30000 Bowlers To Compete in ABC World Championship
Bowlers from the United States Canada and Hawaii will contest the American Bowling Congress world championship at the Coliseum in Chicago. The event runs daily for 47 days starting March 1, with a $200000 prize and top contenders including former champ Konora Max Stein of Belleville seeking to surpass a 2060 pin nine game record.
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United States
Canada
Hawai
American Bowling Congress
Coliseum
Chicago
Tengin
Wil
Mist Konora
Max Stein
Belleville
ABC
Thousands of bowling teams prepare nationwide for tournament
The article notes a nationwide pool of contestants from many professions including doctors lawyers farmers actors and athletes. It mentions an expected 5500 five man teams and cites towns like Land O Lakes Wisconsin with eight alleys sending twelve teams. Noting representation from large cities and Pacific coast squads, it highlights Harold Libby club led by Lloyd and Lisyd as notable participants.
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United States
Doctors Lawyers Farmers Movie Actors
Big League Baseball
Clerka Mechanics Acthool Teachers Merchants
Walesmen
New York
Land O Lakes Wis
Pacific Coast
Harold Libya
Mavig
Lloyd
Unknowns Shine in ABC Bowling Tournament Run
The ABC bowling tourney opens with a mindset that any bowler can win. Edward Gahard of Mt Vernon NY rose from obscurity to win last year with 749 in singles, while baseball stars Hay Schalk Jimmy Dykes Gabby Hartnett and Everett Scott will appear across opening and closing nights amid creek teams.
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ABC
Edward Ga Hard
Mt Vernon
Thoigh
Baseball Wild
Hay Schalk
Whites Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Gabby Hartnett
Jimmy Archer Everett Scott
Will Eppear
Creek
Baseball’s first basemen face uncertain futures in spring camps
Rumors from major league camps speak of spring training upheaval as first basemen doubt job security. Veteran stars like Lou Gehrig and Hank Greenberg are reportedly safe, while trades and position shuffles swirl around Rip Collins, Joe Kuhel, Johnny Mize, and others. Predicting who remains anchored and who shifts across leagues remains anyone’s guess.
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Cottrxe Dun
Lou Gehrig
Yankee Iron Man
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Rip
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Joe Kuhel
Jon Wadsell
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Beau Bell
Marty Davis
New York Giants
Buddy Hassett
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Sonja Henie Wins Knighthood and Heads to Films
Virginia Vale quotes Sonja Henie as the most honored young star, freshly awarded the Order of St Olav by Norway. Her charity film benefit at Madison Square Garden raises thousands for New York's children as she remains modest about her fame and future projects.
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Washington
Order of St Olav
Happy Landing
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Carnegies
Astors
Rockefellers
Childrens Village
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Sonja
Braddock Retires After Storied Ring Career Ends
Jim Braddock, a boxing icon known as the Cinderella Man, announces his retirement ending a ring career that began in 1926 and culminated in defeating Max Baer for the heavyweight title in 1935. At 32, he reflected on family duties and the need to withdraw from the sport after a strong ten round decision over Tommy Farr, drawing praise from officials.
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Ape
Dawne
Falt
Ness
Braddock
Max Baer
Jersey City
Prisefight
Joe Louis
Jim
Tommy Farrrey
Linguistic Catcher Moe Berg and His Broad Studies
Moe Berg, veteran catcher, described as highly educated, pursued law after Princeton and played baseball to fund a legal career. He studied languages in Paris at the Sorbonne, reading Latin, French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and more while attending Princeton and after, including time with the Brooklyn club as an infielder in 1923.
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Princet 1
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Firooklyn Club
Paris
University of Farm
Sor House
Timeo
Third Largest Island Discovery Prompts Arctic Notes
The article describes Daffingland as the world’s third largest island after Australia and Greenland, with four lakes including Lake Ontario, Eskimos building igloos on frozen lakes, and sea access limited to June through September. It notes Baffin Bay as a whale and wildlife refuge and briefly mentions William Baffin’s 1616 naming. It also corrects the misbelief that whales are fish, stating they are mammals with complex traits.
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Daffingland
Australia
Greenland
Ontario
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Henew
Utte
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Adobe Houses Built From Sun Dried Brick
The article describes adobe houses constructed from sun dried brick. Bricks are molded and left in the sun, turning daily for a week or longer as needed. Sizes noted include two gauges 10 by 3 and 12 1/2 by 6, with the larger bricks used as headers and the others as stretchers.
