Yankees Giants October Classic and Baseball Rumors
The piece muses on the Yankees and Giants in an October series, weighing pitchers like Hubbell and Morrow against Dizzy Dean and other stars, while noting strategic moves, suspicions about a Cards trade, and managerial chatter including Bill Terry and Walter Johnson. It also touches on college football chatter, boxing notes, and rising talents at Princeton and Yale amid a broad sports gossip tapestry.
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Counse
St. Louis
Divine Providence
Memphis
Terry
Yanks
Glan
Yankees
Burdy Hines
Cubs
Chicago
Dizzy Dean
Polo Grounds
Gchilgs
Dickeys
Crosettia
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Fay
Lou Ambers
al Wells
Herkimer
Tony
Oman
Canzoneri
Veeran
Willy
Canzoner
Jimmy MebLagain
State Athletic Commission
Hearst A. C
Cominy
Princeton
Dick White
Tiger
van Mungo
Joe Medwick
Willie Manley
Ye Ars
Joop
Internatonal League
Three Stages of Obesity and Reducing Diets
A discussion on obesity stages from Dr Barker of Johns Hopkins. It argues public attitudes shift, notes three stages from enviable to pitiable, and critiques exercise reliance. It outlines dietary approaches favoring protein and balanced reductions, with calorie plans and expected weight loss dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. Barker
Johns Hopkins University
Pacific coast defense and Noguchi in wartime PPG
The piece argues for a Pacific coast air defense force using hundred aircraft and volunteer youths from California Oregon Washington and Vancouver to deter potential attackers. It highlights Tadayo Noguchi’s yellow fever work and frames his service as a model of humanitarian effort. It notes Hackensack land value and birth control debates in Kansas City.
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Pacific States
Mitteo
New York
Abraham Lincoln
New York City
Hodge
Arthur Crisbane
Peener
California
Oregon
Washington
Vancouver
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Andro California
Los Angeles
Seattle
Sam
Iig
Tadeyo Noguchi
Africa
Japan
Noguchi
America
Hermin
Hackensack
Kansas City
Providence
Women and cold tolerance differences noted in text
The article discusses how women resist cold differently from men due to subcutaneous fat. It notes thin fat provides insulation and explains that men would feel half frozen if dressed as women. It adds that the body uses heat regulation mechanisms and extreme temperature variation can be deadly.
Sweden's sparse population contrasts with Europe’s crowded lands
The article notes Europe’s dense countries compare to Sweden, which, if it could quantify people per square mile, would show vast glades and millions of wildflowers. Only 12 percent of Sweden is in dales and meadows, while over half is woodland, giving a stark contrast to nations with over 600 people per square mile and Sweden's mere 32.
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Sweden
Europe
Face Patches and Zodiac Imagery in 18th Century Fashion
The eighteenth century saw women applying many face patches. Critics joked their faces resembled the signs of the Zodiac. Black patches often cut into moon sun star comet and crescent shapes highlighted the skin, a trend dating to Louis XIV’s era.
Cicero Named Governor of Cilicia in 52 B.C.
Cicero the famed writer and orator became governor of Cilicia in 52 B.C. He subdued robber tribes in the mountains and earned the title imperator for successful expeditions. During two years in Tarsus he was praised for uprightness and impartial justice.
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Cicero
Cilicia
B.C
Tarsus
Insects and pollen form strange weather clouds
A Collier's Weekly writer notes wind lifts swarms of bees ants and mosquitoes like storm clouds and strong breezes raise pine pollen so densely it can be mistaken for smoke from a forest fire the spectacle resembling atmospheric clouds.
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Collier's Weekly
Pieces of Eight and the Spanish Dollar in Trade
The Spaniards pursued active foreign trade using eight‑coin standards known as pieces of eight. The Spanish dollar or peso duro meant hard coin, equal to eight reales or shillings. Cadiz’s city arms with two pillars and a scroll inspired this monetary term, boosting business by providing a widely recognized standard of value worldwide.
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Cadiz
The Seventeenth Amendment Filling Senate Vacancies
The seventeenth amendment provides for filling vacancies in the senate. When vacancies occur in a state's representation the executive authority shall issue writs of election for all such vacancies. The legislature may empower temporary appointments until the people fit the vacancies by election as directed.
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Senate
Uncle Tom's Cabin Reaches England in 1953
The work arrived in England in spring 1953 and by year end sold over a million copies there. English children across classes were raised on the book for at least two decades, with Victorian readers often allowed to read it where many titles were banned for vulgarity.
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England
Englis
Smallest National Park in Arkansas Since 1921
Smallest National Park at Hot Springs, Ark, about fifty miles from Little Rock, has been a national park since 1921. Previously a national reservation under government protection since 1832, it covers one and a half square miles and holds forty seven boiling springs.
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Bill Terry
DI McGowan
Wymit Caplin
E. R. Bradley
Alble Booth
New Haven
Army
Yale
Hearst A. C
Hearst
Charley Crescen
Reds
Plitchera
Cubs
Wrigley Field
Empire State Building
Lestie Aaron
Vordon
Ray
Sela
Sanok
Lewish
Young Machenachnildt
Temple
Villsmyn
Ark
Little Rock
Crocodile Running Abilities Highlighted in Ancient Text
A fragment notes that crocodiles can run briefly on two legs, with Ike the ancient dinosaur mentioned, while on four legs the full body remains grounded and swift. It also states that crocodiles, despite many traits, mainly feed on fish and generally avoid humans.
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Ike
Pioneers of Invention and the Rise of Mass Production
Early inventors like Eli Whitney popularized interchangeable parts enabling industrial efficiency for sewing machines rifles automobiles and watches. Patents by Bianchiard McCormick and others expanded woodworking machines reapers and revolvers while Linotype Monotype and Unotype printers moved printing away from manual setting.
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Eli Whitney
Bianchard
McCormick
Calt
Mergenthaler and
Lanston
Unotype
Monotype
Wrinkles as Signs of Character in Pearsons Weekly
A writer in Pearson's Weekly notes facial wrinkles reveal personality. Forehead lines from eyes to temples mark optimists, lines between the eyes show deep thinkers or nervous types. Crow’s feet under the eyes indicate a lovable, happy nature and wisdom, not age.
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Pearson's Weekly
Spirits End Up With Tobacco From Ohio Tribes
Indians of Ohio believed tobacco hung on totem poles before hunts was spoiled by spirits. While away, white intruders would steal the tobacco, returning to think the spirits had taken their valuable product.
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Ohio
Eastward Prayer Practice Traced to Ancient Customs
From time immemorial thousands of temples and many Christian churches have been built so congregations face the East during prayer. The origin likely lies with ancient peoples who knelt before the rising sun, notes Collies's Weekly.
Beisa Unicorns Myth From East Africa
Beisa inhabit East Africa from Sudan to southern regions. In profile the beisa shows a single horn on the forehead, likened to the mythical unicorn. The yard-long horns are a notable feature of this East African antelope.
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Beisa
East Africa
Ike
Sudan
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