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Ellsworth American., 1926-07-28

leaves besides her husband, two
children by a former marriage, Mrs.
Willis MacCall of Ellsworth and Mrs
Herman Hunnewell of this place,
and two grandchildren. Funeral
and interment were at North Sedg-
wick, Saturday.
July 26. A.
Ellsworth American., 1926-07-28
ALG0LA PILLS

Regulate the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Make Pure Blood. For Constipation. Relieve
Gas, Indigestion. Biliousness. Sick Headache.
Try them. l0c. Csc. At druggists. Duane
Pharmacal Co., sole proprietor, P. o. Boz
1908, City Hall Station, New Ysrk. See
signature on each box.
Ellsworth American., 1926-07-28
k's a Hard Lite!

" 'aven't 'ad no work fer months
now. Mrs. Green I seem to be reglar
drudge on the market.
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But the colonies made their critics
weep. The Yankees won pennants.
The Babe hit home runs day after
day, but it was Wally Pipp who was
the real punch in the pinch.
Urban Shocker, who is now a men,
Der of the Yank pitching staff once
said when he was working for the st.
Louis Browns, that Pipp was the hard
est batter in the American league to
pitch to.
you can take your chances on
Ruth" he said. "but you can never
figure that Pipp."
Two-Fisted Fighter.
In addition to being a high-class
ball player and gentleman, Pipp
was ranked as one Of the best two
listed fighters in the league. He never
carried a chip on his shoulder, but
when pressed he knew how to take
care of himself.
1t is related that Babe Ruth told
Pipp one afternoon that he didn't
like the way Pipp was running the
bases and the Babe went to the hotel
after the game with two sinners and
a cut lip. From that time on the
Babe and Wally were fast friends.
Pipp and he certainly will plug up
the hole that the Cincinnati club has
had at first base.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02

With a few tears and sigh or tive,
Col. Jake Rupert, owner of the
New York Yankees, dropped a sentence
into the mail the other day that sent
Wally Pipp, his veteran first base
man, to the Cincinnati Reds.
When New York ball players are
discarded and shipped to other less
prosperous clubs, they have a way
Of saying that they have been trans
ported down the river.
There is very little sentiment in
big league baseball 1t is a cold
proposition and when the legs of
respected veteran slow him up or
when the peg leaves the arm, the
open is the only reward
With Wally Pipp and Jake Rup-
pert, however, the case was differ
ent. Pipp was the only player on
the Yankee club who was a regular
when Rupert and his daring former
partner, Colonel Huston, paid a mil
lion dollars for a baseball name.
Called Them Crazy.
Baseball men, wise in the ways
of the game, said that the two col
onels were crazy when they bought
the Yankees. They said they were
mad when they opened the pocket
book for Babe Ruth, and they wanted
a lunacy commission appointed when
they built ball park that would seat
10000 or more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02

Calcutta golf club is the eldest gelf
club outside of the British Isles.
Rocky Kansas, the lightweight
champion, is said to be one of the
richest boxers in the game.
Loren Murchisen, famous American
sprinter, will not go abroad this year
to defend his two English champion
ships.
A New York basketball team in
tends to play the professional game ia
an arena there to seat 1e,e00 fans. 1t
will hold an American league fran
chise.
A mile race between Paavo Nurmi
and r. A. Rose Of New Zealand may
be a feature of the English Amateur
Athletic association track and field
meet in Stamford Bridge, Lendea.
Gothenburg, Sweden, will be the
scene of a series of Olympic games
for women August q to 20. The IA
tions of the earth have been asked to
send two representatives in each
event.
The national open golf champion
ship at Scioto G. G. Columbus July
8 to 10, will be broadcast. 1t will be
the first time radio fans have enjoyed
this method of following the links ex-
perts' progress.
Years ago the Kentucky Derby was
considered a preliminary for the Amer
lean Derby at Washington park.
Tommy Loughran is reported as be-
ing quite a student of golf, the ancient
Scotch game. It's great sport. but
whether 1t helps fighter is question
able.
The largest crowd that ever attend
ed a rugby football game was $4,000,
which was the attendance Of last
years international match between
England and Scotland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02
Erpensipe Eggs

