Fraught Ringside Tales From Famed Card Headlines
An Adventurous collage recalls bouts and boxers at Polo Grounds and Mitchel Field. It notes Kid Chocolate Quadrini, Jackie “Kid” Pearson, and Terris DR among aging stars like Sammy Mandell and Bud Taylor. The piece links past glories, scattered odds, and lingering questions about title paths and present form.
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Long Papo Oth
Ashord - Stadium
New
Id Chocolate
Jackie
Menty Perlick
Kid Chocolate
Berg
Polo Grounds
Cago
Sammy Mandell
Bud Taylor
Taylor
Sammy
Bud
Watermelon Festival Parade Plans Draw Wide Participation
The 1930 Watermelon Festival in Hope Arkansas outlines a Thursday parade with about 25 bands from across Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma. Queen coronation at 2 10 pm and a 3 30 pm public watermelon feast top a day featuring air show by Little Rock aviation units and multiple floats from regional businesses and clubs.
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Kier
Geney
Louisiana
Oklahama
Kansas
Sara Louise Gentry
Fair Grounds
Robinson
Joe T. Robinson
Gentry
Geraldine Busby
15Ith
Little Rock
American Eagle
Commandaire
Arkansas
Oanty
Washington
Hope Banks
Second Street
Walnut Street
Walnut
Thirdtree
Third Street
Main Street
Division
Elm Street
Fifth Street
Washington Street
Sixth Street
Springnil
Springhill Road
Park
Texarkana
Hope Boys Band
Queen's
Maid's
Queen
Grand Theatre
Martin's Boys Band
Hope Furniture Co
Boy Scout
B. A. Hamm Motor Co
South Arkansas Implement Co
N. W. Denty
Foreman
Ashdown
DeQueen
Nashville
Haynesville
Prescott
Gurden
Camden
Arkadelphia
Malvern
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Hugo
Soviets Buy Large Shares in Iron Exports
Berlin reports the Soviet government has bought 95 percent of Poland's exportable iron for 1930 at about 40 million marks. Simultaneously Moscow purchased iron valued at 50 million marks from Otto Wolff and Wittkowitz Works of Czechoslovakia.
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Berlin
Sovie
Poland
Moscow
Otto Wolff Company
Wittkowitz Works
Czechoslovakia
Pocket Billiard Match To Be Staged in City
Me Culberson owner of the Brunswick Billiard Parlor on South Elm street announces a billiard meetup and demonstrations in risky and money shots Thursday. The match will be between professionals Glenn B. Lenshart and William Brown known as Bill Cliftwell.
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Fce
Me. Culberson
Brunswick
South Elm Street
Glenn B. Lenshart
William
Bill) Cliftwell Brown
Melon Cutters Wanted for Southwest Arkansas Fair
Twenty five melon cutters are needed Thursday at the Southwest Arkansas Fair Grounds. Volunteers should apply to George W. Robison, general chairman of the 1930 Watermelon Festival, and the carrier the better.
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Southwest Arkansas Fair Grounds
George W. Robison
Stone Swallowing Fatal in Yugoslavia Beetle Bet
Nine year old Ferdinand Niko Nieg of Kavadar formed a stone swallowing bet with an older boy to win a back bone from the rival. He swallowed 96 stones and died of blood poisoning after an operation to remove them. The older boy had pretended to swallow each stone as a joke.
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Kavadar
Jugoslavia
Terdinand Niko- Nieg
Bel
Ferdinand
Honey Crop Outlook Drops in Indiana Amid Dry Weather
Indiana expects honey production to fall from about eight million pounds to roughly one million pounds this year. Charles Yost, head of the apiary inspection department, cited dry weather, burning trees and honey plants as major causes of the sharp decline, according to the expert.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Charles Yost
Spiary
Territory myth puzzles Arizona life magazine mailing room
In Phoenix on August 6 a U P report notes the New York life insurance magazine still sends mail to the Secretary of State of the Territory of Arizona. Secretary J P Fraizer comments on the ongoing mislabeling reflecting Arizona's territorial status in state records.
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Phoenix
Ariz
New York
Arizona
United States
J. P. Fraizer
Turtle Catcher Scores Big In Moss Back Turtles
SYLVANTA Ohio Aug 6 UP J Dallas Strohl a noted turtle catcher reports a week long haul of 40 moss back turtles weighing a total of 381 pounds He forgoes fishing and traps them by hand noting a single turtle near 42 pounds in past hunts.
