Scott's Sensational Playing Streak Ends in Baseball Record
Everett Scott of the Yankees saw his consecutive games streak end after starting June 20, 1916. The Iron Man of the Majors missed a game due to benching and train wrecks nearly a decade of consistent play, with Perry Lipe and Fred Laderus noted as next-best in baseball history.
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New York
Everett Scott
Yankees
Deacon
Pelica
Oeen
Ore
The
Huggins
Scott
Ball Park
Perry Lipe
Lipe
Ness
Fred Laderus
Phillis Laderus
Laderas
Reclaim Youth of West Virginia Convention Opener
Huntington West Virginia May 12 The challenge to the West Virginia Council of Religious Education to reclaim the youth of the state was accepted by Dr J W Brown of Grafton The convention opened with seven hundred delegates as Prof E R Bartlett of Depauw University delivered the morning address Dr W O Warmingham of Boston University gave the principal speeches tomorrow will feature an executive committee meeting of seventeen representatives from eleven denominations to be chaired by J M Scott of Wheeling
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia Council of Religious Education
West Virgnia
E. R. Bartlett
Depauw University
J. W. Brown
Grafton
West Virginia
Brown
W. O. Warmingham
Boston University
J. M. Scott
Wheeling
Derby Candidates Trial Races At Churchill Downs
Louisville May 12 Trial races replaced routine conditioning for derby hopefuls with six three year olds in the mile derby trial. Captain Hal ran a fast mile and a quarter in 2 06 5 seconds on a slow track for Saturdays $50 000 race. Qua train opened for a longer workout tomorrow and Lee O Cottonner posted three quarters in 1 18 5. Cup Bearer and Pacier breezed a half, quarter 26 5 and 52 5 respectively.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Captain Hal
Quatrain
Halleigh
Lee O. Cottner
G. R. Cudahy
Pacier
Pitt Beats Carnegie Tech In Track Dual Meet
University of Pittsburg varsity won 75 to 60 and the freshmen prevailed 84 1-2 to 38 1-2 in a dual meet at Pittsburg.
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PITT
Carnegie Pittsburg
U University of Pittsburg
Carnegie Tech
Connie Mack Returns to King Row With A's In AL Chase
Connie Mack, back in control of the Athletics, is once again vying for the American League lead. The aging manager aims to revive a dynasty once built by Melnnis, Collins, Barry and Baker in the $100,000 infield era, hoping to reload the championship banner as October nears.
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Mr.c, Mack
Connie Mack
King Row
Canaries
Melnnis
Collins
Barry
Baker
Eddie Plank
Ambiguity in Umpire Rule On Illegally Batting Balls
The article examines how umpires enforce the rule against illegally batted balls when a batter steps outside the lines of the batting box. It notes most batters have a foot outside the box at contact, but are not called out unless both feet leave the box, which changes the enforcement dynamic.
Tom Gibbons to Start Intensive Training for Tunney Bout
Tom Gibbons of St. Paul heads to Atlantic City to begin intense training for his June 5 heavyweight bout with Gene Tunney at the Polo Grounds. He will use four sparring partners including Eddie Garvey, ex Notre Dame football star.
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New York
N. Y
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Atlantic City
Gene Tunney
Polo Grounds
Eddie Garvey
Notre Dame
Paavo Nurmi to Race in Harvard Stadium
New York May 12 Frederick W. Rubien announces arrangements are complete for Paavo Nurmi to race in a one mile event at Harvard Stadium on Friday May 22.
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Paavo Nurmi
Harvard
New York
Frederick W. Rubien
St Paul Club Bars Sanitas Golf Play by Order
St Paul club manager Nick Allen of the American Association prohibits Sanitas members from playing golf against his team saying golf interferes with players batting. Violation carries a $100 fine.
