Howard Berry Poised to Shine in Penn Sports Era
Howard Berry, Penn freshman, rose to national fame by winning the first intercollegiate pentathlon in the country at the Penn relay games. A powerfully built quarterback and shortstop, he is expected to excel in football baseball and track at Penn for four years, with possible pro baseball in his future if he chooses. Berry trained at Northeast Manual Training School and drew interest from several eastern colleges as well as the Phillies, who offered a regular shortstop berth before his parents steered him toward college athletics.
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Howard Berry
University of Pennsylvania
Penn
Berry
Quaker City
Northeast Manual Training School
Philadelphia
Mike Doolan
Phillies
May
Dorizas
Charlie Dooin
Fang
Mike Dorizas
Honus Wagner Pledges Extra Effort After Five Dollar Per HR Offer
Honus Wagner learned Pittsburgh suffragists will donate five dollars for every home run by the Pirates. He responded with a bold swing and a grand slam style message that he will put in extra effort to hit more home runs this year.
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Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Horgan wins pro three cushion billiards title
John Horgan of St Louis defeated New York’s George Moore to win the professional three-cushion billiards championship in San Francisco. Horgan clinched victory with a 26 to 40.4 percent margin.
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Horgan
John Horgan
Wyoming Consistory Reports 1017 Members and 16724 Receipts
Wyoming Consistory secretary Samuel Carson reports 1017 members in good standing for the year ending Sept 1 1915 and receipts totaling 16724 69. Resources total 124882 75 with a net surplus of 68582 75. Since its founding less than fifteen years ago the body has invested and spent about 253000 with charity and relief excluded from the report.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Samuel Carson
Wyoming News Briefs: Coal Mine Closures and Factories
Wyoming items report Kemmerer mine closure and Rawlins death. Sheridan sugar factory opening. new Beaumont glass plant at Laramie. Cheyenne Rawlins UF Rail traffic. drought and farming notes. steam laundry in Riverton. Worland elevator nearing completion. Thermopolis water works expansion. numerous local incidents and political notes from Cheyenne and beyond.
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Carpenters
Douglas
Denver
Cheyenne
U. S. Coal Company
Kemmerer
Worland
Thermopolis
Big Horn Basin
Roberts
la Fontaine
Cook
Laramie
Shipp Offers Lands for Odd Fellows Home near Casper
At the Grand Lodge meeting in Sheridan E Richard Shipp proposed donating twenty acres half a mile south of Casper for the Odd Fellows home of Wyoming. The next grand lodge meeting in Lusk will decide. Over 10000 dollars has been raised to erect a home for aged and indigent Odd Fellows and Casper is viewed as an ideal site.
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Casper
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Sheridan
Richard Shipp
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows’ Home
Wyoming
Grand Lodge
Lusk
Odd Fellows of
Odd
Brakeman Is Killed by Westbound Freight Train
Eugene W. Harrold, 24, a Union Pacific brakeman from Laramie, fell from westbound freight No. 235 two miles west of Ramsey and fifty miles east of here. He was believed to have been instantly killed and his mangled body was found on the tracks by a following freight crew.
Tax Commissioner John McGill sells ranch to Toltec for 220000
Albany county reports State Tax Commissioner John McGill has sold his ranch holdings to the Toltec Live Stock Company for 220000. The deal includes 1800 head of cattle 10000 head of sheep and 6000 acres of land.
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Cheyenne
Albany County
John McGill
Toltec Live Stock Company
Cowley Chosen for $25,000 Mormon Academy
Cowley has been named the site of a $25,000 academy to be built by the Big Horn stake of the Mormon church. Construction starts after harvest and will continue through winter with church members' labor.
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Cowley
Big Horn
Mormon Church
Man Wanders Nine Days In Snow
Sheridan resident F. A. Bartree, a well known local business man, is in a state hospital in serious condition after being lost in the mountains during a snow storm. His hands and feet were badly frozen.
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Sheridan
F. A. Bartree
Entangled in Engine Cable Injures Worker at Union Pacific Plant
E. F. Johnson, 28, suffered both legs broken when entangled in a cable at the Union Pacific tie treating plant in Laramie. He was transported to Denver for surgical care by Union Pacific specialists.
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Laramie
E. F. Johnson
Union Pacific
Denver
Gold Medal for Mineral Exhibit in Wyoming
Cheyenne native L. R. Trumbull state geologist received a gold medal from Denver for Wyoming at the International Dry Farming and Soil Products Show in recognition of the state’s splendid mineral exhibit.
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Cheyenne
L. R. Trumbull
Denver
Wyoming
Swamp Root promoted for kidney relief in ad text
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a herbal kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims rapid healing effects and urges readers to buy a bottle or request a sample by sending ten cents to the company in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Advy
Compromise and the mischief of a boy and a fly
A mother offers five cents daily for good behavior but the boy asks for two cents and no questions. A housefly outperforms alarm clocks in signaling issues at home. Honest earnings are valued, and various ads promote coffee, eye remedies, and impartiality.
