Leon J Brandt Remembered As Stalwart Greensboro Baseball Figure
The community recalls Leon J Brandt as a steadfast baseball supporter and civic leader. He kept Greensboro’s team in the North Carolina league and shaped local youth, civic, and fraternal life through years of service as mayor, Sunday school official, and Elks member. His influence extended beyond sport to business and community mentorship.
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Leon Brandt
Greensboro
North Carolina
Greensboro Lodge
Mr. Brandt
Guilford County
Leon J. Brandt
High Point Furniture Makers take aim at baseball drama
In a lively note the High Point club dubbed the Furniture Makers plans to swing wood against the horsehide with steady pace to boost batting averages and drive in runs. The town awaits the arrival of fans and the familiar nickname in the stadium when the team rolls into town.
Aspironal touted as two minute cold remedy
An advertising claim promotes Aspironal as a two minute relief for colds and flu. It urges all druggists to refund the price if relief does not come in two minutes and describes dosage and tasting, asserting safety for infants and children.
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U. S
Wm.b.reily & Co Inc
New Orleans
Remembering Local Baseball Personalities and Oddities
The piece recalls Eugene Jarrett and Eli K Ingram amid North Carolina league lore. It recounts colorful figures like John Rees, Charlie Van Horn, Chuck, and Jessica Eldridge, plus tales of pitchers, sluggers, and humorous scenes from Cone Park and Raleigh club seasons.
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Charlie van Horn
Chuck
Greensboro Patrio's
Charlie
Jessica Eldridge
Charles van Llorn
Kelly
Raleigh
Census begins at Sing Sing prison enumeration
Daniel J. Hickey, clerk at Sing Sing, starts federal census enumeration of inmates. Twenty nine death house prisoners are labeled unemployed while others are grouped by prison labor. About 1,150 prisoners will be interviewed. Friedander and McDonough findings reduce “Not at Home” refusals.
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Ossining
N. Y
Daniel J. Hickey
Sing Sing Prison
Friedander
McDonough
Hickey
Britain Prepares to Rule Air and Sea Routes
London February 10 Major-General Sir Frederick Sykes outlined five imperial air routes at the Royal Geographical Society. Egypt anchors routes Cairo to the Cape India to Australia England to Egypt and England to Canada. He noted 43 aerodromes along Cairo to Cape and warned the next war will hinge on air mastery with Britain aiming to lead world transport by air and sea.
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London
Frederick Sykes
Royal Geographical Society
Egypt
Imperial Airways
India
Cairo
The
Cape
Australia
England
Canada
Cairo Cape
Sykes
Great Britain
Yellow Mustard For Rheumatism
A hot mustard plaster or poultice relieves rheumatic pains and related ailments. Begg's Mustarine, made from yellow mustard with added ingredients, provides strong heat without blistering and is promoted as cheaper and cleaner. Sold by druggists or mail order from Wells Co. LeRoy New York.
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Begg
C. Wells Co
LeRoy, N
Old Hickory Banner Division Tops Medal Honors
The 30th division composed of North and South Carolinians and Tennesseeans leads in Medal of Honor awards with twelve congressional medals, about 15.4 percent of total honors. The 27th division earned five medals, while Allied forces in France included the 50th and 27th fighting alongside British forces under Sir Douglas Haig.
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America
Red Buck’ Bryant
Washington
Charlotte Observer
War Department
France
Douglas Haig
Death tolls from 1918 influenza epidemic across cities
New York City reported the highest death count at 27 362 while Atlanta Georgia recorded the lowest with 212 deaths in the 1918 1919 flu pandemic.
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New York City
Atlanta
Fire destroys Chicago saloon known as Heinegabubeler's Place
Five people perished when the famed Chicago saloon Heinegabubeler's Place burned. The venue featured a notorious initiation with electric beer cups and a series of hazardous shocks. Guests faced escalating dares from tin cups to damp barrels and sliding stairs before being deemed a full-fledged heine gabublite.
