Mr Rooster Gives Diet Advice After Worm Brouhaha
A farm fable recounts Mr Rooster advising his family to share worms and not grab larger finds. While Mrs Hen leads the initial scramble, Rooster covertly steals the biggest worm, prompting a lesson on force over restraint. The hens conclude he behaved slyly as storms clear.
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Boss questions Pietro on sweating in heat
A worker describes extreme heat at the hospital and being urged to remove a coworker. He recalls a conflict with a man who allegedly assaulted him and his boss asking if he perspires. The account portrays overwhelmed workers, shifting clothes, and a desire for cooler days while unsure how to cope with daily heat and discomfort.
Betty Blythe Crowned As Screen's Classic Beauty
Betty Blythe is praised by critics nationwide as one of the most beautiful women on the movie screen today. The actress is widely regarded as the screen's classic beauty by observers across the country.
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Betty Blythe
Salty talk and starry verse spark quirky musings
Fragmented snippets from Munsey's Magazine and local musings mix jokes on marriage and being salted with a wife. A Utah boy's invention of a new comp oration triangle for two mathematics appears amid witty verse. The piece blends playful poetry with light social chatter.
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Utah
Outstanding Ears Can Be Bandaged Down in This Way
Beauty advice columns recount women seeking help for protruding ears and facial unattractiveness. The piece suggests early ear-binding to draw ears toward the head and notes facial adequacy depends on muscle flexibility, plus breathing and limb exercises similar to military routines to improve health and appearance.
Separate whites and yolks for baked eggs with bacon
Separate the whites and yolks of as many eggs as desired being careful not to break the yolks. Beat the whites until stiff enough to stand. Turn into a buttered baking dish make small depressions for the yolks and carefully drop them in. Dot with butter salt and bake aemedium brown. Serve garnished with crisp fried bacon.
Lucky Things and Short Ages of Houses
A fragmented note discusses worries about the short age of houses and mental shortcuts in thinking about home ownership. It mentions a hand tool trigger causing a new horse drawn dirt scraper to operate and dump its load, suggesting a transformative grading process.
Baseball Gossip and Player Movements Round Up
The era’s chatter covers Babe Ruth breaking records, Herb Tlanter and other players moving between teams, and the Cubs erratic form. Notes mention Dick McNally, Titchor Ferrell, Foxy Keefe style talk, and Tris Speaker’s hitting woes. The piece recalls Ruth’s potential homer pace, Meusel’s fielding buzz, and Sox, Browns, Reds, and Chicks trades shaping the season.
Noted Star Lena Blackburne in Bushes After Major League Decline
Russell Lena Blackburne endured a checkered major league career and was sent to the Toronto club in the International League by the Phillies. The veteran infielder may linger in the minors until a major club seeks an infield leader, despite early hype and advertising on his White Sox arrival.
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Chattanooga
New Orleans
Ri Neussel
Kohls
Hymansville
Terre Haute
Tom Casey
Russell (Lenn) Blackburne
Torontolub
Thillies
Lena’ Blackburne
Charles Comiskey
Blackburne
Too Much Peace In Baseball Of Today Says Herzog
Charley Herzog of the Chicago Cubs lamented a lack of rough-house spirit in baseball. He recalled the old guard like Donlin Leach Evers Tinker and others passing from the limelight and contrasted past hard play with today’s tame conduct. He praised McGraw’s tougher era and described dismissive modern behavior toward the game and rookies.
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Charley Herzog
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Charley
Mike Donlin
Tommy Leach
Johnny Evers
Joe Tinker
Otto Kuabe
John Ganzel
Dan McGann
Bill Dahlen
Old Guard
Herzog
Tierzoz
John McGraw
McGraw
Verzog
Chicago Cub
Getting to Like Golf Scores Show Oulmet His Best Yet
Scores turned in by Friuneis Oulmet indicate improving golf since 1916. Oulmet says age deepens his love for golf and he feels regret at finishing a round, noting he used to be glad when matches ended but now wishes another round awaits.
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Friuneis Oulmet
Oulmet
Oserry
Yanks Draw Crowds Across Venues For Busy Season
The Yankees draw large crowds wherever they play, filling stands beyond the Polo Grounds as they tour. Record attendance marks show the team’s broad appeal and high gate receipts across multiple venues during the season.
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Polo Grounds
Poor Houston Club Show Sparks Sand Lot Thrills
Local readers turn from the Texas league after the Houston club’s weak performance, seeking excitement and satisfaction in makeshift sand lots. The shift signals a craving for live action and entertainment beyond organized league play.
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Houston
Never Bets Frank Walker Starts Grand Circuit Horses
Frank Walker, noted for starting more horses than any living man, takes the reins at Grand Circuit tracks this year while eschewing betting himself.
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Frank Walker
Cards Sign Collegian Shortstop Kenneth Knode
Kenneth Knode star shortstop for the University of Michigan joins the Cardinals. The Collegian lists him among the best prospects, as reports place Pitcher Hick Warrell arriving with the Flint club in the Mint League to the St. Louis Browns.
