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Census entry for Paul H. Bruske, advertising executive, born in
Michigan, and family. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census . Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1035; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 106; Image:
1007:"STUDEBAKERS IN THE BALKAN WAR: WAGONS ANSWER MANY PROBLEMS SEEMINGLY DIFFICULT; Play Important Part in Fight Against Turks and Prove of Great Value in Keeping Lines of Communication Open--Interesting History of Things on Wheels"
859:"FLAG TO FLAG FLANDERS RUN: SMALL CAR BUMPS THE TIES OVER DEEP RIVER; Nervy Crew Rushes the Trestle and Reaches Opposite Side Just as Big Freight Train Thunders Past--Automobile Penetrates Regions Never Before Visited by Motor"
1103:"CARBURETOR HELPS SPEED: BARNEY GOT MORE OUT OF HIS RACING CAR; Fourteen Cars Started in Venice Race with the Master Carburetor and Nearly Every Car that Finished had It--Oldfield, Carlson, and Marquis Used it on Racers"
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Harroun, Bruske joined Power, Alexander & Jenkins Co., an advertising agency in 1919. Bruske remained active in the advertising business in his later years, with clients that included
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Baseball
Magnets! Detroit Club Singularly Fortunate in Possessing in Hugh Jennings, Manager, and Ty Cobb, Star Player, Two Exponents of the Game Whose Personality Adds Enormously to Club and Team Success
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Detroit
Delighted: With the Wonderful Achievement of the Tigers in Making a Clean Sweep of the Eastern Rivals Series That Will Live Long in Memory; Sensational Incidents of the Run; Deserved Tribute to
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Bruske also worked in the advertising business for many years. During the 1910s, he was at different times the adverting and publicity director for four of
Detroit's leading automobile manufacturers,
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The Player's
Obligation: Only One Basis for Fraternity Success; Player Organization Must Protect the Employer As Well As the Employe, Else Neither Magnates or Public Will Sanction It
401:, Bruske described himself as an "advertising writer" for the Harroun Motors Corp. He was living at that time with his wife, Mary Plum Bruske, at 195 Pallister Street in Detroit.
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Detroit's Joy: Tiger
Followers Encouraged by Victory; Fine Pitching of Bill Donovan Is Source of Much Pleasure to the American Leaguers; Praise for Pittsburgh Fine Sportsmanship
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Detroit Doing: Best Season Yet
Enjoyed by a Detroit Club; Some Pertinent and Just Comment on the Work of the Tigers in the World's Series; Jennings' Management Not at Fault
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Detroit Duly
Delighted: With Good Reports About the Tigers; The Team More Harmonious and Ambitious Than Heretofore; Recruits Who Have Given Indication of Real Major Form
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Detroit Dots: Navin a New 'Napoleon of Base Ball'; The
President of the Detroit Club a Man Henceforth Always to Be Reckoned With by the Leaders; Spring Plans of the Club
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732:"Detroit Duly Delighted: With Good Reports About the Tigers; The Team More Harmonious and Ambitious Than Heretofore; Recruits Who Have Given Indication of Real Major"
1030:"SHAPED FROM CHILLED STEEL: Crowned Fenders for Our New Studebakers; Versatile Die Experts Show Us Production Is Easy; Nineteen-fourteen Cars Have Added Attractions"
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Detroit Dots: One of the Younger Set Pays His Tribute; The Value of a "Sporting Life" Connection To a Writer Cited; The Latest News of the Detroit Club and Players
984:"FLANDERS CARS ON MOTORDROME: Midget Motors to Vie for Honors on Pie-pan; Manager Plans to Send Them Against Records; Santa Monica Road Race Teaches Many Lessons"
961:"WORLD RECORD IN BIG RACE: Santa Monica Classic to Be Greatest Ever; History of Road Racing Is Summed Up by Scribe; Flanders Booster Has Words of Good Cheer"
215:. Bruske attended Alma College where he was a champion tennis player and an infielder and captain of the baseball team. He graduated from Alma in 1898.
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in 58 days from June 6 to August 3, 1910. The E-M-F Company subsequently published a book about the expedition, likely written by Bruske.
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946:"Studebaker Automobile Is Now Serving In Its Sixth Great War: Paul Hale Bruske Tells of the Use of the Studebaker Car in the Turkish Army"
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and became the head of its sports department in 1902. He established Michigan's first Sunday sports section while he was with the
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company withdrew from the automobile racing business, and Bruske was given a position overseeing the company's newspaper work.
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112:(November 7, 1877 – September 26, 1956) was an American writer, journalist, advertising executive, and sportsman.
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Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century
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Detroit Doings: Splendid Season's Work of the Detroit Tigers
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baseball team that featured three future inductees into the
758:"Many Changes: Newspaperdom of Detroit Has Had Big Shakeup"
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637:. National Game Pub. Co. pp. 325–326.
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843:. August 12, 1910. Archived from
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925:Leon J. Pinkson (May 11, 1912).
282:. In 1906, Bruske moved to the
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1124:Reed L. Parker (July 6, 1915).
1109:. April 4, 1915. Archived from
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1195:"Bruske Back To Advertising".
684:. Alma College. 1901. p.
125:for 14 years, including their
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1287:Racing drivers from Detroit
1272:Alma Scots baseball players
1069:Walter David Lewis (2005).
825:. June 5, 1910. p. C6.
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631:Alfred Henry Spink (1911).
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87:Mary Wheeler (Plum) Bruske
1173:The Automobile, Volume 36
775:Anthony J. Yanik (2001).
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485:(Bruske's tribute to the
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659:"Deaths in the Ministry"
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436:Selected works by Bruske
416:Firestone/Oldfield Tires
226:Lansing State Republican
193:Firestone/Oldfield Tires
129:championship seasons of
885:. E-M-F Company. 1910.
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428:Bruske died in 1956 at
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236:The Grand Rapids Press
1130:Chicago Daily Tribune
251:Baseball Hall of Fame
1197:Motor Age, Volume 35
1169:"Factory Activities"
1136:on November 7, 2012.
1113:on November 7, 2012.
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386:In August 1915, the
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1199:. 1919. p. 14.
914:. October 15, 1911.
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361:Maxwell automobile
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59:September 26, 1956
1237:The Sporting News
1107:Los Angeles Times
1034:Los Angeles Times
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556:1909 World Series
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