The poultry business is still in its
infancy. A condor, now in the Ma
tional Geological park in Washington,
has just laid an egg that is valued at
$3.50. Why bother with Rhode Island
Reds or White Wyandottes? A pen
of condOrs is the thing To be sure,
they lay but seldom-this one only
five times in twenty years-but at
market rates for the eggs they don't
need to lay often. A romantic bird
It's wing spread of nine feet is one
of the largest, if not the largest, in
the whole avian world; and in the
great quilts of the primaries the '49ers
kept their gold dust. Was that the
way "clear quilP' got its meaning of
pure, unadulteratedT -YOuth's Com
panion.
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The first method of treatment which
naturally occurred to boch men was
along the line of the caricatures
fully up to that time. In telling about
1t afterward, Willard said that ''the
mention of Yankee Doodle photo
graphed on my mind three things:
the flag, the fife, and the drum, and
background naturally presented itself"
Wizards children had provided the
material that inspired his first artistic
success in PLUCK Number One" His
father was to provide the inspiration
for the production of his masterpiece.
This aged gentleman had come from
Wellington to pose for his son. One
day while working on his outline of
Yankee Doodle he caught CLINT in
the older mans eye, and In flash 1t
was revealed to him what Yankee
Doodle really meant. 81 could not go
ahead any farther with the burlesaue
idea" the artist said. "The real pie
ture pushed everything else aside, and
went ahead and painted itself"
Wizards father, who thus aided
so greatly in the creation of the
spirit of TO-" was Baptist minister,
Rev. Daniel willard. Born in Vermont
In 1901, the elder Willard was In his
seventy-fourth year when he posed
for the central figure in the group 81
The original fifer was ene Hugh
Moser. a resident of small town near
Cleveland. Rejected because of his
age during the Civil war, he was new
ertheless considered essential at all
patriotic gatherings in the neighber-
hood, where his fling was famous.
The drummer boy was posed by
Harry X Devereux, Cleveland lad
His father, Gen. ]. 81. Devereux, a
prominent railway president, bought
the painting after its showing In Phil
adelphia, Washington, Boston, and
other cities. The general presented it
TO his native town of Marblehead,
Mass, where 1t was hung in Abbot
hall library.
The picture itself Is eight feet wide
and ten feet high. 1t was begun dur
ing 1875 in the studio of Willis Adams
in Euclid avenue, Cleveland. 1t was
officially unveiled at the centennial
the next year. It's first name, yankee
Doodle was changed while the work
was on exhibition in Boston to its
present title, 1.-The Spirit of "a"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02
COMBS OWES JOB
TO JOE MCCARTHY
Yank Outfielder Was All Set
to Teach School.

Joe Mccarthy, who has taken over
the reins of the Chicago Cubs, Is re-
sponsible for developing Earl Combs,
Yankee outielder, and incidentally
spelling a good schoolteacher for
Kentucky. In polishing off Combs to
attract the eyes of the big league buy
ers, Mccarthy made possible one of
the most pretentious minor league
players in the country.
Combs was all set to teach the
youngsters of the Bluegrass reading
and its kindred arts in a little coun-
try school when he was spied by a
scout from the Louisville club of the
American association.
Here is the way 1t happened, in
Combs own words:
"When went to Louisville, was
greener than the rawest recruit from
the bushes.
''In my first game line drive was
hit to me that should have been an
easy out. / ran In, misjudged 1t and
the runner got three bases on 1T. My
chance to atone for the rotten play
came when a single was pelted over
first. went In to take 1T on the
bounce and sat down on the ball.
The runner reached third
81 felt like quitting, and if Me-
Carthy had bawled me out, Kentucky
would have had another good school
teacher, but all Mac said was Don't
mind that, boy and the fellows on the
bench insisted it was tough luck"
Combs, however, continued TO travel
a thorny road. Louisville fans began
to ride" him for his awkwardness,
and Mccarthy, recognizing his sensi-
tiveness, kept him out of the home
games and used him on the road. In
the meantime Combs practiced for
hours each morning. AS the season
neared its close he was placed In
the regular lineup, and made good
without any trouble. A natural hit
ter, he had acquired confidence and
ability to handle himself gracefully.
Then he was given his big chance.
He was sold to the Yankees for
substantial sum, which later was used
as the basis for building Parkway
field at Louisville.
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Tennis Ankle Is Menace
Among Many Enthusiasts

