Miscellany of Curiosities Across Regions
A scattered roundup notes Cuba treating handball as national sport, Tonopah water at five cents per gallon, a 6000 ton Chicago brick building moved eighty five feet, and 100 year old wood deer carvings in Bath Maine. It also mentions women dominating early pharmacy, diverse global miscellaneous facts on crops, books, and science.
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Little Desert
Tonopah
Nev
Chicago
Bath
Maine
Pope presents golden rose to Queen Pilgabeth
On the twenty-ninth anniversary of the Belgian rulers King Albert and Queen Elizabeth the pope gifted Queen Pilgabeth a golden rose as shown in the photograph.
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Albert
Elizabeth
Pilgabeth
Nyack Heiress Claims Vast Riches and Platinum Heirloom
A 16 year old girl named Mre ben Peek, once dubbed the Queen of Confidence, arrives at Nyack New York announcing her claim to immense wealth and a platinum heirloom, asserting she is the heiress.
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Ben Peek
Aving
Nyack
N.Y
Diamond Cutting Old Art, Chinese Claim Earliest
The Chinese claim to have first discovered diamond cutting while saline authorities believe Nic Thins practiced the craft earlier. Germanic scholars note that diamonds were polished by Romans in ancient times with energy aids.
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Nic Thins
Enery
Cross Crossings Cautiously Warned Suggestion Added
Winthrop News proposes adding Meet Alotors Carefully and Pass Pedestrians Prudently to the warning. The suggestion aims to reinforce cautious driving near crossings and pedestrian safety.
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Winthrop News
Prosperity Emphasized Through Individual Effort and Duty
A columnist urges continued focus on personal responsibility to sustain prosperity. The message highlights financial and other conditions as shaped by each person and calls for ongoing effort from all.
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Orlt
Methuselah’s Long Century Inspires Memoir Musings
A Detroit News fragment imagines Methuselah facing a dull period in his sixth century work as he contemplates writing memoirs. The quip suggests even ancient figures wrestle with purpose during long spans.
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Methuselah
Detroit News
Chicago Student Sets Interscholastic Freestyle Records
Four years ago Albert Schwartz of Chicago could not swim a stroke. Now he holds the world Interscholastic record for 160 and 220 yards freestyle and has many other marks to his name.
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Albert Schwartz
Chicago
Various Baseball and Football Trades and Records Noted
Newark signs Helne Batch former Bridgeport pitcher and Reading alum Chick Shorten follows to Newark. Louisville sells catcher Gus Redman to Salt Lake. Dempsey dominance cited with 47 wins and 25 KOs in under a round. Brewer manager pursuit of Danny Leone noted. Rochester purchases Jack Sheehan and Silvers from Reading. Purdue football cost and Minnesota receipts highlighted. Lefty Pealger to trial with Kansas City. Arcadia ball venue planned with 3,000 seats for pro and amateur play.
Rhodes Scholar George Pfann to study in Oxford
George R. Pfann former Cornell quarterback and assistant coach has been named a Rhodes scholar. He will study at Oxford for three years starting October 1926. Pfann graduated from Cornell in June 1924 and earned two All American honors. He has served as Cornell assistant coach and as a graduate student since then.
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George R. Pfann
Cornell
Oxford University
Pfann
Doble
Oxford
Cubs Expect Scott to Bolster Batting Next Season
The Chicago Cubs aim to improve their batting by adding Floyd Scott, an outfielder previously with Kansas City. He is projected to hit around .300 in the majors and surpass former hope Grigsby. Scott resisted reporting to Washington last year over a fee dispute and was nearby Stockton during Cardinals spring training.
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Floyd Scott
Chicago Cubs
Scott
Kansas City
Grigsby
Cubs
Washington
St. Louis Cardinals
California
Stockton
Cards
Rickey
Wills to Clash With Lenglen on European Circuit
Helen Wills, American tennis champion, plans six months in Europe next summer to study art and enter Riviera tournaments. She also intends to compete at Wimbledon in England, and Suzanne Lenglen, French star, is expected to be there for possible on court meetings in 1926.