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St. Paul
Minn
Nick Allen
American Association
Sanitas
Allen
Sister of Harvard President Dies Suddenl
Brookline Mass May 12 Miss Amy Lowell poet and sister of Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell died suddenly at her home from a paralytic stroke suffered late this afternoon President Lowell arrived soon after the death Amy had been ill since April 11 and had canceled a European trip earlier The secretary had said there was no immediate danger and that she was being watched
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Brookline
Mass
Amy Lowell
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Theodore Eastman
Charles Allan Porter
Lowell
Miss Lowell
Europe
PLAN MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
Community members plan a Memorial Day observance with a Friday night meeting noted as a gathering of locals. The message invites attendees, stating the event will begin promptly at a specified hour.
First Steps to Break Will of John C Eastman
Attorneys for seven first cousins of John C Eastman asked probate officials to notify them of all settlement proceedings in the estate of the Chicago Daily Journal editor and publisher. The case, delayed to May 20, may claim undue influence or lack of testamentary mental capacity.
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Chicago
John C. Eastman
Chicago Daily Journal
Journal
Henry Horner
General Electric votes to increase special stock by two million shares
General Electric stockholders meeting in Schenectady voted to raise the companys special stock by two million shares of par value ten dollars each to be used for dividend payments. Directors were re-elected.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Mllion
Coolidge to Open Games at Norse-American Centennial
President Coolidge has tentatively promised to open the games on June 8 in Minneapolis in connection with the Norse American centennial celebration at the state fair grounds. Centennial officers announced the dates June 6 to 9.
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Coolidge
Minneapolis
Minn
State Fair Grounds
Hagen Expects Bluefield Visit Next Week
Walter Hagen, hailed as the world’s greatest gelfer, will not play in Bluefield today but is slated to appear next week. He faced travel delays from Virginia roads and Roanoke’s mud, with plans to go to Philadelphia for an engagement before returning to Bluefield. Fans speculated on Hagen’s potential score and the impact on local practice.
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Walter Hagen
Gelfer
Bluefield
Bluefield Country Club
P. J. Kelly
Hagen
Roanoke
Virginia
Philadelphia
Blueeld
Education and police reform at international conference
At the International Police Conference opening in New York on May 12 Captain C E Gower warned nations tailor policing to local needs. He praised England Wales system with local control and low murder rate while urging reform of criminal punishment and fair earnings for prisoners in Dublin. General E O Duffy reported building an efficient civic guard for the Irish Free State relying on moral authority with no weapons.
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New York
C. E Gower
England and Wales
Gower
England
Wales
Robert Peacock
Manchester
E. 0. Duffy
Civic Guard
Dublin
Irish Free State
Bills on Matrimonial Relations Stirs Florida Assembly
In Tallahassee two bills target marriage rights and gender roles. One requires joint signatures or wife endorsements for bank checks to bind a couple's finances and would require the wife to receive full payment if a bank cashes a check without her endorsement. The other bill taxs unmarried women over 25 as old maids and bachelors with a five dollar annual levy after age 30.
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Tallahassee
Fla
General Assembly
Fred Schoew Heads Huntington Coal Exchange
Fred W. Schoen was elected president of the Huntington Coal Exchange to succeed Walter Neekamp at a luncheon meeting. Be. J. Payne named vice president, W. D. Clark secretary-treasurer, with E. J. Payne, Jack Lewis, T. H. Hooper and W. D. Clark, Walter Neekamp, G. J. Ler and John Harrett as directors.
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Huntington
W. Va
Fred W. Schoen
Huntington Coal Exchange
Walter Neekamp
BE. J. Payne
W. D. Clark
E. J. Payne
Jack Lewis
T. H. Hooper
G. J. »Ler
John Harrett
Reserve Officers to Meet in Huntington West Virginia
Colonel Frederick B. Shaw and Colonel Truman C. Murphy will speak at a conference for reserve officers of Cabell Putnam and Wayne counties in Huntington. They will attend a dinner hosted by the Huntington Army and Navy Club prior to the conference. A stray note mentions placing water in an oven to prevent pudding from boiling over.
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Untington
W. Va
Frederick B. Shaw
National Guard
Truman C. Murphy
Fifth Corps
United States Army
Cabell
Putnam
Wayne Counties
Huntington Army and Navy Club
Fire destroys over two thousand buildings in Kumajaya
A morning blaze at Kumajaya, a silk industry center about forty miles northwest of Tokyo, destroyed more than two thousand homes and buildings. Casualties are reported but damage estimates are unavailable.