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Titchor “Hick Ferrell
Flint Club
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Kenneth Knode
University of Michigan
Flint
Mint
Hick Warrell
Notes in Old Cookery Book Reveal Dyspepsia Remedies
A woman author of a cookery book asked for wide margins and blank pages for notes. Her husband found an annotated copy in a second-hand shop. He asked about the notes. she dismissed them, but when he checked, every marginal entry was a remedy for dyspepsia and similar ailments.
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Dallas News
Father and Daughter Get Relief by Eatonic
R J Powell of Sweetwater Texas says Eatonic helped him at once but his daughter benefited most, overcoming agony after drinking water. Hundreds now use Eatonic, with one or two tablets after meals. It eases heartburn indigestion sour acid gas and bloating. Drugstore price.
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R. J. Powell
Sweetwater
Texas
Eatonic
Eatenic
Squibs of Sport and College Notes in Brief
Atlantic City may erect a stadium costing 2 1 2 million dollars. Rochester may form an athletic council to control sports. The Kentucky Jockey Club will award prizes totaling 507 600 dollars for autumn meetings on the Kentucky circuit. Virginia will oppose Rutgers at New Brunswick October 23. The southern eleven replaces the Indiana team. Bob Martin, calculating his fight with Dick O Brien at Columbus, earned exactly 500 dollars per punch, four punches, 2 000 dollar purse. Bethlehem Steel soccer team to Brazil in August for matches opening at Rio Janeiro. Wille Jackson reports sixteen bouts since Jan 12 totaling 51 400 dollars, biggest single cut 12 500. Ray C Hunt of 1915 Washington football named to assist Gilmour Doble coaching Cornell. Another Bancroft. Dick Kinsella scouting Johnny Mitchell of the Vernon Tigers, calls him a second Bancroft. No more autos for Babe Ruth. Huggins and Ruppert advise trains after Ruth escapes injury.
Old Province House Site in Bosworth Court Boston
The historic Province house remain as a relic in Bosworth court Boston with later office buildings around. Oliver Wendell Holmes lived there for 18 years and Hawthorne immortalized the house in Twice Told Tales. An iron archway once marked the governor's entrance and steps descend to the lower level. Built in 1697 by Peter Sargent the house was famed for its beauty and governor balls.
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Bosworth Court
Boston
Old Province House
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Province House
Hawthorne
Peter Sargent
Knowledge Power Here? An uncle answers about aging
A high school girl described a new teacher in a letter to her uncle. He replies that age does not lurk near fifty but travels in high powered autos and airplanes. He, forty seven, notes knowledge is power and warns about phrasing.
Those Ways Revolver Exchange Raises Questions
A dialogue notes a seller and a buyer discussing a revolver with six chambers. The exchange hints at bundled risks and potential misrepresentation. The fragment underscores caution in firearm purchases and the ambiguity around handling.
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Stix
Redlego Excel Superbas in shadowed deficits by Reds
A close comparison of the Reds and Superbas shows Moran’s crew trailing in every department of the game except pitching according to critics.
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Redlego
Superbas
Reds
Moran Crew
War on Outlaws Targets Independent League Clubs
The Southern league fights independent clubs using their gold to lure players into jumping contracts. Tulsa Western league club has Bold James Tierney, a shortstop, to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Tulsa
James Tierney
Pittsburgh Piratea
Not at Home Swine Fever Calls Ier Constable Incident
A London Answers note recalls a rural scene where a policeman arrives at a cottage to take pig owner details after a swine fever outbreak. A sharp householder replies that the swine is out and slams the door as the constable asks to see him.
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London
Grandfather's boast contrasts with a grandson's claim
A group hears a grandfather boast about his self made status and heavy possessions. The grandson retorts that he could leave the state with nothing but the clothes on his back, implying a different measure of progress.
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Isis
Cuticurn Soap and Ointment Ad for Baby Rashes
Advertises Cuticurn Soap for soothing baby rashes followed by Cuticurn Ointment and Cuti cur n Talcum. Claims the products offer relief with a fragrant dusting finish and price of 25 cents each everywhere.
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Cuticurn
Mistaken in His Surmise at Browns Home
Peace within the Browns' house is shattered by eerie noises from a neighboring home. Mr. Brown suspects Mrs. Wood’s gramophone playing an aria, imploring his daughter Lizzie to make it stop. The blur of sound proves to be the Murphys opening a tin of corned beef.
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Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Wood
Tosti
Lizzie
Gramophone
Murphys
Doctor and Patient Exchange Sharp Witty Remark
A talkative schoolteacher and a silent surgeon clash over bedside chat. After an operation he calms her, then quips that her only remaining suffering will be to keep quiet. The text also notes that fretful animals in zoos have shorter lifespans and that twins are more common in mothers aged twenty five to thirty five.
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