Local sports notes show improving teams and record holders
The column highlights improved performances across leagues with standout scores from McKinney Steel 924 for a single game and 2534 over three games, plus Eckersoll’s all American selections and W. E. Roach’s three perfect 300 games totaling 869. It lists grammar school standings led by Crimson and Pink at 750 percent and notes other top performers and records in basketball and bowling.
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McKinney Steel
Heralds
W. E. Roach
Grammar School
Grammar School Basketball League
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Practice for grid elevens football signals hope
A football coach urged the faculty to allow players sufficient practice to learn signals. The piece notes football requires less prep than rowing and argues against sending players into games before condition. It mentions general opposition from coaches and includes unrelated quips about taxation, radio receivers, and a Christmas story.
Pigeon Council Proceedings in 1922 Bessemer
The Piiimon Council met December 18 1922 in Bessemer with Mayor Gedda presiding. Aldermen present were Felling Pelander Probelski Johnson Cummins Winkowski Bartone and Jago. Negri and Proctor were absent. Several motions were approved including waiving minutes reading and referr ing sidewalk repairs and city bank deposit interest to committees. A request to extend a pavement contract deadline to July 15 1923 was approved. A resolution urged Chicago Northwestern Railway to renew train service to improve mail and connections. The council voted to donate $50 to the Community Tree Committee and referred street sprinkler and water supply matters to respective committees and boards. Meeting adjourned.
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Bessemer
The
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Gedda
Felling
Pelander
Probelski
Johnson
Cummins
Winkowski
Bartone
Jago
Negri
Proctor
Michael A. Gedda
Board of Public Works
City of
Common Council
Williams. Peters
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co
Wakefield
Ironwood
William L. Guyer
Sterk
Alderman Felling
Notes From University of Michigan Reanalysis and UMD News
Notes from University of Michigan cover global tensions with Baron Korff remarks on Europe’s peace and Dardanelles, campus slang and language shifts among students, dorm check-up rules, and university plans. Reports mention gymnasium work, field house construction, minor varsity sports, and public instruction conventions. The piece blends campus life vignettes with national and international angles.
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Baron Ss. A. Korff
University of Michigan
France
England
Europe
Russia
Dardanelles
Delia
Michigan
University of Michigan Union
State Council of Physical Education
Michigan Department of Public Instruction
The
Athletic Association
The Telephone and Time in Editorial Spotlight
The piece reflects on the telephone’s rapid rise from a distant novelty to a daily necessity. It contrasts slow, costly travel for discussions with rapid, cost-efficient wire conversations. It notes early resistance by scientists before embracing this business building device.
Probate Court Sets Hearing For Gayley Estate Will
The Gogebdic Probate Court, at Resleemer, on December 13 1922, orders a January 15 1923 hearing at ten o’clock in the forenoon on Walter S. Reed’s petition to admit a purported last will of Gayley deceased to probate and grant administration to Reed or another suitable person with notice by publication.
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Resleemer
William, Ss. Baird
Gayley
Walter S. Reed
New York
Ile
James
Fragments From a Local Paper and Legal Notice
A brief court notice cites William S. Baird and Irene B. Buchannan as probate official and registrar with dates Dec 22 to Jan 12. The remainder is a string of quips and verses including jokes about overwork, a Milwaukee Police Band solo, and a railroad track gag.
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Irene B. Buchannan
Register of Probate
Growth of the U S Telephone Business, 1900 to 1921
The diagram shows a continuous rise in U S telephone numbers from about 1.35 million in December 1900 to nearly 14 million in December 1921, a rise of over 900 percent. With one-sixteenth of the world population, the United States held about two-thirds of global telephones, outpacing population and business growth.
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United States
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