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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
6
Advice by William A. Radford on building a modern farm home to curb the migration to cities. The design features a six room bungalow with a sleeping porch, large closets, compact kitchen, and a laundry, promoting comfort, light, air, and efficiency to reduce rural drudgery.
The article notes Texas was not Spanish-colonized until the late 1600s though near Mexico. It recalls two early North American voyages, including Fray Marcos de Niza’s 1539 to 1541 expedition under Antonio de Mendoza, highlighting the vast unknown lands of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and the great difficulties of cross‑territory travel.
Dr George Maingot demonstrated a phrenoscope, an X ray device claimed to read individual character from gestures. He asserts that respiration is the only unconstrained gesture and that its observation reveals a person’s character.
The poem If by Rudyard Kipling has been translated into 125 languages by military figure Lord Kitchener who included it in a manual for training soldiers. The scope covers both obscure and major literary tongues.
A clipped quip from the New York Supplement discusses Jinks amid rumors of marriage and severe debt, illustrating sensational social chatter. The exchange hints at a public figure under strain, reflecting contemporary press culture and rumor dynamics.
The piece surveys players and teams including Ray and Clarence Schalk, Don Rader, Chick Galloway, Ben Koebler, and Lee Fohl. It notes no hits by Harry Biemiller, gambling watch efforts by Ban Johnson, and varied prospects for the Tigers, Cubs, Yankees, and Phillies as the season opens amid rain delays and league-wide chatter.
Spectacled players are noted as a curious feature of Penn State baseball with two backstops wearing glasses. Bob Livingston from Lansdowne is a substitute catcher for Bezdek and Runnette a freshman from Peabody High Pittsburgh also wears glasses behind the mask.
Former Reds star outfielder Eart Neale photographed in a Phillies uniform at the National League park. He and pitcher Jimmy Ring were acquired in a winter trade to boost Bill Donovan's pennant bid for the Philadelphia club.
An old reflection notes rookies once epitomized hayseed charm in wartime entertainment, now they are well educated and well mannered. Changes in minor league quality and college players have raised the game, yet the term rookie endures as a relic of the pastime.
Bernie Jr is rising among top sprinters while his father Bernie Sr once dominated as the world’s fastest man. The two may clash this summer in a 220 yard race as the younger Wefers trains under his father who serves as athletic instructor at Fordham University.
Yale plans nine golf matches the longest schedule in school history. Paris hosts 1924 olympics, and plans for 1928 stay. Dempsey and Carpentier hype, plus Demp-Cup and Davis Cup notes. Harvard and Yale crew figures, with injuries and comebacks in the mix.
Pitcher McGrew of the Galveston club may be the next baseball wonder after Babe Ruth. He stands seven feet tall and weighs 190 pounds and allowed the Giants only two hits in 11 innings.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance explains starting tomato plants indoors nine weeks before last frost, using cigar boxes, then transplanting to larger boxes and finally to the garden. It covers soil, watering, hardening off, protection at night, spacing, and fertilizer to ensure early ripening and strong growth.
Specialists of the USDA Bureau of Markets warn that dealers and consumers reject badly cut or decayed potatoes and those damaged by sunburn blight or dry rot. Markets are often over loaded and prices drop, causing losses for growers when unsatisfactory stock is shipped.
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