Oldenburg extends win streak in rough 8-5 victory over Brookville
Oldenburg wins its eighth straight as Brookville suffers 8-5 in a sloppy game marked by 11 errors. Brookville’s Seiter stood out with five put outs in right field while Oldenburg pitchers Moorman and Harry Moorman battled costly fielding miscues. The Cubs led early but Oldenburg pulled away in the fourth and fifth, setting up a tense finish.
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Oldenburg
Brookville Cubs
Brookville
Seiter
Roush
Cubs
Brackney
Coelbank
B. Bradburn
Edgar Moorman
Powers
Harry Moorman
Colebank
Rosenberger
Barns
Wissel
Cook
Herman Moorman
Barnes
Oldenburg Boys
Edwin Klein
Mechanicsburg
Eddy
Joe Freihage
George Moorman
Versailles
Hpoae Mollaun
Blank
Mollaun
Klein
New Yorks Hall of Death Morgue Described in Gloomy Detail
A Kansas City Star report portrays New Yorks morgue as a gray riverside building with numbered drawers and waiting investigators. It notes unidentified dead from all walks of life, whose cases often unfold into darker city mysteries tied to Fifth Avenue mansions.
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East River
Twentyninth Street
O. O. McIntyre
Kansas City Star
New York
Fifth Avenue
Identification Rule Stirs Chicago Store
A Chicago store requires customers to show identification when charging and taking purchases. A stout woman at the glove counter protests, then reveals a neck birthmark as her only ID, noting she has had it all her life. The clerk defends the rule and the door walker asks for ID.
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Chicago
Educating English Wine Drinkers Through a Wine Week
English wine merchants urge a national wine week to educate and elevate taste. They warn that cheaper vintages threaten refinement, and seek expert speakers to teach beverage selection while gaining backing from France Italy Spain and Australia.
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France
Ialy
Spain
Australia
Leviathan Sightseers Shocked by Giant Ship Visit
The Seyditz of the North German Lloyd steamed up the Hudson listing to larboard as 255 of 256 cabin passengers crowded to view the Leviathan. One indifferent passenger from Philadelphia claimed he had seen it before. Some newcomers doubted a ship could be so large while a thrifty spectator quipped about Americans paying $5,000 a day for the old box.
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Seyditz
Hudson
New York Evening Post
Explaining Color of Races From Youth’s Companion
The quote claims racial color changes from diet and salt intake. It states that Africans stayed black while eating fruits, Americans became red from meat, Asians turned yellow from milk, and Caucasians grew white from salt. It presents a pseudo-scientific savant explanation with broad generalizations.
Chorus Strike Ends Opera at Bayreuth
Silk stockings and new blouses were among the demands of chorus girls ending the Bayreuth opera season. They refused to perform for higher wages and apparel, the Bayreuth corporation dismissed them for breach of contract and closed the opera house.
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Bayreuth
Bavaria
Corporation of
Ripley County Commissioners Act on Bridges Roads and Insurance
The board appointed A J Carson as Superintendent of Construction for the Laughery steel bridge and Mill Race concrete bridge at Friendship. They insured the Courthouse and Jail for wind damage totaling 15,000 dollars and pay 200 dollars for five years. Various appointments, bond filings, and bid advertisements followed, including road openings, penalties for delayed contracts, and extensions for Mang road completion. The State Tax Board sustained Delaware Township taxpayers’ remonstrance against the Westerman road bond issue.
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A. J. Carson
Laughery
Friendship
Court House
Everett Austin
Frank Lane
Licking
Washington Township
Ripley County Council
Ripley County
James H. Benefiel
Royce
Maxwell
Ed Abbott
Rowland Bishop
Hayes Osburn
Adams
Mary Huber
Robert Warman
Charles H. Reynolds
Jesse G. Demaree
Lindsay Road
Brown
Johanningman
Decatur
Ripley
Robert Busteed
Walter Robinson
Ed Koechlin
Delaware Township
Bultman & Co
Laughery Co
Walter Fitch
Adams Township
Board of Commissioners
Henry J. Laswell
Turpentine Promised Helpful Household Uses
Turpentine has many housekeeper approved uses. A little in wash water lightens laundry. A teaspoonful in a quart of water brightens plant leaves and blossoms. Dropping a trifle in chest bottoms and cupboards acts as a preventive against moths.
Ripley County Board of Review to Hear Tax Complaints
The Ripley County Board of Review will hear 1922 real and personal property assessment complaints on June 19 to June 26 at the Versailles Courthouse. Sessions begin at 8:20 a.m. each day in listed townships including Adams Sunman Laughery Milan and others. Charles H. Braley, County Assessor.
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Ripley County Board of Review
Adams Township
Sunman
Delaware Township
Laughery Township
Batesville
Franklin Township
Milan
Washington Township
Jackson Township
Otter Creek Township
Shelby
Brown Townships
Center Tp
Osgood
Johnson Township
Versailles
Court House
Charles H. Braley
Scientists Trace Length Change Of Platinum Standard
In 1889 twenty nations adopted a platinum meter scale with France guarding the bar. The bar has lengthened by a demimicron or five millonths of a meter, possibly from annual cleaning displacing platinum molecules. The change will be watched for ten years and may halt cleaning.
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France
Scientific American
Shanghai Auto Garage Drives $2 Million Investment
In Shanghai an automobile establishment and garage reports an investment exceeding $2,000,000 and a payroll of more than 500. The firm holds agency for 16 American and European cars, signaling a major local automotive venture.
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China
Shanghai
Waterworks Wordplay Quips Prompt Boston Transcript
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript shows Johnny debating spelling waterworks as a single word or with hydrant. The quip highlights playful language on a schoolday scene.
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Johnny
Boston ‘Transcript
Balustrade and Hyacinth: Renaissance Invention Reflected
The passage compares the hyacinth to an inverted balustrade and notes that artistic invention relies on human intelligence to cultivate nature. Auguste Odin reflects on how flower beauty embodies delicate inspiration that benefits from human development.
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Auguste Odin
Arabs Frown on Whistling Proverb Cited
The article notes Arab belief that whistling uncovers bad luck, with a proverb claiming the mouth remains impure for 400 days after whistling and is seen as the most unlucky sign from humans.
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Tuiman
The Highest. Success. Make Good, Bestor V TTHESUTI DE
A fragmentary quote ledger notes Bestor V TTHESUTI DE claiming true success comes from doing good and making good. The text presents an aphoristic reflection without clear event or context. The source provides limited readable names and phrases.
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Bestor
Efficient Fuel Saving Cooking Utensils Featured
The item claims no heat loss and provides 19 hours of cooking per gallon. It saves 25 percent of fuel cost and emphasizes efficient, heat preserving design.
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