West Beats Erat N Benefit Game
San Francisco December 26 The West defeated the East 6 to 0 in a benefit all star football game raising funds for crippled children. Notable players included MullER California all American end and Imlay UC captain whose 29 yard pass set up the West score as 33,000 spectators watched at Wheel Field.
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San Francisco
Mystic Shrine
Muller
California
Navy
Rocky Mountains
R Imlay
Georgia Tech
Eost
Tut” Imlay
University of California
Imlay
Maller
Wycoff
Dilwig
Marquette
Ingram
Gray Brant
Needles
Rigon
Campbell
Stanford
Patrick
East Milwig
Edwards
Michigan
Slaughter
Garbisch
Army
Farwick
Chase
Pittsburg
Utertz
Sloane
Drake
Fry
Iowa
Jones
Florida
West Browne
Olympic Club
Bryan
Washington
aBlley
Texas A & M
Horre
Lacey
Oregon Aggies
Shipkey
Ludendorff Backs Prohibition Movement in Germany
Berlin reports General Erich Ludendorff, former wartime quartermaster general and Ultra-Nationalist leader, has endorsed prohibition following examples set by Bryan and Lloyd George. He urged a book by Hans Schmidt on why Germany lost the war to include a strong anti alcohol message taught in schools.
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Berlin
Erich Ludendorff
Germany
William Jennings Bryan
David Lloyd George
Ludendorff
Hans Schmidt
Mary Langdon Rescued After Grounding Off Stone Horse
The eighty year old two masted schooner Mary Langdon grounding at Stone Horse shoal was floated and towed to Vineyard Haven undamaged. The vessel en route from Gloucester to Miami with furniture and building material was rescued by the Coast Guard cutter Acushnet which previously seized her as a rum runner five months earlier. Flares marked the distress as Acushnet’s crew boarded amid stormy seas.
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Chatham
Mass
Mary Langdon
Stone Horse Shoal
Vineyard Haven
Gloucester
Miami
Pla
Coast Guard
Stone Horse
Tes Coast Guard
Acushnet
Wood's Hole
Four Teams Stand Out In Season Of Upsets 1925
The 1925 college football season featured unprecedented upsets with Dartmouth Michigan Washington Alabama and Jane praised as top teams. Washington defeated California 7-0 and Stanford 13-0 while Harvard, Brown and Cornell fell to Dartmouth 33-7. Michigan beat Northwestern 3-2 in harsh Chicago conditions.
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South
California
Washington Huskies
Hooch Bagslaw
Washington
Stanford
University of Nebraska
Jess Hawley
Dartmouth
Harvard
Brown
Cornell
Chicago
Michigan
Northwestern
Yost
Alabama
Tulane
Missouri
Jane
Princeton
Crimson
Pennsylvania
Yale
Illinois
Pittsburg
Hugo Bezdek
Penn State
Notre Dame
Dethroning Giants Dominates 1926 Baseball Race
The 1926 season ended with the New York Giants losing their grip on the fall classic after a long run since 1921. Pittsburg rose as a strong challenger while Washington repeated in the American League, aided by Walter Johnson. Rogers Hornsby and Harry Hellmann earned batting titles, with Peckinpaugh named MVP in the American League and Hornsby later recognized as NL MVP.
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ITE
New York Giants
Giants
New York Yankees
Washington
New York
McGraw
Pittsburg
Harris
Walter Johnson
Rogers Hornsby
Ty Cobb
Harry Hellmann
Tris Speaker
Roger Peckinpaugh
Peck
St. Louis Cardinals
Beaver Boys Defeat Alumni Team In Exciting Cage Game
Beaver Boys toppled the Alumni squad in a high energy basketball contest with shifting lineups and multiple substitutions. Key players included Lawrence, McClaugherty, Snecker, McMullin, and Gills, while Givens, Shirey, and Nunan contributed on defense and scoring as the game details varied through periods and substitutions.
