Tar Heels Prepare for Record 1926 Track Schedule
The Carolina track team unveils a heavy 1926 schedule capped by the Southern Conference title meet May 14–15 in Chapel Hill. Coach Bob Fetzer expects stronger showings after last year’s third place in Sewanee and plans dual meets with Washington and Lee Virginia and N C State among others.
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Chapel Hill
Sewanee
Tenn
Tar Heels
Bob Fetzer
Duke
Tar Heel
South Atlantic
Carolina
North Carolina
Washington and Lee
Virginia
South Carolina
N. C. State
Nuke
Davidson
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Lexington
Columbia
N. C
Blacksburg
Raleigh
Miller's Antiseptic Oil Promises Pain Relief for Ailments
An advertisement extols Miller's Antiseptic Oil or Snake Oil as a universal external remedy for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sore joints sore throat tonsillitis coughs and influenza. It claims rapid, penetrating action lasting minutes and features Europe sourced essential oils. Manufactured by Herb Juice Medicine Co with bottles at 70c and 1.00, sold by Mann Drug Sec.
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Europe
Herb Juice Medicine Co
Mann Drug
College fencing results from Cambridge and New Haven
In Cambridge Columbia beat Harvard 8 to 5. In New Haven Yale defeated Princeton 15 to 2. College wrestling in Bethlehem saw Navy edge Lehigh 15144.
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Cambridge
Mass
Columbia
Harvard
New Haven
Yale
Prince
Ton
Bethlehem, Pa
Navy
Lehigh
Boston Ninety Ninths Beat Washington in Big Score
Baseball results from Tampa show Boston N tallied nine runs on thirteen hits with errors while Washington A managed six runs on seven hits. Wertz Horn Leis Conney Gibson Ferguson Lyle Marberry Tate Severeid pitched and batted in the big game.
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Tampa
Fla
Boston
Wertz
Horn
Leis
Conney
Gibson
Ferguson
Lyle
Marberry
Tate
Bitter Rivals End Long Piedmont League Duel
Rube Eldridge and Submarine Gheen, aging veteran pitchers, wrap up a three season feud with Hardin Herndon and the Pointer club in 1924. Their storied battles in 1920 1922 included a no hit game by Submarine and back and forth dimes. The duo made a final stand in Winston Salem Prince Albert Park, ending a bitter on field rivalry that captivated Piedmont league fans.
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High Point
Hardin Herndon
William Morgan
Rube
Eldridge
Thomas W
Gheen
Winston-Salem
San Francisco Fire
Twins
Greensboro
Prince Albert Park
Subway
Fortune
Spero
Submarine
Herndon
Smith
Zinzendorf
Local Sports Notes From San Antonio March 13
San Antonio reports brief AP notes listing names Southern Keene Warwick Paulson Kaiser and Wirth with reference to a March 13 date in Texas. The fragment mentions San Antonio and a stilted sports or local item without clear event details.
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San Antonio
Tex
St. Louis
San Antonio T
Southeron
Keene
Warwick
Paulson
Kaiser
Wirth
Gerard
Fragmented 1930s gossip wire fragment scattered names
A scrambled AP led item lists multiple names and locations including Los Angeles and Sarasota with partial team or person references such as Blake Bush Gonzales Mulcahey Malloy McCabe Cook Peters Ring Fitzsimmons Hartley Knight Main Ulrich Wilson Jonnard. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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Chicago
Sss
Hollyood
P.cl
Blake
Bush
Gonzales
Mulcahey
New York
Giants
Philadelphia
Ring
Fitzsimmons
Hartley
Knight
Main
Ulrich
Wilson
Jonnard
Unclear Chicago Shreveport College Game Roster Notes
Shreveport notes list players Edwards Cox Steingraffe Grabowski Williamson Barnabe Cantrell and Wilder amid a Chicago team 0 percent cane count and a march 13 dateline with sparse matchup markers and numbers.
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Shreveport
Chicago
Tex
Edwards
Cox
Steingraffe
Grabowski
Williamson
Barnabe
Cantrell
Wilder
Yale defeats Harvard in Cambridge wrestling meet
In Cambridge Massachusetts Yale edges Harvard 16 to 9 in a college wrestling clash. The result reflects Yale’s stronger performance across weight classes and key matchups, shaping early season standings.
History of High Point telephone exchange romance ends in progress
The piece marks the 50th anniversary of the telephone and 30 years of High Point’s exchange, tracing rapid growth from 69 phones in 1899 to about 3,200 by the present, with 43,000 daily connections. It credits J. F. Hayden for steady development and notes the city’s broader progress tied to telecom expansion.
