Football Costs Rule the Gridiron Scene in 1930s Era
A long column surveys the economics and personalities of college football, noting a $253 per player preparation cost touching equipment, coaches, and stadium upkeep. It flags gossip about players like Joe and Bill Terry, praises coaches such as Gil Dobie and Elmer Layden, and threads through scandals, eligibility, and the era’s sporting culture with colorful anecdotes about teams, referees, and major figures across the Big Ten and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Osmanski
Rory Cross
Joe
Central High
Providence
Army
Slu
Notre Dame
Bill Terry
Joe McCarthy
Bill Booth
Ohio State
Columbus
Gil Dobie
Hank Woronicz
Boston College
Holy Cross
Escobar
Barceloneta
Puerto Rico
Carlos Indian Quintana
Hirsch Jacobs
Mathias L. Daiger
Pimlico
Lou Little
Penn
Kate Smith
Celtics
Jake Ruppert
Ruppert
Marius Russo
Ezlt Ustar
Jim Jorden
Dodgers
Manhattan
Jaspers
Cecil Farr
Casey Stengel
Resin Monahan
Detroit Lions
Charles Francis Locker Coe
Jamaica
Aqueduct
Dan McGugin
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Fielding Yost
Beaulaire Beauty Returns to Beaulire Village
Marie La Farge leaves Beaulaire for a city job and romance with painter Tom Sento. Years later she returns home with Jules Gareau, the woodcarver, in a Christmas reunion that reunites mother and daughter and seals their love.
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Arte LA Farge
Beaulaire
Jules Gareau
Marie
Madame la Farge
Mari
Jules
Merie
Jules Sternir
James
Tom Sento
Beau Faire
Quebec
Garean
Tom
Beawtind
Beaulzire
Maria
Tom Santos
Melanie la Farge
Gareau
Jules Geresa
SaSure Ren
Mevie
Marie la Farge
Beaglaire
Nuremberg Hosts Old Christmas Market Far Older Than Today
The Christ child market in Nuremberg, Germany, has drawn visitors for 238 years, offering toys and Christmas gifts in a tradition that makes the city a real old-fashioned Christmas hub.
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Nuremberg
Germany
On to Success through Self Knowledge and Growth
The passage outlines turning interest into a specialty by self inventory and gradual progress. It urges honest self assessment, starting small, and building from interest to hobby to side line, then to fully realized work. Success revitalizes character and fosters generous, well‑spoken friendships.
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Iit
Hurande
Cosma- Minor
Dorcines
Foreign Words and Phrases in Historical Texts
A compact note listing foreign phrases with translations and examples. Includes Latin and French terms such as uno disce omnes and in propria persona, noting meanings like learn all from one and in one's own person. References resemble a glossary entry from a linguistic or legal source.
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Reece Olim
Fragmentary Verse Reflections on Sorrow and Hope
An oblique verse fragment reflects on inevitability and sorrow, noting Edenic happiness faded into mixed sadness. The speaker references Washington Street and a wavering resolve to rave or react to a difficult fate.
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Eden
Washington Stier
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Sathletic Association
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Kipke
Game
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Franklin Field
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Yale
Asher Day
Georgia Tech
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Colgate
Skip Stabley
Harvard
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Jack White
North Carolina
Pete Smith
Temple
Bob Stewart
Rochester
Syracuse
Hank Anderson
North Carolina State
Shucks
New York State Assembly
Red Holle
Brooklyn
Dodger
Joe Louis
Elmer Layden
Phil Keoter
Roman Soldier
Chicago
Bert Baroni
Frank Ericksen
Morgan College
Hildreth Castoff
Bruns
Jack Richardson
Coleman Kopesak
Carnégie Tech
Arpad
Pete
West Point
Giants
Rain
Jake Slegle
Baltimore
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Iia
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Ction
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