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Beaver Boys
Way
Lawrence
McClaugherty
Snecker
McMullin
Corvin
W. Cash
McNeer
Cash
Gills
Calloway
H. Cash
Smith
Shirey
Rangely
Miller
Bivens
Towers
Lyde Lazenby
A. Lasenby
Rice
Numan
Nate
McMillan
Saleen
Cavers
Swecker
Stowers
Harman Yearout G
Esse Windborne CoAney
Thompson
McCue
Enoche
Godasey
Prick Enochs
Stahiman
Shumate
Harrison
Rare racing coincidence at Calcutta cups
Calcutta Ind Dec 26 A rare racing coincidence occurred as the Viceroy's cup race mirrored the Emperor's Cup from a week earlier with the same four horses finishing in the same order. Oraige William owned by A B Ephraim won again by a neck and was a 3 to 1 favorite after his fourth consecutive win in the Emperor's Cup last week.
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Calcutta
Ind
Oraige William
A. B. Ephraim
Four men freed after Morr’s town arrest in payroll robbery case
Four men arrested near Morr’s town on Christmas Day were released by Mayor H. Kl. Tennant after a hearing. They proved they were honest Des Moines residents and had lawfully acquired items found in their car.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Morr'stown
H. Kl. Tennant
Des Moines
Escaped Convict Arrested in Detroit at Statler Hotel
Detroit police capture 35 year old Harry McVicker a Johnstown Pennsylvania resident and escaped convict from Virginia state penitentiary. He allegedly fled Thanksgiving and was found with a stolen watch and hotel pass keys after ransacking rooms at the Statler before being held for a fugitive warrant back to Virginia.
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Detroit
Harry McVicker
Johnstown
Virginia Estate
Statler
McVicker
Virginia State Penitentiary
Akron
Ohio
Virginia
Thirteen Filipinos Die In Cebu Theater Fire
Thirteen natives died and nearly a hundred were injured when a moving picture theatre in Opon Cebu Province burned on Christmas Eve. An American named Barnum freed many by cutting a wall with an axe to reopen a path after the regular exit jammed. The fire began in the machine room when a film broke as a thousand spectators rushed to the exits. The loss was small.
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Manila
Opon
Cebu
Barnum
Druse Tribesmen Accept Peace Terms
An exchange telegraph report from Bagdad says the Druse tribesmen in Syria have accepted peace proposals from the French authorities. An armistice with Henry De Jouvenel, the French high commissioner in Syria, was reported as signed by some days prior, with Cairo and the French foreign office confirming ongoing peace negotiations but no final signature yet.
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London
Bagdad
Syria
Henry de Jouvenel
Cairo
Egypt
Foreign Office
Congestion Cleared Slower Than Hoped in Jacksonville
Walter Buckner of American Railway Express says congestion at the Jacksonville terminal has not cleared as quickly as hoped, but officials expect to lift the embargo within a few days. He notes progress but ongoing delays affecting shipments and deliveries in the Seminary division.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Buckner
Seminary
American Railway Express Company
Harry Swecker Center Named On All State Team
The article notes Harry Swecker chosen as center on the All-State squad with teammates from Victory and Bluefield. It highlights other selections by position and praises players from Fairmont Gostmaney Warwood Beckley Follawabee East Side and Welch among honorable mentions, marking wide geographic distribution of honors.
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Williams
Victory
Broyles
Bluefield
Clint
Carrico
Swecker
Glenn Elkins
Braugham
Huntin
Cork
Fairmont
Gostmaney
Warwood
Verani
Beckley
Rykosky
Ben
Eichert
Welch
Buck
Hank
Willameson
Wheeling
Williamson
Loan
Hunt
Washington Irving
Blu
Former Indiana Governor McCray Relinquishes Good Words Editor Post
Warren T. McCray, former Indiana governor, steps down after fifteen months as editor of Good Words, the Atlanta federal penitentiary magazine, due to high blood pressure. He will be reassigned to other duties while the warden seeks a successor.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Four youths held on robbery charge in Ohio
Four youths from East Liverpool and Wellsville face robbery charges after the death of Charles Devie in Wellsville. A post mortem failed to prove alcoholism as the cause of death and a confession linked the group to the robbery of Devie who was found near a canal. The suspects are Raymond Carroll Lester Rowley Ore McKinnon and Anthony Cash.
