Ideal Ball Player: Cobb Called Greatest Then and Now
The article surveys baseball legends with Ty Cobb hailed as the greatest ever and outlines an imagined ideal player combining speed, temperament, durability, dash, brains, poise, power, grace, and accuracy. It concludes Walter Johnson most nearly embodies these attributes among known players.
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Ty Cobb
Charles Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Cobb
Comiskey
Frank Frisch
New York Giants
St. Louis
Johnson
Walter
Everett Scott
Eddie Collins
Connie Mack
Matthewson
Christy Matthewson
Ruth
Swat
Lajoie
Larry Lajoie
Gonde
Wagner
Walter Johnson
Bell Syndicate
Master Minds Famous Boners Across Baseball History
A compendium of notable managerial misjudgments and player moves from early 20th century baseball. Highlights include McGraw trading Roush and Groh, Connie Mack's doubt about Joe Jackson, and teams undervaluing players like O Doul and Cronin. Also mentions Earle Neale coaching the Ironton Tanks and Derby prestige among major races.
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McGraw
Roush
Groh
Reds
White Sox
Connie Mack
Joe Jackson
Detroit
Schalk
Tris Speaker
Stephenson
Cleveland
Yanks
Cubs
Giants
O’doul
Pirates
Joe Cronin
Washington
Dazzy Vance
Browns
Charley Root
Los Angeles
Pat Malone
Hack Wilson
Toledo
Berlin may bid for 1936 Olympics
Berlin considered a bid for the 1936 Olympic Games. Also noted, Fritz Crisler becomes Minnesota’s athletic director and aims to promote rowing at the Gopher institution. Other items include college track results, player movements, and minor league notes.
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Berlin
Fritz Crisler
Minnesota
Gopher
Slugger Sam Rice Leads Nationals in Batting
Rice is outfielder Sam Rice of the Washington Nationals, the league leading hitter driving the team's surge near the top of the American League with steady power and high batting average.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Babe Herman
Johnny Frederick
del Bissonette
Jake Flowers
al Lopez
Sam Rice
Washington W Nationals
Washington
Motor age disaster for farmer says Wayne Dinsmore
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse Association of America argues that autos trucks and tractors since 1900 displaced or prevented 18 703 000 horses and mules and converted 54 257 500 acres from animal work to food production. He warns of reduced demand for hay grain and other farm outputs and urges using horses for short haul city work and farm tasks where cheaper.
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Wayne Dinsmore
Horse Association of America
Dinsmore
Sr. Dinsmore
English Beadle Passing But Tribe Not Extinct
The beadle tradition in England wanes as one of the last elders, the Kew beadle, retires after a generation of service. Beadle duties included head-borough, manor court constable, and herdsman with authority to discipline and enforce customs. Today many beacles exist as self-appointed figures lacking robes and staffs, yet the Bumble spirit persists in England and beyond.
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Beadles
England
Beadle
Kew
Lis
New York Herald Tribune
Honest Tax Clerk Finds Unearned Income Joke
A tax office clerk jokes about a film executive who labeled his salary as unearned income, prompting disbelief before the clerk proclaims the discovery of an honest man. The Columbus of the office references the unusual classification during a pile of returns.
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Income Tax Department
the Columbus
Intelligent Bear Avoids Fire At Milford Hotel
During a Milford Delaware blaze at the Windsor hotel business area owner Mr. Windsor freed his pet bear from a near burning cage. The bear leaped into the crowd and fled to the Mispillon river where it stayed until the fire ended.
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Milford
Del
Windsor
Windsor Hotel
Mispillon River
Subsidy to Folklore Society Draws Irish Enthusiasm
The Irish Free State government plans a subsidy to the Folklore Society of Ireland, greeted with enthusiasm in Irish literary and artistic circles and across the country. Folklore is hailed as among the world’s finest, and efforts to collect and publish it are welcomed internationally.
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Irish Free State
Folklore Society of Ireland
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Gains Lasting Popularity
Fifteen years after his graduation Dr Caldwell became famous for a single prescription now after forty years still making friends. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the world's most popular laxative. Millions rely on it for constipation headaches bilious feverish breath coated tongue nausea gas or lack of energy. It is made today per the original formula from herbs and pure ingredients and is gentle and safe for women and children.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Feeding Lambs in Corn Fields and Finishing Rations
Lambs rarely graze ears in standing corn unless foliage is scarce and corn stands well. Some begin in field, most finish in barn lot with corn and legume hay. Good lambs gain about one quarter pound daily. 300 to 320 lambs can profit in 90 days with a 20 pound gain, buying on freight and commission terms.
Shipping Precautions Save Many Hogs This Season
Shippers of live stock are taking more care of hogs before and during shipment. A check of two trainloads at a large terminal market during a heat wave showed no dead hogs and two cripples in the first car, and two dead hogs with four cripples in the second. Officials say fewer hogs die or are crippled in transit now than in past years.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Miss Cayenne Denies Endless Marital Opportunities
Miss Cayenne challenges the line about having many chances to wed calling them narrow escapes not opportunities. The exchange frames social pressures and personal agency in choosing marriage.
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Miss Cayenne
Campaign shows progress in livestock tuberculosis eradication
The federal meat inspection service reports fewer condemned cattle and hog carcasses for tuberculosis in fiscal year 1929. Cattle condemnations per million slaughtered fell from 430 in 1928 to 38 in 1929, while hog condemnations dropped from 1 150 to 990 in the same period.
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Federal Meat-Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Wonderful Help to Me by Lydia I Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Porter L Arnorp of Dothan Alabama reports nervous fatigue and rundown ease after using Lydia I Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says one bottle helped, seven bottles made her feel stronger, and she recommends it to other women facing similar symptoms while caring for four children.
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Dothan
Ala
Lydia I. Pinkham
Porter L. Arnorp
St. Andrews St
Alabama
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