Baseball Hall of Fame picks stir barracks debates
A Montauk corporal asks who are the top players by position from the Hall of Fame group. The author lists choices from Ty Cobb to Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, with Sockalexis noted as an overlooked great. He notes Johnson and Young as standout pitchers and Ruth as the best all around. The piece ends with wartime sport support among service members.
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Montauk
Yankee Stadium
Cobb
Ruth
Speaker
Honus Wagner
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Bill Dickey
Mickey Cochrane
Gabby Hartnett
Buck Ewing
Roger Bresnahan
Christy Mathewson
Grover Alexander
Lefty Grove
Lou Gehrig
George Sisler
Bill Terry
Nap Lafoie
Eddie Collins
Rogers Hornsby
Frank Frisch
Jimmy Collins
Pie Traynor
Art Devlin
Bill Bradley
Joe Jackson
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Dutchman
John McGraw
Wagner
Jackson
Lajoie
Collins
Hornsby
Johnson
Babe Ruth
Cobb and
Hans Wagner
Andy
Matty
Sockalexis
Cleveland
Giants tumble under Ott crowding as boos grow
The New York Giants face a bleak season with Mel Ott enduring boos from bleachers for the first time in his Giants career dating to 1926. Writers note the team is last in the National League with little supply of replacements and a heavy front-office burden amid wartime changes and attendance declines.
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Mel Ott
New York Giants
The
Giants
Ott
Polo Grounds
Frank Frisch
Johnny Ring
St. Louis Cardinals
Rogers Hornsby
Leo Durocher
Atlanta
Jimmy Dykes
Philadelphia
New York
Flattering Basque Frock Pattern for Busy Women
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1854 B offers a stylish Basque dress suitable for nine to five wear and dates. Sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with busts 30 to 38 inches. size 14 (32) requires 4 yards of 39 inch material.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1763 B order notice
Pattern No 1763 B is offered for sizes 32 through 46 with size 34 short sleeves and fabric yardage of 3 3 4 yards of 39 inch material. Due to high demand and wartime conditions processing times are longer for popular patterns. Send orders to the stated address.
Quotations from Poets and Thinkers
A collage of famous lines about life, thought, gratitude, and character. It includes Macaulay on free discussion guiding truth, Schiller on inner treasure, Whittier on hope in the present, Proverbs blessing mothers, Johnson on popularity, and a note on life’s limited gifts.
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Macaulay
Schiller
John G. Whittier
Samuel Johnson
Blind Man's Baseball Uses Cables for Guiding Play
A Collier's described game for the blind features a five player team with a pitcher catcher and three base players. A three inch metal ring on a waist high cable runs from the catcher to near second base guiding play. The ring is returned to the catcher to advance runners and a homer occurs when all basemen miss it.
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Collier's
Camel cigarettes favored by service members across all branches
The ad notes Camel as the preferred cigarette among Navy, Army, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel. It cites actual sales records from service men’s stores and suggests Camels as a popular gift. Post Office restrictions limit overseas shipments, but Camels can still be sent within the United States to service members in all branches.
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Navy
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
U. S
General Knowledge Quiz Questions Asked
A set of ten trivia prompts covering erg definition traffic canals wind seasons Queen City of the Lakes West Point superintendent Confederate general Berengaria husband Cus ter last stand Indians lead ore principal ore Rhode Island size state area smallest state after Rhode Island world iron output figures sought.
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Suez
Panama
Sault Ste. Marie
Rhode Island
Quiz Answers On History Geography And Chemistry
The items list quiz facts: Custer’s last stand against the Sioux. locations Galena and Delaware. a claim about the world’s annual iron output not exceeding 1,000 pounds. and a definition of pure iron with impurity ratio 1 to 100000 used in standards work in laboratories.
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Custer
Galena
Delaware
Junk furniture remodeling sparks homemakers' inventive buys
Young homemakers scout junk furniture for remodels. A 40 year old buffet is shown repurposed into a chest under a window to serve a sewing and guest room. A wood chisel is useful for shaping and fitting the new piece.
GULLY ee and Percy exchange quips on deceit
The dialogue includes a quip about a man deceiving his wife and a response labeling such a person a wizard. The fragment references names GULLY ee and Percy and presents a witty exchange without additional context.
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Percy
Flage
Energy measure and historic names listed for puzzle
An apparently dated puzzle item mentions energy measure and several proper nouns including Sault Ste Marie Buffalo Robert E Lee and Richard the Lion Hearted. The line hints at a wordplay or trivia set rather than a connected news event.
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Sault-Ste. Marie
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert E. Lee
Richard the Lion Hearted
Talkative Lady and Fisherman Clash Over Fish Tale
A verbal clash follows a fisherman's remark about catching a mouthy fish. The talkative woman counters that a big man may be better off not tormenting the innocent. The exchange centers on who bears responsibility for the encounter.
Simple Andy Outwits Town Trickery
In a small town a simple man named Andy is shown off by villagers who offer two coins, a nickel and a dime. Andy always takes the nickel. A visitor asks if he knows the difference between the coins. Andy replies that he knows the difference but would be refused the dime if he ever took it.
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Andy
Grief, Rice, and a Wry Wedding Comment
A sailor lays flowers at a grave and sees an old Chinaman placing a bowl of rice on another grave. The exchange about timing ends with a joke. In marriage to an heiress the groom faces a checkmating outcome.
Lipstick Mishap Stirs Wry Child Complaint
A boy on his front doorstep tells a sympathetic neighbor he would not eat sis lipstick again even for spite, describing his unhappiness in a light, humorous moment.
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Ty Cobb
Andy Oakley
Western Newspaper Union
Cubs
Yankees
Herb Pennock
Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn
Vance
Gordon Slade
Cardinals
Jake Flowers
Owen Carrol
Detroit
Athletics
Terry
Henry Armstrong
Henry Jackson
St. Louis
Louisville
George Bird
Hillyard Bird
Pennsylvania
Roxie Lawson
Tiger
Lincoln Cross
Rambouilllet
E. W. Wayman
Ingomar
Mont
Mitchell
Leggat Hotel
Butte
Guernsey
Heifers
Fred Chandler
Chariton
Iowa
Feathers
Sterling Feather Company
N. Broadway
J. Louis
Missouri
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
TH Ce
Pear
Num Seven
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Bedford Hills New
Kellogg's
Ane Tee Premaraee
Coleman Lamp & Stove CO
North St. Francis St
Wichita
Kansas
Joseph H. Hart
Pan American Airways
Peg
Fleischmann
Sylvia
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