Wrestling Not a Sport Says Grapplers Are Show Men
Bob Edgren argues wrestling is entertainment, not sport, noting New York regulatory crackdowns on fake bouts and torture holds. He recalls past real matches, contrasts public taste for thrills with genuine competition, and says the public accepts fakes as long as they entertain. He cites promoter attitudes and the public’s desire for dramatic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Boxing Commission
Tom Jenkins
Beel
Forty-second Street
Pinckney Pinchback Dead in Washington at 84
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback former Louisiana governor during Reconstruction days died in Washington aged 84 after thirty years residence there. Also note: company announces 38rd stock series with first payment January 10, 1922 and invites interested parties to contact J Franz at 202 East High St Exchange Realty Bldg.
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Louisiana
Washington
Pinckney
Benton Stewart Pinchback
J. Franz
Secoy
East High St. Exchange Realty Bldg
Princess Mary Engaged to Viscount Lascelles in English Match
London dispatch notes the engagement of Princess Mary, daughter of King George and Queen Mary, to Viscount Lascelles. The piece highlights public joy across classes, praise for an English match, Lascelles’s war service, aristocratic approval, and the family’s historic wealth and racing legacy. It emphasizes national pride in a native husband with strong lineage and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mary
George
Queen Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Mimnarch
England
Queen Victoria
John Bull
Harewood
Lascelles
West Indies
Charles II
Earl of Harewood
Marquis
Praise for American Poets Chicago School noted in France
In France Valery Larbaud surveys American poets of the Chicago School, highlighting how they reflect American life from Puritan and working class scenes to jazz and cinema. The piece surveys Riley Untermeyer Masters Lindsay Sandburg and notes their influence beyond the United States. A separate clipped item mentions a laundry wash service and a mislaid confidence anecdote about a bootlegger.
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Valery “Larbaud
la Revue de France
Paris
United
Walt ‘Whitman
Chicago
United States
Jean Catel
Les Marges
Wyoming
James Whitcomb Riley
Louis Untermeyer
Edger Lee Masters
Yachel Lindsay
Carl Sandburg
Sorting clothes during ironing saves trips to storage
The reader is advised to group similar garments while ironing. Create separate piles for each category to streamline putting away and reduce trips later.
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Bob Edgren
Robert Edgren
Thomas Kietns
Efferso
House OF Comfort
Jefferson
B. Pathe News
C. Vodevil
Honolulu
D. Maurice Tourneur
Waters
Radee’s
Mark Twain
Sky Ranger
Pinckney Pinchback
Schwartz Bros
Dunklin and
Madison
The
Delmonico
Monroe
By Lloyd Alien
United Press
Suf
Cianricarde
Harry Lascelles
Marcel
Gall
Marinello
Jefferson Candy Company
Chicago School
France
Cary
Heisinger Motor Co
Capital ‘City Building and Loan Ass
Birmingham 1 Age-Herald
Legger
Jagsby
Armstrong's “Drug Store
Whitman’s. Chocolates
Kodak
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