Cardinals 1928 pennant bid teased by Breadon and Kechnie
Louis Cardinals owner Sam Breadon declares 1928 will see the Cardinals win the National League pennant and contend for the world title with William McKechnie as manager. Bob O Farrell praises McKechnie while McKechnie scouts players and contemplates selling Flint Rhem Lester Bell and Jimmy Ring to strengthen the club.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
Louis Cardinals
Sam Breadon
Cardinals
William B. Kechnie
Bob O'Farrell
McKechnie
Breadon
O'Farrell
Jack Dempsey
MecKechnie
Rale
Pittsburgh Pirates
Buoneers
Bar Dreyfuss
Pirates
Barney
Bill
Mr. Mcccchnie
Hazenki” Cuyler
Pite
Cardinal
Bill McKechnie
Tommy Thevenow
Blades
Chick Hafey
Frankie Frisch
Mr. O'Farrell
Flint Rhem
Lester Bell
Jimmy Ring
Cercalain
Kechnie
Chinese Theater War Looms in Chicago
Chinese theater conflict unfolds in Chicago as syndicates plan two new venues in Chinatown. Paul Jung leads one group with a $250,000 theater project to host movies and operas for Chinese and American audiences. Rival plans for another large theater spark threats of escalation. leaders refuse to discuss the feud.
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International News Service
Chicago
Paul Jung
Chinatown
Feminism to figure at Havana Pan American meet
Cuban Havana hosts the Sixth Pan American Conference where feminism will push civil rights for women. Delegates will review proposals dating from 1910 to 1926 on married women's obedience, nationality, and access to commerce and professions, with focus on Argentina's 1925 civil rights law for unmarried women.
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International News Service
Washington
Havana
Cuba
International Feminist Congress
Buenos Aires
Baltimore
Panama
Argentina
Peru
Deserted Paris Filling Again As Winter Season Opens
Paris begins its winter social season while the city regains life after the holidays.Summer boarding of mansions along Avenue du Bois de Boulogne and the Sixteenth Arrondissement ends as students, teachers, and newly rich Americans return, replacing the summer exodus of the chic upper class.
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Ty International News Service
Paris
Avenue du Bois de Zoulogne
Sixteenth
Arrondissement
The
United
Property and rights in marriage and divorce law
The text outlines matrimonial property rules including the right to manage income and pre marriage property, and for married women to appear in court and control children from prior marriages. It states separate debts for spouses unless for home maintenance, child education, or jointly held property.
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Argentina
Bolivia
Peru
Cuba
Latin
Guatemala
Honduras
Pan-American Union
William Tell Stunt Ends in Disaster at LaFitte
In LaFitte Louisiana thirty miles from New Orleans detective Robert Hackney was shot through the nose by salesman Eads Blocker during a shooting match. Hackney’s injuries were not serious and he was sent to a New Orleans hospital. Both men were crack shots and had bet a new hat on their contest.
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Associated Pres
New Orleans
William Tell
Eads Blocker
Robert Hackney
LaFitte
Louisiana
Hackney
Blocker
Travel tides shift as tourist third class gains steam
The piece notes a surge in travel from April to October driven by the new tourist third class offered by major steamship lines two years earlier. United States lines are credited with reviving steerage revenue by offering clean, affordable accommodations on the Leviathan, lowering North Atlantic passage costs below slower cabin ships. Cunard also adopts similar innovation.
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United States
United States Lines
Leviathan
Cunard
Tourist third fares draw American travelers to Europe
French and White Star lines adopt tourist third class after U S lines success. Hamburg-American plans to start tourist third on eight day steamers next spring, per Ernest Schmolck. The scheme attracts teachers students and middle class Americans seeking cheaper overseas travel. During 1917 to 1919 over a million American soldiers experienced France and England.
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White Star Lines
United States Lines
Hamburg-American Line
Ernest Schmolck
Paris
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Coast
France
England
Women's dress patterns and prices offered by Globe News
The notice advertises ladies and girls dress patterns in multiple sizes with yardage requirements and prices. It promotes a 1927 1928 fashion book including 500 designs and sewing tips, available from Globe News, 11 13 Sterling Place Brooklyn NY, with payment in silver or stamps.
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Globenews
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Legion delegates flood Paris for convention heavy turnout
Twenty thousand American Legion delegates plus five thousand mothers and sisters traveled to Paris for the convention. They arrived as students and teachers returned to colleges and did not depart until late October. Experts value a first class lightning bolt at about $1. Also notes a Stillwater geyser breaking loose after years of pressure.
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American Legion Convention
Paris
United States
Rain Halts Air Search for Fliers
Rain and unfavorable winds stopped a Bolling Field take off to search for two Army airmen lost between Washington and Columbus Ohio. Private R Emory the only enlisted pilot at Bolling and Private W D Zollman the mechanic disappeared after leaving in a Douglas O 2 Friday morning. search efforts continued Saturday but yielded no results. Authorities believe the fliers may have been forced down in the mountains.
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United Press
Washington
Bolling Field
Columbus
Ohio
R. Emory
W. D. Zollman
Amarillo Classified Directory of Professionals and Vendors
A dense listing of local professionals and businesses including architects doctors chiropractors florists lumber and hardware outlets meat distributors and electrical suppliers in Amarillo. Entries show names firms addresses and phone numbers across multiple buildings and streets.
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Sigmon Furniture Mfg. CO
Tenth St
Fillmore St
Amarillo LO Wholesale Meat CO
Harrison
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the Panhandle
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Fallon
Nev
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Healey
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Palmer School of Chiropractic
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National Cash Register CO
A. L. Kirtley
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Taylor “Cunningham “Flower Shop
West Sixth St
Panhandle Lumber CO
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L. V. Cradit
J. H. Chandler
Loving Printing CO
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John Wall
Sand and Gravel Rock, Sand & Gravel CO
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Frigidaire Electric
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