Bobo Newsom The Colorful Pitc her Washington Saga
A nostalgia piece on Bobo Newsom, his colorful temper and ego, and his long MLB career. It recounts a 1930s incident with Lefty Gomez, Newsom’s habit of speaking in the third person, a no hitter who lost, and his multiple stints with the Washington Senators and other teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobo Newsom
Louis Norman Newsom
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Frank Hay
Roosevelt
Newsom
Senators
Ben Chapman
Bobo
Ossie Bluege
Bowie Race Track
Lefty Gomez
Mr. Newsom
Detroit
Baker
Earl Averill
Earl
Browns
Red Sox
Bobo Newson
Washington
Stowaways Face Harsh Trek on British Ships
A British steamer captain found a drastic way to deter stowaways by steering near land then throwing lifebelts equipped stowaways into the sea. The article notes stowaways plague British shipping, with captains responsible for fed and clothed travelers until port and deportation rules. It cites deaths from exposure and suffocating conditions, including two stowaways dying after a Liverpool dock arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Dominions
Britain
Liverpool
South America
The Swift Chronicle of Dumas The Fastest Prolific Writer
Edgar Wallace praised as a rapid writer while Alexandre Dumas claimed 1200 volumes and sixty full novels in one year. He ran an assembly line of ghostwriting and owned theatres publications and a magazine. He slept four hours a day and kept many pets and lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Wallace
Alexandre Dumas
Camille
Dumas
Dumas Birth and Debauchery Tale Amid Western Classifieds
The excerpt recalls Alexandre Dumas born 1802 son of a French general, famous for The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, who squandered fortune and quipped about dying with twenty francs. It also lists a portable traffic signal, a chemistry joke, oil royalties in East Texas, and a Texas service station with rest rooms and a cottage, plus an Ontario contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumas
Santo Domingo
Monte Cristo
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Calvert Sports Coumn
Elmer Ferguson
Canadian Rugby Union
Toronto
Canada
Varsity Stadium
Dominion
Ottawa
Montreal
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Regina
Calgary
C.R.U
Calvert House
Yonge St
Calvert Distillers Limited
Amherstburg, Ontario
Satchel Paige
Joe Stalin
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Macon
Little Rock
Chicago Cubs
Albany
Los Angeles
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Dodgers
Philadelphia Athletics
Giants
Chatanooga
Birmingham
Inverleith
Scotland
Sallys
BABY
R.O.P
Fergus
Ontario
Bray Hatchery
Guelph
Gait
Booth
Port Stanley
St. Marya
Main Street
Newmarket
Jarvis
Parker’s Dye Works Limited
Taranto
Warco Grease and Oil Limited
Harley Davidson Motorcycles
C.O.D
Berf BH
Kennedy & Son
College Street
Martha Washington
Richledge
5. W. Johnson
Walsh & Baker
Edmund Street
Carleton Place
Dunnville
New Lots Station
New York
U.S.A
Soph
East Texas
Hindman
Delaware St
Dallas
Texas
Highway 17
Pembroke
Deen River
Ont
Markham
Nature
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin
St. Cecile Rt
Three Rivers
Quebec
Myer
Myers and Sons
Manning Avenue
POST
Queen
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
Kine St
Rideau St
King Drug Pharmaceutical Chemists
Alberta
P.O. Box
London
Belanger
Plamondon, Alberta
Pelmo Park
Weston
Huey
House of Wallace
Dept. AZ
Phillips Place
Ramsay Co
Bank Street
Truthfold Publications
Lake Avenue
Dept
Rochester
Palm Beach
Fla
West Palm Beach
Pla
John E. Thompson
Gastonville
Pennsylvania
Weite
Call
Paikin Brothers Ltd
Ferguson Ave
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