Paris Doctor Warns Modern Lifestyles Endanger Female Beauty
Madame Peillon urges women to abandon cigarettes alcohol and late hours to preserve beauty. She praises natural living exercise sun and bathing as the true aids, noting beauty grows with motherhood and health reflected in clear skin and bright eyes.
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Paris
Marcelle Peillon
France
Madame Peillon
Madam Peillon
Mme. Peillon
Mme. Leillon
Eillon
Twin Crack Shots Celebrate Birthday in Stockholm and Teheran
Swedish marksmen Maj. Wilhelm Carlberg and Capt. Eric Carlberg, twin brothers, just turned fifty. Wilhelm lives in Stockholm while Eric works in Teheran with the Swedish match interests and served with the Persian gendarmerie. The brothers gained fame at Athens 1906 and London 1908 with multiple medals, and Wilhelm won the revolver world title in 1913.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Wilhelm Carlberg
Eric Carlberg
Teheran
Persia
Eric
Athens
London
Wilhelm
Erie
Hairy Faced Dog Men Found in Birmania
Paris French scientific expeditions in Birmania report a race of dog men with hair covered faces resembling woolly dogs. A tribe shows nine percent of men with bushy eyebrows beards mustaches and forelocks reaching the eyebrows leaving almost no naked face visible. Hairiness appears hereditary with roots unaffected.
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Paris
Birmania
Octogenarians Urged to Skip Bridge Table in France
Paris reports Dr. Maurice Lebon a French heart specialist warns octogenarians and septuagenarians to avoid long bridge games. Writing in L Oeuvre he urges elderly readers to walk after meals to protect heart health.
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Paris
Maurice Lebon
L’oeuvre
Doctor Lebon
North Carolina State Held Four Day Janitors School
North Carolina State college conducted a four day school for janitors in Raleigh this summer teaching scientific methods of firing a furnace pushing a brush sweeping and other janitorial duties for improved building care.
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North Carolina School
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State College
Honey Tree in Duncan Claims World Rarity
In Duncan Oklahoma the city boasts a unique hollow oak tree stored with honey by bees owned by L. A. Morton. This year the tree glistens with beads of honey that drip to the ground as temperatures rise.
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Duncan
Okla
Dune
L. A. Morton
Brunswick Anniversary Charter Celebration Draws Attendees
New Brunswick New Jersey hosts a joint ceremony inviting Lieu tenant Governor W F Todd of New Brunswick Canada and the mayors of twelve Brunswicks in the United States. The event marks 240 years since settlement and 200 years since George II charter. October 12 to 15. The Brunswicks span Georgia to Virginia including Maine Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina Ohio Tennessee and others.
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New Brunswick
N. J
W. F. Todd
Canada
Knife, Pliers and Gin Save Sailor Aboard Ship
A Los Angeles surgeon, Dr. David R. Robbins, saved a sailor with appendicitis at sea using a carving knife, pliers, a needle and linen thread, and Holland gin. The Noorderdyk crew ferried the patient from the Corvus. Robbins declined pay, yet the Planets Steamship Co awarded him a silver loving cup on return to California.
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Los Angeles
David R. Robbins
I’lanet S Steamship Company
Germany
Panama
Noorderdyk
Corvus
Doctor Robbins
Lohse
Deauville Casino Bans Bare-Legged Women
Deauville France casino officials enforce a new rule barring bare legs. Women entering the gambling salons must wear stockings or tights. those not complying are turned away at the door.
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Deauville
France
Candles Suppressed as Commons Switches On Lights
In the house of commons old customs linger as members ask for candles when lighting is poor. An attendant then switches on the electric lights, signaling a shift from candlelight to modern illumination.
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London
House of Commons
The Making of Bob Shawkey in Sigel Pa and Beyond
A village storekeeper Truman spotted youth Bob Shawkey in Sigel Pennsylvania and mentored him for years. He taught control with a fastball and curve training using a barn wall as target before a manager friend helped launch his organized baseball debut in Pocatello Idaho.
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Bob Shawkey
Yankees
Pennsylvania
Harry Tromso
Sigel
Shawkey
Truman
Truman Barn
Bob
Pocatello
Idaho
Anti Grabbers Shine In Rare Count Three Hitter Feat
Toledo pitcher Sergt George Connally recalls two batters who hit home runs on a 3 0 count Pat Collins with the Yankees and Tom Angley with the Blue last spring Kansas City led Toledo by a run in the eighth Angley cleared the wall on the fourth ball to right field In a Yankees game Babe Ruth hit a long homer off Connally and the crowd cheered as runners remained on base
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Sergt
George Connally
Toledo
Chicago White Sox
Pat Collins
Tom Angley
Collins
New York Yankees
Angley
Kansas City
Connally
Urban Faber
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Naval academy five events pay for seventeen sports
Receipts from four football games and one basketball contest nearly supported all 17 competitive sports at the Naval academy last year. Football income totaled 314 093 37 dollars, and the Penn basketball game added 1 623 20. Expenditures for all sports reached 317 273 12 dollars with football receiving the largest single allocation of 84 697 86 and rowing costing 54 663 20 without income.