Visitors returning from the Riviera
give alarming accounts Of the prev
alence of enlarged ankles among ten
mis- enthusiasts. Lady players, they
say, may be divided into two groups !;
taking remedial massage and those
who are sending home for specially
designed shoes.
'It is quite true that constant ten
mis- tends to thicken legs and ankles"
q London foot specialist says, "the rea-
son being that most sports shoes give
no support to the instep. Consequent
ly the whole weight of the body is
thrown on the ankle joint.
Suzanne has not suffered because
she has always worn specially de-
signed shoes. Many professionals at
Queens and the Bath club wear shoes
with shock-absorbers, which give the
effect of walking on air."
Players on grass courts are likely
to suffer from tennis ankle, and the
advice the specialist lays down is,
briefly:
To fit the instep, rather than the
length of the foot.
To see that the heel grips tightly
even before the shoe is laced.
In default of specially designed
shoes, to wear the ordinary plimsoll
rather than the usual tennis shoe, be-
cause the former leaves the foot quite
free.
1.-THE belief that dancing is a cor
receive" he adds, sis justified. Dane
ing is the finest foot exercise posi-
BILE, and strengthens all the important
muscles"
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best to maintain their balance in the
little wagon tossing this way and that
as the dog, to which 1t was harnessed,
was giving chase to a suddenly
aroused rabbit.
An official of the wagon works liked
the picture so well that he wanted it
framed, and sent it to Cleveland for
that purpose There 1t came to the at
tention of the city's leading art deal
er and photographer, James F. Ryder,
who Immediately classed it as q
find" AS soon as the drawing had
been framed, Ryder personally car
ried 1t back to Wellington to make
the acquaintance of the artist.
He was somewhat surprised to meet
the originator of PLUCK Number One"
ON the second floor of the wagon shop,
but, undaunted, inquired Immediately,
"How did the race come outY'
Realizing that verbs could not con-
vey a satisfactory answer, Willard
laid aside his overalls, and got busy
painting his answer.
"Pluck Number Two" was speedily
evolved. 1t showed that the dog had
won.
The art dealer was quick to cap
italize the twin pictures. Chromos
were the fad then, and the dealer had
Wizards pictures copyrighted with
the artist as half owner. Before long
ten thousand copies had been sold,
convincing Ryder that he had dis
covered a man of talent He wen:
ahead planning new ventures for his
protege.
Leaving wellington, Willard set up
a studio In Cleveland In 1873. For a
while he devoted his time to the
drawing of cartoons, many of which
appeared In the country's leading
newspapers.
Now fer his masterpiece, 1.-THE
Spirit of re-" About a year before
the opening Of the exposition cele-
brating the one hundredth ami
versary of the signing Of the Declare
ton of independence, the enterprising
Ryder was looking for something that
would be appropriate for such an oc.
caSion.
Finally it came to him. It was, as
he explained 1t to Willard, Yankee
Doodle-just put Yankee Doodle into
something, the more original the bet
ter. Go to it and get it ready before
the big show opens"
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AS part of the program In Spain
to recover from the political and
economic situation that brought about
the dictatorship there, Senior de RI
vera, the premier. has issued state
ment that the chief task Is to educate
the citizens to their duties before they
vote. When this is accomplished the
matter of raising the currency to its
proper value will come as second
part Of the program. he sayR-Detroit
Free Press
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Early Colonial Clocks

Although clocks had been made for
centuries they were still luxury at
the time of the Colonies. The early
settlers contented themselves with a
glance at the sun which began and
ended their day. The clocks they had
were set upon a shelf against the wall
and the long pendulum swung back
and forth in slit in the shelf. These
were called "Wag-at-the-wall clocks.
1t was probably to protect the pendu-
lum that the first tall clock cases were
made, says Sarah NJ. Lockwood in
Antiques"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02
RACEBzALk
a A@ SQUZBS

