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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
6
Rogers Hornsby, star manager and second baseman of the Boston Braves, is traded to the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs pay $150,000 and receive five Chicago players. Hornsby expresses pleasure at joining the Cubs.
A German press tale recalls how a clerical error created the fictitious Lieut As Well As used to mock Czar Paul I. The “officer” rose from roll to major and general before dying after a staged illness, with Siberian exile, pardons, and a grand funeral marking the ruse.
W T O Shields reported that a chimney swift with an aluminum leg band was captured in Ware Shoals South Carolina. The band showed it was tagged a year earlier in Tallahassee Florida by Charles O Handley and H L Stoddard.
Canton merchants in Kwantung province unite for economic rebirth. At a conference with 800 delegates they call for government cooperation to curb communism, ease labor tensions, and cut foreign middlemen, aiming to revive native industries and provincial prosperity.
Riviera casino interests clash with Monte Carlo over roulette and control. Public pushes posters and subsidized media while authorities struggle to keep signage clean. Monte Carlo seeks a French government extension to ban roulette. current agreement expires 1931.
A doctor argues that harsh chemical laxatives fail to cleanse the colon and praises cascara bark as the superior natural remedy. He cites Indian use and claims cascara benefits the bowels and blood, touting its long history and effectiveness.
A Louisville Courier-Journal note quotes a line on greatness and remarks that most people irritate others, referencing a remark about a prominent gangster and a line about ten trucks of flowers.
Nature Magazine notes an artificial oasis in Death Valley created by irrigation at Furnace Creek Ranch. It recalls the site’s former name Greenland Ranch and the weather station once housed there. On July 10 1918 the Greenland Ranch thermometer reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit in shade.
A motorist enters a restaurant with his companion and tells the waiter Fill her up. The remark prompts amusement as the couple sits down. The incident is recounted in a Boston Transcript story.
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