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Navy
Naval Academy
Notre Dame
Baltimore
Princeton
Penn
Dartmouth
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Roush Refused 15000 Salary and Faded From Spotlight
Eddie Roush, once top center fielder in the National League, refused a Giants salary cut of 15000 and has fallen into obscurity. He earned about 870000 across 1927 1929 and 1930 while with New York, now suspended for failing to sign and facing trade or release if he resumes. The episode serves as a warning to holdouts as magnates push to curb excessive contracts.
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Roush
Giants
Eddie Roush
New York
Television Fight Broadcast Sparks Interstate Shipping Debate
A one minute bout between Tuffy Griffith and Stanley Harris aired on WMAQ Chicago raises questions on interstate transport of fight pictures. Edgeston reports Cincinnati views the telecast, marking television’s first bid as an entertainment feature and prompting federal law concerns.
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Tuffy Griffith
Stanley Harris
WMAQ
Chicago Daily News
Cincinnati
W. S. Edgeman
Line on Young Ball Players Through Opposing Opinions
The piece notes that listening to opposing players gives insight into young major leaguers. It argues that opponents often offer sharper perspectives than teammates and highlights Al Lopez as a standout NL find and Dib Williams as an American League notable.
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al Lopez
Dib Williams
Night boat races spark Paris sporting notes
Summary of early 1930s sport items highlights John Kilbullen entering Yale this fall San Francisco Seals to open night baseball in new park in 1931 Bitsy Grant basketball keeps him fit in winter Bob Hays to coach Wake Forest this fall Paul McBrayer to try out for football end Bryan Grant Jr clay court champ stands five feet four Boxers in New York state since December multiple fouls in 1 500 pro bouts White Sox tie AL record with five double plays Bobby Jones Hasn t let a year pass since 1922 without a win
Yankees Acquire Crosetti from Seals for 100.90
Frank Crosetti of the San Francisco Seals in the Pacific Coast league is sold to Col. Jake Ruppert's New York Yankees for 100.90 dollars. The deal closes with the stipulation the Yanks will not call for the player until 1938.
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Frank Crosetti
San Francisco (Seals
Col
Jake Ruppert
Yankees
Sports notes from major golf and boxing events
The piece surveys United States Open and Amateur Championship plans at New York venues Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds. It notes league umpires tracking balls into stands, boxing records by William Stribling, wrestling star Jim Londos’s family sports ties in Greece, a baseball pitcher’s weather excuses, British Open endurance figures, and jockey Laverne Fator’s long prize history with no season lead.
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Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
New York City
Jim Londos
Greece
Spring drills face regulation while football and basketball debates continue
Ohio State athletics director L. W. St John advocates limited spring practice plus some out-of-season work for football and basketball, opposing Wisconsin’s call to abolish such activity. The piece covers coach and athlete notes, boxing promoter stories, golf etiquette reform, and a Notre Dame backfield star joining Purdue as assistant coach.
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St. John of
Ohio
L. W. St. John
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Christy Flanagan
Notre Dame
Purdue
Flanagan
Army
Toward Shared Habits Notions of Selfishness in Children
An essay contrasts selfishness as a hard habit formed in youth with a tale of two children. A girl trained in luxury clings to possessions while a boy learns sharing from his mother. The scene illustrates early attitudes that shape future conduct and warns parents to influence children’s values.
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Jeannette Khan
Pasadena Heroic Animal Foundation
Don
Lusury
Treasure chests for children supply endless creative play
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union piece suggests simple self made treasure chests to entertain children on rainy days. Collect discard materials like bottle tops string cloth and wood bits in a box and let kids create freely. Nature supplies a larger chest with seeds shells pine cones and pods for constructive play.
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Wen
Western Newspaper Union
Colonial Valances and the Ruffled Pawn Tradition
A description of a Colonial era fireplace decoration called a ruffled pawn or valance hung across the mantel on Sundays. It was a short petticoat style piece gathered on a string and used to adorn the hearth after the week’s cooking, marking the Sabbath in Dutch Colonial homes.
Spider Web Along Six Inch Span Holds 41000 Meshes
An Indian spider's web measuring six inches in diameter was found to contain more than 41,000 meshes, revealing remarkable weaving density and structure.
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Laverne Fator
Jack Bentley
Baltimore and Giant
York Club
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Walter Hagen
Chick Evans
Leslie S. Gordon
Western Golf Association
Jeff Dickson
Trevor C. Wignall
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