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Helen Wils
Suzanne Lenglen
Miss Wills
Europe
Riviera
Suzanne
England
Sensational Hawaiian Swimmer Tops Southern California Meet
Litle May Bowmer from Hawaii has dazzled Southern California swimming crowds since arriving in California months ago, emerging as the most sensational girl swimmer in local events.
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Litle May Bowmer
Hawaii
California
Virginia league adopts rookie rule limiting class B players
In Norfolk Virginia owners approve a new rookie rule and elect W G Bramham to a five year term. Clubs may have at most six players with class B experience or higher. Several clubs must release players and postpone auction sales until the 1926 season opens. Surplus players could fetch solid prices.
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Virginia
Norfolk
W. G. Bramham
Harvard Nearly Secures 1891 Football Game With Brown
Fred W. Moore, Harvard athletic treasurer and manager, recounts an 1891 effort to schedule a game with Brown for a $75 guarantee or half receipts. Brown’s manager John D. Rockefeller Jr. held out for more, noting the era average guarantee was about $84. Moore calls Rockefeller a standout Brown manager.
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Harvard
Brown University
Brown
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fred W. Moore
M Harvard Athletic Association
John D
Robins Bank On Veteran Players In Major League Plan
Brooklyn owner-manager Robinson plans a veteran laden roster for next season at Morida camp. He will field a large core over thirty with seven pitchers averaging age over 31 and an infield and outfield likewise aged, while adding several seasoned rookies to bolster the club.
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Wilbert
Brooklyn
Robinson
Morida
de Berry
Clearwater
Hargreaves
O'Neil
Robins
John Hollingsworth
Bob McGraw
George Bochler
Douglas McWeeney
Jess Barnes
August Felix
Boehier
Oakland
Hollingsworth
Portland
McGraw
Minneapolis
McWeeney
Zach Wheat
Barnes
Jack Fournier
Burleigh Grimes
Boehler
Dnazzy” Vance
Milton Stock
Joe DeBerry
John Mitchell
Ernie Osborne
Jim Tierney
Robbie
Rate Boost by Theaters Angers Admiral Nulton
Rear Admiral Tl M Nulton superintendent of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis writes to the Brooklyn Eagle condemning profiteering by New York theater managers on the Army Navy game night November 28. He notes hotel rates were not raised but theater prices surged by as much as 100 percent with some venues holding to normal prices. The academies alternate the game city each year.
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Tl. M. Nulton
United States
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Navy
Size and Weight Debate for New Golf Ball
American and English golf officials may settle the standard ball size and weight at a June conference in England. William C. Fownes Jr. of Pittsburgh will carry American proposals to the Royal and Ancient Club. England has resisted a larger lighter ball due to atmospheric differences on overseas courses.
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England
William C. Fownes, Jr
Pittsburgh
Royal and Ancient Club
Britain
Fownes
Spinach Star Rumors Highlight Early Sports Talk
Rataen is Red Grange, players demand large purses for transfers reach $25 000 as England clubs chase talent. Edouard Horemans at 36 warns of aging stars and looming show. An East pro football circuit plans cities from New York to Willes-Barre. Yankee Stadium expansion planned to 80 000 for 1920 grid games.
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England
East
New York
Rochester
Providence
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Atlantic City
Washington
Newark
Boston
Hartford
Willes-Barre
New York City
Love for Dog-Owners By Albert Payson Terhune
A group of Vine Street children and two nursemaids watch Doctor Glure's gentle pointer Prince guard a kitten nap in the veranda. Old Man Negley recalls dogs and cats can be friends, and an 1890s kennelman recounts a fox raised alongside hounds learning to play together, ending with the kennelman being fired for humane handling.
