Piggy Peserem Returns as High Point Team hired Pitcher
The High Point base ball club plans to bring back Piggy Peserem a semi pro pitcher last year now wearing a High Point uniform again. Officials say the move keeps the club competitive as it expands into organized baseball this season. Peserem reportedly shifted from Stokesdale to Summerfield area and was courted for his pitching and fielding talents amid tobacco industry pressures and local team needs.
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Peserem
High Point
Nan Weearing
Piggy
Stokesdale
Summerfield
SCG
Hornets
Organized
Pegram
Felix Havinan
Aspironal hype and local baseball moves spark town chatter
An ad proclaims Aspironal as a fast acting cold remedy with money back guarantee and broad endorsements. Meanwhile High Point sports notes discuss Pegram and Bitting contracts, Conley and Wood acquisitions, and pending team additions as fans await official announcements.
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Bitting
Pegram
Rem Charlotte
Conley
Wood
Hornets
High Point
Tads Tid Bits on Boxers and Local Happenings
Eastern fans hype Bob Fitzsimmons and boxing’s lineage, noting greats like Mike Donovan Alecc Greggins Abe Attell and Stanley Ketchel. The piece mixes boxing legends with city concerns about sprinkling pipes at the ball yard and hot dog prices, ending with a portrait of Marl Bhitting and Marl Bhitting’s abilities and potential season impact.
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Bob
Fitzsimmons
Ireland’s Mahoney Brought Into Dempsey Stable
Jack Kearns’s Los Angeles wire notes Eddy Mahoney, famed Pacific coast Irish lightweight, joins heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey’s stable. He predicts Mahoney the greatest lightweight prospect since Britt and Ritchie, with two Irish champions likely within six months.
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Tad
Evening Journal
New York
Eddy Mahoney
Pacific Coast
California
Jimmy Britt
Willie Ritchie
Jack Dempsey
Ireland
Mahoney
High Price Food Sparks Reflection on Value and Baseball Feats
A local reminiscence compares hitting power to Babe Ruth and laments rising prices on meals and meat. The piece notes bean dishes could become luxury items if prices continue and observes downtown workers struggle to afford meals, including late-night suppers.
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High Point
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Yellow mustard plaster for backache and lumbago
An old remedy compares a traditional mustard plaster with Begg’s Mustarine for relief from backache inflammation and swelling. Begg’s claims quicker, cleaner relief without blistering, stating heat eases pain and offering the product for 69 cents plus mail or in stores.
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Begg
Racing and club events across Havana and New Orleans
The Cuba American Jockey Club hosts a winter meeting in Havana and the Business Men's Racing Association runs a winter event in New Orleans. Two cows died after falling in the patch and were driven out. Also listed are the Beach Show by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia and the Cuban Amateur Championship golf tournament in Havana along with a Washington's Birthday golf tournament in Belleair Florida.
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Cuba- American Jockey Club
Havana
Business Men's Racing Association
New Orleans
Washington
Argo-Phosphate Promises Quick Relief in Ads
Boston ad features Jd. PL Strong praising Argo-Phosphate for indigestion nervousness and sleep. Claims the remedy treats indigestion rheumatism nervousness kidney and liver issues, and asserts medical science cannot match it. Sold by J A Hart Drug Co and other druggists.
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Boston
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Polar bears on bridge sighted by train crew in blizzard
Two polar bears frolicked on an ice floe as Frank Parker, an veteran New Haven engineer, drove his locomotive across Marshfield bridge over the North River in a blizzard. Parker and his fireman John Hurley reported the animals performed a brief shimmy before vanishing, insisting they had not consumed alcohol or ginger.
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Frank Parker
New Haven
Marshfield Bridge
North River
Annette Wellermann
Parker
Jamaica
Sudan grass poisoning case reported in Kansas herd
A farmer near Abilene Kansas reports a herd of ten cows grazing sudan grass after a second cutting and developing illness within ten days. The Kansas state experiment station noted the case as a rare instance of sudan grass poisoning in the United States.
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Abilene
Kans
United States
Kansas State Experiment Station
Here
No. 40 For The Blood Receives Public Endorsement
In Augusta Georgia a reader claims rheumatism and indigestion improved after using Number 40 For The Blood. The testimonial credits substantial relief and confidence that continued use will cure. The note adds that friends are also taking it and recommends No. 40 for blood or stomach troubles. Promoter: J C Mendenhall Evansville and Hart Drug Co.
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Wesley Royal
J. M. Haynie
J. C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Hart Drug Co
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Milton Silver
U. S
Earl Bit
Ting
Lion
Mike Donovan
Mike
Fox
Tigers
Alecc Greggins
Abe Attell
Abe
Chalk
Terry McGovern
Stanley Ketchel
The
Baseball Association
Guy
al Wars
Eli Ingram
Eli
Marl Bhitting
Farr
Cap Shields
Allen
al Freeze
Charlie Bundy
Manning Company
Hie
Louisville
Kearns
Jack Kearns
Los Angeles
Conan
C. Wells Co
LeRoy, N.Y
Rose
South Main Streei
Styles Cingha
Georgette
Nick
Tra
Piscouin
Arrow Swift
United
Ritter
Foday
Kennel Club of
Philadelphia
Phil
Adelphia
Belleair ,Fla
Jd. PL
Strong
Massachusetts
Polar Bears
Marshfield, Mass
John Hurley
Sudan
del Monte
Augusta
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