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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1929
Page
2
Retired umpire nicknamed Steamboat Johnson recalls a Fourth of July Des Moines game when a home run run ended with the plate playout and a night in jail. He notes injuries from flying bottles and jokes that fans once threw more while the game concluded.
Hack Wilson powered a late two run double to pull the Chicago Cubs within reach and then win as Earl Smith mocked the slugger from behind the plate. The Pirates were ahead 4 to 0 when Wilson predicted the score shift and delivered the decisive hit in the seventh inning.
MSG plans two boxing events in its new outdoor Miami arena. The first bout is minor, the second an eliminator for the heavyweight title featuring Jack Sharkey against an opponent to be named late December, with Tuffy Griffiths as the leading candidate.
Notes discuss prejudice against foreign games, Kiki Cuyler as top base stealer, annual national horseshoe championships in St Petersburg, Loughran’s comeback in New York after Jan 1, 1929, Cubs in four of five NL tie games, view on football players and Santa Claus, Wrigley Field rumor, majors’ late closing hurting fall exhibition money, Duke’s new football stadium scout box for 60, boxing rising in Mexico, golf ball size hailstone comparison, Hickory price rise and St Andrews golfers using steel shafts, a woman’s indifference to football rules, Hans Wagner’s base running feats, Harry Carl Pass’s totalizer for racing payouts, Karl Kozeluh’s Bristol cup dominance.
Two Japanese newspaper men covered the Chicago Philadelphia World Series and filed from the press box to their home papers. They printed Tuesday afternoon’s game and its box score in Tuesday morning’s issue, a feat not matched by American reporters due to time differences.
Minnesota coach lauds Bronko Nagurski as best tackle in the Western Conference and an outstanding end, noting his versatility to play every position. He cites Nagurski's speed and pass catching, and recalls Nagurski’s 10.1 hundred-yard dash and impact on blocking and tackling.
Sam Hale plans a white barn and house paint to impress his wife Hattie. A late return finds the family living in the old house no more as they move into the new barn and light, and she reveals they have chosen to stay in the homey house. He apologizes and agrees to repaint the house, ending with family harmony and a plan to build a finer new house later.
Experiments by the Scottish fishery board show fish skins can be transformed into leather. Two men demonstrated that alum treatment yields excellent leather, though current costs are high. Using seaweed by products as a substitute may cut costs, making fishskin leather practical for footwear.
The article explains how fruit is treated with artificial sun lamps to restore skin color after harvest. After cleaning and polishing, fruit is exposed to rays for one to five minutes to imitate freshly gathered produce.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia describes Noahs ark as three stories high, 300 cubits long and 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. Jetries cubit estimate yields about 56214 feet long, 9314 feet wide and 56 percent feet deep. Calculations suggest roughly 3 500 000 cubic feet of space.
An American writer visits La Chat Botte in Ginza Tokyo a tiny cafe with cedar trees and English speaking staff. Jazz hums from a phonograph as students clap to My Blue Heaven while waitresses in blue kimonos mingle and charm every patron. The atmosphere blends cosmopolitan charm with lively noisiness and careful service.
The speaker recalls a dire medical prognosis given when starting golf and reflects on the passage of time since then, joking about the implied months elapsed.
Mrs Norma Russel Jones recalls restless sleep at college after being snubbed. a teacher suggests Nujol, and two weeks later her health and life improve. The ad asserts Nujol to be a harmless lubricant, not a medicine, promising brighter happiness and regularity.
Dialogue sketch about a couple at an intersection and a landlady refusing payment. The man jokes about a fork in the road and a spoon, the girl and boarder consider IOU rent, and the landlady declines in a playful exchange with alphabet wordplay.
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