Pirates Lead NL Pace With Wins as Other Teams Split
August 4 report shows the Pirates beating the Phillies twice, lifting Pittsburgh one and a half games ahead. Athletics outlasted the White Sox 3 2 after a pitching duel. Detroit beat Washington as New York and Cleveland split. Cubs topped Brooklyn 7 4, Reds won 3 1, and Browns split with St Louis in a day of 3 2 and 7 4 scorelines.
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Philadelphia
Pirates
Phillies
St. Louis
Cardinals
Greenfield
Scott
Giants
McKechnie
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Rommel
Faber
Detroit
Tigers
Washington Senators
Paw
Washington
Sam Jones
Yanees
Cleveland
Blake
Brooklyn Robins
Chicago Cubs
Zech Wheat and Company
Cincinnati
Cooney
Oston
Reds
Vangilder
Girard
Browns
Herb Juice Endorsed by Gastonia Policeman
Gastonia’s Sergt. W. M. Parrish promotes Herb Juice, claiming relief from yearlong constipation and indigestion after three bottles. He asserts renewed health, appetite, and energy, with his family also using the product. A HERB JUICE representative has set up at Matton Drug Co. in High Point to share benefits.
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Gastonia
Sergt. W. M. Parrish
Sergt. Parish
Herb Juice Laboratories
Mat‘ton Drug. Co
High Point
Herb Juice
Louis Delivers Pitching Classic Against Red Sox
Louis spun a pitching gem against Boston as the Red Sox managed only five hits. All three singles came off Giard in the first half. Ehmke pitched the full game for the losers, though not by choice, as Western club hitters raked his deliveries for many safeties.
Baseball scores from Piedmont and other leagues
Results show Piedmont League Danville 4 Greensboro 0 and multiple scores across American League National League Virginian South Atlantic Southern Association and International leagues including notable games such as Cleveland 2 New York 3 Boston 3 Cincinnati 1 and Syracuse 9 8 Toronto 10 6 plus Toledo at Indianapolis not played yesterday.
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Toronto
Rochester
Buffalo
Reading
Providence
American Association
Toledo
Indianapolis
Florida State League scores brief
In the Florida State League Tampa 2 St. Petersburg 1 Sanford 0 Lakeland 1. The compact recap notes Tampa led St. Petersburg by two, while Sanford was blanked and Lakeland edged a 1 0 result.
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St. Petersburg
Sanford
Lakeland
Today’s Games Across Minor and Major Leagues
Piedmont League features Greensboro at Danville Salisbury at Raleigh Winston-Salem at Durham American League schedule includes St Louis at Boston Detroit at Washington Cleveland at New York Chicago at Philadelphia New York at St. Louis Brooklyn at Chicago Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Other games not scheduled South Atlantic shows Charlotte at Knoxville Columbia at Asheville Augusta at Greenville Macon at Spartanburg Virginia League has Richmond at Portsmouth Kinston at Rocky Mount Wilson at Norfolk.
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New York
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
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Washington
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Asheville
Columbia
Spartanburg
Macon & Knoxville
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Windel
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Southern Association
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Macon
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Norfolk
Falls Three Stories But He Will Recover
GREENSBORO August 4. E D Whitmire of Charlotte fractured his skull today when he fell from a building under construction dropping three stories from a steel girder. A two inch plank his body struck in the fall was broken. An experienced steel worker he is in a very serious condition but has a chance to recover after being placed in a hospital.
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E. D. Whitmire
Charlotte
Walker faces uncertain future as champion suspension looms
Chicago reports say welterweight champion Mickey Walker seeks fight with Billy Wells while New York commission contemplates suspending Walker and Dempsey for not meeting obligations. Dempsey faces dethronement as Wills Tunney title plans surface, with Tex Rickard arranging fall bout plans.
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Mickey Walker
New York State Athletic Commission
Walker
Billy Wells
Great Britain
East Chicago
New York Commission
Jack Dempsey
Dave Shade
Harry Wills
Shade
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Dempsey
Wills
California
New York
New York Boxing Commission
Gene Tunney
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Pitiful scene near Reidsville on road reported
Aug 4 near Reidsville a motorist found a black woman and five children stranded on the roadside. The mother, barely alive, said they walked toward a construction camp called Ninety-Six to join her husband. Locals provided aid and the family pressed on.
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Reidsville
Much Needed Rain Falls in High Point Last Night
Rain drenched High Point breaking a month drought and preventing potential crop and water losses. Since July 4 only four light showers had fallen, leaving fields dry. The recent downpour is estimated to be worth thousands to the local area.
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High Point
Recall Conference Set by Coolidge on Farm Aid Plan
Swampscott August 4 President Coolidge will recall his agricultural conference to map a legislative program for farm aid and related measures. The move signals renewed White House attention to boosting farm prosperity through new policy proposals and cooperation with lawmakers.