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Wellaville
Ohio
East Liverpool
Charles Devie
Mumhe
Devie
Raymond Carroll
Lester Rowley
Ore McKinnon
Jo East Liver
Anthony Cash
Welle A
Lanai
Smoking suit women latest in London fashions
London reports a new feminine fashion the smoking suit for women comprising jackets and trousers in dark colors and heavy embroidery. Worn at fashionable smoking parties where cigarettes replace tea and fifty brands were shared among attendees.
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London
Papera Served in Separation Suit
West Palm Beach reports papers served in a separation suit as of December 26. The brief item notes legal action involving an individual named Papera in the ongoing suit.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Papera
Court Papers Serve Salm von Hoog Spouse in Palm Beach Case
Count Ludwig Salm von Hoog and his wife Millicent Rogera faced service today as 4 C. Baker of Palm Beach County papers were filed in New York. The salt was instituted in the action.
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Ludwig Salm von
Sixteenth Centenary of the Nicene Creed Observed in Cincinnati
Catholic priests from across the Cincinnati archdiocese are to attend a solemn sixteenth centenary celebration of the Nicene Creed at St. Peter's Cathedral. Archbishop John J. McNicholas will preside and Rev. Behwert Ber will deliver the sermon in the midwinter ceremonymarking the creed’s historical defense of the Trinity and Christ's divinity.
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Cincinnati
Council of Bishops
John J. McNicholas
Behwertoer
New York
Two schooners Mintie and Fiamma grounded off Tengier Island
Reported December 26 that the two schooners Mintie and Fiamma sailing from Baltimore bound for Florida ran aground and were awash near Tengier Island light in Chesapeake Bay off Virginia. Crew reported in danger. message sent to Washington for a cutter. Apache proceeding to assist. Vessels owned by P. P. Cabell of New York.
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Baltimore
Mintie
Fiamma
Tengier Island Light
Chesapeake
Hay
Virginia
C.G Paul & Co
Washington
J. B. Beott
P. P. Cabel
New York
Automobile Recovered After Pittsburg Payroll Robbery
Police report the car used by six bandits in the Mollenager payroll robbery has been found in downtown Pittsburg. It belongs to A Dayton of Philadelphia and was stolen December 17. The vehicle yielded no clues about the robbers identity and L. L. Gump, a guard, died from his wounds.
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Pittsburg
Mollenager
Pittebure Terminal Company
L. L. Gump
Leter
A. Dayton
Philadelphia
Coach Smith Improves After Pneumonia Battle
Philadelphia December 26 Andy Smith coach of the University of California recuperating from bronchial pneumonia at University Hospital despite critical condition was reported slightly improved today.
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Smith
Philadelphia
Andy Smith
University of California
University Hospital
Christ
Mas
White Collars and Tea Got Goat Artist Voicing Escape
The Brooklyn etcher known as Pop, whose works hang in the Metropolitan Museum and British Museum, vows to leave civilization for Tehuantepec Mexico. He rejects white collars and tea cups, plans a Vera Cruz departure and a long stay in Tehauntepec, saying art requires action not talk. He stages a flight from New Orleans to travel via Vera Cruz, Isthmus, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca and Tehauntepec to settle abroad.
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Brooklyn of Etchers
New Jeans
Vera Cruz
Civilizatn
Hart
New York
Metropolitan Museum
British Museum
Kensington Museum
Pop
Vera Cruz, Mart
Behauntpec
Salina Crux
Tehauntpec
Oaxaca
Thuanas Idiane
Mexico
Tehauntepec
New Orleans
George Hart
Wesleyan Nomination Committee to Recommend President
Rockhannon W Va December 24 trustees of West Virginia Ryan College will meet on Tuesday in Clarkeburg for the mid year session. The board will hear a report from the committee chosen to nominate Wesleyan's next president to succeed Dr Himer Guy Catshall who resigned last July.
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Rockhannon
W. Va
Charlies W. Lynch
West Virginia Ryan College Board of Trustees
Clarkeburg
Weeleyan
Himer Guy Catshall
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