Merkle and the Black Sox The 1919 World Series scandal recapped
A condensed recount of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. It notes alleged gambling, key players like Cicotte Kerr and Joe Jackson, and the resulting lifelong bans for eight players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merkle
Cident
Black Sox
Dicky Kerr
White Sox
Kerr
Reds
Cicotte
Charles Comiskey
Dickie Kerr
Collins
Schalk
Chicago
Indignant Audience Member Calls Out Sermon Interlude
An elderly woman interrupts a preacher with fervent Amens. The minister pivots to snuff and sin, provoking an indignant exclamation from the woman who proclaims the sermon has moved from preaching to meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meddlin
Canning Advances Highlight Broad Range of Foods Processed
The article notes that over 400 types of fruit vegetables meat fish and dairy products are successfully canned. This showcases diverse preserved foods expanding in availability and methods used by producers.
Postwar Europe DP Plight and US Immigration Debate
The article notes about 850,000 displaced persons in Europe three years after World War II, mainly Ukrainians Czechs Yugoslavs Poles and Balts with 18 percent Jewish and discusses US immigration limits a Senate measure allowing up to 200,000, the Baltics and agricultural quotas shaping acceptance. It also covers A Philip Randolph threatening a nonviolent draft protest unless desegregation in the armed forces is enacted and the broader civil rights tensions. It recounts Frank Whittle jet propulsion development and a 400000 tax free award by the Royal Commission on Inventors after government involvement and wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Frank Whittle
Royal Air Force
Whittle
Air Ministry
RAF
Royal Commission On Awards
Somerset House
London
Supply Ministry
Post’s Grape-Nuts Flakes Promote Double Breakfast Value
An enthusiastic speaker touts Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes as a blue chip breakfast choice. They praise the malty rich honey golden flakes for nourishment energy minerals and the benefit of two grains for doubled breakfast enjoyment. The speaker plans to buy a full supply at the grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Maggie and the Song That Outlived Its Maker
Canadian schoolmaster George Johnson wrote the beloved ballad When You and I Were Young Maggie after walking with pupil Maggie Clark beside a mill in Twenty Mile Creek. They wed in 1864. Maggie died within a year, and Johnson later held academic posts in Binbrooke, Hamilton, and Toronto. Nickel was first used by ancient China and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
George Johnson
Binbrooke
Ont
Glanford
Wentworth County
Maggie Clark
Twenty Mile Creek
Johnson
Buffalo
Cleveland
Mount Hope
Canada
Central School
Hamilton
Upper Canada College
University of Toronto
Classified Ads Offerings and Goods for Sale Across Ontario
Multiple listings include agents wanted for selling men's diamond wool hose and industrial products, Lakeview Chicks with June July stock and ready to lay pullets, Lakeview Farms hatchery contact in Exeter, new deluxe cabin cruiser boat for sale in Parry Sound, home insulation services south of Goderich, Collie dogs and Berkshire sow breeding in Ontario, oversize cash tractor and Cockshutt 30, assorted cotton towels and bags with prices, and Ontario address listings for suppliers and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeview
Lakeview Farms & Hatchery
Exeter
Ontario
Lakeview Poultry Farms
Wein Brothers Exeter
Men & Boy
C.O.D
Newcoast
Transportation
Montreal
Ee Behkeeper’s
T. E. Schoen
Massey
Canada
U.S.A
Harold E. Watson
Woodford
Bert Wilson
Lions Head
Paults
Turkey Ranch
Deutz
H.P. Air Starting
Preston Neals
Bethany
Ont
Parry Sound
Brantford
Goderich
Waterloo
London
Collies
Histon
Dorchester
Chuich
Berkshire
Farrow
Alfred Groves and Sons
Salford
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Dillon Flicka
Ed. Arthur
Otterville
Norwich
Wallacetown
Frank Mann Harris
Cincinnatii Reds
Eddie Cicotte
Susie
Claude Williams
Cincinatti
Joe Jackson
Joe
Norman Blair
United States
Truman
Congress
Senate
Baltic States
Pepper
Florida
Britain
Palestine
The
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Randolph
Mohandas Gandhi
Morse
Senator Morse
Deep South
Great Britain
China
Peru
Warce Grease & Ol} Limited
Toronto
BABY
Hurondale
Bray Hatchery
John N
New Hampshires
Sussex
New Hampshire
Australorp
Minorca
Fergus
Hurondale Chick Hatchery
Guelph
H. Parker
Ontario St
Torento
H.R
Russell Johnson
Minden
Brantford Builders Supplies Ltd
Bruce St
Station DB
Harley Davidson Motorcycles
Paris
Bert & Kennedy & Son
College St
Queen St
Ottawa
Cookstown
Allis-Chalmera
Cletrac
Hanson
Huber
Alge Im
Buckeye
Minneanong- Moline
Contractora Machinery and Equipment Ltd
Bartow St. E
Preston
Trent Vatley Breeding
Talbotcroft Kennels
Rockwood
Briggs & Little Woolen Mill
York Mills
York Co
N.B. Ee
Sawyer Massey
Herb Chambers
Sherkston
Rolla
Gamma Photo Centre
Robertson
Robertson's
Hairdressing Academy
Avenus Road
Kirkland and District Hospital
Kirkland Lake
Kirkland Lake Ontario
Dent
Rosamond Memorial Hospital
Almonte
Pomona
Thamesford
Laurence Brown
Dalkeith
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin
Station K
Munro
Marvel
Bloor St. W
King St
Rideau Street
Senves Petherstonaugh & Company
King West
Post Office
Adelaide Street
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