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Swampscott, Mast
Coolidge
Little Realty Market Quiet With Seven Deeds Filed
In Guilford County yesterday activity was light as seven deeds were recorded at the register of deeds office. Transactions include H. M. Coble to W. G. Starr for a $5000 lot, Florence Winfree and Jesse Winfree dower in a Bruce Township acre for $400, Lela Cotrell to Jesse Winfree for the same lot at $1000, Jesse Vincannon to Charles P. Jaces for a High Point Amod Avenue lot at £500, Milton Simver to R. C. Gabril for a Willonas Terrace High Point lot at $1590, J. L. Kelsey to Mrs. Martha Murphy for Hill and Aled High Point Township lot at an unspecified price, and R. B. Amos to Rev. D. Hoskins for a College Terrace High Point lot at $1,000.
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Registerer of Deeds
H. M. Coble
W. G. Starr
Florence Winfree
Jesse W. Winfree
Bruce Township
Lela W. Cotrell
Jesse Vincannon
Charles P. Jaces
Amod Avenur
High Point
Milton Simver
R. C. Gabril
Willonoas Terrace
J. L. Kelsey
Martha Murphy
Hill and
Aled
Spitfire on Broadway star Betty Blythe leads one night show
Betty Blythe heads the all star cast in Murray W Garason's Spitfire at the Broadway tomorrow only. She portrays a rich society girl who is forced from her grandfather's house by anger and schemes. Bilott Dexter plays the hero, Lowell Sherman the villain in a rooftop fist fight atop a New York skyscraper. Robert Warwick Pauline Garon and Burr McIntosh co star directing by William Christy Cabanne.
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Blythe
Murray W. Garason
Bilott Dexter
Villian
Lowell Sherman
Dexter
New York
Robert Warwick
Pauline Garon
Burr McIntosh
William Christy Cabanne
Kerr Seeks Reinstatement In Chicago White Sox
Dick Kerr, hero of the 1919 World Series, seeks reinstatement to organized baseball after probation, with AL president Ban Johnson endorsing action. Kerr plans to join the White Sox in Boston once absolution is granted, having left the majors over a reserve clause dispute and semi pro play in the Midwest.
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Dick’ Kerr
Ban B. Johnson
Kerr
St. Louis
Chicago American
Kenesaw M. Landis
Boston
White Sox
Cincinnati Nationals
Eddie Cicotte
Claude
Judge Schenck Defends Prohibition Enforcement in Guilford Court
Hendersonville judge Michael Schenck opened Guilford Superior Court, insisting courts can enforce any law the people back, including the prohibition statute. He traced the first NC prohibition act to Cleveland County and urged strict enforcement to protect homes, children, and women, condemning landlords who refuse families with children.
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Greensboro
Michael Schenck
Hendersonville
Guilford Superior Court
North Carolina
New Carolina
Cleveland County
Schenck
Murder charge in High Point case against John Whitener
Grand jury began work after the charge and court business. Among 70 docketed cases the top item accuses John Whitener, a High Point negro, of fatally wounding Policemen Reeves and Claywell of that city.
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John Whitener
High Point
Reeves and
Claywell
Body Ambassador Taken to Tokyo for Funeral Rites
The body of Edgar A. Bancroft American ambassador to Japan died in Karuizawa last week. It will arrive in Tokyo on Wednesday on a special government car with a military guard of honor. In state at St Andrews procathedral before sailing aboard the cruiser Tama to Honolulu on August 16 and San Francisco on August 22. Honorary pallbearers include foreign ministers and ambassadors from several nations. The emperor and empress sent a wreath and numerous condolence messages.
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Edgar A. Bancroft
Japan
Karuizawa
Foreign Office
St. Andrews Procathedral
United States
Baron Shidehara
Charles Eliot
New York Cotton Advances Amid Mixed Crop Signals
An early jump of 3 to 12 points in New York cotton reflected strength in Liverpool and private crop reports predicting lower yields than the last bureau. Demand came mainly from shorts and New Orleans interests. Despite limited business, the market held a steady undertone with prices near opening levels after the first hour as showers fell in southern Texas and overall crop prospects were favorable.
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New York
Liverpool
Shorts
New Orleans
Texas
University issues two bulletins on extension matter
The University of North Carolina extension division released two bulletins. One covers Good Books of 1924-25 and a program for women’s clubs by Misa Cornelia Spencer Love. The other, Studies in the History of Contemporary Europe by Professor Chester P. Higby, outlines aims to acquaint Americans with Europe’s history and current events.
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Enterprise Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Misa Cornelia Spencer Love
Europe
Chester P. Higby
History Department
University
Higby
United States
Wilson
Enchanted Vacation Land at George Vanderbilt Hotel Asheville
Hints invite travelers to Asheville describing blue haze over ancient mountains and a scenic land beyond the eye. The George Vanderbilt Hotel atop Asheville's highest hill offers comfort, charm, and courteous service with golf tennis and swimming among premier facilities nearby shops theaters and mountain roads.
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America
George Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
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