Judge Dramatizes Speeding Deaths to Five Offenders
In Chicago a judge sent five speeding defendants to view morgue victims and hospital beds to confront the consequences of reckless driving. The order, aimed at shaping impressions, followed arraignments and a weeklong case continuance. Names listed include Joseph Fitel, Louis Knatvas, A. B. Mangold, and James John O Vonnell.
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Bia
Tudge Stel
Michael Zimmer
A. W. Corcell
Western Springs
Dudie
Joseph Fitel
South
Halsted Street
Louis Knatvas
Chicago Avenue
A. B. Mangold
James John O'Vonnell
Springfield Avenue
Chaloner to Fight Lunacy Trust in Campaign Fight
John Armstrong Chaloner, heiress of an Astor fortune, plans a crusade against a so called lunacy trust. He targets a broad press audience in a two month feature series starting November 9, arguing widespread abuse in New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio and beyond. He was once confined to an asylum but later declared sane and restored to fortune.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
Vir
Hay York
United States
Sgn Wei
Chaloner
Aurios
Christine
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
New Mailand
Chinlonee
Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Hie Onan
Virginie
Soldier Declared Dead Yet Seeks Reenlistment
James Q. O Malley of Plymouth is told by Washington he is dead while Col T E Page says he is alive. His mother still receives death compensation and he requests a special assignment in the motor transportation corps as he tries to reenlist, with letters to the War Department going unanswered.
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O'Malley
Washington
War Department
Bratilley
Isco
Motor Transportation Corps
Cage
James Q. O'Malley
Risk Insurance Department
Patriot buys League of Nations stock in Birmingham case
In Birmingham an American woman named Miss Sarah Benson of Chicago urged Mrs. Blank to subscribe for League of Nations stock. The woman claimed President Wilson and Taft backed the venture and offered stock at four forty to four sixty dollars a share. Mrs. Blank, who feared exposure, reported the incident to police as a possible scam.
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Irmingham
Ala
League of Nations
Sarah Benson
Chicago
Birmingham
Wilson
William Howard Taft
League
Blink
Woman Angler Lands 225-Pound Marlin Swordfish
Mrs. Marshall Weld of Chicago and Capt. Marshall Field fished off Catalina when a swordfish weighing 225 pounds towed their boat two and a half miles toward Avalon bay. The woman never let go of the rod as the fish leapt 45 times, finally brought to gaff in Avalon bay.
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Os Angeles
Marshall Weld
Chicago
Marshall Field
Drs. Pield
Seal Rocks
Avalon Bay
What Oil Means To U S A Century Of Petroleum Power
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes sixty years since the first oil well in Pennsylvania and traces how oil’s role has expanded from illuminant to gas, fuels for engines and ships, lubricants, and medicines. It discusses byproducts, global production shifts, and future possibilities, with related notes on coal, war aid, and scientific forecasts.
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Pennsylvana
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Plate
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Mexico
United States
Lax
Pennsylvania
Necklace on Warbler and Moral Appeals in Briefs
A clipped note describes male Canadian warbler wearing a black spotted necklace and olive green throat, with slate gray back and olive brown tail, active near streams. It follows with short opinion items urging the fight against evil and a quip about longer dinner hours in a publishing joke.
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American Forestry Association
Washington
Army discipline made Ruether one of baseballs feared hurlers
In Camp Lewis accounts Captain Cook credits Walter Dutch Ruether the Cincinnati left hander with discipline that forged one of the majors most feared pitchers. An on field incident last year where Del Baker was ejected sparked Ruether to refuse a pitch and he later returned with a furious finish prompting a stern demand to pitch within thirty seconds or face removal.
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Walter Scott
Edinburgh Castle
Rentexvons
Ruether
Captain Cook
Camp Lewis
Walter
Dutch” Ruether
Cincinnati
del Baker
Portland Coast League
Slim Scote
Baker
Cook
Reather
Camp Lewis Univer
California
Ike
L Aushed Sr
Mystery Ball Used By Eddie Cicotte Sparks Baseball Debate
The article reports on Eddie Cicotte and a so called mystery or shine ball used to create uneven discoloration in the baseball. Umpires deem the ball legal though observers protest. It compares Cicotte to Joe Finneran and notes Finneran’s era involved paraffin and dirt to affect ball behavior.
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Jaime
Eddie Cicotte
Cicotte
Joe Finneran
Yankees
Comiskey Park
Chicago
Finneran
Bily Evans
Cleoke
Finnerlin
Bat Boy Quip Turns Back Brewers Gate Crash in Indianapolis Park
Jimmy McGill jokes about Clarence Rowland a Brewers manager as he and five players try to pass a gate at Indianapolis Park. A guardian barters, asking how many bat boys are needed and Rowland replies asking to count them. One bat boy is deemed sufficient.
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Jimmy McGill
Indianapolis Eand
Clarence Rowland
Brewers
Clarence
Indianapolis
McGill
Rowland
Norman Ross to Race Again in Water Carnivals
Norman Fass, Norman Ross returns from France where his victory tour astonished observers. He stands over six feet tall, weighs about 205 pounds, and uses a powerful stroke. Manager Clarence Rowland helped his ball club reach the park gate as notes of the travel and sports scene mix with the training report.
