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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
6
Boxers question the modern punching bag for building power noting it swings at head height and fails to train effective body blows. The article argues body punching is a lasting, damaging attack, yet few boxers develop the opposing chest and torso muscles, relying on head shots and the flashy air bag.
The Toronto International League club president proposes a meeting of clubs to appoint delegates to Barrow to discuss adopting different spikes. The push comes after a string of injuries, aiming to curb spike-related accidents this season.
Joe Wood and his brother Pete Wood finish the season with Lowell pennant winners in the New England league after a long drift through the season.
The cost of building and maintaining a cup defending yacht for Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenge is about 1 million dollars. New York Yacht Club members will share expenses for a vessel featuring lead keel, robin bronze plates, tall masts, and a 60 crew, with costs often doubling or tripling estimates.
West Point should drop football says Colonel Townsley in the academy annual report. He notes 75 percent of cadets needing medical attention last year were injured playing football and argues the sport fails to justify its training value. He also urges ending the appointment system for cadet selection in favor of a nationwide competitive exam.
Georges Carpentier the Trench heavyweight champion and Bombardier Wells the English champ will clash again at the National Sporting Club London on December 8 for two thousand five hundred dollars a side and the club purse of fifteen thousand four dollars.
Walter Schang may follow in the path of early world series catchers such as Forest Cady of the Red Sox who caught Joe Wood and impressed in the 1900s clash with the Giants. Jack Lapp also appeared in a world series as a rookie, guiding parts of games while Thomas handled most catching duties.
The New York Americans unveil plans for a new field stadium at Broadway and Exterior streets. Grandstand dimensions are 665 by 52 feet with a 59514 feet length on Twenty seventh street and a 264 by 5414 feet field stand. Estimated costs are 25000 for the grandstand and 12000 for the field stand. Brick and terra cotta construction.
President Herrmann of the Cincinnati Exhibition company announced the club will withdraw its application for a bar license at the Cincinnati National league park under the new state law. The decision follows a directors meeting and may end alcohol sales at the park.
Jim Shaw, Griffith's promising left handed pitcher, is hailed as a potential star by Walter Johnson. Griffith says Shaw is the best young pitcher he has seen break into fast company.
The article argues advertising shapes public buying, noting billions spent annually. It contrasts modern merchants marketing to the public with earlier reliance on merchants and promoters. It warns that unadvertised goods fade from memory and stresses newspapers as direct reach for sales.
Scientists warn the kiss no longer serves its primary function and signals affection. this reduces the need for smell in tracking enemies or finding food. The sense is said to be gradually weakening with each generation, potentially vanishing from most people in future generations.
The piece notes that hundreds of millions are spent annually in the United States on advertising and foresees a prosperous future for this fusion of science and art. It highlights the global concentration of brilliant minds devoted to its study and growth.
A terse editorial statement argues that publicity should reflect merit and longevity. repeated advertising without merit should be avoided and not rewarded with ongoing exposure.
A long running retail merchant warns an adversary that challenging him would risk too much at stake for an advertiser who has built a lasting business. The remark implies reputational and financial consequences if pressed.
The piece argues that truthful advertising preserves public trust and the advertising industry itself. It cites Maxims like honesty is the best policy and warns that deceit erodes a market’s psychology, risking the downfall of advertising when it repels the public.
A Pennsylvania lawyer who became a supreme court justice earned a record sum per word for the three words Stop Look Listen used on a railroad crossing warning. Paxson, once counsel for the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, produced the inscription after lengthy legal work and precedents.
In a casual note from the New York Evening Post two women banter about a day with no delivery. One asks the other to visit in the afternoon, bring her violin and various small errands, reflecting a rural town social exchange.
The Pompeii harbor, buried under lava and ash twenty four feet deep, may yield a treasure trove of relics from the great catastrophe. Pliny records refugees fleeing to the sea and dying there with their belongings. The harbor’s true position is uncertain and sits about 4000 feet from the current shore.
A pragmatic look at selling urges flexibility as success varies with plans. The text argues that rigid rules fail in practice and that what helps one person thrive may harm another, noting rules must adapt with intelligence and experience.
The note reflects on how advertising prompts initial desire for products and how people tend to buy what they are urged to try. It suggests that effective ads create interest and may lead to repeat purchases as consumers discover value in advertised goods.
Vienna reports Count Julius Andrassy has organized a new political group in Hungary called the Constitutional party. The movement, starting with 54 seats, mirrors many platform points of the ruling party led by Count Stephan Tisza, with aims seen as personal power for Andrassy and potential Radicals gains. plague fears persist across Austria Hungary amid limited success of sanitary measures.
A robin in Fort Collins was found by Mrs. A J Baker behaving erratically after consuming cherries dumped in the backyard. The bird appeared intoxicated, misjudged fence posts, and crawled under a tree as the effect wore off.
In Patchogue New York Miss Ella Barney a twenty year old woman has vanished from her home reportedly after her father spanked her authorities received a report of her disappearance identifying her as Ella Barney age twenty.
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