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High Point
High Point Telephone Exchange
Exeter Place
Boston
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Watson
Watson
Bell
W. G. Armfield
Barringer & Roberson Law Office
Beeson Hardware Co
Commercial National Bank
J. Elwood Cox
Eagle Furniture Co
J. W. Harris Grocery Store
Hayden
J. F. Hayden
North State Telephone Co
North Carolina
Rookies Not Setting Woods Ablaze In Training Reports
The AP notes several high priced rookies in southern camps face doubt as managers weigh prospects. Groves, Lazerri, Koenig, Thomas, Butler, and Waner are among those with uncertain paths to majors while Waner shows strong early promise with Pittsburgh.
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New York
Marty O'Toole
Paul Strand
Jimmy O'Connell
Lefty
Russell
Connie Mack
Groves
Mack
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Tony Lazerri
Mark Koenig
St. Paul
Myles Thomas
Toronto
Brooklyn
Johnny Butler
Minneapolis
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Hal Rhyne
Waner
Plans for High Point high school gain momentum
The article details tentative plans for a new High Point high school. Architects Draper of Charlotte and associates, with superintendent T Wingate Andrews and local officials, praise the wooded knoll site suitable for a main building, baseball diamond, and football gridiron. It notes potential for an adjoining junior high and separate elementary building and lists school board members who enabled the project.
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E. S. Draper and
Charlotte
Salisbury
Thomasville
Hickory
Gastonia
Henrietta-Caroleen
Rutherfordton
Spartanburg
S. C
Gaffney, S. C
High Point High School
Draper
High Point
C. F. Tomlinson
John W. Hedrick
C. Dunbar
D. A. Stanton
J. A. Davis
T. Wingate Andrews
Russell's RB-31 Brings Quick Relief For Colds
Modern science combines into one remedy called Russell's RB-31 to relieve fever pain mucus and cough associated with colds. Adults only this treatment claims to reduce fever relieve pain purify the body liquify mucus and aid ejection from the throat and lungs with a money back guarantee from Ring Drug Company on North Main Street.
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Russell
Ring Drug Company
North Main Street
Perkins Moves to Asheville With Real Estate Firm
Former High Point resident F. E. Perkins is now permanently located in Asheville. He represents J. T. Bledsoe and Company, a real estate and insurance firm. Bledsoe previously practiced dentistry locally and later in Buenos Aires, South America.
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F. E. Perkins
High Point
Asheville
Perkins
J. T. Bledsoe and Company
Miss Carolyn Davis Wins In Rifle Shoot
Miss Carolyn Davis of New York won the ladies rifle shoot with 143 two points ahead of Miss Elizabeth Errington, also of New York, who had 141. Mrs J P Stevens of Lake Placid was third with 140. Other results include Mrs L R Porteus of Portland Maine scoring 184, and men’s prize winner C C Anderson of Pittsburgh with 144.
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Pinehurst
Carolyn Davie
New York
Elizabeth Errington
J. P. Stevens
Lake Placid
N. Y
L. R. Porteus
Portland
F. L. Steenken
Malden-on-the Hudson
Lucille Candidus
Lake Pacid
Etherington
C. C. Anderson
Pittsburgh
St Edwards Church Mass Schedule In City
St Edwards Catholic Church at East Green and Park streets holds Mass on the second and fourth Sundays each month at 10 a.m led by Rev Father Herman.
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St. Edwards Catholic Church
East Green
Park Streets
Father Herman
Railway Strikers Return to Their Old Jobs
Telegraphers formerly employed by Atlantic Coast Line in the southeast end their protest and may return to work after 4 PM next Monday without loss of union standing. A letter signed by national leaders states strike benefits were ended by the president and rescinds the October 15 1925 strike order for Atlantic Coast and Jacksonville terminals.
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Tampa
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
H. E. Bollick
J. BE. Williams
EF. J. Manion
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Hicks Hotel
Savannah
Jacksonville Terminal Co
Atlantic Coast
Jacksonville
Koenig Named to Lead Campaign to Sell Confederate Half Dollars
Samuel S. Koenig, chairman of New York City Republican committee, accepts a spot on the citizen campaign committee to sell 250000 Confederate half dollars in the city. He plans to appoint a special NY Republican panel to aid in the sale, following George W. Olvaney joining the effort and designating a Tammany Hall counterpart.
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New York
Mar
Samuel S. Koenig
City
Koenig
New York Republican Committee
George W. Olvaney
Tammany Ha
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