What Might Have Been for Gridiron Heroes of Oglewash
A fragment laden column riffs on union scale pay for college football players and Big Ten/Six era shifts. It notes Iowa and Kansas scandals, insurance payments to players like Big Jim, and a Maryland racing history with jealous comparisons to football pay. The piece blends satire with risk of scandal and pockets of archival trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oglawagh
American Federation of Labor
Towa
Farroha
Wackfield Garrison
Big Jim
Dave
Kansas
Iowa
Papes
Farrahs
Jim
Batts
Tona
Ubrella
What a Scrample This Is Abstract of Warrants
Abstract of warrants recorded in November 1930 by Dawne I McRae as collector. Notes include allowance on collector, five band, Calin Colt records, and balance on hand as of November 3, 1830.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pimfled
Maryland Jockey Club
Congressional Library
Washington
Maryland
Maryland Jorkey Club
Pimilco
Baltimore City
Frederick Road
Franklin Turnpike
I McRae
Colt Records
Americans Still Paying Costs of War 12 Years After Armistice Signed
United Press report notes a dozen years after the armistice ending World War I, Americans still bear the financial and social costs of the conflict. The piece reflects on long term consequences faced by citizens and institutions in the postwar era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph 1
Baird
United Press
Washington
Dezen
Unknown Soldier Story of a Boy Named Jim
A historical piece recalls a World War I Unknown Soldier mystery and a boy named Jim. From a high school athlete to a missing in action figure, his dream of letters and sportsmanship clashes with war’s fate. The narrative traces his path from Boye’s era to Belleau Wood and a battlefield final act that defined a nation’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courge
Thorpe
Matty
Jim
Ano
France
Belleau Wood
Jim Wan
War Costs and Veterans Mark 12th Anniversary Year
Nearly 2,000,100 Americans bear ongoing war costs twelve years after Armistice Day. The United States still pays billions in costs, with 32,000 veterans in government hospitals and thousands more receiving care. The piece details postwar assets, shipbuilding, and notable veterans like Alvin York and Eddie Rickenbacker, plus remarks on national military readiness and Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Foch
Bere Erzberger
United States
Terr Kizberge
Comercent Marine
Emergency Fleet Corporation
U. S. Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Mississippi
James
War Department
Teke
Alvin
York
Seattle
No-Man's-Land
Saddler Claims Black-Draught Relieved Constipation
Somerset Kentucky resident W Conant reports long use of Thedford's Black-Draught for costiveness. He says small doses improve his condition, and he has recommended the remedy to friends. The ad touts the product as an old, popular medicine made from herbs and roots by machinery, with price listed as 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Thedford
Mr. W. Conant
Tedford
County Treasurer's April 1930 Report for Hempstead County Arkansas
Abstract of warrants totals and receipts for the county treasurer covering the year ending November 1 1930 including taxes on writs and records marriage license show license land redemption fees and various state and county funds with a grand total of 45 011.77 dollars. Notable receipts include taxes on 1925 34 544.25 and payments from Frank May county clerk and other named offices and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Banc
Crawford & Moses
Ime
Frank May
Lillie Middlebrook Pownt
Dorsey McRave
Ammt
Amy
Hub L. Derweyd
Dansister Amt
Jercy
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Freckles
Keel x Eve
Chick
Hitti
Gladys
SYN
NEA
Ame
Pat
Dawne
Cambridge
Schereschewsky
Crimson Tulibrek
Fighting Wolverines
Crimson
Marshal Foch
Rosslyn Wemyes
Compiegne
Lalgue
Rethondes
Foch
Erzberger
Spa
Eal
Europe
Germany
Americas
America
Pershing
Battle Monuments Commission
San Pedro
Calfish Harbor
Tennessee
Laufer
Saddler
Ldestian
Abstract of Warrants
P. J. Sutton Shoe Shop
Violet Ray Sun
New Grill
Ain Coolen
W. Everett
Nelson-Huckins
South Mila
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