Football Ace Chapman Becomes Baseball Star with Athletics
Sam Chapman, famed California football back, pivots to baseball and earns a regular outfielder role with Connie Mack's Athletics. The switch defies a common axiom as Chapman hits for power, debuts strong in May, and helps Oakland's club stay in the pennant race under Mack's guidance.
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Sa Chapman
Chapman
Pacific Coast
California Machine
Alabama
Mack
Semo
Fme Ud
Toney
Connie Mack
Sammy Baugh
Washington Redskins
St Louis Cardinals
Columbus
Eddie Collins
Frankie Frisch
Ted Lyons
Riggs Stephenson
Chicago
Cubs
Hoss
Jim Thorpe
New York Giants
Ernie Nevers
St. Louis Browns
Earl
Cleveland Indians
Sam Chapman
Night baseball's rise sparks big league light era
Night baseball proves popular as crowds flock to early evening games in Brooklyn and Cincinnati. With growing success, managers debate its impact, while stars' longevity varies between leagues as Orioles and Giants weigh the format’s long term role.
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Sam
Ty Cobb
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Joe DiMaggio
Gabby Hartnett
Clark Gable
William Powell
Terry
Giants
Lights of New York by LL Stevenson
A vivid collage of New York street scenes and characters. Observations span Times Square, Broadway, Amsterdam Theater, Forty-fourth Street, and City Hall Park with encounters from a peddler to a mounted police, plus glimpses of theater folk and daily urban bustle. The piece captures urban life through humorous and curious vignettes, ending with a nod to hospital service.
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Lights of
New York
LL Stevenson
Second Street
Times Square
Amsterdam
Forty-third
Broadway
Orang
Piffiethang Broadway
Morton Downey
Downey
Forty-fourth Street
Ree
C. Horston Gondies
Hoosen Gondiss
Hest 35Th Street
New York City
Insurance Parceled Out 46 Checks Total 22.08
Lorain county officials faced a loss from a storm at the county infirmary hog pen totaling 322.08. Insurance was collected in 46 separate checks of 48 cents each from six companies, revealing fragmented windstorm coverage details.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lorain
Bullet Recovered From Tree After 122 Years
In Alameda California a .50 caliber bullet found in the heart of a mammoth oak sapling cut down reveals it was fired 122 years ago by counting the tree rings. The relic was embedded when the tree was young, linking it to events from the early 1800s.
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Alameda
Calif
What to Eat and Why C2. Health Advice for Summer Diet
C HOUSTON GOUDISS urges a practical summer diet to build stamina and resist heat illness. Emphasizes not overeating, lighter easily digested proteins, abundant fluids, and vitamin C rich drinks. warns hot weather raises body temperature and reduces vitality, and suggests homemade, controlled sweet beverages and cooling foods for readers.
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C. Houston Goudiss
East 2Th Street
New York City
Colmng
Wm—C. Bousen Gothiss
Need for Body Building Foods Remains Constant
The article explains the protein requirement stays the same in summer and winter. Some think meat should be avoided or reduced in heat, but growth in children continues year round due to constant activity, and adults also need protein to rebuild daily worn cells. It notes the desirability of maintaining adequate protein intake.
The Sports and Home Frocks Pattern Guide
An old sewing bulletin promotes two dress styles The Sports Frock and The Home Frock with fabric notes shirr tucks and a tab collar The guide includes a sew chart for beginners and lists sizes from 23 to 35 inches with waist variations The pattern dept of The Sewing Circle advertises patterns at 15 cents each from Chicago Illinois
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Weeker
Chicago
Bellsyce
The Housewife and the School of Purchases
A homemaker studies advertisements to form research data on how all homemakers share the same opportunity. The piece suggests newspaper ads guide frugal, selective buying and imply everyone can graduate from the school of careful spending.
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George A. Barclay
Sammy
Poe
Carl Hubbell
Tony Cuccinello
Bees
Lefty Gomez
Bill Bicker
Lou Gebtig
Yanks
Bob Grove
Joe Cronin
Jimmy Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Rick Ferrell
Washington Senators
Charley Gehringer
Detroit Tigers
Earl Averill
Oxford
Pittsburgh Pirates
Whizzer White
Colorado University
Steat
White Pere
Powys
Schoolboy
Rawe
Paul Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Tellows
Rowe
St. Louis
Western Newspaper Union
Leo Bartnett
Will Hays
Motion Pictures
Fifth Avenue
Chambers Street
Mark Twain
Municipal Subway
City Hall Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Herald Square
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Greater
Bell Synete
WNO
Houston
Goudiss
Koop
Poritr
NU Service
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