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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
3
A Oklahoma farmer woman, weary from dairy duties and housework, reports renewed strength after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes weight loss before treatment and improved health, sleeping well and performing tasks with ease.
Jim Alan Manning, once with Newark in the Eastern League and later with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, said he suddenly regained sight at home in Newark after years of blindness since a 1923 steel plant injury. He credited prayer before a St. Theresa statue, while Dr. Michael Coffey noted no surprise.
A collage of brief sport items. Norman Ross shifts to dog racing advocacy. Tad Jones urges football changes. California pays athlete injuries. Thomas Washington claims a 14 ace US record. UC basketball notes 38 straight wins with a Nevada loss. Detroit hosts a 24 mile women’s amateur marathon on July 30. Sausalito boxing adopts per-round decision posting. Polo vault records rise to about 14 feet. British army polo team to challenge for the Westchester Cup at Meadow Brook next Sept. A Minnesota runner’s five mile indoor effort is referenced.
A collage of baseball notes lists Ruth's repeated strikeouts, Indian centerfield ambitions of Bernie Neis, and 36 former college players in the majors. It mentions Honus Wagner era stars, Gonzaga dropping baseball for grass, Huggins' strict regime, and various pitchers over 200 pounds. The piece surveys managers, bat weights, birthdays, and regional club quirks.
Veteran pitcher Joe Bush, in his fourteenth major league season, has joined the Pittsburgh Pirates becoming the sixth NL or AL club he has played for. His career includes stints with the Athletics Red Sox Yankees Browns and Washington.
British golfers faced a puzzling hole in one when a tee shot rolled into a rabbit hole. Under local rules the ball was dropped without penalty, then rolled into the cup. A referee later ruled the drop violated etiquette as it conferred advantage beyond a fair lie, prompting debate on correct handling.
Jean Washer of Belgium, dubbed the cannon-ball driver, is ranked fourth among European tennis players in the first Belgium edition of a major all-tennis ranking edited by Victor Boin. Known for precise left-handed serves when in form, he can unleash wild shots that miss the court entirely.
Roland MacKenzie, famed as the longest amateur driver, claims Bobby Jones could outdrive any golfer if he chose. MacKenzie notes Jones has produced 300 yard drives on demand and believes Jones would continue to do so whenever he tries for distance.
In Czechoslovakia a memorial tablet for Henri de Blowitz is unveiled in his native village Blovice. A local school master presents a French letter to Paris detailing de Blowitz seeking church admission and charity. De Blowitz, born Opper, reportedly Catholic since infancy, with a Jewish shopkeeper father who cared for the synagogue. the village school prize for Czech reading in 1834 is noted.
An old advertisement extols Bell-Ans for indigestion as harmless and pleasant relief. It claims relief from gas belching heartburn and nausea, noting over 80 years of use. It promotes 25c and 50c packages from Bell & Co Inc Orangeburg NY and offers free samples.
Trapped Dr John Roach Straton condemns a book attacking the clergy in New York. He quips that novelists should improve by their writings like preachers do by sermons. A luncheon joke about a man preaching economy ends with him quitting smoking.
The piece notes fish are killed by extreme cold as they are pulled from 30 degree Antarctic waters into air at 70 degrees colder. It highlights how millions of thle fish perish in Atlantic currents and that Scott’s Antarctic catches suffer freezing losses when exposed to frigid air.
A compact meditation contrasts blissful ignorance with the sting of recognizing one’s own ignorance. It argues that awareness of gaps in knowledge sharpens perception and prompts curiosity. The piece uses wry humor to pose questions about certainty and learning.
A terse line notes that a modest idea can attract a wealthy financier who then backs and advances it. The statement reflects on risk, capital, and social contrasts in funding innovation.
Virginia Dibble, fashion expert for children, notes that many well dressed families dress two children alike. A man counters that the best dressed families never had more than one child.
The Louisville Courier Journal laments future use of vacuum cleaners to clean blackboards in New York schools. It argues that replacing squeaking slate pencils and water buckets dulls childhood and deepens servitude, warning against sterile classrooms and loss of simple classroom joys.
A family gathers in the space in front of the garage each morning for breakfast making the doorway into a warm family hub. The routine highlights simple domestic rituals and the value of shared meals in daily life.
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