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Tokio
Japan
Kumajaya
Farmers Struggle to Agree on Production Cost Program
Des Moines Iowa May 12 The farm conference of the Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of America failed this afternoon to settle a proposed program built on cost of production plus a fair profit. A 25 member council chosen by middle western farm groups continued the meeting to tomorrow as delegates split between legislative action and farmer led initiative. President George H Peek urged a single organization and program to guide farm relief while questioning Hoover administration policy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Middle West
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Tomorow
Agricultural Commission
George H. Peek
American Council of Agriculture
Congress
Hoover
Ohio River Crest Expected by Midnight
Huntington West Virginia May 12 The Ohio river is expected to reach the crest of its current rise at thirty feet by midnight local time according to officials. The forecast warns of possible flooding along low lying areas as river stages approach the mark. Officials urge residents along the banks to prepare and heed evacuation orders if issued.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
River levels to fall after rain delay says engineer
Major H. M. Trippe of the Huntington district reported the river silage at twenty six rising slowly and expected a fall tomorrow morning if heavy rains do not come. A free ticket promotion with milk bottle tops failed as tops were missing from the front house and milk porches across the city did not display the ad again.
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H. M. Treppe
U. S
Huntington District
Trippe
Sunbury
Princeton City Council to review bond refunding plan
The Princeton city council will consider refunding bonds totaling 167000 at 5.25 percent and 6 percent for earlier issues. They will also select election officers for June 2 and vote on a liquor law provision increasing fines and jail terms for sale or manufacture. An exhibit of domestic science and homemaking work at the high school gym will run 1 30 to 9 36 tomorrow.
Night Wins a Knight by Golden Horse Shoe Club
The Golden Horse Shoe Club presents a three act play titled A Night Wins a Knight Friday night in the East Princeton school auditorium. It features Vernon Shaffer Louise Johnson Hurstle Hylton Margaret Claytor Virginia Damewood Bernard Keaton Maude Blevins and Viola Auton among other historical figures including George Washington.
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East Princeton
Thorn Street
Golden Horse Shoe
Mercer Street
America
Vernon Shaffer
Louise Johnson
Hurstle Hylton
Margaret Claytor
Virginia Damewood
Bernard Keaton
Maude Blevins
Viola Auton
George Washing
Play Aims For Library Fund At East Princeton School
Cast includes Tom Abraham Lincoln Betsy Ross Dan Boone and others. Proceeds from the play will support the East Princeton School library fund.
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Tom
Abraham Lincoln
Betsy Ross
Dan Boone
East Princeton School
Three Remaining Members of Large Mercer County Family
The notice reports the death of a Mercer county native aged sixty eight. He was son of Wilson D. Calfee and left a family of six children. Only three siblings survive: Mrs. G Karn Princeton, Mrs. A E B Bailey Edison, and Miss Florence Caffee Bluefield. He married Mary Jane Bailey in 1887 and lived in Idaho and Washington before dying while with his son in Idaho.
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Laine Bee
Mercer County
Wilson D. Calfee
Ints County
H. E. Russell
Princeton
Lizzie Cuff
Idaho
Kate Olson
Saskatchewan
Can
Nita Bowen
Revere
Wash
Wirt
Wilson Caffee
Coolin
Big Day at First Baptist Church Draws 1800 Attend
Sunday at the First Baptist Church featured a grand morning service with about 1800 attendees including many families and mothers. The T E L class counted 122 members while 85 men joined the Men's Bible Class. The B Y P U program praised mothers, with special tribute by Mr Bowles. A musical highlight included an original poem Mother Dear and violin by Miss Mattie Bowling. A evening evangelistic message urged fathers toward kingdom work, inspiring a local businessman to surrender to the Lord.
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First Baptist Church
Irma Riner
Bowles
Mattie Bowling
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General Electric
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Fred Schoew
Huntington Coal Body
Ohio
Golden Horse Shoe Club
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