Benny Jones Record in Early Wrestling Career
Benny Jones wrestled Matt Sada at Pastime Park Philadelphia in 1887 and won after a long match. He later wrestled James Forrest known as Jackie for the Finland championship in Lancashire England, held the England title seven years, then wrestled in America over many matches before retiring sixteen years ago and living in Newport News Virginia. For a full record, write to the Police Gazette and other sporting papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Jones
Newport, News
Milam Medicine Co., Inc
Dariville
Napoleon
Waterloo
Milam
Mia
Binnie Jones
Matt Sada
Pastime Park
Philadelphia
James Forrest
Jackie
Finland
Lancashire
England
America
Newport News
Police Gazette
Baseball Results From Yesterday Across Both Leagues
National League scores feature Philadelphia and Cincinnati with wins and varied batteries. Brooklyn and Pittsburgh posted results as the day’s action wrapped in a busy schedule. The piece recalls Ted Sullivan’s role in forming multiple leagues including the Union Association and American League, highlighting his lasting impact on early baseball organization.
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Ted
Dubuqué Davenport
Rockford
Omaha
Charles Comisky
Tom Loftus
Charles Radbourne
Jack
Dave Rowe
Ted Sullivan
Gover
St. Louis
Browns
Sullivan
Comiskey
Missouri
Brooklyn Bridge
Henry V. Lucas
Union Association of Baseball Players
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Toledo
Indianapolis
Cleveland
George
Frank C. Bancroft
Cuba
Tazewell Tops Bluefield In Fast 5–8 Victory
Tazewell defeated Bluefield 38 to 5 in a high scoring game praised for fast play and solid pitching by Peery and Greever. Hawley starred in the field with a key sixth inning run, while Peery led at bat with multiple hits as Bluefield managed late runs. A strong crowd declared it the best game of the season. Bramwell plans a reorganization to field a fast new team to challenge Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Tazewell
Peery
Greever
Hawley
Eateh
B. Gibberson
Wrough
Anderson
Stinsom
Whurman
Looney
Long
May
McCorkle
King
Jesse
Stinson
Harmon
Gillespress
Gibson
McNeil
Prince If
Gibberson
Hatfield
Bramwell
One Hundred Notable Figures in Baseball Excerpt
In a 1911 portrait by W. W. Aulick, Ted Sullivan shows early passion for baseball, shaping play with toy and improvised nets, and correcting his father on political labels by reframing neighbors as players, revealing lifelong gamesmanship.
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W. W. Aulick
Ted Sullivan
T. 8
Pop
Master Sullivan
Ted
Merit Badges Ready for Boy Scouts
Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America announce merit badges in fifty five activities for first class scouts. Most boys will earn ten to twenty one badges, with tests required in tenderfoot, second and first class. Badges cover cooking, horsemanship, aviation, astronomy, forestry, electricity, engineering, art, outdoors, poultry farming, taxidermy, agriculture, dairying, beekeeping, machining, plumbing, drawing, sculpture and painting.
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Boy Scouts of America
Marked Improvement Shown in City Sanitation
A report to the Association of Life Insurance presidents notes substantial gains in sanitary conditions across 32 American cities. Actuary Hiram J. Messenger cites better city water supplies and newer filtration systems reducing typhoid fever, but finds garbage disposal largely unsatisfactory in many locales.
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New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Hiram J. Messenger
Hartford
Conn
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Springfield
St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
Macon
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Savannah
Charleston
Augusta
Columbia
Charlotte
Danville
Richmond
Baltimore
Twins wed same-age twins in Texas ceremony
Missouri twins Alma and Alta Moore married Texas twins Leland and Loran Tabler at San Marcos. The couples resemble each other so closely that friends cannot tell them apart. they wore different colored flowers to tell them apart. The match followed a year of correspondence and photo exchanges.
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Austin
Tex
Missouri
Texas
San Marcos
Alma
Alta Moore
Leland
Loran Tabler
Adrian
Tomato Plants in Baskets by Fallon Florist Roanoke VA
Fallon Florist of Roanoke Virginia ships 10 hardy tomato plant varieties by express in baskets. Date noted 5 18 1f.
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Fallon
Florist
Roanoke
Fallon, Florist
Boy Scouts Publish New Merit Badge Details
The article notes that the boy should gain rudimentary knowledge in any activity he pursues. It references a new Boy Scouts of America manual just printed, outlining the requirements for various badges.
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The
Boy Scouts of America
Will Share in Fortune Former Bluefield Ladies Inherit Estate
Mrs Jax W Dooley and her sister Bertha G Pollard of Salem, formerly Bluefield, claim heirs rights to their father E T Pollards estate valued around 200000 in Egypt. He later married in England and died arranging a new factory. the sisters expect a third each. Attorney J L Hawley of Roanoke represents them and will travel to Europe to pursue their interests. A cut of Frederick Weld can be seen on page 7.
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Bluefield
Jax W. Dooley
Mss
Bertha G. Pollard
Salem
E. T. Pollard
Egypt
Daily Telegraph
Pollard
Bonsack Cigarette Machine Company
Roanoke
Massie Sutonin
Mr. Pollard
London
England
J. L. Hawley
Women May Avoid Operations with Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A letter from Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after a severe displacement and a hospital stay. The advertisement urges women to avoid surgery and try the product, stating it has stood as a standard remedy for thirty years and helped thousands.
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Orville Rock
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mich
Lydia J. Pinkham
Mrs. Orvil_E Rock
Paw Paw
Michigan
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Superior
Superior Asion Trust
Chuciansi
Ohio
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Superior Portland Cement Co
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Agency
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Ray Health
Monroe County
Virginia
Nature
J. L. Dillion
National League
Philadeynia
Beebe
Barns
Chalmers and
Booth
Golden, Geyer, Laudermilk
Bresnahan
Foe
Marquard, Crandall and Meyers and Wilson
Gasper and Clark
RHE Bostewe
Ochimagom Sd
Erik
Mattern
Graham
Brown and Kling
RHE
Brooklyf
Pittsburg
Scanlon, Bell and
Bergen
Adams
Simon
Gregg
Land
Warhop
Blair
Powell, Hamilton
Harper
Clarke Morgan
Thomas
Detroit
Boston
Willett, Lafitte and Casey
Wood
Nanamaker
Chicago
Washington
and Olmstead
Walsh Sullivan
Sherry
Otey
Herrill
Ainsmith
Cran
Ker
BOY
Scout Organization
Governor Gray
Messenger Boy
Altamont
Matz
Cohen & Baker Cigar CO
New
la Carolina Y Romeo and Julieta
Bock Y. Ca
Manuel Garcia
Keywest Cigars
Webster, Duquense
Cortez
Perfecto Garcia
el Principi de Gale la Senia
Porto Rico Cigars
Nurica
Savarona
Lew Wallace
Manuel
Robert Burns
Saturday Evening Post
Cincinnati Enquirer
Whitman’s
Hotel Matz
Frederick Weld
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