Quixotic Love Triangle Lands Roscoe in a Double Bind
Roscoe Bates loves two women Prospece and Eyes but only Eyes works in his building and Prospece has never met him. He chases Eyes via a phone romance and sparks with a real life meeting after a ball game, while Voice remains the unseen lure. A coworker reveals Eyes is Pearl Dixson, intensifying the entanglement and plans for a visit that night.
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Roscoe Bates
Roscoe
Eyes
Juch
Goa
Voies
Wren
Rascoe
Dearborn
Ros
Sommeone
Pie
Eves
Volee
Dar
Stehr
Jim
Pearl Dixson
Tom
End of the World Scenario From Earth's Rotational Forces
The text argues that the earth’s rotation creates a 13 mile equatorial bulge and that a sudden stop would cause the bulge to collapse, continents to subside, seas to flood poles, volcanoes to erupt, and the planet to become a land of fire.
Prefer Egg Shaped Head and Malekula Skepticism
Ethnologists once hoped egg shaped skulls from Malekula Island hinted at a human evolution link. Research showed the cone heads result from deliberate head wrapping of infants. Malekyula lies in the New Hebrides about 1,500 miles north of Sydney, Australia.
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Malekula Island
South Pacific
Malekyula
New Hebrides Group
Sydney
Australia
Zuni Indians Fleet-Footed Runners Win Ear-Catching Race
The Zuni of Northwestern New Mexico hold a foot race over a 25 mile circuit called Oodiles. Runners use a small stick carried with the foot and must not touch the stick with other parts of the body. Some races include swift ponies, but foot runners typically win, enduring over two hours of hard exertion.
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New Mexico
Annoying Both Ways in Household Servants
Miss Elsie De Wolfe remarks on the struggle to hire reliable servants at fifteen dollars a week. A young woman asks if housekeeping is a nuisance and a middle-aged matron replies that one either has a servant or not, highlighting the everyday challenge.
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Elsie de Wolfe
Bonehead play recalled by Gabby Street in recount
Gabby Street recalls a famous late game mishap involving Dave Altizer during a Washington season against the St. Louis Browns. Altizer argued a called strike while Hack Spencer fumbled the ball, costing Washington two runs and the game with two outs in the ninth. Street notes Altizer’s later managerial hopes.
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Bonehead
Dave Altizer
Gabby Street
Street
Washington
St. Louis Browns
Altizer
Jack Sheridan
Hack Spencer
Spencer
Sheridan
Dave
Merkie
Huggins Predicts Reds Will Win Pennant Again
Manager Moran's pitching staff praised by Miller Huggins of the New York Americans who believes the Reds will repeat last season's success and capture another pennant after watching Moran's team in Florida. He notes Moran's balanced pitching and tactical use of pitchers to wait out opponents.
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Miller Huggins
New York Americans
Reds
Hug
Florida
Kiuppert
Chamions
Huggins
Sig
Pat
Jonn McGrawe
Oldest American golf club sparks historical note
The Oval Montreal Golf Club is cited as the oldest golf club in America. Other items mention wrestling rule debates, boxing preparations in New York clubs, a new Waltham chess club, and regional sport organizer plans in California.
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Oval
Montreal Golf Club
America
Waltham, Mass
Waltham
Coombs Advice for Pitchers Shifts Focus to Catcher
Detroit Tigers mentor Jack Coombs urges pitchers to ignore the batter and target the catcher. He advises studying the catcher’s receiving style, keeping the catcher stationary, and throwing to the body to improve control.
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Tiger
Detroit Tigers
Jack Coombs
Jack
Connie Mack Led Major League Baseball Longtime Figure
Connie Mack born December 25 1862 is the oldest manager in the major leagues. The piece notes his long association with baseball over about five decades and his prominence in Philadelphia sports culture. It mentions contemporaries John McGraw and Miller Huggins as younger peers.
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Cornelius McGilcuddy
Connie Mack
Connie
Macnates
Jig
John McGraw
Giants
Miller Woggins
Hug
Mack
Jie
Philadelphia
Muck
French Runner Guillemot Wins National Ten Mile Race
Marcel Guillemot wins the French national ten mile race in 1 hour 1 minute 41 seconds securing France cross country titles and making him representative for the Olympics.
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Marcel Guillemot
France
Guillemot
Frince
Great Britain
Reserved Grand Stand Seats At 85 Cents In War Tax Price
In the American Association this year bleacher seats cost 50 cents and unreserved grandstand seats 75 cents while clubs agree to charge 85 cents for reserved grand stand seats. The prices include war tax.
