Tigers edge Senators 2 1 as ninth-inning rally seals win
Detroit escapes Washington 2 to 1 on a ninth inning rally in a tight American League race. Johnny Gorsica credited with the win after relieving Tommy Bridges. The Tigers stumble in the doubleheader with Washington, dropping games that widen the gap to the Yankees.
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Tigers
Washington
Bengals
Tommy Bridges
Johnny Gorsica
Detroit
Washington Senators
Senators
Yanks
St. Louis
Hal Newhouser
Trout
Overmirer
Hal White
Henshaw
Nationals
Tigres
Yankees
Virgil Trucks
Trucks
Andalusia
Beaumont
Buffalo
Seasn
New Guinea Life and War News From the Front Lines
The letter describes natives in New Guinea focusing on daily roles from women carrying loads to “Number One Boy” leaders among men. It notes indenture work, rations, betel chewing, and local trade prices while detailing war-related activities and a growing Army medical center in the Southwest Pacific.
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Missouri Mule
USA
New Guinea
Army
Southwest Pacific
Red Cross
Ramsay Anvil Postnuptial Shower Honors Mrs LaVoy
Mrs Donald LaVoy nee Avis Wigman was toasted at a Ramsay postnuptial shower with cards and luncheon. Guests included Miss Helen Waltee and Miss Bessie Jasper, hostesses Mrs Battista Varda and others. Winners named in contract and auction bridge and other games, plus notes on local servicemen and community events.
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Donald LaVoy
Avis Wigman
Ramsay Town
Helen Waltee
Bessie Jasper
Battista Varda
Clarence Vivian
Ray Sharpless
Dolly Jasper
Signe Johnson
Contract Bridge
Henry Hoffman
G. N. Eade
Walter Whitburn
William Sharpless
Weed earns third base chance after Higgins injury in Boston
J P Weed, formerly a Rice Institute quarterback, entered the lineup at third as Higgins suffered an attack in Boston. The Tigers beat the White Sox 11 to 11 in an 11 inning contest, dropping their fifth straight game and slipping to sixth place.
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See Weed
J. P
Higgins
Boston
Rice Institute
Beaumont
Tigers
White Sox
Night Life Ban Baffles New Guinea Readers
A short note laments curfews and a no night life rule in New Guinea. The writer jokes about veterans leaving gold fish and corned willy uneaten and signs off with affectionate regards.
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New Guinea
Teenie
Martha Circle Sunday invites members and guests
The Martha Circle in Ramsay extends an invitation to members their husbands and friends for a Sunday gathering. Details include Miss Sylvia Mark leaving Ramsay for Chicago to take employment and local family movements with Mr and Mrs Barron relocating to Ironwood. A reception by the Catholic Ladies Aid honors Rev Fr Ralph Sterbents.
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Martha Circle
Sylvia Mark
Victor Mark
Ramsay
Chicago
Michael of
Wakefield Hespie
The
Catholic Ladies Aid of Ramsay
Ramsay Town Hall
Ralph Sterbents
A ration book distribution milestone noted in 1948 report
The Herald reports a 1948 milestone with 25 million A ration books issued to passengers and consumers and 000 B books in circulation, highlighting wartime economy measures.
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Passenge
Formation of three precincts for school district election
The notice states the school district is divided into three voting precincts with defined territorial boundaries and指定 polling places for the election within each precinct.
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Bessemer
Gogebic County
Michigan
City of
Washington School
East Sellartreet
A. D. Johnston High School
North Moore Street
Barber School
West Eli Avenue
Raymond J. Mullen
East Sellar Street
Tul
Clarence T. Negri Piring
The
United States
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Tiger Tales
Sy “the
Tate Twister
Dick Wakefield
A. L
Pinky Higgins
Doc Cramer
Wakefield
Harold Newhouser
Tiger
Red Sox
Roose Yanker Post
American Legion
Briggs Stadium
Newhouser
Chrysler
Legion
Chicago White Sox
Rudy York
Sox
Frank Overmire
Jin Bloodworth
Don Ross
Ramsay-Anvil
Gunnard R. Coleman
Axel Coleman
Colorado
Robert Rigotti
U. S. Naval Reserve
Frank Rigotti
Michigan Tech
Houghton
Carlo Heikkinen
Jacob Heikkinen
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Julia Makela
Anvil
Felix Makela
Pfc
Raymond
Keno) Hill
Eino Antila
Atlanta
Georgia
Ordnnance
Enrico Vigo
Margaret Guglielmotto
Marco DeMarche
Ramsay Catholic Ladies Aid
Anvil-Palms
St. Sebastian’s Church of
Anvil Club
Father Rinehart
Louis Re
Rochester
Minn
Mr. Re
Mrs
Frank Re. Ramsay
A. J. Fink
Victor
University of Chicago
Frank Pichinelli
U. S. Army
Scott Field, Ill
Carl Repinski
Floyd Ossanna
Reynold Faline, Ramsay, Will
Elmer J. Kumner
Peoples State Bank
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis
Clock Coal
Michela Co
Bessemer — Wakefield
Cyril Maines
Bixby, Okla
Archie Barron
Ironwood
Mr. Barron
Domenic Puccio
Puccio
George Ethier
Mr. Ethier
Herald
Bet
Arco Erlicker
Mary St. Bessemer
Bessemer City School District
Bessemer, Michigan
A. D
Arthur G. Johnson, Raymond J. Mullen
A.D
Board of Education
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