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Jimmie
Wyoming Guardsmen Take Tenth in Motion Shoot
Capt. A A Underwood reported by telegram from Jacksonville Pennsylvania that the Wyoming militia rifle team finished tenth in the motion shoot event.
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Wyoming Guardsmen
Cheyenne
A. A. Underwood
Jacksonville
Pla
Wyoming Militia
Location Notice Filed in Cheyenne for Homestake Lode
Maude Ferguson filed a location notice with County Clerk Tupper locating 600 by 1600 feet of the Homestake lode in Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Maude Ferguson
Tupper
Jewelry Fancies Highlight Narrow Bracelets and Jewelry
Jewelry fashions show rings with crosswise cuts and tight necklaces with jeweled ornaments. Bracelets trend narrow with diamonds and semiprecious stones. Evening wear favors elbow sleeves. Watches appear as bracelets and pendants, with watch chains as the main feature. Gold belt buckles feature on leather.
Dress style notes highlight smart material and sleeve links
The article describes the dress as smart in material and mentions sleeve links made of loose links and short connections. It notes the design details without broader context or additional facts.
Damp Room Papering Hint Against Dampness
A British home cure advises mixing equal parts alum and glucose to make a wash. Dissolve in boiling water, apply to damp walls, and once dry the surface can be papered. The solution helps prevent damp from showing through the wallpaper.
Resinol promised to stop eczema in use for twenty years
An advertisement claims resinol ointment and resinol soap relieve itching and burning from eczema and skin troubles. It asserts dramatic improvements even in severe cases and notes doctors have prescribed resinol for twenty years.
Pastor Warns John Stackpole in Fiery Sermon
A pastor at the pulpit reads names of sleepers in the congregation and menaces John Stackpole with harsh words. Stackpole responds sleepily, and the service continues with a hymn as the pastor declares discipline will be severe.
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John Stackpole
Food for Thought Breakfast Table Banter
A novelist declines breakfast and asks for more time with his writing. His wife offers cereal and humorously requests “two chapters” as thanks. The scene plays on creative work intruding on domestic life.
Do you believe there is a higher power
The fragmentary exchange presents a philosophical question followed by a humorous or abrupt private remark about marriage. The sparse text contrasts belief discussion with a personal claim, implying a letter or dialogue fragment from a historical page. The source offers little context beyond these two lines.
The Charm of Motherhood Promotes Health and Strength
A persuasive piece urging women to prepare for childbirth and use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to support the female system. It claims the tonic aids fertility, nerves, and overall health, offering confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Beyond the Critical Stage
Dialogue captures Mrs Howell asking about her husband’s critical condition and Mrs Growells confirming it as critical and abusive, with a humorous aside about dill pickles and social grace in a fragmented theatrical snippet.
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Mra. Howell
Umpire Demands Respect on Diamond in Early Season
In a Polo Grounds game, Chief Meyers the Indian catcher for New York faced taunts from Beaton players. The umpire leapt from behind the catcher to confront the hecklers, shouting for an end to personalities and then to cut out grammar as a spectator quipped.
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Polo Grounds
Chief Meyers
New York
Beaton
Stone output in 1914 tops national gains
The United States produced stone worth 77,412,292 dollars in 1914. The Geological Survey reports this was the largest year before 1912 and only slightly below that peak. Pennsylvania led with over 10 percent of total output, Vermont followed with more than 8 percent.
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United States
Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Chauffeur's Trade Reported In Humorous Exchange
A clipped dialogue notes a man questioning if being a chauffeur is profitable and another remarking it is a business where he can likely earn a living, reflecting lighthearted view of work.
Students clash remembered from college gridiron broil
The quote recalls a past college dispute over a football game and where the incident occurred, framing a debate about school pride and athletic rivalry.
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John Velovean
Rock Springs
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Owl Resturant
Powell
Byron
Rawlins
Greybull
Burlington
W. C. Mentzer
Rawling
Cheyenne-Rawling
Kendrick
Ashdown
Sundance
J. W. Howard
Lame Deer
Julia Magpie
Oklahoma
Albert Peterson
Martin Falaxa
Long Bros
Trabing
Sheridan Sugar Company
Martin Murphy
Union Pacific Railroad
Colorado Central
Fort Collins
Sterling
Francis E. Warren
Genera l
Wilson
Crystal Lake
Fort Russell
Guy Swanson
Chugwater
Stock Yards
Hear
Swanson
Mra. Swanson
McGill Ranch
Mormon Academy
Deniean
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Castoria
Astoria
Ork City
Dean
Boan
WN. U
Galt Lake City
Grammay
Saturday Evening Post
Denver Raw Fur CO
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