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American Association
Turf year set record purses in New York racing
Last season produced a New York total purses of 1 335 000 dollars for 1919, up 400 000 from 1918 and far above 650 000 in 1917, signaling a strong year for the sport of kings in the state.
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New York State
Rip's Brother Boxes in French Ring Action
Chester Hagerman brother of Rip and former Cleveland Indians pitcher becomes a boxer in France. The Kid went 26 of 28 starts and knocked Joe Beckett for a goal in a notable campaign.
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Boxes
Chester Hagerman
Cleveland Indians
France
Joe Beckett
Bald Baseballers Face World Champions Fates
A playful list highlights bald baseball figures like Heinie Groh Morris Rath Larry Kopf Greasy Neale Slim Sallee and Goldie Rapp as potential subjects of Pat Merun’s joke about counting hairs.
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Pat Merun
Heinie Groh
Morris Rath
Larry Kopf
Greasy Neale
Slim Sallee
Goldie Rapp
Baseball Gossip From Old-Time Circles
A sprawling recap of trades manager opinions and player moves across leagues. Mentions Harold Elliott and Rowdy Dodgers, George Gaw to the Cubs, Ray Neusel in New Orleans, and various ex majors including Mier Huggins related notes.
Diamond Dyes Offer Easy Wardrobe Makeover
Consumers are urged to buy only Diamond Dyes for simple home dyeing of dresses, draperies, and fabrics across wool, silk, linen, cotton, or blends. The ad promises rich, fadeless color and guaranteed results even for first timers with a druggist color card available.
Encores Sought After Brief Musical Exchange
Enthusiasts hear a light comic exchange as Mrs Gabbiegh and Mrs Noodle discuss a performance. The pianist completes a piece and the audience voices a wish for an encore during the brief moment.
Bayer Aspirin Safe for Various Ailments Warns Ad
An aspirin advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for colds headaches toothaches and more with the Bayer Cross stamp and mentions affordable packs and pharmacist sales. It also defines aspirin as Bayer’s monoacetic ester of salicylic acid. A separate note discusses barbed wire disease a wartime mental disorder among prisoners marked by irritability memory loss insomnia and pessimism.
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Bayer
Switzerland
Red Cross Ball Blue Delights Snowy Linens at 95 Cents
Advertises Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product as the key to snowy linens. Claims grocery price at 95 cents.
Annual Time of Trouble festival noted for spring observance
The Ohio State Journal describes the movable spring festival Time of Trouble tied to post Lenten customs. It rests on domestic calendars as crocuses bloom and birds return, inviting women to lead while men endure the lighter duties and occasional inconveniences.
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Ohio State Journal
Suspicious Circumstance in Library Visit
In a whispered exchange during a call on the Jibways Henry notes a peculiar signal from Mr. Jibway and both excuse themselves. John Jibway then invites Henry to the library showing old volumes, Henry reveals a fondness for books and recalls a loud lip-smacking exclamation.
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Henry
Actor Also Philosopher Apropos of Imitation
A concise sketch of Sir Herbert Tree praising sharp wit over flattery. He notes that hype makes the great small and the small great. He signs a portrait to the worst of critics and the best of friends. He explains critics exaggerate praise.
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Herbert Tree
Sir Herbert
Tree
Bradder Bosanko and City Coat Tax Dispute
A short exchange from Nan sas City Star portrays Bradder Bosanko asking how much tax is owed for using a new black swing-tail coat for a couple of days and a response questioning the purpose of the borrowed garment as the man explains his wife’s recent death and desire for a brief respite.
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Bradder Bosanko
Nansas
Cuticura Promises Broad Toilet Use
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as a complete toilet care set. It claims soaking hands in hot Cuticura suds, drying, then applying Ointment, removing excess with tissue, and suggests this trio serves all toilet needs.
Weeping Willows Amid Quarrel Over Fur Hat
A husband and wife quarrel after she shows off a new fur hat. He calls it queer and jokes the dog thinks it a tree fruit. She cries to win the argument as he teases with a playful pun about naming a tree.
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Lome
Yin
Tattooing Craze Grips London After War
After the armistice tattoo artists in London see high demand. A veteran bears indelible battle names on his arm from 1914 onward. In Thames court a man arrives with a bare, hairless land covered in tattooed butterflies and stars.
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London
Thames Court
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