League Standings And Results Amid Season action
Yesterday's results across the American and National Leagues show varied outcomes. At New York the St. Louis nine defeated the Mets 13 to 6, while Boston hosted Detroit and Philadelphia split with Cleveland in the opening game. Washington and Chicago split their pair, and in the National League New York edged Pittsburgh 2 to 1 as Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 6 to 1. Next games list key matchups across multiple cities including Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington, Cleveland, and Chicago.
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Philadelphia
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Louis Apichelen
Kashmir Triumphs In Melrose Stakes At Empire City
Kashmir ridden by J J Hallenbeck wrapped and paced to win the Metrone Selling Stakes at Empire City by a length and a half over Yellow Hand with Elmendorf third in a small field. The result followed a prior performance where Kashmir busked in a flood at Aqueduct with Elmendorf second, raising questions about the bandages effect.
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J. J. Hallenbeck
Kashmir
Empire City
Delhi
T. Wilson
Yellow Hand
Elmendorf
Yellow Mand
Aqueduct
Knights of Columbus to carry giant flag to France and Rome
The Knights of Columbus will take the largest silk American flag, 36 by 46 feet, from New York on August 7 led by Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty to unveil Lafayette statue in Metz on August 21, then fly the flag at the Vatican on September 1 during a papal visit. The voyage includes delegates from every state and a celebration tied to Allied leaders and officials.
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United States
France
Knights of Columbus
Europe
New York
Supreme
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Knights
New Yorker
Lafayette
Marshal Foch
Metz
William J. McGinley
Rome
Vatican
Marcel Knecht
French High Commission
Paris
Millerand
Khaki and Kilts as Currency in Africa
Cast-off uniforms become currency in Africa as natives trade for khaki and occasional kilts to exchange ivory rubber and other wealth. The piece notes colonial trade views, unrest over British army attire, and a warden offering work to a prisoner in a prison setting.
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Africa
Plaza theatre ready for Making Movies and big night bill
The Plaza theatre prepares for a major week with Making Movies featuring a local cast of about a hundred. A moving picture is filmed each show, and audiences will see themselves on screen next week. Four days of cinema and vaudeville begin Sunday with Gladys Brockwell in White Lies and Eddie Polo in The Vanishing, Dagger.
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Maddern
Gladys Brockwell
Charles Reade
Motion Picture News
Matthew A. Taylor
Misa Brockwell
Eddie Polo
Will Evans
Lato
Plaza
Lynn
Una Wesley
Hackeréam
C. Hadden Chambers
Herbert Rawlinson
de Page
Yorkey
Dutiel
Corey
Jean
Val
Charlie
Satin moths invade Medford Malden trees in Massachusetts
European satin moths not previously seen in the United States have infected Medford and Malden, targeting poplar trees. A. F. Burgess at the USDA bureau of entomology plans a life history study to curb spread. The white satin moth attacks poplar oak and willow, with larvae about one and a half inches long and yellowish with white dorsal blotches.
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Melrose Highlands
Mass
Medford
Malden
A. F. Burgess
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
British Isles
Germany
Spain
Italy
Asia
Our Vigilant Cousins and the Petroleum Shift
The piece contrasts American pride in petroleum dominance with Britain's strategic push to secure global and domestic oil production. It warns that Britain aims to mortgage future output, implying the U S will soon owe footing to forethought abroad as the world adjusts from American petroleum preeminence.
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Britain
United States
School Days and Lost Time in Memo Page Fragments
Fragmented OCR passage shows garbled phrases about school days and memory, mentioning years and days. Names and dates are unclear, but the piece evokes a diary like reminiscence of lessons and instructions with broken lines and scattered terms.
Special Bulletin on Typhoid Fever
Connecticut health officers and the State Department of Health coordinate a state wide typhoid fever survey. Investigations seek infection sources through water milk sanitation and patient histories, with carriers identified and vaccines urged to prevent secondary cases. Laboratory tests for carrier status occur at the New Haven bureau with specimen kits available by writing to 35 Huntington Street.
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Connecticut
State Department of Health
New Haven
Bureau of Laboratories
Huntington Street
Wool held in Texas warehouses as market opens
Dallas officials report more than 2,000,000 pounds of wool stored across Texas warehouses awaiting September market reopening. Prices are depressed with bidders as low as 25 cents per pound, far below historical 70 to 75 cent ranges. Scientists note earth tremors in Tahiti easing while astronomy figures describe the universe as about 30,000 light years across.
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Dallas
Texas
C. O. Moser
Moser
Jitneys Trouncing Mass Transit Sparks Regulation Battle
Boston July 17 a Massachusetts public utilities report warns jitney buses in fierce competition with street railways cannot endure without disaster to one or both. It urges strict regulation, noting streetcars may offer cheaper better service if jitneys are properly controlled and phased out.
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Boston
Massachusetts
State Department of Public Utilities
The Astors and John Jacob Astor's Rise to Wealth
John Jacob Astor born in Waldorf Germany July 17 1763 came to America in 1783 to sell musical instruments. A fellow passenger steered him toward fur trading in New York where he learned the trade and became an agent for a London firm. He opened the United States first wareroom for musical instruments and financed a Pacific Northwest expedition that led to his great fortune. He died in 1848 leaving heirs about 20 million largely in New York real estate.
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John Jacob Astor
Waldorf
Germany
America
New York
London
United States
Pacific Northwest
Astor
Length of large dirigible hangar increased at Lakehurst
Lakehurst New Jersey July seventeenth the Navy Department ordered a 200 foot increase in the length of the giant air hangar under construction here to house two trans Atlantic airships the Leviathan size. The revised hangar will be 1000 by 318 by 200 feet with electric double doors and a wind break nearly 600 feet long. Construction progress is satisfactory with 400 personnel, including civilians, at work under the Civil Engineers Corps.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
United States
England
Marine Corps
Flanders
Civil Engineers Corps of the Navy
May discontinue steamship line in near future
Boston July 17 The Mediterranean Boston service of the White Star line may be discontinued after delays caused by port health rules. Ship Cretic to New York. Canopic due August 5 may also sail there. Negotiations between Washington and Rome aim to resolve the dispute and determine the Boston route's fate.
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Boston
Mass
White Star Line
Sidney J. Jackson
International Mercantile Marine Company
Ganople
Cretie
New York
Naples
United States Public Health
Cretic
State Department
Washington
Rail crossing safety studies highlight driver inattention
Illinois Central and Southern Pacific tests show 75 percent of drivers fail to stop look or listen at crossings while 12 percent of accidents occur when machines stall on tracks. Many drivers fear no danger and rush time, ignoring the need to pause for trains. The piece notes a common scene at a Child Welfare Conference with family gathering to prepare annual jam supply.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Southern Pacific Toad
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