March 4, 2026
Tag: Toe-Twister
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The Healing Hands of Mahlon Locke
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Dr. Mahlon Locke built a reputation for treating rheumatism in the 1920s and 1930s. Denounced as a “faith healer” but admired as a “foot twister” and “hoof doctor,” he treated thousands of sufferers at his clinic in Williamsburg, Ontario.
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July 14, 2022 8 Comments
In an old tattered and torn library book entitled My Favorite American Sports Memories, the author recounted 16 stories of his days as a kid growing up in Brooklyn, New York. He became a syndicated sports columnist with a wide audience. Seven of the stories were about baseball games played in the 1920s and ‘30s. Those were the days when baseball became America’s favorite pastime.