Among the revivals that appear to
be attracting attention in New York is
Babe Ruth.
Howard A. Holland, University Of
Virginia pitcher, has Joined the Gin
cinnati Reds.
1t is said Boston school pupils are
using the baseball averages for ex-
amples in arithmetic.
1t is baseball's misfortune that des-
tiny has taken a born umpire and
made him a Mussolini.
The heavy hitting of Outfelder
Title Walker of the Baltimore Orioles
has been the big feature of the club.
Red Sox are said to like Al Fons,
Holy Cross college pitcher. That'll
be quite a battery: Al Fons and
CASTOR.
While the seventh-inning stretch
never won any ball games to speak
Of for the home outfit, it shakes lot
Of peanut shells off the vest.
Ed Walsh, Jr., son of the famous
White Sox hurler, in addition to pitch
ing is a track star and candidate for
fullback on the Notre Dame eleven.
The Cubs have optioned Infielder
Clyde Beck to the Milwaukee club Of
the American association. He is SUBJ
ject to recall on "a hours notice.
Mexico is organizing a baseball
league and soon the people may be
expected to work off their enthusiasm
on umpires, instead of starting revo-
lutions.
Going back to the minor leagues Is
not a demotion. Looking at 1t rightly
it is a promotion, provided player
is not in the regular lineup of s ma
jer league club
Heinie Groh has fitted into the To
ledo infield in good shape. The for
mer Giant is getting his hits and play
ing whale of game at third He
is doing the lead-off trick.
Business Manager Bill Friel of the
st. Louis Browns announces the re-
lease of Catcher Tom Porter to the
Terre Haute. club of the Three-I
league, and Pitcher Dennis White to
the jeanette club Of the Middle Allan
tic league.
1t is understood that Cincinnati OBJ
tanned Pitcher George Dumont, vet
eran Highlander, from the Minneapo-
lis club Of the American association,
on 30-day trial with option Of pur-
chase. Manager Hendricks probably
figures that Dumont, with his good
curve, will be valuable relief man.
Howard Fitzgerald, star outfelder
of the Wichita Falls club Of the Tex
as league, has been traded to the Bos-
ton Americans for Joe Kiefer, right
handed pitcher; Ross, left-hander,
and Jenkins, an outfelder.
Although Walter Johnson's two
year contract expires this year the
mighty twirling ace has no intention
Of retiring. He will not buy fran
chise as contemplated last year, but
intends to remain with the Senators
nntil he finds his days of service at an
end.
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Payne's immortal Words

"These are the times that try mems
souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will, In this crisis.
shrink from the service of their ceun-
try; but he that stands 1T now de-
serves the love and thanks OF man
and woman. Tyranny, like hell, Is not
easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with US, that the harder
the conflict the more glorious the tri-
umph. What we obtain too cheap, we
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And Time the ruined ridge has swept
Down the dark stream which sea-
ward creeps.
On this green bank. by this soft
stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires. our sons are
gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children freq
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In Five World Series

Joe Bush, former Philadelphia, Bos.
ton, New York and st. Louis pitcher,
but now with Washington, has been
in five world series. He was with the
Athletics in the 1913 and 1914 games,
Red Sox in 1918 and Yankees in 1922
and 1923. Bush is credited with two
blue ribbon victories, one In 1913 and
the other in 1923. Bush has been In
the majors since 1912. He had his
best season in 1922, when he won %
games and lost but seven.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02

