Slumps and Standings Stir Baseball and Boxing News
The piece tracks Ross Young’s batting slump for the Giants and compares him with Eddie Roush and others amid batting averages shifts. It also touches on boxing match notes including Dempsey and Benny Leonard, and hints at golf course changes as nine holes vanish.
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National League Swatters
Daubert
Groh
Wheat
L&t
Eddie Rough
Ross Young
Rousch
Young
Chasey
Elks Honor Hine Of Ansonia In Parade Service
John J. Hine, past exalted ruler of Ansonia lodge Elks, named one of the aides to the grand enquirer for the Victory parade in Atlantic City on July 7. This is his fourth appointment as an aid, following mounted roles in Los Angeles Rochester and Baltimore parades.
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Ansonia
John J. Hine
Ansonia Lodge
Elks
The
Gates Half-Sole Tires Claim Long Life and Low Cost
The Gates Half-Sole Tire debuts in New England after widespread use in the West and South with over 500,000 owners reporting long life beyond 6,000 miles and up to 20,000 miles. The company offers free tube repair, free tire changes, and on-site demonstration by The McMinn Tire Co.
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New England
McMinn Tire Co
Bridgeport Elks Parade To Wallingford Tonight
More than 150 members of Bridgeport Lodge Elks will travel by special train at 5:30 PM to Wallingford for the ceremony inaugurating a new lodge. The Wheeler and Wilson band will accompany, Mayor Wilson leads the line, and out of town visitors are to be guests at a Wallingford social session officiated by District Deputy Joseph C. Ivers.
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Bridgeport Lodge
Elks
Wallingford
Wheeler
Wallingford' Lodge
Joseph C. Ivers
Thorne Plans Details Of Widows Pension Act
Charities Supt. Angus P Thorne conferred in Hartford yesterday with Col Robert O Haton administrator of the widows relief and state pauper departments recently put unto the state treasury Information and blank forms on the widows pension act are to be sent to the selector in each town all city charity departments and county commissioners Any applications for aid can be made through any of those organizations.
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Angus P. Thorne
Hartford
Robert O. Haton
Widows’ Relief
State Treasury
Eastern League Scores and Upcoming Games Summary
Yesterday Waterbury beat Bridgeport 7 to 4 while Worcester defeated Pittsfield 4 to 3 and Hartford won 4 to 5 over Providence New Haven lost to Springfield 5 to 1. Tonight Bridgeport visits Worcester Waterbury plays Pittsfield New Haven meets Springfield Providence at Hartford.
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Bridgeport
Pittsfield
Worcester
Providence
New,Haven
Springfield
Hartford
New Haven
P.C
TEWU
ASB
Fragmented gossip and sports chatter from a bygone column
A noisy jumble mentions names and phrases about Parr Reezy and Tre Will, a dentist joke, a tax note, and political snubs. It references Woody, Dempsey, Willard, the White Sox, Comiskey, and the Braves, with scattered lines on certificates and golf. The text reads as disjointed chatter rather than a coherent news item.
Fragmentary 1920s sports and politics chatter note
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions Washington fans, pennant races, trolley to Baltimore, H-bomb talk, A A U officials, peace treaty word count, and Dempsey scuffle. It weaves sports, politics, and odd phrases without clear events or dates.
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de Palma
Washington
Baltimore
Wills Defeats Johnson in New Orleans Heavyweight Bout
Harry Wills from New Orleans outboxed John Lester Johnson in an eight round fight at Jersey City. Johnson scored a knockdown in the last round with a right hook, but Wills answered in the third to floor Johnson.
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Jersey ‘City
Harry Wills
New Orleans
Lester Folingon
New York
Johnson
Name New Committees Form At Transportation Subdivision Meeting
An organization meeting of the transportation sub-division of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday. Committees were chosen to address topics on rates and service, aviation, routes, and related legislation.
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Chambi of Commerce
Patriots Save Fort Washington Site From Development
June 10 The Fort Washington site in New York was saved by patriotic Washington Park residents who paid 186000 to keep the historic area intact. The 36 lots from James Gordon Bennett’s Washington Heights estate were sold at auction to fund the Gordon Bennett home for aging New York journalists.
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New York
Old Fort Washington
Washington Park
Fortress
Washington Heights
James Cordon Bennett
Bennett
Gordon Bennett
Shelton Plumbing Board Names Inspectors in New Ordinance
June 10 The board of aldermen adopted a plumbing ordinance to be approved by Mayor F J Nettleton. It provides for a plumbing inspector and an assistant inspector to be appointed, naming James Guider and John Preston respectively. Guider is a journeyman, Preston a master plumber. The ordinance blends drafts from the health officer, the plumbers, and corporation council.
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Shelton
Board of Aldermen
F. J. Nettleton
James Guilder
John Preston
Guider
Preston
Plumbers
Corporation Cuncet
Obermeier's Jews War Loyalty Claim Cited in Speech
Former New York deputy attorney general Obermeier denounced the claim that Jews founded Bolshevism as false and libelous. He argued Jewish service to the country is shown by conscription, wartime casualties, and service stars. The event included initiations, speeches by lodge leaders, and musical selections by Corporal Horwitz.
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Leonart
Obermeier
New York
Harmony Lodge
Siemund Loewith
Isaac Moss
Maximilian Stein
Joseph Shapirn
Corporal Horwitz
France
George Greenspun
Mayor Nettleton Leaves for Atlantic City Meeting
Mayor Wyes Nettleton departed for Atlantic City to attend the American Medical Association annual meeting in session through Friday. Alderman William Holmes will act as mayor in his absence.
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Nettlet
Shelton
Wyes Nettleton
Atlantic’ City
American Medical ‘Association
William Holmes
Hoboes Eligible for Sociology Study at College
A College invites discharged soldiers and Hoboes to enroll in sociology related courses. The program aims to offer post graduate options in industrial and public speaking topics, with a two hour job search starting the day and closing at 3 80 p m for inquiries.
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Hobo Gisaas
Eads
St. Louis
Asl
Kokoes
Will
Ayitha
Howsaya
Chicago
Cincinnati
Lithuanian Protest Meeting Planned in Bridgeport
Lithuanian residents of Bridgeport plan another protest meeting. A recent gathering adopted resolutions forwarded to a Lithuanian convention being held this week in Chicago.
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Bridgeport
Lithuanian tensions and Jewish safety amid contested territory
Fragmentary notes reference independence concerns and Russian Bolshevik influence, urging evacuation of Lithuanian lands and calling for Poles to halt alleged attacks on Jews. The text suggests regional conflict and ethnic safety debates during a period of upheaval.
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