The Unbalanced Truth of Football Breaks and Luck
The essay argues that football often rewards luck over pure skill, noting that the better team can lose due to breaks. It cites coaches, players, and teams like Minnesota and Michigan to illustrate unpredictable outcomes and the evolving game from ground to aerial plays, with emphasis on one decisive moment or break shaping results.
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Granitand Rice
Sill
Michigan
Bill Hanna
Frank Hinkey
Yale
Yost
Minnesota
Gophers
Washington
Jimmy Phelan
Ohio State
Buckeye
Northwestern
Wolverines
Duonesolahia
Iowa
Purdue
Noce Dame
Eddie Anderson
Notre Dame
Army
Navy
Hartnett’s Cubs era ends as Hartnett leaves Wrigley
Chicago features a reshaped scene next summer as Charles Leo Hartnett, longtime Cubs figure, departs. Gabby Hartnett, 19 year Cubs veteran and former player manager of the Colts since 1938, was dismissed with a terse note from owner William Wrigley Jr. over improvement goals and personnel shifts.
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Chicago
North Side
Charles Leo Hartnett
Wrigley Field
Gabby
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley
Hartnett
Cubs fire Gabby Hartnett shocks Wrigley crowd
Chicago Cubs owner William Wrigley dismissed Gabby Hartnett after 15 years as manager, saying no change was planned earlier but firing followed a second-division finish and falling attendance. Hartnett had spent his entire big league career with the Cubs since 1922.
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Cubs
Hartnett
Wrigley
Jim Gallagher
Chicago Sports Chner
Gabby
Gallagher
Marriett
Cuba
Gubby
Chicago
Charlie Grimmay
Cub
Mr. Wrigley
Safety First Christmas Danger Season Tips
A National Safety Council warning lists holiday perils from auto and home accidents to fire risks. Do not give dangerous toys or use lighted candles on trees. Dry trees require care. avoid unsafe ladders and keep candles away from decorations. Winter hazards prompt careful driving and salt for walkways.
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National Safety Council
Ares
New Orleans Christmas Fireworks Riot of Color and Noise
The article describes Christmas celebrations in New Orleans with street fireworks, rockets, and firecrackers lighting Canal Street nights. It notes the escalating displays before Christmas, the wealthier children’s envy, loss of restraint, and the scent shift from gunpowder to Christmas roses as dawn returns.
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New Orleans
Sugar and Water Stop Fall of Christies Tree Needles
A fragmentary instructional note suggests preventing needle drop on Christies tree by cutting the base to expose fresh wood then submerging the base in a shallow pan of water with a teaspoon of sugar. The water provides moisture and sugar nourishes needles to help them stay green longer.
Christmas Weather Predictions From Folklore
A collection of festive folklore about Christmas weather forecasts. Beliefs link sun on Christmas day to crops, ice strength to animals, and wind or precip to winter effects. Predictions claim a green Christmas predicts a fat graveyard and a warm Christmas means a cold Easter, reflecting old seasonal lore.
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Christmas
Tropical Christmas on the Islands in Hawaii
Armine von Tempski reflects on Christmas in Hawaii as celebrated on outlying islands. She recalls horse carriage processions, cowboy serenaders, and the melding of American, Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese communities during Christmas Eve on Maui under Haleakala. Memories of cattle ranch life color the season with a distinct island flavor.
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Hawaii
Pacific
Armine von Tempski
Cosmopolixtan
Haleakala
Maui
Use flashlight to test Christmas tree bulbs
Instructions describe testing Christmas tree bulbs with a flashlight. Remove a suspected bulb, replace with a new one sequentially to check brightness. If bulbs glow at low power, they are likely good. nonglowing bulbs indicate a faulty bulb in the string.
Record Laying Canary Pearl Breaks Egg Count Myth
In Cleveland Ohio a woman reports her canary Pearl laid unusually many eggs across several settings. While most canaries lay four or five eggs in two broods Pearl produced six nine twelve eighteen and sixteen eggs in different periods, according to her owner.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Womtan
Lightning strikes as Cooper of Lake McDonald is attacked
A man named Cooper from Lake McDonald Montana is recovering after being struck under a tree by a bolt of lightning. The blast reportedly tore through his body and ripped off his shoes.
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Cooper
Lake McDonald
Montana
Ancient Mesoamerican ball game on Chichen Itza walls
Ancient Mexicans played a ball game like a 4 on 4 basketball. In the Yuratan jungle near Chichen Itza, a stone court with a ring on the wall survives today illustrating early ball sport and ritual significance.
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Yuratan
Language families and relations in Hungarian description
A brief note compares Hungarian to Finnish and Turkish as part of a general language group. It states the relation is similar to that between English and German or German and Persian and Hindi.
Morning heat lime effects on digestion described by Heiser
Dr Victor Heiser, noted authority, states that consuming a heavy morning meal aids digestion since the body is fresh and better able to digest food. He emphasizes that heat lime should be avoided in the morning and that large meals can burden the stomach early in the day.
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Victor Heiser
Plant names Trace to Diplomats and Botanists
The poinsettia takes its name from Joel Poinsett the first American ambassador to Mexico. The dahlia derives its name from Dr. Dahl a Swedish botanist.
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Joel K. Poinsett
Mexico
Dr. Dahl
1938 US Income Payments and Regional Extremes
The data show lowest per capita income in Mississippi at $205 and highest in New York at $992 in 1938. National average income was $515, with a $109 shortfall versus 1923. The figures reflect regional disparities and overall trend of rising payments across the country.
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United States
New York
Telephones World and U S Share Highlighted
The article notes that half of the world’s telephones are in the United States. It estimates New York City has more telephones than many other regions, with Asia trailing behind by a smaller margin.
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United States
New York City
Asia
Robbike Restrains Eye Rubbing to Remove Speck
A brief note describes a patient attempting to remove a speck from an eye by rubbing but finds the action ineffective and only halts further rubbing. The account emphasizes that rubbing can worsen the condition and offers no benefit.
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Robbike
Tealing Time Touches a Quiet Beat on My Heart
An evocative line describes Time laying a gentle hand on the heart as a harpist hushes strings, a delicate metaphor of memory and tempo. The phrasing evokes lyrical reflection rather than a narrative event, framed like a short poetic aside in a vintage newspaper feature.
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Yankees
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Oscar Vitt
Indians
Gabey Hartnett
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Tex Tanchton
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W. Ross Sutton
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