Golf’s Golden Jubilee Traces U S Start to Yonkers Pasture
The United States marks fifty years of golf since 1888 when John Reid and Robert Lockhart began a club in Yonkers New York. From a cow pasture to a 30 acre field then the Old Apple Tree Gang the game expanded to 6000 links nationwide. Notable figures include Walter J. Travis Bobby Jones and Francis Guimet who boosted the sport’s popularity.
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Yonkers
United States
America
John Reid
Reid
Robert Lockhert
John B. Upham
Harry C. Talmadge
Kingman M. Putnam
Harry Holbrook
England
Francis Guimet
Harry Vardon
Brookline
Mass
Bobby Jones
New York
Old Racing Prints Exhibit Showcases Rare 19th Century Lithographs
A $150,000 collection of rare old racing prints gathered over 30 years from barns basements stables attics and curio shops is on display at the spa at French Lick Springs Indiana. The exhibit features 100 prints with about one third bearing Corrier and Ives signatures and includes The Jockey's Prayer from 1863 Rae Smith and Ben Herring's Flying a Brook.
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Spa
French Lick Springs
Ind
Corrier
Ives
Thomas D. Taggart, Jr
Indianapolis
Rae Smith
New York
Ben Herring
Diamond Dynasties III Fathers’ Footsteps In MLB
The big leagues feature six players whose dads played in earlier eras. Notables include Jim Bagby Jr of the Red Sox, son of Jim Bagby Sr, famed Indians pitcher, and Dixie Walker whose father was Dixie Walker Sr, along with the Waners Ferrells and DiMaggios. Three sets of brothers, the Waners the Ferrells and the DiMaggios, span teams from Pirates to Yankees to Senators.
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Young Jim Bagby
Jim Bagby
Cleveland
Indians
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim
Young Jim
Boston Red Sox
Myril Slong
Yankees
Tracy Hoat
Dixie Walker
Detroit Tigers
Bogart
Dixie) Walker
Washington
Billy Sullivan, Jr
White Sox
Ed Walsh
Bobby Mattick, Jr
Cubs
Washington Senators
Joe DiMaggio
Tiis
Vince
Boston Bees
Remembering the Cubs and the flying wedge era
The piece recalls the 116 win Cubs season and compares old baseball rituals to modern times while noting enduring boxing duels between Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis. It mentions the old football flying wedge and a four point field goal, reflecting on past sports rules and culture.
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Cubs
New York Yankees
Jack Britton
Ted Kid Lewis
Union
On the Road to Mandalay A Cobra Tale
Edward Carnell recalls a dangerous night in Maymyo Burma when a cobra entered a bungalow during a music session by Mrs Slack. Carnell shot the cobra to save Mrs Slack, who woke to find herself unconscious with hair turned white, while Mr Slack fainted. The episode ends with Carnell recalling Mandalay. Evidence that living plants contain a mysterious energy-harnessing substance was also presented.
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India
Edward Carnell
Valley Stream
L. I
Ted
Maymyo
Mandalay
Burma
Slack
Mrs. Slack
Mr. Slack
Ted Carnel
Four Power Pact Talk Grows in France and Japan
France's Georges Bonnet, new foreign minister, advocates Anglo French American links and hints at a four power, possibly five power, framework including Poland to isolate Russia. Elsewhere in Japan, War Minister Hajimi Sugiyama is portrayed as the most clearly fascist leaning strong man, calling for national renovation and discipline as Tokyo weighs a future leadership path.
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New York
Georges Bonnet
France
Chamberlain
M. Bonnet
Poland
Russia
England
Georges de Didonne
Didos
Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
Apan
Konoye
Hajimi Sugiyama
Vuting
National Military College
Japan
Geneva
Europe
Consolidated News
WNU
New Type of Paper Stresses Dual Wet Toughness
A new paper type blends absorbency and durability, described as unique in combining two qualities in one. It can be slushed in water, washed with soap, and boiled for hours without disintegrating, according to Product Engineering.
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Mrs. Slack
Ted
Mitt. Slack
Chair as Symbol of Ancient Authority
An ancient portrayal shows the chair as a symbol of power, with common people using chests benches or stools as seating, illustrating how furniture reflected status across societies.
Best Ways to Fight Plague and Rubber Tree Growth in Florida
The article notes remodeling bamboo and thatch houses into wood and tile roofs to deter rats. It also reports rubber trees including Hevea and Castilla thriving in Florida, with most global rubber from the East Indies and Central America varieties.
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Java
Florida
East Indies
Central America
Sparrow Hawk Beneficiary of Pest Control
Sparrow hawk cited as a highly beneficial bird though a true falcon. It feeds mainly on large insects, mice, and small frogs and toads, aiding natural pest control.
Elephant Attacked Home After Mocking Elephant Near Rangpur
An elephant wandered along a Rangpur Bengal road as a man in a garden shouted at it. The mahout restrained the animal when it entered the garden, and later that night the elephant charged the tormentor’s house damaging it severely.
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Ted
Rangpur
Bengal
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Diamond Dynasties
Jim Bagby, Jr
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WNN
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Uncle Eben
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the Belvedere
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