Quinn’s Long Career Aims At Three More Seasons
Veteran pitcher Jack Quinn, real name Picus, born in Hazelton Pennsylvania, foresees three more years in baseball. He has spent twenty seven seasons in the major leagues, values thrift, and recalls work as a breaker boy in mines and his Pole father’s stern upbringings.
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Walter Johnson
Cy Young
Quinn
Picus
Hazelton
Missing country man seeks a jerky pull at station slot
A rural man approaches a railway platform slot machine and tries to operate it after hearing the inscription to pull the handle with a jerk. He inserts a penny and frantically searches for the “jerk.” A porter asks for the mechanism as the man frets over whether the device will work.
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Hutlo
Weekly
Scotsman
Riverdale Seeks Bids for 1000 GPM Pump Equipment
Village of Riverdale announces bids for one 1000 gallons per minute centrifugal pump with 140 feet head, 5 inch discharge, 6 inch suction, bronze bearing, mounted on iron base, direct connected to 60 HP motor, and automatic pressure regulator with starter. Bids due May 22, 1928 by 7 p.m. Local clerk George L Kohmler reserves right to reject all bids.
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Riverdale
Cook County
Illinois
Ilinois
George L. Kohnler
Bell Lab tests promise new ear hearing tests
New York scientists at Bell Telephone laboratories develop ear tests using precise instruments and psychological cues to measure hearing, detect false deafness claims, and identify which ear hears sounds. A push button and alternating ear tones reveal truth, aiding compensation cases.
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New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Punctuation Chronology in Rhetorical Marking
The text explains punctuation time values by counting pauses as one for comma two for semicolon three for colon and four for period. It notes readers vary in rapidity and counting punctuation according to grammatical circumstances.
Delmarva Peninsula Name Origin
The peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and Delaware is commonly called the Delmarva Peninsula, a portmanteau derived from parts of the three states that govern the region.
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Chesapeake and
Delaware
Delmarva Peninsula
Pension for Mrs Bolling Wilson Bill Passes Senate
A bill awarding Mrs Bolling Wilson a pension of 6000 dollars annually, widow of the late President, was approved unanimously in the Senate. Senator from Virginia introduced the measure and Senator Reedston of Pennsylvania urged immediate enactment. it moves to the House.
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Washington
Bolling Wilson
Virginia
Reedston
Pennsylvania
Tax cut plan targets middle income earners in Senate vote
Washington debated a $700 million tax reduction with a $25 million slice for 125000 filers as the surtax on incomes from 20 000 to 70 000 was trimmed. Party lines formed, crosslobbying by Republicans and Democrats, while debates on retroactive application and overall house limits continued.
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Washington
Western Republic
Senate
Didge
Mellon
White House warning to slash expenditures debated
A White House warning aims to cut spending as President Coolidge plans to veto excessive treasury demands. Representative Tilson and Ty son of Connecticut discuss money bills and the next fiscal year’s projections, with a $1.1 billion aggregate reduction anticipated by the House rules committee chair Snell.
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White House
Congress
Tyson
Connecticut
Coolidge
Treasury
Tilson
Wilson
Snell
House Rules Committee
Gaid
Hagen Wins British Open In Fifth Title Triumph
W Hagen clinched the British Open title marking his fifth victory in the series and the seventh time in eight seasons the leading professional of the era.
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W. Hagen
Sandwich
Eng
America
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