Trinity Wins Fifth Successive Contest Over Jamestown
The Trinity high school nine defeated Jamestown 15 to 0 on Jamestown’s diamond to extend their winning streak to five games. Trinity racked up 14 hits including two home runs while Jamestown had four hits off pitcher Burge. Parrish stole three bases in a row, including home, in the sixth inning.
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Trinity High School
Jamestown
Trinity
Burge
Parrish
Thomas
Pickett Mills
Iby
Pickett
Tose Hearne If
Oonas
McDowell
Cowan
Stone
Kirby Yarber
Peete
London hotel de gink aids 350 unemployed men nightly
A London garage near Victoria Station hosts 350 penniless men each night for free wash, shave, tea, bread and shelter under the Hotel de Gink plan. No questions asked, two rules apply wash and shave, with doctors and nurses providing free care as needed.
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Henry T. Russell
United Press
London
Thames Embankment
New York
Victoria Station
Kirkland Bridge
Duke of Westminster
Bridge
Pivere” Bridge
Alfred C. Bossom
Samuel G.bayne
Maidstone
Kent
Akron Launches City Farm Program to Aid Jobless
Akron undertakes a back to the farm effort by cultivating two 60 acre plots. Recruits drawn from the Salvation Army and Family Service Society prepare the soil for seed to grow crops for the destitute.
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Akron
Akron, C
Salvation Army
Family Service Society
Gold Teeth Boom In Cairo During Gold Rush
As Cairo, Egypt swells with the gold rush, many residents sell their gold teeth to traders offering immediate cash. Sellers hope to capitalize on rising bullion demand while dental jewelry markets surge.
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Cairo
Egypt
Electric milking machine worker James Moore dies
James Moore of Widnes England was killed by electrocution while operating an electric milking machine at a dairy. The incident underscores dangerous labor conditions in rural industry.
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James Moore
Widnes
England
Dykes Sees A's Reign to Return Despite Low Mood
Jimmy Dykes argues the Philadelphia Athletics will win a fourth straight pennant in the American League, despite business gloom. He notes tough competition from the Yankees and questions Washington’s late-season form, praising the club’s resilience and individual players.
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Edward J. Nets
New York
Jimmy Dykes
Athletics
Connie Mack
Jimmy
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Babe
Lou Gehrighite
Bam
Lefty Gomez
Ruffing
Pennock
Prograss
Washington
Lefty Grove
Geoge Earnshaw
Rube Walberg
Officers Find Stolen Bread Hidden In Bed
Officers recovered eighteen loaves of bread five quarts of buttermilk and one pint of sweet milk from the home of Brown and James Marshall color on Baptist Row The loot was hidden in the bed and blankets Warrants issued for the two negroes charging larceny after discovering the bread had been taken from an A and P Store on Washington Street Milk source not determined
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Reid
Brown
James Marshall
Baptist Row
A. and P
Washington Street
Roaring Radio Sparks House Fire Call in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan A J Arnold heard roasting cracking sounds from his living room radio prompting a fire department call. Firemen arrived to find the culprit was the radio. No injuries reported.
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Battle Creek
Mich
A. J. Arnold
Arnold
North Carolina Ranks High in 1931 Export Value
A Commerce Department report shows North Carolina ranked 13th among states for export value in 1931 with exports totaling 43.1 million dollars. New York led with 426.2 million, Texas 324.4 million, while six states exported under 1 million and 30 exceeded 10 million.
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North Carolina
United States
Department of Commerce
Washington
Germany
United Kingdom
New York State
Texas
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Agua Caliente
Mar
Baia
Rae
Mickey Cochrane
Yankees
Woodbury’s
Phillips
High Point
Cecil
Caldwell’s
Waterbury’s
Down
H. P
A. Jones
Tuttle
Commerc &T
WELCH
Maine
California
Welch Grape Juice Company
Snyder Bottling Co
Greensboro, N. C
Nngrape Company OF America
Offteas
Atlanta
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