Additions to Baseball Dictionary of Gratland Rice
A satirical glossary defines fan magnate umpire bug ballplayer pitcher batter wing fight er champion fighter referee spring training trip basehmit gate receipts strike out pennant with comic jab at baseball culture and figures. It portrays fans magnates umpires and players with humorous, zany descriptions and period tone.
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Gratland Rice
Bieachere
Kow
Elderfield
Griffith
McGraw
Chicago White Sox
Boston Nationals
Aggregation of High School Basketball Teams
With the season near end the school shifts focus from outside games to forming the strongest aggregate from four classes. The seniors lead the regular team with Allen and Phelps as forwards, Tunnington center, Hart and Everhard guards while juniors and sophomores follow in parallel roles and the freshmen positions remain unsettled.
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Allen
Phelps
Tunnington
Hart
Everhard
Junison
Goldsmith
Cook
Pudley
Sophs
Robinson
Cyley
Bar
Oenleer
Clough
Draper
Webber
Collins
Reese
Lorain Agh Consider One More Game Amid Finances
The Lorain high school basketball season near finish may add another contest at Lorain. Coaches cite rapid improvement since season start and larger crowds as reasons to schedule a final home game to aid finances. A farewell tour at the high school is planned for next Friday if negotiations succeed.
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Lorain
Elliott Prefers Molly-Coddles Harvard Debate on Football
President Elliott of Harvard argues against mollycoddling in sports and urges restraint on athletic excess. Theodore Roosevelt praised vigorous games while fearing overindulgence. Harvard leaders defend competitive sport. The exchange centers on maintaining intellectual and moral priorities in education.
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Avert
Roose
Hiliott
Harvard
Hexas
Teddy
Mumele
Elliott
Pitherefore
gandens@m
Gel
College
Eliott
Biggest Bargain Ever Offered for Large West Side House
7 room house with good drainage on West Side near shops. Suitable for boarding house. Fruit trees grapes currants cistern lake water gas. Monthly payments $10 with interest. Apply C. & Cox.
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C. & Cox
New Directory Out For Elyria Telephone Co
Elyria Telephone Company announces new directory available at the office on Went Second Street. Also notes a planned two special Pullman train excursions to Washington DC for teachers during Easter Vacation from March 20 to April 6. Details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Telephone Company
Second Street
Washington, D. C
Promptly Weekday or Sunday With No Charge Phone Offer
An advertisement promotes available service on weekdays or Sundays at no charge. Two phone contacts are listed for scheduling and inquiries. The text emphasizes free access and convenient timing.
RICHEST WOMAN IN BRITAIN AND WHIST HISTORY LESSONS
The wealthiest British woman is Welsh and single Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot owner of Margam Abbey Glamorganshire and Talbot estate worth about 1.5 million pounds with a share in a large trust fund. The article also notes Moyle on Whist with Hoyle’s early writings and quotes on the game’s intuition and language.
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Emily Charlotte Talbot
Christopher Talbot
Miss Talbot
Fletcher
Saltoun
Margam Abbey
Glamorganshire
Talbot
Moyle
Hoyle
Cavendish
Waxed Paper Usefulness in Everyday Housekeeping
The article extols saving waxed paper scraps from cracker boxes and small cardboard bores to wrap lunches and keep bread and cake moist. It notes its usefulness for lining containers and covering jelly glasses or jam pots, stressing economy from saving every sheet.
Brave Lighthouse Keeper Faces Ice Trek to Sag Harbor
In Cedar Island lift house his plucky wife tended the light while the keeper endured a grueling trek over ice to Sag Harbor. He broke through ice several times yet pressed on, secured food, and returned as the bay chilled. The episode appears in a period-in-tone newspaper fragment.
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Cedar Island
Sag Harbor
Mainlang
Poor Jones March Delights Flyoria Band Audience
The Flyoria band opened Sunday’s concert with Ross Fauver’s Poor Jones March a gaudy spring set praised by gallery patrons. Etta Florence Musser of Cleveland sang O Divine Redeemer and Morning and Night, earning encores, as the program blended classics with light music despite a small crowd. The writer laments Elyria’s attendance and calls for a town turnout at the March 24 final pop concert.
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Ross Fauver
Flyoria
Queshorn
Jones
Etta Florence Musser
Cleveland
Gounod
O Divine Redeemer
Poor Jones
Ross Faurer
Orpheus
Offenbach Tlower
Theo
Moses Tobani
Divine Redeemer
Manana
John M. Missud
W. Vincent Wallace Cornet Salo
A. D. Troutman
Ll. V. Thoroughewad
Erin
Ees
W. Bennet
Sola
Max Splicker
Othrs
Elyria
Homie ‘Organization
Band Boys
Meter Water Rate For All Consumers
The executive committee of the chamber of commerce discussed metering water rates at a Friday session. The report will be prepared by a committee including H. P. Bornton J. C. Smith BE G. Hine Gert H. T. Borden and Floq Wilford with a meeting planned soon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Acrutiny
E.G. Hinecert
Paul
IH. P. Bornton
J. C. Smith
G. Hine Gert
H. T. Borden
Floq. Wilford
Garden Patch Onion Harvest Yields Big Bucks
Charles Grites of Washington VI raises nearly four bushels from a 3 by 20 feet patch. At that rate an acre would yield about 2,904 bushels valued near 1,600 dollars. Also promotes Kennedy’s Laxation Gough Syrup as a fast acting cough remedy sold by all druggists.
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Charles
Grites
Washington
Kennedy
Newbro’s Herpicide Ad Promotes Germ Kill for Hair Health
An old advertisement urges men facing dandruff to use Newbro’s Herpicide to kill germs on the scalp and restore healthy hair. It claims the product clears dandruff by destroying germs and promotes hair growth. The notice lists Detroit Michigan as the company location and mentions sample requests by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Gample
Herpichla Co
Detroit
Mich
A. E. Frost
Windsor Hotel Offers Modern Rooms In Center City
Windsor Hotel at 1217 1220 Filbert St Philadelphia advertises modern up to date accommodations. American plan 2. to 3.55 per day European plan 1 to 2.50 per day. Also small ad for Hallister’s tablets and Hill optical services at 523 Broad Street.
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Windsor Hotel
Filbert St
Philadelphia
Hill
The
Optician
Broad Street
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TEE Torsu WE CO
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Hollister
C. Phillips & Co
EL Frost
United States
Eas
Patent Office
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Addrays
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Washington, D.C
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Chicago
U. S
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Ake Es
Hime
F. C. Wood
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