Decatur Fans Read Menke On Chicago Leaguers Outlaws
Sport-a-Scope notes Frank Menke’s plan to visit Chicago Federal League Outlaws camps and report conditions as found. The Decatur Daily will feature his articles and provide updates as spring windups approach in 1915. Eddie Collins and Kaiser Bill receive press mention amid season chatter.
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Decaturs
Frank Menke
Menke
Outlaws
Chicago
Decature Daily
I. N
Kaiser Bill
Eddie Collins
Edward
Chicago White Sox
H “‘WiWaya
Eddie
Geo. Washington
Smith
St. Marys
Ohio
Duquesse University
Pittsburg
Tinker
Joe Tinker
Wwt
Grabane George Stallings
Zwilling, Flacker
Charles Han
Buffalo Fed
Star Shortstop Jimmy Smith Emerges For Whales Camp
Frank G. Menke reports 19 year old Jimmy Smith drawing attention at Shreveport spring training for the Chicago Federals nicknamed The Whales. Smith shows elite speed fielding range and a rifle-like arm, with Tinker grooming him as potential regular shortstop.
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Shreveport
Jimmy Smith
Chicago Federals
the Whales
Smith
Joe Tinker
Tinker
Whales train with Tinker lineup and new hopefuls
Joe Tinker praised the Whales depth for 1916 training camp. Bearded rookie Guy Beard shows strong pitching potential with speed spin and curves. Bill Fischer and Charlie Clemens hold catching roles as Ed Wagner and Dave Black compete. Rankin Johnson dazzles with twisters while Miner Brown and Mike Prendergast push for jobs.
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Bill Fischer
Brooklyn Dodgers
Charlie Clemens
Browns
Whales
Ed Wagner
Chicago
Tinker
Guy Beard
Beard
Ottumwa
Princeton
Ilinois
Rankin Johnson
Red Sox
Naps
Dave Black
Ervin Lange
Mike Prendergast
Peoria
Illinois
Miner Brown
Brown
Ad Brennan
Oreetime
Phillies
Claude Hendrix
Pirates
Louisiana State Fair Grounds
Shreveport
Joe Tinker
School of Whales
PHONE 46 and SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BEATUR DAILY
The fragment urges readers to call or subscribe for a daily publication. No clear events, people, or organizations are identified beyond the generic offer. The readable part centers on a subscription pitch and phone contact.
Lewis Stock Company Opens Week at Masonic Theatre
The Lewis Stock Company began a week long engagement at the Masonic theatre to a crowded house. Audiences praised the company as the best popular troupe to have played in Decatur, with well delivered roles and pleasing vaudeville interludes. The mixed quartet impressed with strong harmony and is expected to become popular.
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Lewis Stock Company
Masonic Theatre
Lewis Company
Decaturs
It's a Long Way to Tipperary at Star and Delite Theatres
The photoplay It's a Long Way to Tipperary plays at Star and Delite with basso contante Jesse Quidley. Molly Mal loy faces two suitors Mike Maloney and Paddy Rooney as war breaks in. The lovers’ quarrel ends in enlistment and tragedy as Rooney dies on a perilous scouting mission.
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Tipperary
Star
Delite
Lip+scomb
Jesse Quidley
Basso Contante
Molly Malloy
Mike Maloney
Paddy Rooney
Molly
Maloney
Rooney
Mike
Paddy
Dr Hughes argues for four thousand year world timeline
Dr. T. G. Hughes delivered the first division of his lecture The Alpha and Offices of the Plan of Salvation at the R R Y M C A on a Sunday afternoon. He criticized four million year estimates and geology claims while linking Genesis to Malachi to show God’s plan for the Saviour. Joseph the Hebrew minister was praised, with N B Peake leading singing and Mrs Herman L Turner at the piano. A postmeeting Federated Bible classes session followed.
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T. G. Hughes
Ussher
Hughes
Dardenelles
Hey
Joseph
Ancient
Egypt
N. B. Peake
Herman L. Turner
Constable and Bowolmer Sued by Mrs Murphy
Suit filed today by Attorneys Wert and Lynn for Sallie Murphy against Constable Newt Thompson and bondsmen L. O. Stout and L. W. Newton for 300 damages. Complaint claims property levied on illegally during a writ from T. J. Newsom Justice Court amid financial difficulties at J. W. Murphy grocery company.
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Wert and Lynn
Sallie Murphy
Newt Thompson
L. O. Stout
L. W. Newton
T. J. Newsom Justice Court
J. W. Murphy Grocery Company
Curing Indigestion with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
In this 20th century piece the author condemns overreliance on new feeding theories and urges exercise for stomach muscles. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic tonic to strengthen digestion, improve blood quality, and counter indigestion, inviting sick people to write for private consultation.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
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