Diverse regional styles shape early basketball gameplay
William Brancher reports on how the game varies across regions with rougher eastern play and the middle western slam-bang style. Coaches Bri tt Dean, Roy Yougher, and L. P. Andreas cite differing approaches, rule adherence, and the common goal of standardizing play through interregional contests and reducing stall tactics.
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Britt Dean
Diatia University
Roy
L. P. Andreas
Syracuse University
Andreas
International track men head to Australia for meets
George Simpson and Ohio State sprinters travel to Australia with Harlow Robert from Stanford and Rufus Kiser of Washington mill to contest a series of track meets. A Michigan freshman high jumper, Mossisio, cleared 6 feet 3 inches in trials, and coach Hoyt expects record breakthroughs. Memorial Day race seats sold early in Indianapolis with a crowd record likely. Connie Mack and Tom Shibe golf rivals near Mount Plymouth, Florida. Jim Corbett recall on the barge fight and a rival’s remark about getting another shot.
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George Simpson
Ohio State
Harlow Robert
Stanford
Rufus Kiser
University of Washington
Miller
Australia
Michigan
Hoyt
Mossisio
Hartford
Conn
Indianapolis
Steve Hannagan
Connie Mack
Tom Shibe
Mount Plymouth
Fla
Jim Corbett
Choynski
Joe
Jim
Penney Manager to Attend Dallas Convention
Stonequist manager of the Penney Co store in this city will attend the spring convention in Dallas Tex. The event was moved from April to allow Penney store managers to leverage new merchandising and price policies. Price reductions up to 40 percent are noted in staple lines with further announcements anticipated on new price and quality cards.
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Stonequist
Peney Co
Dallas
Tex
Penney’ Co
Ohio Students Study Lighting Effects on Work
Ohio State University industrial engineering students will study how different lighting types affect work speed as part of Ohio Engineering Experiment Station research. Instead of workers, students perform tasks under mercury vapor, incandescent, and daylight lighting, recording and charting speeds to identify illumination best suited to various occupations.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.P
Department of Industrial Engineering
Ohio State University
Ohio Engineering Experiment Station
Railroad Train White Elephant For County
Walnut Ridge Arkansas report notes a UP dispatch describing a railroad train project deemed a white elephant for the county. The brief item cites local officials weighing costs and potential benefits amid budget concerns and public skepticism.
Hand of Authority Ties to Betsy Ross Lineage
The Hand of Authority is presented as the son of Dr and Mrs Donaldson Beale Cooper and a great great great grand-nephew of Betsy Ross, highlighting a notable ancestral connection within a historical narrative.
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Mrs. Donaldson Beale Cooper
Betsy Ross
Lives With Bullet in Heart Inspires Hopeful Report
Virgil Bennett an 18 year old from Kan. has recovered after a gunshot wound left a .22 bullet lodged in the heart’s pericardium. Doctors chose not to operate, and after three weeks in hospital he left well and shows no lasting ill effects, with optimism for a long life.
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Ny Nea
Harts Center
Kan
Virgil Bennett
Virgil
Lawrence County Seizes Frisco Train as White Elephant for Sale
Lawrence County officials hold a seized Frisco line engine eight red box cars and a crimson caboose after the railroad refused to build required sheds in Hoxie. Following state and federal court rulings in favor of complainants the company faced fines and fees totaling about sixteen thousand dollars. Bids recently opened attracted only thirty cents, leaving the train as the county’s unsold white elephant.
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Lawrence County
Frisco Railroad
Hoxie
Arkansas Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Frisco
Snakes Indicate Mild Winter For Montana
Great Falls Montana dispatch reports two rattlesnakes seen basking in sun. Indigenous observers in northwestern Montana interpret this as a sign of an open mild winter to come. They note the usual deep winter cold typically begins late January, peaks in February, and can extend into April.
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Great Falls
Mont
W.P
Montana
Betsy Ross Second Marriage Commemorated Tablet Unveiled
A tablet marking Betsy Ross's second marriage was placed at Gloria Dei church in Philadelphia exactly 152 years after her first marriage to Captain Joseph Ashburn. Ashburn, a Philadelphia master mariner, died for independence. Ross later wed a third Philadelphia sea captain, John Claypole. The tablet was unveiled by Donaldson Beale Cooper Jr., two years old.
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Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Gloria Die
Joseph Ashburn
Ashburn
John Ross
Bets Ross
John Claypole
Mill Prison
England
Donaldson Beale Cooper Jr
Local News Briefs on Community Members Illnesses and Visits
Arthur Mattison has been ill for several days. Hattie Fincher injured her leg but is improving. Joyce Lee and family visited relatives near Bodcaw over the weekend. Eddie Carlton of Bluff Springs spent last week with her parents, Luther and Mrs. Mattison.
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Arthur Mattison
Hattie Fincher
Joyce Lee
Bodcaw
Eddie Carlton
Bluff Springs
Luther Mattison
From Farm To City A Life Of Hard Work
A speaker reflects on leaving the farm at twenty to seek urban work, stating thirty years of effort to earn money for living in the country. The passage contrasts rural roots with city labor and questions the reward of such toil.
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Trn
Port Townsend Sees Two Murders in Forty Years
In Port Townsend two murder cases arise after a long quiet period. Seattle lawyer John Dore will defend Mrs Lulu Gene Hilsinger charged with first degree murder of her husband George F Hilsinger Fort Worden warrant officer. The last murder trial here occurred in 1880 with Dominico Coella defended by a lawyer named Fairfield.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Park Townsend
John D. Fairfield
John F. Dore
Seattle
Fairfield
Dominico Coella
John Deletis
Coella
Dore
Lulu Gene Hilsinger
George F. Hilsinger
Fort Worden
Alfalfa Field Becomes Mother to Midwest Agriculture
Lexington Nebraska reports the Arnold Brothers sowed a field of alfalfa twenty years ago that grew into the central source for much of Nebraska and western states. The Hardistan variety endures severe winters and spans large tracts. A deposited box record recalls prices for cotton and whisky in past markets.
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Lexington
Old Paper Quotes High Price for Cotton
Gummed clipping from 1855 advertises a glycerin based laxative Adierilka claiming rapid cleansing of stomach and bowels, relief from constipation in two hours, and removal of unknown poisons. Promoted in Austin Texas and Houston with claims of safety and quick results.
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Adlerika
Adierika
Austin
Tex
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Tndorff
Mny
Widorf
Penney
Walnut Ridge, Ark
Laufer
Jimmy Wilson Caddht
Moung
Welk
Soule
Ten Tyrer
Alfalfa Field
Midwest
Houston
New Orleans
James A. Dumas
Lynn
Mass
Jearn
Guk
Ganye
Ige
Cremo
Dr. Dumas
United States Department of Agriculture
Geman
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