Tinker blames Murphy for Reds manager miss
Joe Tinker, Cubs shortstop and former prospective Reds manager, accuses Cubs president Charles Murphy of stalling talks and denying him the Reds job. He recalls stockholders' interest, meetings with Frank Chance, and Murphy delaying until season end. He laments Hank O Day chosen instead.
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Joe Tinker
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Charles Murphy
Cubs
Reds
Tinker
Frank Chance
Murphy
Herrmann
Garry
Lerrmann
Hank O'Day
Halpin to Head Olympic Team for 1912 Stockholm
Matthew P. Halpin of the New York Athletic Club is chosen to manage the 1912 American Olympic team in Stockholm. He brings two prior successful Olympic-team managements and is praised for practical discipline amid a big athlete group.
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Halpin
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
Matthew P. Halpin
New York Athletic Club
May Lengthen List of Olympic Games
Everett C. Brown former president of the National Amateur Athletic Union and committee member at the Stockholm international carnival seeks to add boxing and wrestling to the Olympic curriculum next summer. He says all other amateur sports have trials and hopes for a special series of bouts.
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Everett C. Brown
National Amateur Athletic Union
Stockholm
Brown
England May Challenge for British International Trophy
England plans another attempt in the series of motorboat races for the British International Trophy. Noel Robbins is working to persuade the Duke of Westminster to join the effort and try to capture the cup again.
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England
Noel Robbins
Duke of Westminster
Sprinter Cartmell Returns to UNC Track Team
Nathan J. Cartmell, former UPenn sprint champion, has returned to Philadelphia after a road running period and will assume leadership of the track squad at the University of North Carolina.
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Cartmell
Nathan J. Cartmell
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
University of North Carolina
Golf and Guile in a Summer at Rockdale
Philip Prentiss seeks a golf based vacation at Rockdale near the river and encounters a rascally old duffer and a world of social types. After a tense round he confronts cheating and ends up learning the judge who will later be Sallie’s father is the same man they confronted on the greens. The pair fall in love but faces class and moral tests before a playful resolution.
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Philip Prentiss
Sallie Norton
Philip
Rockdale
Rockdale Golf Club
Sallie
Phillip
Pilip
Rcom
Phans
Sunnyside
Hnks
Judge Norton
Orange
New York
Sam
Judge
Old
Uffer
Why Bore Holes Turn to the North
Mining engineers note bore holes near a thousand feet deep deviate northward due to the earth's magnetic field. The shaft becomes magnetized with the south pole upward, pulling the tool toward the north as the long shaft curves. Obliquity of strata may shift the deviation direction.
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Siberia
J. S. Curtis
Humorous Encounter with a Beggar on the Road
A beggar speaks of pity and fortune, declaring wealth lies in the road and stars while questioning the pity shown by a passerby. He claims to carry no wife or child, yet sees riches in the sun, moon, and hills, challenging the listener to pity himself.
Short Cut Egg Question Sparks Busy Lunch Counter
The scene at a lunch counter features a girl asking how the eggs should be prepared and a professor humorously replying about the brief interval between laying and market appearance. The exchange ends with the girl ordering scramble eggs.
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Chicago Tribune
Poem Purchases Spark Witty Banter in Yonkers
A light exchange in Yonkers Statesman features a buyer and seller debating the price of a poem. The man asks how much the verse costs and learns it is $50, prompting reflections on the value of poetry.
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Jim Dandy
Chirence
Yonkers Statesman
On the Job and a Youthful Critique
Pa-I condemns the young Smithson for lack of industry in his calling. He notes the daughter's remark on his seven weekly visits in Cassell's Saturday Journal.
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Smithson
Wecent Cassell
The Vicar Speech Ends as Honorarium Planned for Mr Smith
In a departed scene, a farmer comments on appetite April the farmer presses a point about dinner while Meandering Mike jokes about food versus physical culture. The Washington Star quotes a vicar ending speech and planning to present Mr Smith with an honorarium.
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Mr. Smith
Ali
Mike
Washington Star
Political Turkey Gambit Aims to Win Votes
In a Kansas City quip, a candidate recalls handing turkeys to widows to gain support but lost to an opponent who distributed turkeys to married men, highlighting a crowd pleasing but strategic approach to campaigning.
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Kansas City Star
Willing to Oblige in Washington Herald Snippet
A brief Washington Herald item quotes John the cook saying she dislikes the place. The dialogue ponders whether the complaint targets the town or Lonely ville and suggests moving to another suburb if the locality unsettles her.
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John
Lonelyville
Washington Herald
Snowbound Hobo Seeks Shelter on Upper Flat Claim
A Buffalo Express fragment shows a hobo asking to eat snow on a woman’s lot and hoping for compassion. The woman, uncertain, replies they only rent the upper flat, highlighting a brief street scene of hardship and housing limits.
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Buffalo Express
His Motto and the Water Wagon
A witty exchange from the Atlanta Constitution about a man who fears crowded spaces and claims there is no room for him on the water wagon. The former quips suggest he may not join the trend soon while the other asserts his motto is not to crowd.
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Atlanta Constitution
Executioner Do Your Duty
A trimmed cartoon caption mocks Chinese revolutionaries by noting their dislike for Pu Yi as the reason they “take the cake.” The exchange appears in a Houston Post illustration and reflects era rhetoric.
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Pu Yi
Houston Post
Guides scarce in Adirondacks provoke extinction quip
The Washington Herald notes scarce Adirondack hiking guides as a witty exchange about guides becoming extinct. The light comment reflects demand and supply concerns for outdoor services in the region.
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Adirondacks
Washington Herald
Boston Teacher Waldo Named Among Fiction’s Best
In Boston a widely recognized character, Waldo, is noted alongside Santa Claus as one of the best known figures in fiction. The mention highlights Waldo’s age and supercilious manner in a playful reference.
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Boston
Waldo
Santa Claus
Puck
Trade with Canada Growing as Ottawa Favors U S
Government reports show Canada increasing total trade to 769.5 million dollars in the last fiscal year with a 61.5 million rise in commerce with the United States. Britain, Germany, and France show smaller gains while the U S earns a 180 million balance of trade, up 51 million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
United States
Britain
Germany
France
Flight to a Grave French Aviator Visits Cemetery by Air
M Deneau, whose brother lies buried near Chartres, flew from Chartres in an aeroplane to the cemetery on All Souls Eve. He landed just outside the burial ground, laid flowers on his brother’s grave, and flew back to the aerodrome as crowds passed by with wreaths and bouquets.
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M. Deneau
Chartres
France
Tle
Ruler of the Whole World in Prussian Cavalry Echo
A military doctor in a Prussian cavalry regiment asked 174 recruits to define the imperial chancellor. Responses include he makes rates rise and fall, pays all state dues, preaches to empire, writes for the Kaiser, holds Berlin under him, stays by the Kaiser's side in battle, and rules the whole world.
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Empire
Berlin
London Mail
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