First to Use Electromagnetista Hodis Introduced by French Magician
Jean Eugene Robert Hodis born in 1805, celebrated French magician known for optical illusions and mechanical devices. He claimed his magic derived from natural, not supernatural, causes and was the first to use electromagnetism for his effects.
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Jean Eugene Robert Hodis
Taft credited with popularizing Philippine mahogany in US
The late President Taft is credited with popularizing Philippine mahogany in the United States. As governor general of the Islands he became familiar with the wood and directed that it be used in the White House when he became President.
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Taft
United States
Islands
White House
Coastline Harbors Described From Cuba’s North to South
The north coast of Cuba is high and rocky while the south is low and marshy. Principal harbors listed include Mavana Matanzas IJsabela de Sauda Nuevitas Snobons Puerto Padre Glbara Santiago de Cuba Crentuegos and Batabano.
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Matanzas
Ijsabela de Sauda
Nuevitas Snobons
Puerto Padre
Glbara
Santiago de Cuba
Crentuegos and
Batabano
Growth of Angura Rabbi Wool Angers
Growth of Angora rabbits and wool yield described. Young rabbits are first clipped at eight weeks. The initial raw wool is classed as baby wool and the animal is then clipped every three months.
Shark trap method described off Papua coast
A coastal method near Papua uses a raft of four canoes and a rope tied to a hollow shell trap baited with a dead fish and a hardened wooden hook. When a shark bites the bait it cannot dive due to buoyancy, the fish tugs the rig until exhausted, and the line is hauled in then speared ashore.
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Papua
St Bagomes
Frankenstein referenced as the creature creator in popular lore
The term Frankenstein labels both the student who created the monster and a man whose works lead to ruin. The creature bears no name, yet the creator’s name has become a byword for extreme ugliness and brutality lacking moral sense.
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Frankenstein
The Great Pyramid Foretells Global Changes
The Great Pyramid was cited as the scene of prophecies predicting a world war the liberation of Jews in Palestine and the restoration of Babylonian gods. The pyramid covers thirteen acres and rises about 485 feet.
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Palestine
Babylon
MaMeking Slang Origin After Mafeking Relief
The term MaMeking means to make whoopee in England after Colonel Baden-Powell relieved Mafeking on May 1 1900 during the Boer War. The word derives from the town name Mafeking and is pronounced the suite way.
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England
Baden Powell
Mafeking
South Africa
Prodnats From Treen A Note on Wood Derivatives
A historical remark explains that turpentine camphor dyes and tanning agents are derived from certain wood species. These compounds are not wood components but occur within specific trees and can be extracted as valuable products.
Ether Parties In Athens Highlight 19th Century Trends
Ether was a popular anesthesia in the early 1800s and Faraday described its stupefying effects in 1818. In Athens, students aware of Faraday’s work held ether parties, illustrating contemporaries’ curiosity with medical science and chemical influence.
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Faraday
Athens
Fragmented OCR: voting, bribery, and election notes
The text presents garbled OCR of a 19th century election discussion with phrases about paying for rum or a bottle, mentions of Cape Cook and Sau Tek, a ceremony, and a rule on votes. It hints at voters selecting one or more candidates to influence outcomes and explains how voting for fewer options affects others.
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Plumper
Birthstones by month list with misprints and errors
Fragmented OCR presents a jumble of birthstone names and months with many misspellings. It lists January garnet February amethysts Manel blood stone April diamond May emerald June agate pearl July tuby fe carnelian August sardons ya September sapphire October opal November topaz December turquoise and lapis lazuli.
Newton Early Life Sparks Matter of Great Mathematician
A fragmented note recalls Isaac Newton dropping out of school briefly to work on a farm before his parents sent him to college. There he developed foundational theories that would define his legacy in mathematics and science.
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Newton
Imaau
Growth of Fish and Bass Size Milestones
The report notes growth data for largemouth black bass from age one to sixteen years. At one year estimated length is 57 inches, three years 99 inches, four years 128 inches, seven years 14 inches, ten years 101 inches, and a sixteen year specimen is about 206 inches.
Paisley Shawls of Fine Wool and Trade Boom
In Paisley Scotland during the 1860s the shawl industry thrived as guest wools were spun into fine paisley shawls sometimes blended with silk or cotton. About 8000 rooms operated in shawl production and the entire population was employed in the trade, yielding a prosperous period.
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Paisley
Scotland
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