World Series Morgan-Style Humor on Quirky Baseball Announcers
Henry Morgan delivers a spoof of World Series announcers with rapid-fire gags about players. The riffs include absurd bio details, offbeat quirks, and mock statistics from Alsab Grundella to Hesmond Franchise, set in a playful, freewheeling radio adieu.
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Henry Morgan
Yankee Stadium
Alsab Grundella
Grundella
Big Rock
Utah
Medullah
Ohio
Phil Rizzuto
Sam Fuller
Sam
Conshohocken
Pennsylvania
Himm
Dominick Sturtevant
Boston Braves
Braves
Milwaukee
Francis Dances
Tehachapi
Idaho
Sumatra
Dodgers
Hesmond
Wambigans
Texas
Oak
Archery Boom Spreads From Africa to North America
A bold new trend sees expert American archers hunting big game in French Equatorial Africa with two bows and 36 arrows each. The sport expands to U S and Ontario with dedicated bow and arrow hunting zones. Archery tech shifts to steel bows, aluminum arrows, and long shots while stars like Howard Hill perform balloon and target feats.
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French Equatorial Africa
Ontario
North America
Agincourt
William
Howard Hill
William Tell
Russ Hoogerhyde
Untamed Lions and Big Cats Through Cherry Kearton Eyes
A vivid reminiscence of Cherry Kearton’s safari peril and animal encounters. He faces a man eating lion after a delayed charge, stalks lions with a camera near a water hole, and survives a hippo chase while detailing lioness predation and rhino crocodile battles.
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Ada Cherry Kearton
Cherry
Kraal
Tanganyika
Speed up Your Rate of Reading in Tachistoscope Use
An article explains tachistoscope devices now used in about 300 colleges and universities to speed reading. It notes readers achieve up to 1,800 words per minute, compares to a 450 wpm 1946 standard, and describes eye jumps and short pauses that govern comprehension. It adds a footnote about a Victorian reader who recalled fifty words per second.
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United States
Shop Locally Axe Price Bargain Cast in a Local Store
A farmer negotiates price in a hardware shop comparing mail order costs. The merchant undercuts the catalog by adding postage, proposing $1.58 total, then delays pickup for three days, asserting the item will be ready then. The scene highlights local competition and differing sales tactics.
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O.K
Go Into Business For Yourself with Exclusive Housewares
Advertisement offers a opportunity to sell exclusive houseware products and appliances not sold in stores. Claims no competition and profits up to 500 percent. Promises free color catalog with retail prices and separate confidential wholesale pricing from Murray Sales in Montreal.
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Murray
St. Lawrence
Montreal
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Allen
Barry Jones
Blondini
Brighton
England
Hippo
Dayco Enterprises
P.O
Tyler
BABY
Dayold
Bray Haatchery
John N
Hamilton
Arbor Acres
Fergus Ontario
Girouard
McCormick and Massey-Harris
Bedell
Simcoe
W. J. Per Concord P.D
Beaver Valley
Georgian Bay Area
Garfield Case
Clarksburg
Gordon Stoutt Ltd
Tobacco District
Roy Dodich
Mt. Brydges
POST
St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto
D. E.D
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin
Broadway
New York
U.S.A
McCilain’s
Greenlawn
Detroit
Michigan
Nellie Lund Mayerthorp
Alberta
G. Howl
Cairn Avenue
Canada
Marvel
America
Freh
Bloor St. W
King St. Hamilton
Rideaux St
Ottawa
Fetherstonhaugh & Company
University Ave
Ramsay Co
Bank St
The
Medico Agency
Terminal
Ont
L.A
California
JQIN
World-Wide Stamp Exchanges and Correspondence Club
International Stamp Land
Sheungwan
Hong Kong
Sia
Boettger
Statlom
Kitimat
B.C
Churchill
Fergus Landrace Swine
Dept. W
G. Taylor uMiTeo
Toronto Safe Works
Front St. E
Cunard
Europe
Scythia
Saxonia
Ivernia
Ascania
Carinthia
Quebec
Tfki
Fki
Havre
Southampton
Greenock
Liverpool
Liverpool Greenock
Ae Elizabeth Parth
Queen A
Mary Britannic
Queen Elizabeth Media
Caronia
Mauretania
QUEEN
Mary Franconia
Queen Elizabeth Parthia
Queen Mary Britannic
Queen Elizabeth
Cunard Line
Cherbourg
Cobh
Overpool
Cobb
Corner Bay
Wellington Streets
Toronto, Ont
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