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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1930
Page
2
Mrs Cow declares she feels lazy and will do nothing, enjoying sun and shade in the meadow. Other cows echo the sentiment, contrasting industrious Granny Cow’s maxims with a carefree, idle creed. The monologue critiques the value of effort and promotes a life of ease.
A McClure Syndicate piece explains a superstition that wearing a garment for the first time on Sunday ensures a second garment appears before the first wears out. It links Sun-day dedication to longevity, sun-worship rites, and similar beliefs across cultures.
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union piece cites a father and son debate on what truly sells an article. It argues that enduring success rests on integrity and trust, not just making a profit, warning that poor quality and misrepresentation erode demand and ruin a seller’s reputation.
A Jugoslav proverb extols telling the truth but leaving at once as a mark of efficiency. It warns that some truths should not be spoken to certain people, including women about age, parents about children, men about conversations, and many others. The piece attributes the saying to the Bell Syndicate, Inc.
John D. Martin rules veteran players signed as free agents to be classified as rookies under the Class B rule requiring five players without prior Class A season experience. Several named players including Lee Meadows Milton Stock Jimmy Johnston Ivy Wingo and others are affected.
A letter from Wred Barton recounts cotton farming in Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee. He notes a cent per pound paid for picking, a 500 pound bale valued at about 20 cents per pound, plus 16 dollars of cottonseed per bale. He mentions soap or hoarding house butter from seed, a seven dollar per bale gin fee, and re- baling for export. He compares the feeling to riding the subway during rush hours.
catcher Earl Smith is kept idle for 60 days after the Cardinals signed him following his unconditional release by the Pirates. The rule requires any club signing a player in that window to pay the previous club $4,000, a levy aimed at offsetting waived players like Smith and Clarence Mitchell.
UW crew coach Al Ulbrickson trains sweep-swingers as the Huskies pursue victory at the Poughkeepsie regatta, aiming for a winning outcome and strong performance in the event.
The season opener profile portrays Jewel Ens once an unknown breaking into the majors like D ant’s Rowland with the White Sox. He gained a regional reputation for throwing farther than others and once, while managing Houston, he sent a reliever to the mound and the first pitch flew wild into the stands. Ens reacted by striking the pitcher, knocking him out.
Offer for Hap py Scot, two year old colt owned by Samuel Ross of Washington, was rejected after the colt won the Pimlico Nursery Stakes. Bred by Ross, the horse was prepared for Belmont Park and Saratoga juvenile races. The bid reportedly came from trainer Fred Kraft for Rudolph Spreckels of California.
Representative Britten of Illinois introduced a bill to divest prize fight films of interstate character permitting them to move freely between states. The measure would let each state decide whether prize fight films may be shown within its borders amid a prior federal ban on interstate exhibition of fight films.
The piece surveys golf open championships possibly limited to Bobby Jones, notes Burleigh Grimes with the Boston Braves as the last spitball pitcher in the National League, and reports the Yankees paid 50000 for Vernon Gomez who shows brilliant pitching. It mentions shortstop parity, Brooklyn seeking minor league pitchers, Mahaffey stopping Babe Ruth temporarily, Connie Mack lamenting Tom Oliver’s departure to the Red Sox, Moriarity stealing home 17 times in a season, high pay for professional billiards in England, Sandwich as a golf center, minor league reorganization debates, Tommy Ryan’s wealth after boxing, and Ralph Judd’s Cardinals trade in the Texas league.
Rookie first baseman Gus Suhr of the Pittsburgh Pirates is praised for his powerful hitting with a 400 clip and graceful, precise fielding. A former Pacific Coast League standout, Suhr quickly proves he belongs in the major leagues with strong defense and offense in his initial season.
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