A's Lead AL By Wide Margin Spurs Trade Frenzy
World champion Philadelphia Athletics top the American League by a large margin and are considered clear pennant favorites. The article notes teams seek young talent amid the gap, with Chicago clubs buying Billy Herzog for $35,000 and other clubs pursuing Art Shires. It also discusses efforts to reconcile Army and Navy football rivalries and a Cubs injury to Hack Wilson from a Hartnett line drive.
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Connie Mack
Sims
Grove
Earnshaw
Yankees
Mack
Chicago
Billy Her Hi
Eille Colonels
Herman
Wrigley
Art Shires
Brewers
Hack Kayoed
Louis
U.R
Hack
Chicago Cubs
Hartnett
Wilson
Cubs
Two Tennis Veterans Set for Chicago Matches
William iden former national tennis pioneer and Karel Kozeluh Slovakian will play a pair of professional style matches on the Eastern University courts in Chicago Friday and Saturday. Doeg Santa Monica Calif favored to win the junior tennis title as the event opens with over 100 entries.
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William “Iden
Pione
Karel Kozeluh
Ind
U.P
Santa Monica
Calif
Gzier
Ohio University Summer Band Concert Draws Large Campus Crowd
About 1,000 people gathered Sunday on the Alumni Memorial Auditorium steps for the Ohio University Summer Band concert on campus. Kemble led the program with strong later vocal solos by Margaret Johns and Marvin Long. Jolly, Fred Preston, and Moet contributed solos while Kenneth Elwell and John Moore performed a duet.
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Ohio Unity Summer Band
Athschool
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Margaret Johns
Marvin Long
Jolly
Fred Preston
Moet
Kenneth Elwell Ohn Moore
Cigarret Dealers Face No Refunds After July 9
In an Aug 10 opinion General Bettman ruled that all retail cigaret dealers continuing business after July 9 are not entitled to any refund or unearned portion of license fees paid to the state. The ruling was sent to State Auditor.
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U.R
Bettman
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One Hit Wonders Highlight Weekend Baseball Feats
Weekend baseball saw two one hit games as Guy Bush and Dick Coffman were narrowly edged from perfect games. Bush won 1 0 over the Cardinals while Coffman lost 1 0 to the White Sox as Chicago and St Louis slipped in the standings.
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Dick Coffman
Guy Bush
Chicago
Baseball scores and battery lines from National League games
Summary describes multiple NL games with line scores, pitchers and batters named. Highlights include St Louis vs Chicago, Philadelphia vs Boston, New York vs Brooklyn, and Detroit vs Cleveland. Notable events include Detroit overcoming Cleveland 9 8 and Pat Caraway’s 4 2 win for St Louis over the Browns in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Myer
Manush
St. Louis
Chicago
Coffman
Pat Caraway
Browns
Detroit
Cleveland
Indians
Uhlie
American Association Standings Briefly Updated
The American Association appears with multiple results across teams. Columbus 3 7, Louisville 10 6, Indianapolis 4 0, Kansas City 4 0, Toledo 3 9, Boston 8 6, Philadelphia 4 3, New York 2 Brooklyn 4, St Louis and Detroit results noted. Washington 4.
Sports schedule snippet shows mixed NBA dates
A garbled list of matchups includes Cincinnati at Boston, St. Louis at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, Chicago at Philadelphia, Detroit, New Cleveland, Boston at Washington, Chicago at Detroit, Minneapolis at Toledo, St Paul at Cass, Milwaukee at Louisville, Kansas City at Indianapolis.
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Iphia
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Inianapolis
Louisville Passes Birds In Stabbing Standings
In Columbus on August 10 Louisville moved to third in the American Association by sweeping a doubleheader from Columbus as St Paul stayed atop with wins 9–5 and 9–7. Louisville also beat Milwaukee twice while Indianapolis and Toledo won both ends of their doubleheaders. Johnny Cooney limited Minneapolis to four hits in a 5–1 win for Toledo.
