Connie Mack and the Athletics A 1950 retrospective
The author recalls Connie Mack leading the Athletics of 1910 to 1914 and contrasts their powerhouse squad with Mack's 1950 team. He argues attendance and payroll pressures forced disbanding and notes modern costs, player salaries, and the changing economics of baseball over four decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mack
Athletics
Grantland Rice
Connie
Eddie Collins
Stuffy McInnis
Jack Barry
Baker
Eddie Plank
Boston
Braves
Mack
Browns
White Sox
Ted Williamses
Joe DiMaggios
Brissie
Kellner
Dillinger
McGraw
Ihe
Yawkeys
Toppings
Briggs
Webbs
Carpenters
Wrigleys
Clark Griffith
Other Boston Team Leads Pennant Scramble Ahead
The piece notes the other Boston team, not the Red Sox, staying in the pennant race on the west coast of Florida and heading the scramble alongside or ahead of the Dodgers Cardinals and Phillies.
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Mockingbirds
Florida
Red Sox
Dodgers
Braves
Cardinals
Phillies
Boston
Green Grass of Wyoming Seeks Filly Crown Jewel
A valuable filly named Crown Jewel is freed from a crate by Thunderhead a white stallion owned by Ken McLaughlin and banished to the Wyoming hills A search party led by Rob McLaughlin Ken s father and joined by Beaver Greenway and Carey March begins Ken and Carey ride together as Howard McLaughlin spots a footprint of Old Pete in the hills Carey rides ahead with the party during the search
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Crown Jewel
Thunderhead
Ken McLaughlin
Wyoming Hills
Ken
Rob
Beaver Greenway
Idaho
Carey March
Carey
Howard
Pete
Jewel
Carey Survives Snow Storm While Struggling to Return
Carey mounts the roan Mamie and rides into a blinding snow storm. She loses her way on the frozen plains as Gus and Cookie race to rescue her, finally finding her after hours in danger. Ken is placed beside her in the warm truck as the group pushes toward Beasley ranch.
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Carey
Cookie
Mamie
Gus
Ken
Thunderhead
Howard
Beasley Ranch
Beasley
Carey Sheds Tears While Held by Ken
Carey breaks down when Ken holds her after a near death moment as a caravan reaches Beasley ranch. Mamie signals help with a pleading whinny as Thunderhead's band grows to fourteen mares and foals, with yearlings banished from nursing mares. TO BE CONTINUED)
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Carey
Ken
Beasley Ranch
Mamie
Thunderhead
Hager
Mirror Of Your Mind Mutual Friends For Sisters
An exploration of how age gaps affect sibling bonds and rivalries. The piece discusses whether sisters or brothers can be mutual friends, noting that closeness breeds jealousy while larger age differences allow maternal affection. Insights from Dr. Arthur L. Rautman are included, along with guidance for handling prejudice and questions about adoption and parentage.
Treating Severe Goiter With Propylthiouracil In Adults
A physician notes rapid recovery after thyroid removal and discusses non surgical options for exophthalmic goiter. Propylthiouracil is described as the most reliable drug, with starting dose 150 mg daily in divided doses, reducing to 25–50 mg later, and six months or longer of treatment with monitoring via basal metabolism. Suitable when surgery is risky or refused, and for teens, the elderly, and those with heart disease.
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Xray
al Wanenen
Annals of Clinical Medicine
Bennos
Health Notes on Myxedema and Mental Illness
Myxedema is a common cause of mental illness due to underactive thyroid. Penicillin and germ-killing methods will reduce future eye ear nose and throat surgeries. Melancholia signs include slow movement, staring eyes, loss of appetite, insomnia. A small group can have higher accident rates.
The Loafer: Half Hour Spare Time Buddy
A light musing on idle moments in which a person with free time tends to spend it with someone also available, creating a social pattern of synchronized leisure. The humor lies in the shared status of unemployment or free hours rather than any concrete event.
HADACOL Health Claim From Mrs. Stella Clark Ad
Mrs Stella Clark of Indianapolis credits HADACOL with alleviating nervous indigestion poor sleep and a cranky appetite. The testimonial endorses the vitamin and mineral supplement and notes a money back guarantee with trial and hospital sizes offered by LeBlanc Corporation in 1960.
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Stella Clark
Cornell Ave
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
Las Louisiana
Penn
LeBlanc Cor
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Wagner
Mathewson
Joe Jackson
Ed Walsh
Jackson
Walsh
Alexander
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Mr. Mack
Wyoming
Mary O'Hara
Lawrence Gould
Arthur L. Rautman
Carleton College
Minnesota
BY Ames
James W. Barton
Kelloggs
Rogers Mfg
Jan Flakes
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Slydia E. Pinkham
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