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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
6
Dr Andrew F Currier outlines how diverse trades expose workers to specific diseases. From metal workers and miners to cooks and clerks, poor air, noise, heat, posture, and chemical inhalants cause lung, skin, heart, eye, and digestive ailments. Prevention relies on adhering to health laws.
A compact note traces surnames Black Blake White and Brown to color origins. It explains possible meanings from pale skin dark clothing or hair, cites historical figures such as Francis Blake inventor Clarence Blake physician George Blake naval officers and English admiral Robert Blake, and notes a tradition of inquiry among the Blake family lineage.
A prominent AME bishop hosts preachers at a chicken supper after the annual conference. Most guests are large, but a small presiding elder sits hidden. The bishop asks Brother Jones if he wants more chicken and he retorts with a sharp line about never having any.
A reflective poem lists four types of knowers. The first admit ignorance plainly. The second feign understanding to mislead. The third rush to reveal every guessed notion. The fourth speak cautiously from study and doubt. The poem crowns the first and last as best for uncovering truth.
A passage notes that service cannot compensate for poor cooking and that a women's college should empower daughters at home. It also gives practical kitchen tips such as dissolving jello in boiling water and using fruit juices like pineapple, peach, or plum for flavor. A mince pie suggestion is included with small baking powder biscuits and jam on tea or cocoa.
A compact guide outlines keeping sandwiches moist on a plate with a towel wrap, methods for layering cakes with whipped cream and boiled frosting, and using dry bread in griddle cakes. It also provides Queen of Bread Pudding with lemony meringue, serving ideas, a pineapple spread, and a gelatin pudding using fruit juice in place of water.
Colonel Jake Ruppert predicts the New York Yankees will win the American League pennant this summer and contend for the world series title. He says the team is in peak form with veteran pitchers in shape and Beall emerging, while Combs improves the outfield and the squad shows strong reserve depth. The Giants’ office also believes New York is favored to capture the pennant, with optimism running high at training camp.
Big league owners pretend indifference to spring exhibitions yet aim to win. After a minor upset, managers show regret and players fear failure, leading to costly injuries like Cubs captain Rabbit Maranville in Los Angeles. Such losses date back to early baseball as teams risk stars in spring games.
Cincinnati Reds third baseman Babe Pinelli says Ty Cobb doubted his major league potential and sent him to the minors twice. Pinelli credits Cobb with a favor that pushed him to prove the judgement wrong and become a star, implying Cobb’s decision kept him from remaining a Detroit bench spectator.
Joe McGinnity, famed as Tron Man and Ironman, returns to baseball as half owner of the Dubuque Mississippi league club and plans to pitch again. He previously led Dubuque to victory in 1928 at age 52 and had declared retirement, then rose to fame for pitching Brooklyn to a pennant win over Pittsburgh.
Notes cover various sports topics from 1920s era. Dallas offers a $10,000 open golf tourney next winter. Sir Barton remains the only horse to win both the Preakness and the Kentucky Derby. Boxing banned in San Francisco high school PE. Paavo Nurmi seen as ahead of his era. German Sports Union oversees sports with Munich HQ. 1928 Olympic plans being considered in England. Belgium’s bicycle racing national sport with 54 velodromes hosting frequent meets. New York Athletic Club totals 5,800 members since 1868. Billy Papke, ex middleweight champ, now in Altadena after 1908 title. Jamaica considers a Sande day for jockey’s comeback. Mickey Walker may enter films. welterweight champ offered movie deal on coast. Gene Tunney now a heavyweight near 180 pounds. chance to beat Tom Gibbons if they meet. Harvard Yale Princeton cap coaches’ salaries at $8,000 max for professors. no alumni bonuses.
The Jersey City club released Walter Keating while Wade Lefler joined the Chicks after a Memphis move and Topel went to Reading on option. Cleo Carlyle moved from Detroit to Toronto. Red Torkelson signed with Alexandria. Clemmie Yankouski joined Rock Island. Dee Walsh traded to Portland for Ted Pillette. Babe Ruth still makes shoe-string catches amid chatter. Leland Dunham sent to Binghamton. Bud Welser signs with Wilkes-Barre. Tommy Long released by Albany and Jay Hughes goes to Springfield. Charley Robertson shows form post surgery and aims to star for Eddie Collins.
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