Simpson College Campaign Ends Tonight at Midnight
Simpson colleges $2,000,000 endowment drive in Indianola faces a final deadline tonight with $1,867,000 raised so far, $633,000 short of the goal. Ex-Gov B Carroll says no extension. Rockefeller Foundation gift hinges on reaching the total. Dr J W Hanseher remains optimistic amid late pledges as solicitors cover 80 Iowa counties with potential victory celebrations planned.
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News-Telegraph
Simpson College
B Carroll
Rockefeller Foundation
Outlook Gond
J. W. Hanseher
Philadelphia
Hanscher
Iowa
Des Moines
Methodist Church
Pass the Buck to Dollar Club in Atlantic City
An appeal urges readers to join the Dollar Baseball Club, aiming for 400 members to fund the league. About 220 have enrolled, with solicitors active by mail and in person. A final push invites uncontacted supporters to approach executive members, noting farmers can contribute by bringing produce to Gibson Filling Station on East Seventh Street.
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Dollar Baseball Club
Gibaon
East Seventh Street
Baseball Figures Young Undertaking Company
Young Undertaking Company supplies funeral and burial services with office contact at 207 Residence Blue 487. The brief listing notes phone numbers for the office and residence.
St Paul Scrapper Draws Top Billing On Shelby Card
Des Moines June 20 John O'Donnell known as the St Paul Scrapper has been matched with Babe Herman of the Pacific coast as a preliminary on the Dempsey Gibbone fight card at Shelby Montana. O'Donnell trains hard for his main event with Rosco Hall and a possible July 4 bout. He plans to arrive tomorrow and depart Saturday morning for Shelby to finish training.
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Johnny O'Donnell
St. Paul
Roscot Hall
Tommy Ryan
Babe” Herman
Pacific Coast
Shelby
Montana
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O'Donnell
Siki Fires Gun In Paris Cafe and Hits Cop
In Paris on Sunday the boxer Siki fired a blank from a revolver in a cafe during a celebration and attempted to assault a police officer. He was fined 400 francs and ordered to confine further assault and battery to the ring.
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Siki
Paris
First Boxing Exhibition Under South Dakota's New Law
Mitchell S D June 20 South Dakota's first boxing exhibition under the new law goes into effect July 1 and will be staged at the Mitchell corn palace on that date A ten round main bout features Earl McArth of Sioux City against Frank Rose of St Paul Five additional bouts are listed with the program incomplete by transmission
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South Dakota
Mitchell Corn Palace
Earl McArth
Sioux City
Frank Rose
St. Paul
Yankees overworked star pitchers spark bullpen debate
United Press reports that Miller Huggins of the New York Yankees faces a rare problem of too many star pitchers. Six aces Sam Jones Herb Pennock Bob Shawkey Joe Bush Waite Hoyt and Carl Mays say they lack work to stay in shape, while others warn about a thin bullpen. The piece also notes Dundee's long boxing career and Dick Walsh's rise from caddie to golf champion, and argues youth interest could boost American golf.
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United Press
New York
Miller Huggins
New York Yankees
Huggins
Sam Jones
Herb Pennock
Bob Shawkey
Joe Bush
Waite Hoyt
Carl Mays
Mays
Yankees
Kid Gleason
Spr
Red” Faber
Gleason
Dick Walsh
Walsh
America
United States
Biggel Club
Cole’s 5 Jewel Win Seventh City Tasers
In a fast, edgy first half Applegate’s masterful pitching controlled the pace while Baron and Cook made key catches. The game remained tight as the Jewel team built a slim lead, then extended it with skilled defense and timely hitting.
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Toot
Leonard to Defend Title Against Tendler at Yankee Stadium
Benny Leonard the world light weight champion will defend his title in a 15 round match against Lew Tendler of Philadelphia at Yankee Stadium on the night of July 28. The contract was signed yesterday.
Dollar club drives Atlantic sport fund drive
Atlantic reports a local bid to fund the season with the slogan Join the Dollar club. Enrollments top 229 with 1 percent more needed to reach the goal as locals back the league and city sports efforts. Griswold sees a strong Nancock game next Sunday as supporters anticipate a fast match. Shelly Mant explains a town swelling from 450 to 12,000 as trains stop to brief fans arriving for fight game coverage. Great Falls notes boxing rumors around Dempsey, sparring roughness, possible decline in speed, and questions the fighter’s ring readiness.
