Old Horns Leader Succeeds Clarke as Pirates Boss
The piece notes Fred Clarke resigns as Pittsburgh Pirates manager at season end after a stellar 15 year run with four pennants. Hans Wagner is considered but reluctant. Connie Mack’s Athletics and lawn tennis relics of 1915 appear as context alongside Johnston’s strong Pirates form and waivers.
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Fred
Pittsburgh Pirates
Connie Mack
Fred Clarke
Frederico
Clarke
Carey
Mamaux
Hans Wagner
Hans
William M. Johnston
Maurice McLoughlin
Star Scullers Meet in Three Mile Springfield Race
Eddie Durnan of Toronto and Frank S Hagney of Australia plan a three mile up river race near Riverside park in Springfield Massachusetts on September 27 for a purse of 1500 dollars. The American title is not at stake.
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Eddie Durnan
Toronto
Frank S. Hagney
Springfield
Mass
Riverside Park
U Boats Trapped by Wire Netting Sinking Reported
The Providence Journal reports a new method by the British navy using galvanized 15 foot mesh wire nets and oil driven destroyers to trap German submarines. Since May 5 sixty seven U boats, including twenty eight new subs, have been sunk with many crews destroyed.
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Providence Journal
Germany
Great Britain
France
United States
Life Savers as Coast Guard in War Defense
The life saving service is reorganized as a military coast guard to defend wireless stations and lighthouses. surfmen become armed with Krag rifles and machine guns, training rifles and trenches, with stations linked by telephone and telegraph to naval wireless plants. In war, lighthouses serve as signal towers and coast stations coordinate with the navy for rapid alerts to fleet and forts.
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Service
The
Coast Guard
Navy
Navy Department
Naval Wireless Plant
Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Oregon
South America
Jupiter Inlet
Clark
Millionaire Kid Learns Value of a Dollar in Hard Times
Don Murphy son of Green Bay lumberman Albert M. Murphy recounts his self funded lean period in 1910s Chicago and Helena Arkansas. He slept in stations and parks ate one meal daily costing 15 to 20 cents and learned hard lessons about industry honesty and parental guidance.
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Donald Murphy
Don Murphy
Albert M. Murphy
Green Bay
Wis
Don
Navy
Chicago Herald
Helena
Ark
Chicago
Jess Willard
Northwestern Station
Union Station
Grant Park
Found Wanting in a Late Night Domestic Exchange
Mrs Laytebyrd confronts her husband about an untimely return at 3 a m. He deflects with a quip claiming to have had a grand but forgotten incentive, highlighting a tense domestic scene.
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Laytebyrd
Latebyrd
Elocution School Mocked by Old Fog and Grouch
A jokey exchange where the old fogg calls it the least productive use of money sending a woman to a school of elocution. The grouch adds a quip, as printed in the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
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Spokane
Spokesman-Raview
A Humorous Quip About an Alarm Clock Fail
A St Louis Post Dispatch joke about a lazy hired man who needed an alarm clock to wake him. The speaker explains the clock did wake him but required being thrown to do so, highlighting a rural humor tone.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Author and critic spar over pacing in playful exchange
A technical critic sharp on suspense tells the author there is none. The author retorts that the critic misreads conclusions while joking about waiting for royal ties in a light literary exchange.
Cancer Death Rate rising in Pennsylvania
Figures from the Cancer Commission of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania show the cancer death rate climbs faster than population growth. At the annual convention it was stressed that early treatment offers the best hope, not radical procedures in advanced cases, and urgent action by health officials and physicians is needed.
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Cancer Commission of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania
First U.S born president after Declaration's birth era
The article notes Martin Van Buren as the first president born after the Declaration of Independence era, born in New York in 1782, highlighting his place of birth and date within early U.S. unity history.
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United States of America
Martin van Buren
State of
New York
The Habit Strong Ardently to Milliner's Assistant
Lucy ribbencounter declares life would be worthless without your love in a dreamy exchange with Harry. The Chicago Herald notes the affectionate dialogue as a romantic moment.
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Lucy Ribbencounter
Harry
Chicago Herald
Timorous Protests Candidacy for Town Mayor
A cautious citizen questions a mayoral nomination noting the office’s luck and the toll it takes on the person, while reflecting on the pull and risk of public office as discussed by the Washington Star.
The Make Believe Picnic
A poem recounts Patty's seaside picnic with friends who travel from near and far. Clouds gather and rain halts the trip, forcing a doorstop feast on the nursery floor. Children improvise with songs and laughter as they pretend the shore, enjoying make believe despite the weather.
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Patty
Historical party game questions from Young Folks Corner
A party activity lists prompts for guests to dress as a famous American figure and answer history questions read aloud by the hostess. It includes a two-part quiz with famous Americans and sea related trivia with fish pun answers.
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Delaware
Battle of
Brandywine
Massasoit
John Smith
Pocahontas
Chesapeake
Lundy’s Lane
Maine
Quebec
Jackson
Mississippi
North Pole
Henry Clay
Washington
Governor Bradford
John Rolfe
Captain Lawrence
Colonel Miller
Schley
Battle of Manassas
de Soto
Peary
Old Indian Gristmill Found Near Yorkville Illinois
E A Davey Joliet public schools physical director locates an ancient Indian maize grinding mill on a bluff below Yorkville Illinois. The site likely marks Maramech village of the Fox Indians, exterminated by French forces by September 5 1730. John Steward of International Harvester first unearthed the mill on his farm.
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Yorkville
E. A. Davey
Joliet
Maramech
Davey
John Steward
International Harvester Company
Chicago Tribune
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United States Navy
Medical Society
Czarina
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Red Cross
American Press Association
Frank L. Polk
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Washington Star
Peruna Co
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Ohio
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Valencia
JRED
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Claxton
National Bureau of Education
Thomas A. Edison
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Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co
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