SPORTLETTES OF THE DAY AND BOXING GOSSIP
Arthur Clarkson praises Yale and Harvard teams while California fight managers push a Memsic versus McFarland title bout on disputed weights. Dartmouth hoops rise, Gardner challenges, and Ernest Murray signs with Cubs. News from multiple cities signals a busy winter for boxing clubs, with lightweight title talks and a pending spring ring return.
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California
Jimmy Coffroth
Alec Greggians
Tom McCarey
Los Angeles
George Memsic
Packy McFarland
Chicago
Memsic
McFarland
The Worstied Motto in Home Needlework
A nostalgic look at the early Home Motto stitched in many colors on perforated cardboard and hung in living rooms. Sister’s task to avoid repeating colors marked completion of her education and readiness for the yarn market. Common mottos praised as “God Bless Our Home” with “What is Home Without a Mother?” a weaker second.
Last Generations Lacking In Rummage Supply
The note laments dwindling supply of mentos once kept for rummage sales as the final generation of girls ceased replenishing the stock, leaving the collection nearly vanished and the effort to maintain it fading.
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Mentos
Arbor Day Observance Plans Across Schools
Governor Hanly urges statewide Arbor and Bird Day on Friday October 25 with tree and shrub planting around schools and public buildings. Programs should spark student interest in birds and trees. The Arbor Day Annual by Miss Sarah Cotton is expected this week despite printer delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hanly
Sarah Cotton
Kinney Returns From Washington Trade Conference Visit
H E Kinney returned Sunday night from Washington DC where he represented the local Board of Trade at a meeting called by E E Williamson, chairman of the uniform bill of lading committee of the National Industrial Traffic league. He was greatly pleased with the reception awarded the representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Kinney
Washington, D. C
Board of Trade
E. E. Williamson
National Industrial Traffic League
Zanesville Bans Football After Tragedy On Park Field
Zanesville police halt Sunday games with Cambridge and all future Sunday contests. High School Athletic association may dissolve the football team this season. the faculty and Board of Education will act if the association does not. The move follows the fatal injury to Albert Flowers, a high school freshman, on the Gant Park field during a first team game.
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Zanesville
Cambridge
High School Athletic Association
Board of Education
Gant Park Field
Albert Flowers
Auto notes hint price cuts for 1908 imported cars
Trade chatter in New York, headquarters for foreign car dealers, signals substantial 1908 model price reductions. Some cuts may be announced at the importer show, as foreign makers align with stronger American car quality. A A A distributes a motorists guide to members, and a six cylinder Berliet tour showcases model demos across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Providence
R. I
Boston
Middle West
F. M. Hoblitt
Adulteration of Milk and Oil Memoir Notes
A tourist recalls runabouts stalled from lack of oil, joking about cylinders needing oil. Consul-General Guenther notes stricter Frankfurt milk prosecutions for adulteration with jail terms and fines, including a woman fined 50 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
Pittsburg Merchant Bans Pompadour Hairstyles
A Pittsburg merchant proclaims that his sales clerks must not wear the pompadour hairstyle. The stance sparks agitation as employers weigh limits on this fashion, believing it distracts from customer service and daily duties.
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Pittsburg
Bachelors Barred in Lincolnshire Farm Sale Plan
A 780 acre corn farm in Lincolnshire belonging to the Earl of Carrington is to be divided into small holdings for sale. A condition requires new farmers to marry within a reasonable time. Six lots go to bachelors who are said to be seeking wives.
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San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Denver
Miwaukee
Indianapolis
Davenport
Fort Wayne
Boston
Cheelsea
Providence
Pueblo
Peoria
Los Angeles
Colma
Tuat
Lincolnshire
Earl of Carrington
MACHINE MADE JOKE CARD
A fragmentary comic exchange features a punch line about pursuing a wife. The text appears as a stray joke pair with inconsistent phrasing and garbled end phrases, lacking clear newspaper context or attribution. The surviving lines resemble a two part setup and tease but do not form a complete, verifiable item.
Railroad Commission Busy In Indiana Case And Full Crew Appeal
The Indiana Railroad Commission studied class freight rates between Indianapolis and other cities with a postponed Oct. 5 hearing. The Oct. 23 session will address a Wabash Lake Shore link at Steubenville and a coal-rate inquiry. The commission plans a Columbus conference with the Interstate Commerce Commission and a broader oral care matter. In a separate matter the Pennsylvania railroad company challenged the Marion county criminal court ruling upholding the full crew law, with Samuel Pickens for the railroad and Martin Hugg for the state. the case likely advances to the U S Supreme Court.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Freight Bureau
Wabash
Lake Shore
Steubenville
Columbus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Marion County Criminal Court
Irwin
Samuel Pickens
Pennsylvania Company
Martin Hugg
United States Supreme Court
Tuberculosis Threat in Japan Seized by Milk Issue
In Japan the milk cow link to tuberculosis is discounted as milk is rare there yet tuberculosis deaths in Tokyo are high. Dyspepsia symptoms include distress after eating belching and nausea. Hood s Sarsaparilla is claimed to cure. The Sun offers ten free words in want columns and gift housework ads.
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Japan
Tokio
Hood
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Taggart
All Grocers
Gart’s Bakery
New Jersey Street
Kale
American Bankers’ Association
Sportlettes
Arthur Clarkson
Yale
John
Walter Clarkson
Harvard
Dartmouth
Harry Howell
Harry
Cleveland
Jimmy Gardner
George
Ketchell
Montana
Gardner
McCarthy
Cal
Cubs
Ernest Murray
Charleston
Binghampton
Jackson, Tenn
Murphy
Hardly
Frank Chance
Nittle Kane
Reds
Chance
Cincinnati
Akron Polo
Fred Jean
New Britain
Conn
Harry Lumiey
Leicestershire
N. Y
HodSless, Our Home
A. N. Oldgigh
Astoria
Bears
POLCE
American Automobile Association
Madison Square Garden
F. H. Elliott
Fifth Ave
New York City
Railroad Commission
Indiana
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