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Mant
Great Northern
Great Falls
Mont
Dempsey
Pancho Villa Plans Return to Philippines Bride
Pancho Villa, newly crowned flyweight champion, announced plans to sail to his homeland in Luzon to visit his bride after marrying in the Philippines two weeks ago. He will return after the honeymoon to defend his title against challengers.
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Pancho Villa
New, York
Luzon
Marrial
Pilippines
Major league park use sparks bidding and track verdict
Owners debate leasing a major league park for a staged Ameri League match. Clubs have moved markets at times, with many on sale at owners price. Charley Paddock criticizes Paris Olympic track as unsuitable for records, calling it brick dust and sharp turns.
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Boston American League
RS. EL Charley Paddock
King George's Horse Wins Opener on Royal Ascot Card
London June 20 The opening day of Royal Ascot week featured Knight of the Garter, a 2 year old unbeaten colt, winning the Coventry stakes by a narrow margin over Donna Inez. Pharosy, runner up in the derby, finished third in the Prince of Wales stakes. King George's horse was Eastern Monarch at 5 to 1 and attracted strong attention as the field passed the wire.
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London
Knight of the Garter
Durtisa
Donna Inez
Pharosy
Monarch
Jockey Sutton Wins Three Straight At Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Omaha Neb June 20 Jockey George Sutton won three consecutive races in five starts at Ak-Sar-Ben yesterday. He rode Hojiest George Sea Mint and Montillo to victory, with Sea Mint dominating the fifth and feature race of the afternoon.
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Ak-Sar-Ben Field
Omaha
Neb
George Sutton
Ak-Sar Ben
Hojiest George
Sea Mint
Montillo
Baseball to supplant bullfighting in Mexico says Ban Johnson
Washington June 20. Ban Johnson America’s biggest ball magnate plans to invade Mexico with baseball ideas and methods. He believes that within a few years baseball will become the great national pastime of the southern republic, replacing bull fighting.
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Johnson
America
Mexico
Baptists Sail To Sweden for World Congress Meet
New York June 20 Delegates from American and Swedish Baptist churches begin departures for Stockholm to attend the Baptist World Congress in Gothenburg July 16 27 The event will feature a major exhibit of missionary educational publication and benevolent work by the world Baptist community and will tour major European capitals afterward for display in 1924 by Northern and Southern Baptist conventions
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baptist World Congress
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pBremens
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Washington
Cornelius Woelfkin
Park Avenue
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World Congress
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Iti
America
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Outhern Baptist Convention
Berengaria
No Baptists
Untitled fragment hints at political defiance
A garbled excerpt suggests a stance of refusal or nonparticipation in a political or social event. The text hints at singing or speech with dialectal phrasing and uncertain attribution, reflecting a mood of skepticism toward a party or gathering.
Geysers On Job For Yellowstone Opening
Yellowstone National Park opens amid geyser activity in Norris Basin. Rangers report a new geyser erupting up to 75 feet at twelve hour intervals with dramatic steam and sounds. The Grater or Mud Geyser has enlarged its crater this winter and Tuimons Semi Centennial Geyser near Mammoth Hot Springs remains intermittently active or dormant. its eruption this year is uncertain.
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United Press
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Norris Geyser
Cratvon
Mammoth
Roaring Mountain
Girls To Play Baseball At Legion Picnic
The Legion district picnic program changes to a baseball game between the Women s Auxiliary teams of Elliott and Griswold next Sunday. The contest is billed as fast and interesting and replaces the earlier plan of Elliott versus Elliott.
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Legion Picnic
Griswold
News'Telegraph
Legion District
Hera
Elliott
Brower's Mattress Factory Offers Cheap Refurbishing
Local advertises mattress refurbishing for cotton and hair mattresses at a quarter of the price of a new one. Includes contact details Green 509, 205 Walnut, urging customers to ask their grocer for EATMOR.
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Brower’s
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