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Vine Street
Doctor Glure
Negley
Nagley
Prince
Glure
England
Berkshires
Naval Scrap Book Stoker Duel on Destroyer
In a World War I tale two stokers aboard a destroyer clash in a fiery altercation. After the fight ends the stokers emerge from the hatches to see each other’s swarthy faces while an officer contemplates the scene and its grimy toll.
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Stokers
Admiral Bacon
Weather Folklore Note From New Hampshire Paper
A short weather note from a New Hampshire paper quotes Friday as generally fair and likely followed by Saturday as reported by the Boston Transcript.
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New Hampshire
Boston Transcript
Donkeys Operate One of Two Remaining Wells in England
Only two wells remain where donkeys pull water in England. The Kenworth site has been in use since 1600, while the other surviving well continues to draw water by animal power. Separately, goldfish hobbyists sometimes feed young fish with pulverized egg yolk.
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Japan
Netherlands
England
California
Ithode Island
Jack Roser
Daltimore
Troser
Kenworth
Plant Life Riches in Philippine Islands Revealed
American botanists classify over 10 000 plant species in the Philippines with 532 food plants. If crops fail locals turn to wild tubers and toambo shoots. The buri palm yields 27 products from sugar to wine, awaiting American investment to unlock markets.
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Philippines
United States
Islands
Asia Meaning and Ancient Language Roots
Asia is said to derive from the term land of the dawn, a concept tied to early references in Sanskrit language history. The phrase reflects ancient naming practices describing geographic orientation and cultural associations with sunrise regions.
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Asia
Land of
The
Local Debate Derailed by Personal Remnant of Courtship
A witness recalls remarks during a tense discussion about local events. He reports someone said the man ought to have married the girl, framing the altercation as an unwelcome interruption of an ongoing conversation about town affairs.
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Bill
Feel No Remorse Deliberate Murderers Do Not Feel
The Medical Press and Circular asserts that deliberate murderers lack remorse after crimes. The claim emphasizes a clinical view of conscience and moral emotion in offenders.
Sorrowful Truth in a Santa Barbara News Style
A reflective editorial notes that most major tasks around the globe are overseen by men uncertain about proper attire. The piece examines leadership image and the gap between appearance and capability.
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Santa Barbara
Vanities of Youth and a College Boy Banjo Tale
The South Bend Tribune notes a college boy with elephant pants and a banjo showing indifference to who makes national laws. It cites the father of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a Unitarian preacher.
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South Bend Tribune
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Indianapolis
Inte Samuel ‘Tl Murdock
James L. Tlyneh
Great Britain
Osage
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ernest Burkhart
John Ramsey
Bert Lawson
Osage Country
W. KK. Hale
Rinchman
Harkhart
EK. W. Smith
Fairfax
Tnset
Hale
Lawson
Worehineton
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
National Capital
Cuba
Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners
Pharmnney
Margutite
Abraham Lincoln
Montreal
Toronto
London
Ontario
Beresford
Walter Hoover
River Thames
Eng
Helne Batch
Bridgeport
Louisville
Gus Redman
Salt Lake Club
Chick Shorten
Reading
Jack Dempsey
Otto 2Orchert
Danny Leone
St. Paul
Brewers
Jack Sheehan
Silvers
Reading Club
Phelan
Purdue
Taube
University of Minnesota
Fudgers
Lefty Pealger
American Association
Flint
Arcadia Ball
Pennsylvania State College
Rogers Hornsby
Betty Rodgers
Chlef Bender
Kissitsee
Flora
George Pfann
Helen Wills
Robins Bank
Admiral Nulton
Rataen
Red Grange
Edouard Horemans
Fa 1
Ban Johnson
American League
Mexico
Princeton
BM Roper
Oliver Campbell
America
Lawn Tennis Club
Nice
France
Albert Payson
Terhune
FOX and Hounds
Hunt Club
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Philippine Islands
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