End of General Carranza's romantic life history and murder
The final chapter of General Venustiano Carranza’s life ends as he is killed by one of his own generals during an uprising. He was fleeing Mexico City with a small group when shot in his sleep. Carranza’s body lies in state at Villa Juarez, with thousands filing past the coffin.
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Cirranza
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Carranza
Mexico City
Ile
Villa Jurez
Pueblo
Carranza Ving
Federico Montes Fedep
Manuel
Juan Barragan
Hod Eller
Cincinnati
Jimmy
Paoli the French boxer and Olympic hopeful profile
Paoli, a heavyweight boxer and war veteran, is described as six feet one, 240 pounds, with a two month battle after severe war injuries. He plans to represent France in field events at the Olympic Games and possibly boxing, while other players and baseball figures are noted in passing.
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Amatuer Thimpion
Siptputter
Hivower
France
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Pauli
Metr Paoli
National League clubs clash in extended game notes
Baseball scoreline details from an 11 inning National League match featuring New York and Cincinnati with players Douglas Benton Snyder Ruether Wingo Grimes Mohart Miller Elli ott Schupp Clemmons Scott O'Neil Cooper Schmidt Gausey Wiemart Gallia Tre Cincinnati finishing eleven innings. Boston and Pittsburg and Philadelphia Chicago also listed with partial scores and lineups.
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New York
Douglas
Benton
Snyder
Ruether
Wingo
Grimes
Mohart
Miller
Elliott
Schupp
Clemmons
Scott
O'Neil
Cooper
Schmidt
Gausey
Wiemart
Gallia
Tre
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Chicago
Gresser
Hendrix
Martin
Parke
O'Farrell
Veterans of Baseball and Local Politics Bespeak Morgantown Ties
The piece notes former major leaguer Charlie Hickman, nicknamed Cheerful Charley and Piano Legs, as a mayoral candidate in Morgantown Morgantown WV, with a backstory of nine major league teams including Detroit Chicago Cleveland Boston New York Philadelphia Washington and a short Toledo stint. It recounts his WVU coaching years and long local influence while hinting at a sheriff bid.
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Charles T. Mwickman
Charley
Monongalia
West Virginia
Morgantown
Charlie” Hickman
West Virginia University
West
Toledo
Hickman
Mountaineer
Sheriffs West
Legion
YACHTSMAN MAKES PLEASURE CRAFT FROM SUNK GUNBOAT OF WAR
A garbled composite recalls a yachtsman fashioning a pleasure craft from a Spanish gunboat sunk in the War of 1891. Other fragments describe a club billiard room mix up, a Lancashire revival, a heaven question at a sermon, a well behaved visit by Little Jimmy, and a quip about Hamlet’s author.
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Lancashire
Thhose
Dinner Stories and a Proves His Billiards Skill
A renowned player once boasted of superior skill and joined amateurs to demonstrate. His performance faltered, missing easy caroms, exposing overconfidence as the night exposed his flawed touch.
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