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Sylvanta
Ohio
J. Dallas Strohl
Strohl
Walker children observe birthdays in Reidsville
In Reidsville North Carolina three Walker children celebrate birthdays born July 18 Margaret twelve in 1918 Elizabeth three in 1927 and Jacqueline two in 1928 all as part of a family birthday commemoration reported in local notices.
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Reidsville
N.C
W. M. Walker
Margaret
Elizabeth
Jisqueline
Bees Delay Traffic In Crewe Department Store Sale
A queen bee arrived at a local department store causing her swarm to follow and delay traffic for about an hour in Crewe England. Swarm attracted curious shoppers and police controlled the scene as officers redirected vehicles and kept the area safe while the insects scattered.
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Crewe
Eng
Where Reds Are Active in China This Tap Shows New Trouble Zone
The article describes Communist forces in China expanding operations against Nationalist troops. It cites a captured city Chungssa as a base and mentions Hankow Kinkiang and Nanchung as threatened. It notes the U S gunboat Paris Jaden with American refugees reported on the Siang River near Changsha.
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China
Chungssa
Hankow
Kinkiang
Nanchung
U.S
Paris
Siang River
Changsha
Child Found Uninjured After Concrete Block Crush Near Monticello
A boy narrowly escaped serious injury when a concrete block weighing nearly a ton toppled and trapped him. Six men freed the boy as observers noted he emerged unhurt from the wreckage beneath the block in Monticello, New York, on a damp afternoon.
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Monticello
Ida Tarbell Lived In Paris On 160 For Six Months
Ida Tarbell noted author and foe of business trusts spent six months in Paris with 160 dollars. When expected payments for her writings did not arrive she pawned her cotote watch to cover expenses.
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Ida Tarbell
Paris
Easterwood To Offer Paris Dallas Hop Prize
Colonel W. B. Easterwood of Dallas announces potential future prizes for-a Madrid to Dallas air route via New York. He currently offers a 25 prize for Paris New York Dallas flights, welcoming aviators to compete in both contests as he visits to study aviation conditions.
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Easterwood
Madrid
W. Be, Easterwood
Dallas
Tex
New York
Rome
Paris
Girl Plans Agricultural Path From Family Farm
Leela Griffin 17 of Sempronius Syracuse New York intends a two year agr icultural course at Homer Heathensy this fall before attending Cornell University’s agricultural program. She aims to aid her father in the family farm established by ancestors on the Sempronius property.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Leela Griffin
Homer
New York State Agricultural School
Cornell
Sempronius
Water Shortage Delays Jefferson Well Drilling
Jefferson Tex Aug Drilling at tussel well No 1 paused as preparations for a larger water supply continue. At 100 feet drillers encountered gas and were halted when a nearby water supply became unavailable under law. Operators plan to resume drilling and seek alternative water sources from a distant civela shaft.
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Jefferson
Tex
Tussel
Rahi Law
ManitoWisc Patrols Officer Arrest Of Drunk Driver
In Manitowoc Wisconsin on August 6 Patrols allowed three year old Joseph Waniger to finish lunch before arresting him after he drove Willy down the left side of a local street. Waniger pled guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated and paid a fine of one dollar.
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Manitowqc. Wis
Joseph Waniger
Urrest
Waniger
Willy
Builty
Relief From Curse of Constipation From Rexall Orderlies
A Rexall Orderlies tablet is advertised to draw water into the bowel to soften hard waste and provoke natural movement. The ad claims constipation causes many ailments and promises relief by chewing one tablet at night for a brighter next day, available at local druggists.
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Rexall Orderlies
Rexall Orderlie
Steve
Jobst S. Gibson Drug
Piles Sufferers Offered Quick Relief Ad by Val Ward
Piles caused by internal stress are discussed with claims of rapid relief using a medicine prescribed by Dr Leonhardt. An ad from Val Ward & Son markets a product called FAM-ROID promising quick, safe, lasting recovery at the reader’s expense.
Lift Corns With New Joyful Foot Bath Ad
Old style ad claims a magical corn removing foot bath called Rudox from Ward & Son or Brian's Drug Store. It advises mixing two tablespoonfuls in a gallon of hot water to soften and lift corns, promising immediate relief and comfort. The tone is promotional and period specific.
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Eugland
Magic Lessment
Ward & Son
Brian's Drug Store
Radex
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Raffalo Giordano
Corbett Ili
Fresno Wi
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Reed
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Mitchel Field
George
Piogras
Dwight F. Davis
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Australia
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Clem
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Soviets
Hope
Hempstead County
Peiping
A Hohan
Jamset Hinsein
Ming Pi
Southwest Arkansas Fair
Jefferson Well
Moreland
America
National Park
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