Prize Fight Effect On Local Business Echoed In Editorial
The piece notes the broad financial impact of a major boxing match on the economy, including taxes, transportation, and restaurant revenue. It compares modern coverage to historical views, referencing Dempsey and Runyon and suggesting widespread spectator travel and media attention will boost Chicago and national markets.
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Chicago
Jack Dempsey
New York
Damon Runyon
Runyon
Dempsey
Sullivan
Corbitt
Jeffries
TVA Mosquito Campaign In Valley Faces Setbacks
Readers report ongoing efforts against malaria linked to mosquito control in the Valley. Local residents urge renewed TVA action and broader community participation to finish suppressing the second batch of mosquitoes and protect Decatur Mor- Ban county area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Ork
Decatur
Mor- Ban
Public Opinion and the Digest’s Troubled Future
The piece argues public opinion shapes fate, noting the Literary Digest’s rise and sharp decline after a national election bust. It laments changes in appearance and content, while praising prior quality and questioning the magazine’s future prospects and accuracy of predictions.
Braddock Louis Title Bout Draws Big Gate Prospects
Chicago hosts the Tuesday night heavyweight title defense with Jim Braddock defending against Joe Louis. Despite not breaking attendance records, the event is expected to generate significant gate receipts and attract many press and telegraph staff to cover the bout.
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Chicago
Jim Braddock
Joe Louis
No Daily issue on June 21 1925
Historical record notes no edition of The Daily is on file for Sunday June 21 1925, leaving a gap in the archive for that calendar date.
Boxing Experts Then and Now in Prize Ring Lore
Chicago readers meet four hundred boxing experts who parse fighters training and offer thoughts. The piece recalls old columnists who peered at training and later became football and baseball critics, noting the shift to opinion over observation and a playful tale of Jack Kearns, Dempsey, Tunney, and Igoe in the Dempsey Tunney era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sia
Earth
Newport
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Philadelphia
Kearns Rages Over Igoe Dempsey Tunney Pick
In Philadelphia on fight morning, William D. Igoe condemns Dempsey and Tunney coverage. Crazed by press predictions, Samuel G. Igoe declares Tunney will win and vows to resist paying for work. He later stands in the fight hub, predicting the outcome.
No Silver Spoon
Wapato Washington June 21 Ernest Stacey three days old waves a new splint at nurses Doctors say he was born with a broken arm son of Mr and Mrs W Stacey
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Wapato
Wash
Ernest Stacey
W. Stacey
Saliva Kills Diphtheria Bacteria Says German Study
German bacteriologists report normal human saliva contains substances that curb virulent diphtheria bacilli and may destroy many disease germs. Heating saliva to about 120 degrees Fahrenheit neutralizes the substances, suggesting mouth antiseptics and nasal douches are often ineffective or harmful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
M. D
Germany
Office Cat Reveals The Husband's Penny for Crib Joke
A wife discovers her husband gazing at their baby in the crib. The man confesses he is stunned by the absurdity of paying 3.49 for the crib, prompting tender humor and a quiet moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushville
Elastic straw fashion returns in adult head wear
A quirky column notes belts of elastic under hair for grown women echoing children’s straw bonnets. It wryly comments on school math and governance, then trims to a joke about a student Robert failing a graduation exam as a horse runs a mile in an impossible time.
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Robert
Horse Race Debate Ends With Ethical Standstill
Robert declines to participate in horse racing arguing it conflicts with his principles while noting that another horse could cover the two mile distance in two minutes. He then withdraws from the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
All Things Come Right and Other Humorous Bits
A fragment from a humor column reflects on patience and fortune with verses about things turning right in time. Jokes follow about social manners and light banter, including Mrs Murphy and Mrs Patrick arguing over entertainment tax and a gag about a sales girl and a young man.
Canine Fashion Shifts Dominate Westminster 1937 Catalog
Garden dogshow in New York highlights Westminster 1937 with 3,144 dogs. Cocker spaniel leads at 205 entries, up 68 from 1936. Scottish terrier drops to 3rd with 134. Boston terrier climbs to 124, overtaking wire-haired terriers and Great Danes. Fashion in dogs mirrors changes in dress with no clear reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Dogshow
New York
America
Boston Terriers
Congress action highlights today
Senate continues debate on a 1.5 billion relief bill. Joint labor panel resumes wage hour hearings. Agriculture subcommittee opens Norris Power Flood Control bill hearings. House considers railway workers retirement bill. Interstate Commerce panel studies amending securities act. Agriculture panel discusses farm credit administration. Rivers and Harbors reviews Booneville Dam project.
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Associated Press
Senate
Joint Labor Committee
Agriculture Subcommittee
HOUSE
Interstate Commerce Committee
Agriculture Committee
Rivers and Harbors
Booneville
Broadway Burn and Allen Mae West at Atlantic City
Walter Winchell notes Burns and Allen may inherit the comedy while Mae West is offered ten grand for eight performances at the Atlantic City Legion convention on July 1 2 and 3 likely not accepted. He cites Hollywood plans for Rita Johnson and Saratoga with Harlow and previews revival of Will Rogers films. The column catalogs nightlife, gossip columns, and celebrity sightings across New York including Moonlight views and Broadway’s waning glamour.
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New York
Burns and Allen
American Legion
Mae West
Atlantic City
Rita Johnson
Harlow
Saratoga
Will Rogers
Frank Fay
Broadway
Lane
Oswald
Ken Murray
Air Show
Big Fray
Tyrone Power
Exce
Selznick International
Schildkraut
Sol Wurtzel
Charlie Chan
Berlin
Kindness to mice pays off for farmer in South Carolina
Addison Whetstone, a Black farmer in St Matthews South Carolina, once fed and tamed a litter of field mice found in a nest. A year later the mice returned with a $5 bill in the nest. In spring 1937 the brood returned again and left with a $10 bill in the nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Matthews
S. C
Addison Whetstone
Whetstone
No Parking Orders From Railroad To Protect Paint Job
Mrs Esther S Zandell of St Pauls midway industrial district asked the railroad to keep trains away for a couple of days to avoid smoke and soot while painting her house. Fred Rogers, superintendent of the midway terminal yards, issued orders stopping movements near her home to protect the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Esther 8S. Zandell
Midway
Fred Rogers
Midway Terminal
Zandell
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