Bobo Newsom remembered for color in Washington years
A column recalls Bobo Newsom a big swinging figure in baseball. It recounts his long career across teams including the Senators and Browns and notes his famed self confidence and colorful clashes with managers and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobo Newsom
Louis Norman Newsom
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Frank Hay
Roosevelt
Newsom
Senators
Ben Chapman
Bobo
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Macon
Little Rock
Chicago Cubs
Albany
Los Angeles
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Browns
Detroit Tigers
Dodgers
Philadelphia Athletics
Giants
Chatanooga
Birmingham
Stowaways Face Harsh Measures Aboard British Ships
A 90s or earlier account notes captains in British shipping dealing with stowaways by changing course to near land and throwing tied lifebelts bound stowaways overboard. Stowaways provoke a civil process on arrival with potential deportation unless nationality can be proven. Deaths from exposure highlight dangers of concealment aboard ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Rugby Union
Toronto
Canada
Varsity Stadium
The
Dominion
Ottawa
Montreal
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Regina
Calgary
C.R.U
Panama
Dominions
Britain
Liverpool
South America
Edg ar Wallace and Dumas Compared as Prolific Authors
The passage credits Edgar Wallace as a rapid writer and Alexandre Dumas as the most prolific, citing Dumas authoring 1200 volumes and nearly 70 000 pages plus sixty four plays. It notes Dumas used ghost writers, owned a theatre and newspaper, and led a lavish, lawsuit‑ridden life with many pets and high rail receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Wallace
Alexandre Dumas
Camille
Dumas
Dumas Portrait and scattered modern ads
The fragment recalls Alexandre Dumas born 1802 and his two celebrated works in 1844, noting his extravagance and death in 1870. It then lists varied devices and ads including a portable traffic signal, a chemistry joke, oil royalties in East Texas, land offers, a service station on Highway 17, and a Canadian contact box, forming a mixed-page record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumas
Santo Domingo
Monte Cristo
Paris
Highway 17
Pembroke
Deen River
Ont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Calvert Sports Coumn
Elmer Ferguson
Calvert House
Yonge St
Calvert Distillers Limited
Amherstburg, Ontario
Satchel Paige
Joe Stalin
Ossie Bluege
Bowie Race Track
Lefty Gomez
Washington
Mr. Newsom
Detroit
Baker
Earl Averill
Earl
Red Sox
Bobo Newson
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
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
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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