Pirates Win World Series Game Nine To Seven
The Pittsburg Pirates claim the 1925 world championship by winning game seven of the series 9 to 7. Cuyler homers with a two bagger driving in Yde and Bigbee to seal the lead in the eighth as Washington rallies early but falters behind Aldridge on the mound.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Pirates
Cuyler
Pirates
Yde
Bigbee
Peckingpaugh
Senators
Washington
Ray Kremer
Morrison
Walter Johnson
Aldridge
Vic Aldridge
Grammar School SUSPENDED for Ceiling Repairs
Professor J. E. Mathis announced the grammar school will close until repairs are completed. He noted the plaster ceiling has been falling for some time and recent heavy rains worsened the danger, with funds allegedly lacking for a proper building.
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Americas
J. E. Mathis
Mathis
Limes Recorder
Masons Plan Joint Meet
A joint communication of M. B. Council Lodge and Americus Lodge is set for Friday at 6 p m in the W E Mitchell Temple. Masters degree will be conferred on candidates by both lodges with dinner served. visiting brethren invited. Local and nearby Mason groups from Summer Crisp Webster and Schley expected to attend.
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M. B. Council Lodge
Americus Lodge
W. E. Mitchell
Harry Schneider
Cooper Bradley
Americus
Crisp
Webster
Schley
Winner in Poker Among Friends
Police found three men seated around a game with a gas leak in a small east room. One man lay with a pillow behind his head clutching two nines, a supposed winner in a straight. A sandy woman reported the gas leak as officers arrived. only one participant was identified.
Rotary club urges closing dangerous Americus to Andersonville road
Rotary members pressed for temporary closure of the Americus to Andersonville highway until safety is assured. Frank Sheffield of the Bank of Commerce urged authorities to install signs and deter tourist traffic, noting cars looping into ditches and slick sections. A committee including Sheffield Glover and Lanier was appointed to press county and state highway offices for urgent remedial action.
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Americus
Andersonville
Frank Sheffield
Bank of Commerce
Rotary Club
Turpin
Mr. Sheffield
Walter Rylander
Dixie Highway
Lee County
Florida
Mr. Rylander
Warren
Carl Glover
Frank Lanier
Highway Department
Atlanta
Dixie Highway in Andersonville road deemed state maintenance
The Dixie Highway north of Americus to the county line is part of the State highway system and maintained by the state highway department not the county. County Engineer Wheatley said two drainage/gravelling fixes are needed and the road could be improved in about two weeks of work.
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Dixie Highway
Andersonville
Americus
State
State Highway Department
Times- Recorder
Times-Recorder
Wheatley
Schley Plans Exhibit at Sumter County Fair
Ellaville residents announce a Schley county exhibit for the Sumter County Fair in Americus from October 17 to 30. Committee chairs were named for agricultural displays, canned fruits, jellies, preserves, fancy work, candies, relics, trees, and more. Thursday is Schley county day with expectations of a large local delegation. A stray note mentions a giant mullet leaping into a plane being towed by rescuers during a wrecked plane incident.
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Ellaville
Sumter
Americus
C. C. Wall
E. R. Jordan
H. J. Williams
H. F. Dixon
O. C. Hill
Mary Hornady
H. H. Heisler
Schley County
Britain Faces Industrial Crisis Threatening Government
A British industrial crisis looms as coal agreements end next May. Leaders’ blundering is blamed for mass unemployment, idle shipyards, and grim prospects. The article notes widespread public despair and communist agitation, with impact seen abroad.
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Britain
United States
London
NEA Service
MacLean
England
Scotland
Little Isle
Eugene M’lean
Times-Recorder
Great Britain
Dole
Great Clyde
Europe
Australia
South Africa
Court of Appeals affirms Chew conviction in mail fraud case
The Eighth Circuit today affirmed the conviction of Bob Chew after a federal trial in Little Rock. He was found guilty of using mails to defraud in promoting Bob Chew Syndicate Number 2 in the El Dorado oil fields Arkansas.
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ST Louis
Eighth Circuit
Court of Appeals
Bob Chew
Little Rock
el Dorado, Arkansas
Fight looms over Georgia Veterans commandership
Albany Ga Oct 15 A clash between supporters of General D B Morgan the present state commander and those of Dr C L Moore of Atlanta grew as tension rose over who would lead the Georgia Division United States Veterans Abe.
