Chicago Nationals change ownership marks major league epoch
The Chicago National League Baseball Club will transfer control to Charles W. Weeghman in a January 20 deal valued around a half million dollars. The move ends decades of shared ownership and reshapes a club built for success since 1876 with stars like Frank Chance and Adrian Anson guiding its rise.
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Crossing of the Danube at Ram and Orsova detailed
AP report from Orsova Hungary explains German pioneers from the North Sea coast led a Danube crossing at Ram amid Kosava storms. Five battalions crossed with five dead and seven wounded. Serbs suffered 120 men and three officers captured but offered little hindrance at Orsova.
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Large deed records transfer of Badin property
Salisbury officials recorded one of Rowan County’s largest deeds last week. J C Deaton, register of deeds, noted the transfer of Badin property from the Southern Aluminum Company of Paris to the Tallassee Power Company of North Carolina for 28 million dollars with about 84 909 in revenue stamps including four stamps of the 1000 denomination.
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Five men in Delaware River capsizing near Bristol
Three men were drawn and two died from exposure when a skiff capsized by floating ice in the Delaware River at Bristol Sunday. Harry Yorty, owner of the skiff, and Irwin Schwan were rescued but died soon after. Charles Pheister Patrick Flynn and Charles Knight disappeared under the ice. Schwan lived in Cincinnati and the others in Eddington, Pa.
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New Year Savings Club Invite
A neighbor urges joining the Home Bank New Year Savings Club to obtain a savings card and become a cheerful member by the next Christmas season. The note highlights festive benefits and urges prompt action.
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Widow objects to French title claim over Ypres
Paris reports the widow of General Moussy has written from Brest to L'Aclaire stating she will not let history be falsified. She objects to Field Marshal Sir John French’s claim to the title Viscount of Ypres, asserting her husband saved Ypres on November 6, 1914.
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Gasoline Price Inquiry Under Way By Federal Trade Commission
Washington January 10 officials call one of the most complete inquiries into American industry ever undertaken by a government agency now under way by the federal trade commission. The inquiry follows complaints received by the department of justice concerning gasoline price increases nationwide.
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