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Norman Fass
Norman Ross
France
Ross
Peppery Kid Gleason Sparking White Sox Ahead of 1919 Season
The White Sox gain life under Kid Gleason who injects pep into the team, winning the respect of veterans and recruits alike. Earlier there were factions within the club, with Rowland and Collins groups causing tension as they prepared for the 1919 season. Zeider, after leaving Toledo, is playing in LaPorte and expects a league return next year.
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Kid Gleason
White Sox
South Siders
Jim
Gleison
Sox
Zeider
Rote Zeider
Toledo
LaPorte
Ind
Hansen Best Relief Hurler, Milwaukee Scribes Say
A Milwaukee critic claims Roy Hansen, the young pitcher Rowland obtained from the Chicago White Sox, is the best relief hurler in the association. Much of his season has been spent filling in for another pitcher.
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Milwaukee
Roy Hansen
Rowland
Chicago White Sox
Parent as Manager for Hartford in Eastern League
Teddy Parent of the Boston American and Chicago shortstop fame is named as the probable Hartford manager for next season in the Eastern League. Parent and Hartford owner James H. Clarkin recently discussed the subject in Sanford Maine where Parent has run a fast semi pro club for years.
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Teddy Parent
Boston American
Chicago
Hartford
Parent
James H. Clarkin
Sanford
Rube Parnham Big Factor In League Pennant
Rube Parnham has been a big factor in winning the International League pennant for Bitmere. The right hander won two games in one afternoon, a feat noted as he may be secured by Connie Mack to help the Athletics in the American League chase next year.
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Rube Parnham
Bitmere
Connie Mack
Athletics
Browns Purchase Pitcher from Michigan Ontario League
The St. Louis Browns purchased young right handed pitcher Harry Ulrid from Bay City of the Michigan Ontario League. He is twenty six years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 169 pounds.
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Browns
St. Louis Browns
Harry Ulrid
Bay City
Harriers beat Swedish champ in half mile by yards
At the English A A A games A G HI of the Poly technic Harriers hosted by A Bolin Sweden’s top middle distance runner was defeated by 13 yards in a half mile race clocking 1 minute 541-5 seconds. The piece notes Southpaw remarks and upcoming boxing and rugby tables including Casey Stengel absence and a possible Stanford Cal rugby clash on December 6.
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Fluid Suies
A. Gi. Aen
Harriers
Het A. Bolin
Sweden
A. G. HI
Polytechnic Harriers
A. Bolin
Stanford
California
Cal
Thousands Die In Lava Stream In Singapore Eruption
Miss B E Cratten, who stayed at Bitcar village, describes the May eruption of an island volcano. Devastation included vast lava flows, darkness from rain, and widespread destruction. Reports say around fifty thousand died near Kratlu, with many towns and villages buried or burned.
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Singapore
Kalo
Diarr
WL Cratten
Biltar
Miss Critten
Uslins
Bitcar
Milks Cranen
Miss Cranen
Kratlut
Red sweater saves two men from drowning in Atlantic
A red sweater saved Frederick Swanson and John Dill from death when their canoe overturned off Rockaway Point. They floated and waved the garment, attracting help from Charles Heathwalid and Harry E. elated of Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club, who pulled them to safety after spotting the color from a distance amid choppy seas.
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New York
Atlantic
Rockaway Point
Frederick Swanson
Farragut Read
John Dill
Patterson Street
Troaklyn
Rave Hones
Charles Heathwalid
Inenranee
Macon Street
Lrackdyn
Harry E
TS Rist
Seventeenth Street
Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay
Missing Heir in Jail Traced to Philadelphia Station
A fragmentary report describes an eighteen year old BOAMTA of Shrewd Trick who claimed he foiled authorities for months. The prisoner, alias Donte Te Pola, was said to be a deserter in the Navy and hid in a prison cell before being tracked to a Philadelphia area facility. The tale, recounted with many garbled words, notes a sensational claim of a $4,000,000 fortune and hints at a long, lurid escape plot.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wardle
Vinend
Staves Navy
Saga Station Record Of A Confused Announcement
Fragmentary text mentions Saga Station and Easy WAL Creat Likes, with vague references to stories, prizes, and dates. It lists places including New York City, Washington, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and a reference to a Department and extense for Thay 7 enehed on bagua celeek. The passage remains incoherent.
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Saga
Wal
Elyim
Jay Furlangh
Toearne Boek
Bagua Celeek
Iso
Dettal
New York City
Washingteen
Derpate
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Fragmented morgue of strange dreams and incidents
A garbled jumble of misread lines describes a set of odd events and dreamlike episodes. It mentions a death, a mother, a child, a college, a Taunton Texan figure, a San Francisco dream, and scattered images like a box, a crow, and a night journey, all stitched into an enigmatic scene.
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Africa
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Scott
Pileh
Ven. Iu
BAT
Ue Rowland
Collins
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Garry J. Ratican
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Tesm
Norway
Denmark
Steel Workers
Jack Donaldson
Charter Oak
Charter Oak Park
John Cate
Yale
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Philadelphia
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Danielson
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Fisher
Ottawa
Giants
Paul Johnson
Charleston
New York Giants
Casey Stengel
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Wilde
England
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Hubby
Newark
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York
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Margy
Cresett
Vries Et Wwenithly
Tees
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Thorne
Joel Wolfe Thorne
Sherlock
William Kivin
Subway
Little Bit of
United States Naval
Abelet
Benny Whith
Phndelpha
Misa
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Gail
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