Dodgers Rally for 1920 Pennant Hope in Jacksonville Era
Brooklyn manager Wilbert Robinson trains in Jacksonville with a large, veteran roster aiming to repeat as contenders. He tackles infield gaps with Konetchy Johnston and Ivyson while praising Mamaux Millus Cadore and Pfeffer as key pitchers and noting Griffin Wheat Myers and Miller as top hitters.
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New York
Wilbert Robinson
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Dedgers
Bobby
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Wilbert
Jacksonville
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Dodger
T. Ie
Dodgers
Suamer Aftey
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Robinson
Robby
Tommy Grifith
Fd Konetchy
Boston
Koney
Jimmy Johnston
Keystone
Johnston
Griffith
Zach Wheat
Hi Myers
Ray Schmanuc
Eberts
Ivy Hson
Thick Ward
Hiduil
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Millus
Cadore
Smith
Pfeffer
Armesz
Ole Rube
Brooklyns
Piagerers
Joe Caplan
Chicago
George Mohert
Paul Schrieber
Mijus
Toledo
W. Taylor
Charlotte
N. C
Paul Bayers
Saska- Tuwon
Brook
Npd
Bhees
Otto Miller
Ernie Kruger
Rowdy Elliott
Myers
Wheat
Kilduff
Ilson
Ware
Baird
Schmandt
Winter sports and meetings across multiple cities
Cuba Havana hosts racing winter meeting by American Jockey Club. New Orleans hosts Winter meeting by Business Men Racing association. Bowling holds American Bowling Congress election in Peoria. Intercollegiate committees meet in New York. National AAU basketball in Atlanta. intercollegiate champions in Rock Island. Spokane and Bloomington host interscholastic finals. Denver and Bloomington host state championships. Boxing cards in Toledo Buffalo Kalamazoo Akron.
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Havana
Business Men's Racing Association
New Orleans
American Bowling Congress
Peoria
New York
Atlanta
Rock Island
Inland Empire
Spokane
Indiana
Dancing Pest 3 London’s Worry
London reports a rise in paid dancing men and club dandies amid jazz mania. Women with little beauty are dragged into venues while men with debts chase social favors. Blackmail stories persist as war debts press on families.
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London
Midnight marriage ban sparks dawn wedding in Clayton
In Clayton Missouri a dawn wedding occurs after a regional ban on midnight marriages is questioned. Wilbur Lewis of Newport Kentucky and Ernestine Rankin of Richmond Heights wed with dawn light following Deputy Recorder Stevens and Justice Stecker awakening to process the license. The article also notes Lyons France using glass pavements in eight inch ceramic blocks preventing water seepage.
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Walts
St. Louis
William H. Tagehoff
Clayton
St. Louis County
Gretna Green
Stevens
Justice Stecker
Wilbur Lewis
Newport, Ky
Ernestine Rankin
Richmond Heights
Lyons
Clotho Spun Threads of Destiny in Greek Myth
The Greeks and Romans imagined three fates who control a person’s life. Clotho spun the thread of destiny, Lachesis measured its length by events to come, and Atropos cut the thread when death approached.
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Clotho
Atropos
Puritans Reject Ring at 17th Century Weddings
Puritans avoided wedding rings deeming them pagan and superstitious. They required only the couple to join bands when pledging to live together in wedlock.
Landlord Blocks Births With One Year Apartment Lease
In Brownsville New York a landlord offers a one year lease for dwelling use by a family with limits on children. Attorney Er. W. Engel calls the clause against births illegal and against public policy, citing tenants of 39 families facing eviction as seven expectant mothers fear losing their homes. He notes a rent refund upon lease termination at landlord discretion.
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New York
W. Enge
Brownsville
Engel
Saratoga Avenue
York
Snow Subways Let Town Folk Cross Snowy Streets
In Houston Maine snow subways open for shoppers as drifts reach ten to twelve feet. Pedestrians use tunnels cut through the snow to cross streets, a novelty in northern Maine during March.
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Houston
Maine
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