Vast Range of Odd Facts From Past Newspapers
A quirky jumble notes American wives paid for home services could total 7 billion pounds annually, Leonardo da Vinci’s early ideas on flight, doubling Sweden’s female civil servants, a Yosemite railroad being raised to avoid dam floods, Indian sites in eastern Pennsylvania, record balloon heights, tantalum and tungsten medals in Oklahoma, and a 21 year old trotter Old Dan with a 2 20 mile in a race.
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Leonardo da Vinet
Sweden
Ist
Yosemite Valley
Elgin Banker Walter Rippberger Jailed for Forged Notes
Walter C. Rippberger, Elgin real estate banker, whose firm failed with about $1,000,000 in losses to thousands who trusted their savings, is in jail on charges of forging notes of leading Elgin businessmen.
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Walter C. Rippberger
Elgin
Ill
St. Rippberger
Rivalry Echoes Between Hamilton and Union Football
The Hamilton Union gridiron rivalry traces back to 1890. Their first meeting at Clinton saw Union win 26 to 10 as Hamilton players averaged 182 pounds with center George Wood at 225 pounds.
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Hamilton College
Union
Clinton
Beef
Brown
Hamilton
George Wood
California Joe Lynch Defeats Rosenberg in Oakland Bout
New Bantamweight California Joe Lynch of San Francisco defeated Phil Rosenberg of New York, the world bantamweight champion, in a ten round decision at Oakland California. The upset marks a major surprise as California reemerges as a boxing center.
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California
Joe Lynch
San Francisco
Phil Rosenberg
New York
Oakland
Cal
Rosenberg
Rum Scandal Figure Nabbed Over Illicit Liquor Ring
Dabney Horton a part time English instructor at Ohio State University was arrested on charges of legal manufacture of intoxicating liquor. A home search yielded a list of customers including faculty and prominent Columbus citizens.
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Dabney Horton
Ohio State University
Columbus
First American Navigator Hubert Gray's World Voyage
Hubert Gray of Tiverton led one of the earliest American circumnavigations aboard the sloop Washington from 1787 to 1790. His historic voyage marked a pioneering era in U.S. maritime exploration.
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Hubert Gray
Tiverton
Od Gray
Washington
London pupil answers exam with curious phrase
A London pupil on entrance examinations provided a remark that an unclean split is a dirty devil, noted in the Buffalo Evening Times.
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London
Buffalo Evening Times
Washington's Own Troop Serves Under Washington Commands
Philadelphia’s City troop described as the oldest distinctly cavalry body in America. Co F Adams notes they served as headquarters escort under Washington at Trenton Princeton and Brandywine. Their long service marks a historic linkage to early Revolutionary War operations.
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Washington
Philadelphia City
America
Sinys Co
F. Adams
Trenton
Princeton
Brandywine
Time's Revenge: Aging Beauties Seek Youthful Image
The piece notes women aging visibly while chasing youthful aesthetics. It contrasts societal pressures with personal aging, highlighting fashion, beauty standards, and the emotional toll of striving to look young.
Pennsylvania Football Schedule for 1926 Set
The 1926 schedule includes games against Chicago on October 16 at Franklin Field and Illinois at Urbana on October 30. Yale is not on the slate this year. Franklin and Marshall Johns Hopkins Williams and Columbus are added, all games at Franklin Field except Illinois.
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University of Chicago
University of Ilinois
University of Pennsylvania
Council of Athletics
Chicago
Franklin Field
Ilinois
Urbana
Yale
New Haven
Franklin
Marshall
Johns Hopkins
Williams
Columbus
Illinois
Leonard Awaits Capable Foe for His Comeback
The New York Evening World cites Benny Leonard saying he will return only if a strong challenger exists and public demand is high. He is in condition to fight but not ready to resume boxing, and would likely contest as a lightweight if he returns, noting modern lightweights show skill but lack experience.
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The
New York Evening World
Benny Leonard
Leonard
Fast Michigan and Minnesota clash in Big Ten final
Michigan faced a high speed Gopher backfield as Malcomb Graham Harold Murrell and Bob Peplaw each ran 100 yards in ten seconds while Herbert Joesting provided a powerful elusive option in the title showdown.
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Michigan
Minnesota
Wolverines
Malcomb Graham
Harold Murrell
Bob Peplaw
Herbert Joesting
Odds and Ends of Sport From a Curious Era
A zigzag of sports notes with names, places, and events across boxing, baseball, football, golf, and tennis. Mentions include Oberlander as a halfback, the 1854 Texas league start, Ramon iil at Penn State, 1923 Yankees World Series payout, Jack Dempsey, Red Grange rumors, and Helen Wills earning a California big C.
Chinese youth Chung aims for national amateur golf title
Charley Chung, a 22 year old Chinese climber of humble means, arrives in Los Angeles to compete in the national amateur golf championship. He has posted prize scores in California and Hawaii and believes he can excel to inspire compatriots to take up golf. He admires Chandler Keegan, critiques George Von Elm, and has refused pro offers while earlier posting a 68 in a Hollywood qualifier after a 76 opening.