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Pomeroy Bend Meigs County Society Notes
Local correspondent notes society and locals items for The Messenger. Contact details include A Hartley, staff, telephone 403 and John Sauvage, phone 458L for circulation and classified advertising.
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Messenger
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Meigs County Farm Field Day Draws 500 Visitors
About 500 Meigs County farmers and families will visit the Carpenter Experiment Farm on August 14 for field crop, livestock, orchard and poultry demonstrations. D. R. Dodd and S. C. Hartman will discuss crops, L. A. Kauffman livestock, D. C. Kennard poultry, and F. H. Ballou orchard tours. The Ohio Experiment Station operates the farm on State Route 143 in Columbia Township, 16 miles from Pomeroy.
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D. C. Kennard
F. H. Ballou
Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio
Columbia Township
Harrisonville
Peach Crop Helps Meigs County Unemployment
In Pomeroy Meigs County the unprecedented peach harvest is easing unemployment as farm families, whose youths left for city work, return to help with picking. With apple picking to follow hundreds may find work, offering food and shelter despite lower wages.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Marriage of Howard Longstaff Professor Weds Marian Jaehning
Howard Porter Longstaff, University of Minnesota psychology professor, and Marian Jaehning were married last Saturday at the Marshall home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Chamberlain. After a buffet breakfast they left for Duluth for the summer, then plan to visit Longstaff’s parents before moving to Minneapolis in the fall.
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Marian Jaehning
Alice Jaehning
Marshall
Howard Porter Longstaff
C. H. Chamberlain
Mr. Longstaff
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Two Democrats File for Marshal Nomination in Pomeroy
Aug 10 last minute entry changes the marshal race as Edward Young and Cecil Tracy seek inclusion on the ballot. The original ticket had no Democratic contenders.
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Pomeroy
Edward Young
Cecil Tracy
Unusual Bug Found In Pomeroy Neighborhood
Johnny Sauvage, The Messenger distributor, found a queer bug at the Sauvage home on Butter nut Avenue. The creature hung four feet above ground by a nearly invisible elastic thread and drew back into a sack like a papoose when disturbed. Observers could not identify the species.
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Johnny Sauvage
The
Messenger
Sauvage
Butternut Avenue
Not an Object
Mrs Mary Elien Wickham found a large blacksnake in her Union Avenue home and called a neighbor who killed it. Jacob Elberfeld, owner of the Elberfeld farm, reportedly bans harming blacksnakes as they help farmers by killing rodents and pests.
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Mary Elien Wickham
Charles Sayre
Union Avenue
Elberfeld
Tuppers Plains
Wickham
Jacob Elberfeld
Honors Granddaughter Betty Surdour Visit
Mrs J W Wolf hosted a Saturday afternoon reception from 3 to 5 in honor of her granddaughter Betty Surdour of Buffalo New York visiting Middleport. Attending were Virginia Smith Clara Louise Smith Josephine Emish Genevieve Dyer Beulah Lee Smith Ruth Entsminger Mary Martha Roller. Light refreshments followed.
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J. W. Wolf
South Sixth Avenue
Betty Surdour
Buffalo
N. Y
Virginia
Clara Louise Smith
Josephine Emish
Genevieve Dyer
Beulah Lee Smith
Ruth Entsminger
Mary Martha Roller
Athletics Cards Lose Ground In Past Week
Philadelphia and St Louis lost ground but remain strong pennant favorites. Philadelphia led the AL with a ten game margin, St Louis held eight in the NL. Week of Aug 3–9 saw Washington and Chicago near tops, Boston and Cincinnati sinking in standings. Al Simmons led batting with 382 as Ruth neared Gehrig in homers. Klein topped NL with 6 homers.
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Bostom
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al Simmons
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Gehrig
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DeMaine Family Moves from Middleport to Virginia
Former Middleport residents Mr and Mrs Marvin DeMaine and their children relocate to Bryn Athyn Pa and Alexandria Va. Mrs DeMaine and younger children attend New Church school in Bryn Athyn while Mr DeMaine enters the undertaking business in Alexandria. DeMaine previously worked as a fireman for Kanawha Michigan Railway and married Julia Boggess of Middleport.
