must understand both baseball and football, impart knowledge, and earn a long contract to build a winning team at Princeton.
Scout Eddie Herz watches Ping Bodie in San Francisco to assess his comeback value for the Cardinals next year. Bodie boasts sharp eyesight claiming he can count nail heads in the center field fence from the plate and nerves to hit in Salt Lake.
In London at the naval and military sports carnival with about 2000 athletes, Jack Ronaldson of Australia defeated England's Private W. R. Applegarth in the 100 yard dash in 9.45 seconds, a slower time than Ronaldson's record 93-6 for the 220 yard dash where he beat Applegarth by about two yards in 21.45 seconds.
A veteran Boston car conductor loses his job and becomes a church sexton. He finds two cigars in a collection plate and solemnly warns a pillar not to light up, saying smoking in the three rear seats only.
An old ad warns to check Castoria bottles for the signature of Enibilin and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. A Princeton professor’s domestic trials surface when a woman challenged him on infant damnation, to which he replied he believes in it only at night.
A clipped exchange mixing fictional dialogue about safety and finance. A line references a fireproof vault and a joke about lawsuits yielding more than expected, illustrating a cautious attitude toward investments and legal risk.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription for kidney and bladder diseases. It touts rapid results, offers bottles at 50c and 1.00, and invites a 10c sample. The text also notes New York weekly chicken shipments and a fact about the swallow’s large mouth relative to body size.
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