Pioneer Women Cited for Herbal Remedies and Lydia Pinkham
In days of our forefathers women gathered roots and herbs for cures. Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised by Mrs. Kraft of Detroit and Mrs. Green of Rockford for renewed strength after treatment.
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Lydia B. _—_ Pinkham
Wm. Kraft
Vinewood Ave
Detroit
Mich
Pinkham
News
Gust Green
Lincoln Park Boulevard
Rockford
Illinois
Kraft
Woman's payments echo burden in household finance
Dialogue underscores ongoing strain of shared costs within households. The exchange highlights a pattern where women bear repeated payments while men lag in installment adherence, reflecting gendered financial dynamics.
Notre Dame Football Team Draws From 44 States
A 1926 Notre Dame squad shows 44 of 48 states represented on the varsity. Indiana and Pennsylvania lead with five players each. Minnesota and Ohio close behind. Other homes include Connecticut Illinois Michigan Massachusetts Oregon Texas California Kansas Iowa and West Virginia.
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South Bend
Rockne Ramblergs
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Ohio
Connecticut
Ilinois
Michigan
Massachusetts
Oregon
Texas
California
Kansas
Iowa
West Virginia
Donohue’s Big Record Fete
Donohue, star right handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, posted at least twenty wins in three of four seasons. He tallied twenty-one victories in 1923 and again last year, reached twenty in 1926 finishing against the pennant winner Cardinals, and had sixteen wins in 1924. He narrowly missed twenty in 1922.
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Fete Donohue
Cincinnati Reds
Donohue
Pete
Cardinals
Redleg
Osborn Aims for 1928 Olympic Decathlon Glory
Thorpe Harold Osborn, a champion decathlete and long jumper, seeks to surpass Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic feats at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. He targets 8000 points in the decathlon, with 7800 credited for the Carlisle Indian’s 1912 triumphs, and trains with confidence for the record attempt.
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Harold Osborn
Jim Thorpe
Osborn
Carlisle
Big feet hint at gridiron stardom for Detroit sophomore Long
Football lore cites Rob ert C. Zuppke noting greatness travels on big feet and Red Grange’s No. 1. If correct, University of Detroit sophomore tackle Harvey Long wearing No. 11 could go far in the game, boasting the biggest feet on the squad and strong speed.
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Robert C. Zuppke
University of Illinois
Red Grange
Zuppke
Starvey Long
University of Detroit
Long
Detroit
Vintage Sports Factoids and Projections From the Era
A compilation of notes on boxing, football, golf, and basketball figures and events. Mentions Dempsey, Tunney, Kilrain, Ruth, and Mack. West Point cadets and post July 1 1927 sports limits. golf and boxing histories. coaching moves at Wisconsin. Bobby Jones streaks and Helen Wills professional rumors.
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West Point
Philadelphia Boxing Revival After Big Fight
Pete Tyrrell notes Philadelphia boxing rebounds after a Dempsey Tunney style clash. He cites about 30 000 first time attendees converting to boxing and promoter Tyles Aronson reporting strong advance sales at his arena. Tyrrell says the Quaker City benefited and boxing may prosper more than before.
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Philadelphia
Pete Tyrrell
Pete
Quaker City
Tyles Aronson
Fidel LaBarba Aims for Stanford After Boxing Career
Fidel LaBarba worlds flyweight champion and noted Pacific coast sports devotee eyed college life and intercollegiate athletics. The Los Angeles native, a former amateur standout, plans to study at Stanford under coach Glen Warner while pursuing boxing earnings for college.
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Fidel la Barba
Pacific Coast
California
la Barba
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Fidel
Leland Stanford
Glen “Lop” Warner
Jock Hutchison Led Way for Yankees in Europe
Jock Hutchison sparked American success in the British Open era led by American golfers. From 1921 to 1925 the US produced champions including Hutchison Hagen Barnes Jones with scores ranging from 295 to 301 at St Andrews Sandwich Troon Hoylake and Hoylake.
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Jock Hutchison
Yankees
Europe
St. Andrews
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Sandwich
Arthur Havers
United States
Troon
Hoylake
Jim Barnes
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden Urges Pay For Individual Players In Sports
Former tennis champion William T Tilden criticizes the commercialization of college football and tennis in The Harvard Crimson interview. He objects to overemphasis on amateur status and argues players should be paid, noting profits go to systems rather than individuals.
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William T. Tilden
Harvard Crimson
Tilden
Pur due Halfback Wilcox Star of Season So Far
Cotton Wilcox, Pur due halfback, has been playing a whale of a game this season. He appears able to do anything with a football and leads the team in performance.
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Andy” Anderson
Purdue
Cotton” Wilcox
Horween suffers serious lineup losses from Yale defeat
The Harvard football team loses J. F. Crosby and R. W. Turner for the season after failing to pass exams. Crosby, a top back, and Turner, the leading center, were key players and were being considered for captain in 1927.
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J. F. Crosby
R. W. Turner
Harvard
Arnold Horween
Crosby
Turner
Yale
Will of Charles Lounsberry Deemed Most Beautiful
The Montreal Family Herald describes the will of Charles Lounsberry, a Chicago lawyer who died in an asylum. The document grants children nature and play, boys active leisure, lovers imaginary worlds, young men rivalry and songs, and the aged memory and poetry. It is praised as extraordinarily humane and universal.
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Charles Lounsberry
Ilinois
Burns
Shakespeare
Montreal Family Herald
U.S
Roman holiday in a cinema prompts boiling questions
A talkative child in a Youngstown theater disrupts a photoplay about Rome. The mother answers questions about Nero, the fiddle, and martyrs while patrons absorb the burning city scene. The child asks if martyrs are inflammable, causing a brief stir.
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Rome
Nero
Doris
Mumma
Youngstown
Holy Smoke Emerges As Title For New Lodge Chaplain
An old preacher named chaplain of a new colored lodge complains about his grand title and faces resignation. Members debate fitting honor as one man suggests naming the reverend Holy Smoke to honor religious leadership and unity.
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Bruddern
Immense Salt Beds Under Southwest Surface Regions
Geologists conclude a vast salt bed averaging 500 feet thick under 40,000 square miles of Texas and extending into New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas. Cores from oil wells indicate salt strata potentially more than 1,000 feet thick in places.
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United States
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Burlesque Manager Defends Provisions in Show
A burlesque manager argues against objections that his performances reveal too little clothing. He claims the dancers wear as much as street crowds and questions paying to see what is already seen, as quoted by the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
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Gotpd
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Doi Bast Rpa
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
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John Pucelik
Bob” Weller
Vic Halligan
Steiner
Lombard College
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Ty Cobb
Ike
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Thorpe
Gridiron Foundation
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Tunney
Er. C. Quigley
Mr. Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Pittsburgh
Jake Kilrain
England
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Athletics
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Theodore W. Drews
Princeton
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Brooklyn
Connie Mack
America
le Journal
Whitney Bowden
Newcastle
N. H
Manly
Walter FE. Meanwell
University of Wisconsin
Helen Wills
Fidel LaBarba
Bill Tilden
United States Rubber Company
Walrus Arctics
Henry Sllaskell
Brattlebore
Marilyn Wing
Pine
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