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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
6
A coroner's physician explains that ankle scars from banging into bedroom rockers serve to identify Americans abroad. He notes Americans have distinctive marks on bare ankles, with both male and female ankles showing multiple scars from midnight collisions with the furniture.
A humorous exchange contrasts American and English speech styles with playful mispronunciations and wordplay about fathers and traits. The dialogue showcases cultural language clashes and lighthearted banter.
A Montana man credits Grape-Nuts with curing long standing indigestion and nervousness. He reports restored digestion nerves eye sight and mental clarity after daily use and says he feels younger and happier than in 26 years. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
The article details nine distinct balk actions that confuse umpires players and fans. It defines when a pitcher balks including start of delivery to a runner on base and failure to complete the pitch, throwing to a base while not stepping toward it, and other motion infringements tied to the slab and catcher positioning.
Garry Herrmann, owner of the Reds, declines allowing the Blue Grass league to operate in Covington Kentucky just across the Ohio from Cincinnati. The five mile limit rule supports Herrmann in preventing the move.
The 1903 bout between Gotch and Jenkins near Cleveland featured rough, hour and a half grappling with Jenkins using strangle holds and hammerlocks. Jenkins won the first fall and the second by jaw lock, though Gotch later defeated Jenkins for the championship at Bellingham, Washington.
The column surveys Capablanca, Thorpe, Chance, Murphy and Fogel amid shifting sports politics. It notes O'Day as umpire pick, predicts athletes may hire press agents, and mentions Beell, Gibbons, McGoorty, Nolan, Jennings, Burkett, Bronson, Mathewson, Clarke, Thiry, McFarland, Dineen and others in varied contexts from boxing to baseball to chess.
Hermen W. Schaefer of the Washington Climbers, Chicago born February 4 1882, long time major leaguer and famed for his coaching stunts, began in 1900 with Kansas City, later played for St Paul Cubs Milwaukee Detroit Tigers and Washington, serving as chief coacher and utility infielder and outfielder.
In Middletown Pennsylvania a woman describes severe headaches backache and down bearing pains from organic inflammation. Her husband bought Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which improved her health and allowed her to resume housework and help others. The ad cites many testimonials and invites readers to write for advice.
R. V. Wenholz of New South Wales, a top pitcher, writes Manager McGraw asking for a tryout in the United States. He requests the salary and that the club cover his travel, claiming American fans would be surprised by Australian ball. If rejected, he asks the Giants to forward his application to other major league clubs.
Louis Sockalexis denies being the vagrant arrestee in Richmond Virginia and says the man is his cousin Andrew Sockalexis. He notes he has lived simply and self supported, and has worked for M. B. Wadleigh in Patten Maine since last October and has lived in Maine in recent years.
Jim Flynn the heavyweight boxer flatly denies he will serve as an umpire in the Western league next season. He says he would not take the whistle under any circumstances and that umpiring is too rough for him though he does not mind fighting.
A Philadelphia woman suffered twenty five years with a massive facial eczema. After using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap she reports her skin is clear and she can go outside without shame. The ad urges free samples from Resinol Chem Co Baltimore and sale by druggists.
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