Chicago Rally Beats New York Five to Four in Seventh
In Chicago Caldwell lasted seven innings and the locals won 5 to 4, taking their third straight from New York. Batteries: Caldwell Mogridge and Henning versus Benz Danforth and Schalk.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
3
In Chicago Caldwell lasted seven innings and the locals won 5 to 4, taking their third straight from New York. Batteries: Caldwell Mogridge and Henning versus Benz Danforth and Schalk.
Princeton reports Judge Herndon adjourned the circuit court yesterday until Friday to finish the docket. The injunction in the Pearl McCreery Johnson case remains, with a hearing date undetermined. Charles Mosrie seeks license revocation against D S Hamilton following a May 12 street scuffle. Hamilton held a pistol license as Pocahontas Coal Company night watchman and plans to return to Arista work.
Assessor Giles Hambrick and Deputy P. D. Bratton report a new record in Mercer County tax collection. Bratton collected capitation taxes from all 147 taxpayers in Ma Joak a township, the first such complete mark. The system enforces a two and a half cent penalty per uncollected dollar to cover sheriff costs, though property levies have not been used.
An advertisement touts Adler-i-ka as the most thorough bowel cleanser, claiming it prevents appendicitis by removing decaying matter from the bowels. It cites doctors endorsing the product and lists testimonials from users across multiple states, urging purchase from local druggists.
The draft board announced a five day quota starting June 19 to entrain fifty-one colored men to Camp Sherman Ohio. Chairman Merrill believed reports of a seventy five man quota may be inflated by past credits for colored men and that the remaining fifty-one would be sent after adjustments.
Marriage licenses were issued to John Chexmar and Bertha Harrat from Freeman and to Demereos Pinopolas and Leola Donohue from Bluefield, with Elizabeth Harbor of Freeman as a partner for Robert Muse. Sutton W. Cabfee of Bluefield to Verna R. Faulkner of New Hope also listed.
The Vivian Red Cross drive shows strong local support with a series of events raising funds. Welch high school staged a play “aron Boggs” at the Vivian Theater bringing in 138.50, Keystone auxiliary dance netted 305, an ice cream bazaar at Banks Furniture in Kimball raised 275, and an ice cream social at Landgraf Hotel brought in 175 with participation from Kimball and nearby coal interests.
State political clash in West Virginia centers on Maj. Elkins and Judge Brown. Former Senator James H. Marcum ridicules Brown for linking Elkins to the President’s war program and argues for Hughes’s wartime experience and Cabell County leadership to guide postwar policy.
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