Sunday County League Play Brings Strong Matches
Four teams chase second place as Berea leads and faces Red Sox on the Red Sox diamond. Snake Creek battles Pleasant Hill while Lawn takes on Ash Grove. The day promises exciting games and potential shifts in standings. Also boxing talk centers on Benny versus Leonard with Tendler in the mix.
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Berea
Me Berea
Red Sox
Warple
Snake Creek
Pleasant Hill
Lawn
Ash Grove
Tendler to Fight Leonard on July 20 in Jersey City Arena
Lew Tendler the port-side lightweight will face Benny Leonard in a July 20 bout at Jersey City Arena. Tex Rickard matched the two for a no-decision fight with the lightweight title not at risk unless a decisive punch lands, per the current plans. Leonard also has another match scheduled that offers him strong prospects.
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Jack Britten
Britten
Benny
Leonard
Tendler
Joey Leonard
France
Joey
Jersey City Arena
Lew Tendler
Benny Leonard
Tex Rickard
Jersey City
American Legion Auxiliary Plans World War History
The Nebraska department auxiliary, aided by unit historians, writes a history of the world war to accompany the legion’s volume. State historian Kate Bryant has begun, with each unit contributing a volume and a state general history. Records will include participation, letters, diaries, orders, and citations, with three copies per unit.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Nebraska Department
Nance
Kate 8
Bryant
Hartington
State Historical Society
Frank BR. O'Connell
Army
End of School Year in District 31 Marks Mixed Emotions
May 26 closing of Blackroot Misa Fairy Murray school year in district 31. children happy to be out but sad to see their teacher depart. Local travels include Mrs. Joe Romer visiting Alliance for daughter Mabel and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Farrell to Harrison. Lawn defeats Pleasant Hill in a close ball game last Sunday. Wet wash calls due by 2 pm for same day return. Alliance Steam Laundry ad offers services and harness sets from 32.00.
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Misa Fairy Murray
Joe Romer
Alliance
Mabel
Pete Farrell
Harrison
George Flaherty
al McCurt
Ella Lance
L. L. Dyer Place
Edmund Flaherty
Vermillion, Kas
Lawn
Pleasant Hill
Mallory Loses English Match To Beamish In Middlesex
Molly Mallory, the American tennis star, fell to Mrs Beamish of England in the Middlesex championship third round with sets 6 0 1 6 6 4. The result shakes chances of Mallory meeting Suzanne Lenglen, as Lenglen has dominated European foes and has had tense moments with Mallory in prior encounters.
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Mollo Bjurstedt Mallory
Mile Lenglen
Mrs. Mallory
Mlle. Lenglen
Suzanne
Sheriff Hyers Reports Sandhill Conditions Improve
State Sheriff Gus Hyers returned to Lincoln from a five day tour through the Sandhill region north and west of North Platte. He said liquor traffic is far less this spring than last year and that overall conditions are better with fewer law violations. He visited Keith Arthur Grant Gare and McPherson counties and noted good crops and a farmer’s remark about sow prospects versus cattle. Prairie chickens are abundant and threaten alfalfa crops.
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Gus Hyers
Lincoln
North Platte
The
Star
Hyers
Keith
Arthur
Grant
Gare
McPherson
Arthur County
Sandhills
Funeral for two Hemingford brothers held at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Donald and Virgil Rager sons of Mr. and Mrs. C A Rager were conducted May 27 at the Hemingford Methodist church with Rev A J May leading. Attendees testified to community sympathy as the brothers were interred in the same grave. Memorial day events drew large crowds and featured music, readings, and a pointed address by Mr Griswold of Gordon.
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Donald
Virgil R
C. A. Rager
Methodist
Hemingford
A. J. May
Re- Tis
Jesus
G. M. Jenkins
Prew
H. D. Wells
American Legion Post
Archie Nichols
Griswold
Gordon
Mlinoix
al J. May
Methodist Church
Mr. Cox
Adrian Clark
Kenneth Pruden
Ipi Fe
W. H. Cox
Hyannis
Fauntine Black
Lusk
Wyo
Alison Johnson
The Skeptic Finds A New Leaf In Life
A skeptical man shares flowers with a ped dling woman and receives a blessing. He visits an art gallery and hears kind words from the artist and an Italian traveler. In open fields he breathes in nature, and a stray ball leads to a brief clash with soldiers before he remains a skeptic.
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Signor
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American Legion
Alliance Steam Laundry
Rhein Hill, Co
Sandhill Region
Alliance National Bank
Brecht
Hymnis
Chadron
F. L. Potmesil
C.F. Wahl
Wemnealay
Roxy Enyeart
A. 5
Enyeart
Marie Pollard
Lockwood
Thedford
Moses
Wyoming
Clark
Adrian
the Methodist Church
the Skeptic
Rochford Ranch
Ellsworth
Lakeside
McCormick
John Deere Stirling
H. P. Dempster
Martin Rochford
Col
Harry Coursey
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