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Charley Chung
Los Angeles
Chung
California
Hawaii
Honolulu
George von Elm
von Elm
Hawaiti
Hollywood
Art Shafer
Giants
Hill and Canyon
Dempsey Nose Declared Fit for Battle by Walter Trumbull
Walter Trumbull reports that Jack Dempsey's new nose is strong and hardy. The champion's nose endured mov ing picture nights and sniffing toward Jack Kearns, proving its durability and utility.
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Jack Dempsey
Walter Trumbull
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Photographer captures Milly Stuart set women shot put record
Miss Milly Stuart of Savage School New York City established a new American women's shot put record at the A A U games in Brooklyn with an eight pound shot reaching 32 feet 7% inches surpassing the previous 29 feet.
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Milly Stuart
Savage School
New York City
Brooklyn
Eddie Moore Apple Pie Proud Mother Says Public Praise
Mrs Jack Larsen of Baton Rouge Louisiana mother of Eddie Moore Pirates second sacker declares she is proud of her son who helped the Pirates win the world championship He loves apple pie and she baked him the biggest best most delicious pie when he got home claiming credit for raising a strong strapping boy.
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Pirate Keystone
Jack Larsen
Eddie Moore
Baton Rouge
Pirates
Eddie
Ross to Swim English Channel Next Year
Norman A. Ross of the Detroit Athletic Club will attempt to swim the English Channel next year. Five thousand dollars have been pledged by leading figures in sports to fund the venture as part of the Prince of Wales program to boost athletics in England.
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Norman A. Ross
Detroit Athletic Club
Prince of Wales
England
Yankees Plan Stadium Expansion to 80 000 Seats
Ed Barrow the Yankees business manager returns from a hunting trip to announce completion of plans to enlarge Yankee Stadium seating to 80 000 for football games in 1926. Work starts immediately and extra seats will be ready next year. Current capacity is 65 000 to 70 000.
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Ed Barrow
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Mystery of the Moso Nashi Healing Rite Revealed
National Geographic Society reports on the Moso Nashi in Yunnan living near Likiang. The piece describes their sorcery based religion and a dramatic July demon exorcism led by Tombas to drive out a devil from a sick man with a decayed tooth and severe mouth infection.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
China
Tibet
Mosc
Yigku
Liklang
Yunnan
Lee
Chau
Nguluko
Nashi
Likiang
Satseto
Yunnan Province
Tong-pa
Tomba
Nashl
Yangtze
Khobyu
Dulcinea Remembered in Toboso Archives Discovery
Researchers in Toboso uncover documents linking a peasant girl named A l doriza Lorenzo to the Don Quixote romance. The name Dulcinea becomes a widely used term for a lady love in popular language following the archival hints.
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Dulcinex
Cervantes
Don Quixote
Toboso
Aldoriza Lorenzo
Morocco in History and Smallest 20-gauge Shotgun
The article notes ancient Morocco as a Roman province named Mauritania with Numidia as part of it and describes the southern Mediterranean coast as Africa to Romans. It then mentions a 20-gauge shotgun 12% inches long as claimed to be the smallest ever made.
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Morocco
Mauritania
Numidia
Mediterranean
Africa
Novelists Real People Cited By Evening Post
The New York Evening Post stresses that a figure in a recent novel is an actual person, not a fictional creation, asserting her as an actual individual rather than a mere imagination in the literary work.
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New York Evening Post
Quite in Order
Office manager Brown confirms a dentist appointment after being seen at a football match. The dialogue notes a dark mood beside him described as the dentist.
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Brown
Stumps Slow Georgia Plowing Test Shows Losses
The Department of Agriculture reports a test in south Georgia where identical conditions with and without stumps yielded nine acres plowed in the same time it took to plow seven acres of stump field.
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Department of Agriculture
South Georgia
Fairy Vestments Pocketbook Reported Lost in Atlantic City
A pocketbook labeled Fairy Vestments disappeared from a 5 and 10 cent store in Atlantic City. It contained the week’s wages and laundry. A liberal reward is offered for its return.
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aAg
Atlantic City
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Sama
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Jay J. Morrow
United States Engineer Corps
He 'Anama Canal Zone
Mexico
State Department
Manuel Tellez
Frank B. Kellogg
Plan Alaska
Navy
Alaska
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Frank JL
Conant
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Bureau of Acronauties
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Oklahoma College Chemical Society
Kansas
Bacon Siolmes
Old Dan
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Oberlander
Texas League
Ramon Iil
Pennsylvania State College
Wille Hiesten
Red Grange
Senate
John Weissmuller
Illinois Athletic Club
Ralph
Moe) Baker
Northwestern
Mickey Walker
Fo Swinburne
Georgetown
Bernese Oberland
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University of Maryland
Jerome Tanda
Eagle Lake
University of Texas
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Landa
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Husky
Harvard
Notre Dame University
Emanuel Lasker
Benkert
Rutgers
Doralinda
Red” Grange
Congress
Carson Bighe
Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn Robins
Vance
Clearwater
Fla
Helen Wills
Women’s Athletic Association
University of California
Chinaman
Ransger Lane
Ross
Yankees
Phe
Yangtze Gorge
Sataeto
Nash
Dulcinea
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