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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1927
Page
12
Ring Lardner recounts untold baseball scandals involving Frank Behnke Harry Lumley Ed Rentbach Mordecai Brown and others. He notes ongoing issues outside the National Commission and includes anecdotes from poker games drafts of players and misdeeds tied to early 20th century baseball writers and figures.
Two pals discuss bank and mail robberies shifting to warfare like tactics. They critique revolver makers for glamour over safety and warn of potential use of machine guns, airplanes, and organized squads in crime. The talk suggests government action to curb arms diffusion.
A nostalgic health ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe remedy for feverish, cross children and constipation. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful, claims quick relief from sour stomach and foul waste, and warns against counterfeit syrups sold locally. The copy touts the product as gentle and suitable for babies, children, and adults, with dosing instructions and a call to ask for the genuine California Fig Syrup.
A mock dialogue sketches Irving Babbitt a New York observer who mocks provincial life. Chester Teype and others debate modern urban culture versus country virtues, lampooning intellectuals and the glamour of city progress in 1927.
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