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Spring Barrow
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Alexandria
Kanawha & Michigan Railway
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Heilman Midkiff Wedding Announced in Kentucky
POMEROY Aug 10 Evelyn Heilman daughter of Carl and Mrs Heilman Salisbury Township and Homer Midkiff son of Porter and Mrs Midkiff Bedford Township were married at Greenup Kentucky July 21. The bride taught at Pomeroy Junior High School last term. The groom is a
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Pomeroy
Evelyn Heilman
Carl Heilman
Salisbury Township
Homer Midkiff
Porter Midkiff
Bedford Township
Greenup
Pomeroy Junior High School
Couple to begin housekeeping at Ray Whaley property
A Pomeroy High School graduate who attended Ohio University at Athens plans to start housekeeping in September at the Ray Whaley property in Hemlock Grove where the groom will teach the upcoming school year.
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Pomeroy High School
Ohio University At
Athena
Ray Whaley
Hemlock Grove
Family Tragedy Ties Hix Death to Coinciding Losses
Walter Hix was killed in Gallipolis when a tire rim crushed his skull at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. His mother Ida Willis Swisher, first married name Ida Willis, died after being run down in Gallipolis last winter. Her brother Dexter Willis was found dead at his farm near Cheshire. Coincidence links the deaths to five months apart at the same hour.
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Walter Hix
Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Lewis Swisher
Gallipolia
Hix
Ida Willis
Antiquity
Gaflipolia
Dexter Willis
Cheshire
Washingtons Visit Parents Here
Aug 10 report from Middleport notes Mr and Mrs Claud C Washington of Sprigg visiting their relatives. The brief item records a family trip without further details.
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Middleport
Claud C. Washington
Sprigg
State gridiron star Dave Chizek dies in Cleveland
Cleveland mourns former Ohio State quarterback Dave Chizek who died of tubercular meningitis after an injury during the Ohio State Michigan game. He led Helgate high school to the Lake Erie conference title in 1928 and lay in state for burial.
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Cleveland
Physiciana
Bakery Team Gains In City Ball Loop
Ranch defeats Spot for second place in the Athena Playground League in a four inning match cut short by darkness. Hayes reached third for the lone baserunner while Crow allowed five hits as local pitcher.
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Athena Playground
Athens All State
Pomeroy
Hayes
Crow
Recreation Billiard Tops McFarland in Series Opener
Recreation Billiard of the Athens Twilight League won the first game of a three game series 6 to 1 over the McFarland Garagemen at the Athens Playground Friday night. The contest featured a home run by Rasp in the fourth and multiple extra base hits. The teams meet again Monday night in game two.
Ri-Billy Petrolie Opens Training for McLarnin Bout
Orangeburg New York August 10 U Ri Billy Petrolie from Fargo welterweight began training at Guas Wilson camp in preparation for an August 26 bout with Jimmy McLarnin at Yankee Stadium.
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N. Y
U.ri
Billy Petrolie
Fargo
Gua Wilson
Jimmy McLarnin
Yankee Stadium
McLarnin Targets Knockout Over Petrolle in August Bout
Vancouver welterweight Jimmy McLarnin plans a knockout victory over Billy Petrolle in a 10 round NYC bout on August 2. McLarnin seeks revenge for a December beating and aims to avenge that loss after winning their last decision.
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WN. Y
Jimmy McLarnin
Vancouver
Billy Petrolle
New York
McLarnin
Petrolle
Vacation plans and travel by motor from West Virginia families
A West Virginia mining engineer and his companions visited with relatives in the area, then traveled to Akron to attend a dirigible event and plan a two week Canadian motor trip. The group discusses family ties with the Davis Mourning households and prior vacations in the East.
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Paul C. Jones
Marly
Akron
Evert Davis
Herman Mourning
Canada
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Davis
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