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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
10
Half-back Gilbert, a standout from prep school who also excelled in tennis, was nearly diverted to tennis. Coach Yost persuaded him to stay on the football team where his versatile play helped Michigan defeat Illinois with steady, strong performance.
Finnish star Paavo Nurmi, along with Dr Otto Peltzer of Germany and Edwin Wide of Sweden, will tour the United States for a series of indoor meets. The trio will race under amateur colors with major athletic clubs backing the tour, including the New York Athletic Club. The Americans will arrive in November to train for indoor meets starting in January at Madison Square Garden.
Bobby Jones says he will be too busy next year to defend his British Open title. He plans to defend his American Open crown and may enter the American Amateur, citing business interests and law studies that preclude winter play. He hopes to compete in the United States Open but sees little chance, noting his past two Open wins and growing difficulty of the events.
Directors of the Brooklyn National League club renewed manager Wilbert Robinsons contract while withholding terms and length of the deal. Robinson also serves as club president and may relinquish one position under a reorganization plan. Another meeting is planned for spring.
Emerson Carey Jr the Red and White captain becomes the fourth member of the Carey football family at Cornell. He follows brothers Bil Carey and Ralph Munns as part of a storied dynastic line with ties to athletics and leadership within the university program.
A playful exchange on engagements and weddings from the Portland Evening Express. A young woman notes Jack will soon finish ring installments and be able to obtain a wedding ring.
Report notes Browne’s anger leads to loud door slams while Peverley recalls he strained himself yesterday attempting to slam the revolving door at the public drama event.
Mae answers with a playful rebuke about the man in the mirror during shaving, implying self-recognition in a humorous exchange. The dialogue hints at vanity and self-awareness in a light, teasing mood.
A humorous exchange notes Caesar’s quieting of swearing after marriage. Julius asks about home life and the children, while Caesar explains he cannot compete with their rambunctious energy, citing family dynamics as the reason. The line ends with a playful jab about an American legion.
Flush your kidneys by drinking a quart of water daily and take salts to neutralize acids. A noted authority warns that excess rich foods form acids that paralyze kidneys, causing dull kidney pain, backache, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, cloudy urine, and nightly urination. Four ounces of Rad Salts daily in water before breakfast may help cleanse sluggish kidneys and relieve bladder irritation.
The text notes a growing trend of civil marriages in England as couples like Mary and John wed before registrars. In five years civil marriages reach 24 percent of total, a clear increase over prewar levels, though registrars see no sign that religious belief is weakening.
Comic exchange where a spectator teases a woman in the box asking why she has nothing on her. The other replies that she should have something on her. The bit plays on flirtatious theater humor.
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