Carrigan Poised for Repeat Success with Red Sox
The article recalls Bill Carrigan leading the Boston Red Sox to the American League title and a World Series victory with Tris Speaker, noting doubts about repeating without Speaker but praising Carrigan as one of baseball's great managers.
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Ping Bodie Returns to Big Leagues with Connie Mack
Ping Bodie, once sent to the Coast League after a failed trial, has been purchased by Connie Mack. He will report in the spring to bolster the Athletics organization and aim for another shot at the majors.
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Kilbane Set for Labor Day Clash at Cedar Point
Featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane prepares for his Labor Day bout with George Caney of Baltimore at Cedar Point in Cleveland. Kilbane trains with Duke Ginley and Cal Delaney, noted brawlers who favor rough tactics to counter rushes.
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Daltimore
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Labor Day
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Duke Ginley
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Baseball Scores Across Cities Include Nine Innings
Yesterday's major league games featured lingering hits and pitching battles. Notable performances included Dell and Meyers for an abbreviated showing, while Pettine and colleagues drove runs in several tight innings across Philadelphia New York Washington and Boston matchups.
Republican Platform Alleges Civil Service Misuse
Charles H. W. Gallaway of the United States Civil Service Commission rebuts claims that Democrats created fines and new offices outside the civil service and increased costs. He states records show no increase and that government employees under civil service are more numerous now than at the start of the current administration.
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Democratic Party
Charles HW. Galloway
United States Civil Service Commission
Tunglty
Gallaway
Doctor Watches Crack Fighters Fight for World Title
Colorado Springs reports promoter Edile Pitts arranging medical scrutiny for Freddie Welch and Charley White as the world lightweight title bout nears. Dr Lennox will examine both fighters before and after training days, with additional checks on match day. Contenders Johnny Pudee and Richie Mitchell pledge to challenge the winner, with Milwaukee backers ready for a $5 000 forfeit in a New Orleans November bout. A Hundred Million Dollar club meeting will set remaining officials.
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British Sea Captain Fryatt Executed by Germans
The first photo of Capt. Charles A. Fryatt, master of the Brussels, who tried to sink a German submarine and was shot at Bruges. He remains a symbol of British resistance as news reaches the United States.
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Brussels
Bruges
United States
Widow of Captain Fryatt Receives Extra Pension Offer
The article notes a proposed extra pension of 500 dollars annually for Captain Fryatt's widow, in addition to compensation from government schemes. Great Eastern railroad is granting an additional 1250 dollar annuity to the widow, with a brief social scene describing Helen at a party and declining a second helping of ice cream.
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Great Eastern Railroad
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New York Post
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Cabinet officer learns rifle practice at Winthrop range
Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior a cabinet officer prepares by rifle practice at the Winthrop Maryland rifle range. He trains under lessons from army officers and dresses in overalls while practicing.
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Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Winthrop
Effect of War on World Business
A Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce report to Senator Simmons details how the war affected business across major nations including the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, and others. It notes a prewar normalcy, a postoutbreak decline, varied recovery timelines, and a 1916- period of strong U S activity, with statistics on imports exports gold railways bank clearings business failures and prices.
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Senate Committee On Finance
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Irish Win Highest Victory Counts in War Says Premier Ryan
Irish have secured more V. Y. C. victories relative to their numbers than any other race in the conflict, according to Mr. Joe Ryan, premier of Queens. The report notes insured bows, with unclear readings about war efforts.
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Would Introduce Baseball in Brazil
Dr Laura Muller Brazilian foreign affairs minister advocates using athletic sports to improve U S relations with South America. She toured from Atlantic City to Ottawa and noted broad interest in South American sport especially aquatics and urged introducing baseball to the region.
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Britten of the Seventh at Lyric Theatre
The Vita graph Blue Ribbon feature at Lyric Theatre portrays the Fourteenth Cavalry in a Mexican wilderness drill. Cyrus Townsend Brady writes a gripping drama where Lieutenant Dritton captures an Indian chief linked to a massacre, echoing the era’s frontier conflicts.
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Alpine Co to close run with minstrel show and burlesque acts
The Alpine Company ends four week engagement at the Atlas in Cheyenne with closing comedy today and a reprise of songs and dances in minstrel fashion Friday Saturday and Sunday. Performers are balanced in sing ers dancers and burlesque actors and are expected to deliver top performances in the final days.
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Branch Tool Shop to Locate at Basin
Casper Aug 28 J Londecker and son Foster H of Marietta Ohio have been touring the West seeking a site for a brake tool shop they will locate in Basin choosing Basin over Billings and Casper after travel and comparison of locations with local prospects and advantages.
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Basin attracts oil tool plant with skilled workers
Eastern gentlemen chose Basin after evaluating inducements offered by the town. The new plant will hire about a dozen skilled mechanics and produce high grade tools while performing all repair work for the oil drilling industry.
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Commad o Teacher Joins Sheridan High School Faculty
John Earl Hewitt, former Aspen high school principal, elected instructor of mathematics and coach at Sheridan high school to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Tuttle’s resignation. Hewitt, Drake University graduate from Des Moines, brings years of teaching experience.
Arrest in Section House Robbery at Laramie
Aug. 23 Officer Skinner arrested Tom Smith a white man for breaking into the section house at section No. 10% in the east end of the yards and stealing a book of two cent stamps a pocket book with 109 dollars and part of a box of cartridges He had the stamp book and shells when arrested and Jerry Barboto an Italian laborer found the purse later with a missing ten dollar bill
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Fragmentary Jail Transfer Note Incomplete
A fragmentary OCR item notes a man in the city jail awaiting transfer to county officials. It mentions locating a plated item and a discarded purse, with details unclear from the readable text.
Personal Waste Biggest Tax in Daily Life
A Lyndon-style critique urges readers to scrutinize everyday waste from water to electricity and warns Standard Oil would fail if run on household pennies. It notes safety strides by President Rea’s railroad and mentions a family injury, a boy’s arm fracture from Laramie.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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