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Chicago
Heinegabubeler
Heinegabublite
Secrets To Census Man No Mails Em To Wilson
A Chicago census item recounts citizens reacting with humor to census slips. One man refused to return his slip, saying it must go to Woodrow Wilson by registered letter. Another household asked the enumerator to return later after noting a new baby and offering a cigar.
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Wilson
Chicago
Fen
Woodrow Wilson
Highland Ill News Busy Local Movements And Illness
Friends note the departure of I. S. Collins to Winston Salem after a long stay in the area. R. E. Gillis's business trip to Thomasville and visit to Biscoe with his mother are recorded. Clarence Allred visits from Concord Mills. Utley returns to work after influenza recovery. Mrs. Ray Grant and children return from Statesville. Belvin Yates and Mrs. John Sizemore suffer severe influenza cases at home.
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I. S. Collins
Winston-Salem
Ray Grant
Statesville
Belvin Yates
John Sizemore
Racing and baseball events in Havana and New Orleans
Today’s calendar lists racing at the Cuba American Jockey Club in Havana and the Winter meeting of the Business Men’s Racing Association in New Orleans, along with a National meeting in baseball.
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Cuba- American Jockey Club
Havana
Business Men
New Or
American League
Woman Guns, Fists and Turpentine in Philadelphia Clash
A lone woman, Ellen Gallagher of 142 Hoffman Street, clashed with deputies seeking to enforce a writ of replevin over furniture, injuring two deputies and ejecting about twenty policemen from the residence while using a poker, monkey wrench, scalding water and turpentine.
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Philadelphia
Ellen Gallagher
Hoffman Street
Ministers Probe Chicago Wedding Trust
Chicago ministers opened an inquiry into a wedding trust alleging couples seeking marriage licenses are pressured to involve judges and city hall officials to perform the ceremonies. The investigation targets alleged coercive practices linked to licensing and knot tying by officials.
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Chicago
The Ideal Tonic Argo-Phosphate
A Boston physician calls The Ideal Tonic Argo-Phosphate the best tonic for fatigue and debility. Dispensed by J. A. Hart Drug Co.
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Boston
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Champion Gourmand Eats 18 Hamburger Sandwiches
In Rockford Illinois Claude Whitmore wins a bet by eating eighteen hamburger sandwiches in one sitting and drinking four cups of coffee. Challenger Daniel Robinson manages ten.
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Rockford
Iul
Feeb
Shannon
Claude Whitmore
Daniel Robinson
Euro-Phosphate promises relief for thin and nervous states
An article credits Bitro-Phosphate tablets with correcting phosphorous deficiency linked to extreme thinness. It claims nerve tissue uptake reduces tension and restores vigor and health, though cautions against fat gain for those avoiding weight increase.
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Grover
Champaign
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
University of Illinois
Young High Point
Eugene Jarrett
Home Niners
Eugene
Eli K. Ingram
John Rees
B. B
Cone Park
John
Frank
Umps
Gwan
Britain
Atica
Old Hickory
Pussyfoot
Johnson IN
Johnson
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Madame Taussaud
Hall of Fame
King George
Dr. Crippen
Abraham Lincoln
Abdul the Damned
Korein
Korein Co
New York
Highland
R. E. Gillis
Thomasville
Clarence Allred
Concord Mills
Biscoe
F. C. Utley
Fowler and Preckett Grocery Company
Western League
Millrose A. A
Manitoba Curling
Aff
Winnipeg
Chow Chow Club of America
Airedale Terrier Club of America
Willie Jackson
Johnny Shepard
Milwaukee
Bryan Downey
Harry Wrehn
Akron
al Roberts
Dan O'Dowd
Bayonne, N. J
Brittain, Inc
Ant
United
Sukomostein Hoc
Lelnet Etek
FF Dalley Corporations
ITO Buffalo
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