esteem too lightly; 1t is dearness only
chat gives everything its value. Heav-
en- knows how to put proper price
upon its goods; and 1t would be
strange indeed If so celestial an article
as freedom should not be highly
ted."-Thomas Payne.
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1t Isl
ErpVTY2E Ask these questions of
6S&&Bt the average American and
he will shake his head.
He knows the picture
well enough, for he has seen it
hundreds OF times. Perhaps he grew
up In home In which Autographed
copy of 1t occupied prominent place.
In Fourth of July parades, too, he
has seen living reproductions of it,
but further than his ability to recog-
nize 1t he knows but little of it's
origin or of the artist who conceived
It.
This picture which has stirred the
patriotic sentiments of the nation
was first exhibited at the Philadelphia
Centennial exposition In 1876. 1t was
the work Of a soldier, Archibald M.
willard, who saw service with the
Union forces during the Civil war.
Willard never drew any other picture
which could compare in popularity
with that single effort. Upon this one
canvas alone rests his fame. Further
more, the work came dangerously
near being nothing more than a carl
cature, to live for brief time and be
quickly forgotten.
1.-The Spirit of re- never caused
sensation as a work of art, says the
New York World, but achieved it's
universal popularity solely through
Its forceful appeal to the valor, man.
hood, and love Of country that is
rooted In the heart Of every true
American citizen
Flag experts criticized 1t as being
historically inaccurate, for the BAN
ner used by the colonial soldiers in
d776 had the crosses Of Saint George
and Saint Andrew In the canton,
whereas willard drew an ensign con-
tanning thirteen stars, and this de-
vice was not originated until June,
1777.
Mr.. Willard once said: MY picture
was not painted In commemoration of
1776, or 1876, or any other special
period in the life of the nation, but
as an expression Of the vital and ever
living spirit of American patriotism"
j Born August %, 1885, in Bedford, a
small town west Of Cleveland, Ohio,
willard showed fondness for draw
ing and painting from his boyhood
days.
His career as an artist did not be-
gin, however, until as late as 1872. At
that time he was following his trade
in Wellington, Ohio, as carriage
maker, a trade to which he had beeR
apprenticed as a youth. The actual
work of constructing coaches did not
appeal to him so much as the highly
interesting task Of painting the fin
ished product in the elaborate fashion
of that day. His skill with the brush
was acknowledged by his associates,
and he would draw little brightly col
ored sketches on the side of car
riage that frequently would attract
the fancy of prospective buyer.
At the suggestion Of his employer
Willard one day undertook to pro-
duce something cheerful, something
comic" This undertaking resulted In
his first popular picture, brought his
work to the attention Of Cleveland's
leading photographer, and freed him
forever from the labor of wagon
making.
'Pluck Number One" was the title
given to this creation, and it sue
ceeded with the public largely because
1t realistically portrayed childish Gag.
erness and action. Wizards three chill
dren, their soap-box cart, and their
family dog, gave the artist his idea
for the sketch. 1t showed wildly the
youngsters wild ride. trying their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02
Rose Not to Compete

Reginald Rose, New Zealand's track
star, will not participate in the United
States championships at Philadelphia
in July. Rose, who desired to meet
Paavo Nurmi of Finland, has notified
the Amateur Athletic union that MUIR
mis- appearance alone can make him
desert the British championship In
July for the American event. The Fin
nish athletic body already has advised
the Amateur Athletic union that MUIR
mi will be unable to come over here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02
Whippet Easiest Runner

At a recent dog carnival it was
shown that the whippet-a cross be-
tween the greyhound and the terrier
is the fastest dog in existence. The
worlds record for speed made by a
whippet is 200 yards in Tx seconds.
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informally a sort of agreement was
entered into between the opposing
forces that If the British were not at
tackled on embarkation they would
leave the town substantially as 1t was.
There was no formal communication
between Washington and Howe, but
this was an understanding. Washing
ton, also, from want of ammunition.
was obliged to use his artillery spar
ingly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02
Why British Were Spared

Some historians state that shortly
before the evacuation of Boston by the
British, General Howe threatened to
burn the city If any attempt of bonn
bardment were made. Unofficially and
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Concord Hymn
- N N N IA IA n IA "a pa "a ~

(Sung at the completion of the Battle
Monument. April 10. 1850
BY the rude bridge that arched the
food,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers
stood,
And fred the shot heard round the
world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the oonQusrer silent sleeps:
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The silky marmoset is a white mon
key with orange ears.
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REVEAL OWGIW EY
or WXLARDS r.
HS7ORyc R4Ny7ZjyG

D YOU know who painted
'The Spirit Of '76"?
Do you know how old
1t is2
Ask these questions of
the average American and
he will shake his head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-02

Although Walter Johnson's two
year contract expires this year the
mighty twirling ace has no intention
Of retiring. He will not buy fran
chise as contemplated last year, but
intends to remain with the Senators
nntil he finds his days of service at an
oud