Meanwell Back at Wisconsin to Build New Badger Perennial
Dr. Walter Meanwell returns to Wisconsin after three years to coach a lean Badger squad of novices and ex football players. He aims to remake the team around a fast short pass game while focusing on next season’s freshman talent, after a career of Big Ten titles and high winning percentages.
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Meanwell
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Harvard
Illinois
Badger
Wisconsin
University of Maryland
University of Missouri
Missouri
Baseball magnates clash over Landis overhaul plan
The piece critiques American League power brokers as they seek to tax Judge Landis with old feuds. It notes Landis’s outsider view, questions inside access, and urges a silent, constructive approach to heal the rift. Pop Anson weighs in on Landis’s tenure amid the quarrel.
Chicago White Sox Sign Bud King for Tryout
Lexington Ky report that the Chicago White Sox have added young pitcher Bud King who will be given a tryout. King pitched 25 games last summer in semi pro baseball and won 21 of them.
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Lexington
Chicago White Sox
Stanley
Bud) King
Florida Welcomes Business Traveler Golf Surge
Tampa reports a flood of northern businessmen turning Florida into a golf tourism hub. The state notes no shortage of courses and a growing demand for new links as more wintersiders migrate to sun and fairways.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Syracuse Univ Baseball Plans 1920 Schedule Return of Varsity
Syracuse University announces a 30 game schedule for the 1920 season. The entire varsity squad is expected to be back in harness to begin play.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Walking Encyclopedia of Baseball Farrell Screens Landis Secretary Role
John H. Farrell secretary treasurer of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues is valued as a walking encyclopedia of baseball facts. He kept books on 22 leagues and 156 cities last season and tracked 4,691 players, fueling speculation he could fill Landis's one man baseball commission secretary post. John J. Pershing earns 21000 a year as ranking general with 7500 for quarters heat and light.
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National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Landis
Judge Landis
Baseball Commission
National Association of Profession Baseball Leagues
Farrell
United States
Canada
National Association
Kansas City
John J. Pershing
United States Army
Chinese Soldier Returns Via Gate Forbidden to Him
Jim King Wong, a U S army veteran, seeks to travel from El Paso to China to show his honorable discharge but faces immigration rules barring Chinese departures through Paso. After serving in France, he presses his grievance with Colonel N Lapowski of the American Legion, who petitions Washington for permission.
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Tex
Jim King Wong
China
United States Army
Jim
Paso
France
Il Paso
Mexico
Department of Labor
Washington
N. Lapowski
American Legion
El Paso Soldiers Form Strong Police Reserve
El Paso Tex Jan 3 Two hundred fifty members of the American Legion have been accepted as a reserve police force. They serve without pay and will be used in any emergency to bolster local police against criminals.
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EL Paso
Tex
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American Legion
Frank Hickey Finds Children in Lincoln
Frank Hickey reunites with his three children in Lincoln after a period apart. The children were left by their mother in an Omaha orphanage while Hickey, recently acquitted of a murder charge, faced divorce proceedings. The mother fled with the kids following the trial.
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Frank Hickey
Lincoln
Sundanch
Wyo
Neb
Hickey
Workers to Resume Full Time at Interwoven Mills
Martinsburg West Virginia January 8 Interwoven Mills Incorporated with 1600 workers will reopen on a full time schedule Monday morning after a three week shutdown. Company officials said the continuation of full time work hinges on industry developments and that a 20 percent wage cut announced ten days ago will take effect Monday.
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Martinsburg
West
Interwoven Mills, Incorporated
Whiskey Smuggling Increasing Problem
Whiskey smuggling is rising in El Paso Texas as authorities report more arrests and seizures. The movement involves cross border trafficking and illegal distilleries, prompting new enforcement actions and calls for stricter patrols.
Smugglers Shift Tactics Across Mexican Border
W. W. Carpenter, collector of customs, says key smugglers now cross in bands of ten or more and hide liquor on the Mexican side awaiting chances to slip it into the United States. Laborers are used to carry whiskey, often unaware of U S prohibition law, approached with promises of free inspection and fees.
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W. W. Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
United States
Ireland’s hotel hall porter acts as gatekeeper for travelers
Dublin dispatch notes that visitors in Ireland must disclose full personal and professional details to hotel staff upon arrival. The hall porter, a living repository of guests and staff knowledge, serves as a gatekeeper to trust, with outsiders facing suspicion unless credentials or a local connection are provided.
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Ireland
Dublin
Good Resolutions Is His Name
An altered late 19th century Ireland mood is described with public conversations muted and furtive glances exchanged, creating a sense of restraint where kinship and communal accountability feel diminished.
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Ireland
Bland, Father of 34, Must Have Big Wardrobe With This Aid
Washington January 3. Representative Small of North Carolina has long provided Bland, a Caroline farmer and constituent, with a new suit for each additional child. With Bland’s family growing to 34, the caregiver notes the contract ends with Small’s retirement March 3. Despite 26 children at home, Bland says raising many children is no harder than ten, and his grocery bill runs about 150 dollars weekly.
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Small
North Carolina
R. O. Bland
Bland
Congress
Robersonville
Here
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