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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1910
Page
8
A fragmentary page blends patent medicine pitches with satirical quips and quotes from Harper's Bazaar and The Louisville Courier-Journal. It mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, a laxative, alongside light social snippets, church mice, and humorous exchanges about dresses, hotels, and gossip. The tone is a miscellany of period humor and advertisement snippets.
A Voosser girl wed a Kansas Tarcuer and two weeks later a cyclone paid a friendly call. It ransacked the yard ripping fences, scattering haystacks, and playing about the barn until peering through a window it retreated in alarm. The bride lay with fret pan of plat cuits, and the scene faded as the cyclone blew away.
The article profiles Jack Monument, a 24-year-old Briton now training in New York under Bruce Lawson Robertson. Once a near-champion, he has improved markedly, finishing third in the 1998 English half mile and showing potential in middle- and long-distance events.
The article notes two major rule changes unlikely to impact Michigan players in the upcoming season. It recalls last November's games against Pennsylvania and Minnesota, highlighting Yost era shifts with formations that allowed direct center exchanges, long passes, and varied backfield actions enhancing offense.
A New York announcement outlines the formation of a national Cash Prize League aimed at reviving professional athletics while cleansing amateur ranks. James B Sullivan, president of the Metropolitan district AAU, endorses the move as a step toward honest professional sport.
A Vermont mill worker turned baseball hopeful recalls his start accepting 24 chances and three hits, leaving mill work for higher pay in towns, and a leap via Burlington and the Eastern League to the big leagues. He reflects on the grit required and the lure of pro ball.
A world famous polo veteran praised American players after a recent New York tour. He noted the Americans introduced novel tactics and skill, calling their era a defining epoch in polo before returning with his Raneligh team for the international cup.
James Burke of St. Louis reportedly named manager of the Fort Wayne club in the Central League for the season. Carr resigned, Burke was to manage the Indianapolis club in the American Association.
A stranger questions who sits behind the bar as Charley, known as Brags Coach, faces a peculiar predicament after town visits. He fixed his teeth and, broke, ran a seven dollar gold fillin bill. The proprietor bars him from removing the coin yet keeps him from leaving without payment.
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