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Albany
D. B. Morgan
C. L. Moore
Atlanta
Georgia Division
United States Veterans
Heresy Bishop's Injunction Denied in New Orleans
Federal Judge L H Burns dismissed the injunction seeking to bar the House of Bishops from deposing former Bishop William Montgomery Brown for heresy on grounds of no jurisdiction. Brown was charged by his church and dismissed for heresy.
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New Orleans
L. H. Burns
William Montgomery Brown
Brown
House of Bishops
United States
Mellon to Suggest Twenty Percent Tax Surtax
Secretary Mellon said the treasury will propose to Congress a maximum surtax of 20 percent in the next tax bill. He has not yet determined the exact maximum tax reduction figure for the nation's bill.
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Secu. Mellon
Washington
The
Treasury
Congress
Mellon
Bishop Suytrap Elected Presiding Bishop in Episcopal Church
In New Orleans on Oct 15 the Rt. Rev. John Gardiner Suytrap of Baltimore was elected presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The House of Bishops chose him in the late afternoon and the House of Deputies concurred to complete the action.
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New Orleans
John Gardiner Suytrap
Baltimore
Maryland
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States of America
House of Bishops
House of Deputes
Four Year Old Boy Enters University
Four year old Mat the Marsh of Berkeley California has entered the University of California at fourteen. Declared by Dr Maria Montessori to be the brightest boy in California Marsh is small for his age and has been barred from the ROTC ranks but participates in freshman activities. In celebration he donned his first long trousers.
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Barkeley
Cal
Matthe Marsh
Maria Montessori
California
University of California
Marsh
County highway work gains convict labor promise
County Engineer Wheatley told the Sumter County Commission in Atlanta that more convict labor is needed to continue road extension work. The commission pledged to provide additional workers as soon as possible. Wheatley then asked the state Highway Board to include the Americus to Leslie road in the state system. Chairman Holder said a personal inspection would determine action and a date would be set later. The board accepted Sumter County’s invitation to visit for a day and night.
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Wheatley
Atlanta
Highway Board
Americus
Leslie
Holder
State Highway Board
Warren Neel
Key West Frost Record Claim Draws Weather Bureau Interest
Key West, Florida asserts it houses the only U S weather bureau station where a frost has never been recorded. The claim highlights unusually mild winters and unique climate conditions at the southernmost point.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Death takes Sam'l Ralston last night
Samuel Moffett Ralston United States Senator from Indiana died at his Hoosier Home north of Indianapolis after a long kidney illness. He declined the 1924 Democratic presidential nomination, favored by law and farming, and leaves Mrs Ralston two sons Julian C. and Emmet G. Ralston, a brother Boyd M. Ralston and sister Mrs Julian Hogate.
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Indianapolis
Samuel M. Ralston
United States
Indiana
Samuel Moffett Ralston
Merica
Statesman
Hoosier
Ralston
Washington
Albert J. Beveridge
Larue
Julian C. Ralston
Emmet G. Ralston
Boyd M. Ralston
Julian Hogate
Danville
Ind
Glenn R. Ralston
Dawes Expresses Regret Over Death Of Senator Ralston
Vice President Charles G. Dawes arrived in Atlanta and voiced sorrow for Indiana Senator Ralston's death. He planned to speak tonight on Senate Rule Revision, praising Ralston's public service, high character, and kindness.
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Dawes
Atlanta
Ralston
Indiana
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Mr. Dawes
Hanford McNider Named Assistant Secretary of War
Washington Oct 15 Hanford McNider of Mason City Iowa was appointed assistant Secretary of war succeeding Dwight Davis named Secretary by President Coolidge. McNider, 36, formerly National Commander of the American Legion, is a banker in private life.
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Washington
Hanford McNider
Mason City
Iowa
Dwight Davis
Coolidge
McNider
American Legion
Drought Blamed on Short Skirt and Bobbed Hair
CHIPLEY GA October 15 A preacher at Ebenezer African Baptist church told hundreds of worshippers that drought came after white women cut their hair and colored women cut off their skirts and hair. He warned that God had stopped rain and asked what people would do.
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Chipley
Darky
Ebenezer African Baptist Church
Wimmin
Troup County
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