Huggins and Gehrig Weigh Yankee Stars of 1924 Era
The piece reflects on Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth within the 1924 Yankee context. It discusses Huggins bench duties, left handed swing issues, and Gehrig’s durability and potential to break records. Notes on seeded players and night games add context to the era’s baseball psychology.
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Standings and Games Today Across Major Leagues
The schedule lists Chicago at New York, St Louis at Philadelphia, Detroit at Washington, Cleveland at Boston. Yesterday results show Chicago 4 Brooklyn 3 in one inning. Current scores: Philadelphia 7 2, Pittsburgh 5 3, St Louis 8 4, New York 5, Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia at Chicago and Brooklyn at Pittsburgh set for two games. Boston at St Louis and New York at Cincinnati also on tap.
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Freckles and His Friends: A Binkley Trick
A hotel restaurant closed not just to Russians but to permanent foreign residents to accommodate tourists.
When a Man Phones a Dog News in Hollywood
Hollywood actor Frederick Burton phones his Irish terrier Boysie back in Norwalk Connecticut while on a film set in California. The article details their telephoned chats with playful calls and a running joke about Olache the police dog, noting Burton and his wife adopted Boysie before moving to the country.
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Local Texas Scores Reported From Dallas to Shreveport
Yesterday's results show Dallas 15, Waco 6, San Antonio 5, Wichita Falls 4, Houston 2, Fort Worth 7, Shreveport 7, Beaumont 6 with scores across multiple cities in Texas and Louisiana. Prospective matchups and standings remain unclear from the fragmentary listing.
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Rich Peddler Still Works in Louisiana
In New Orleans on August 16, Paul Mariano son of Mary, reputedly worth $150,000, trudges door to door with a wheelbarrow of vegetables and salvaged wood. Once an olive oil dealer and owner of several Vieux Carre properties, he sold his holdings to invest the proceeds yet continues to work late, like Eugenie Geile, saving through relentless labor as night revelers emerge.
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Paul Mariano the Bargain Merchant of the Quarter
Night clubs and studio rendezvous figure Paul Mariano demolishes old barrels and wood for sale in small bundles. He buys cheaply and sells cheaply, giving wood to poor families in winter. Madame Creole, the great bargainer, anticipates his rounds. Apple Mary, his mother, once sold apples to sailors along the levee after emigrating from Geneva.
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Barley Threshing Underway Near Richmond Wis
Barley threshing is in progress around Richmond Wisconsin on August 16 with a light crop noted in the vicinity. Local reports indicate modest yields and routine field work as harvest continues amid warm conditions.
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Norfolk cemetery desecrated by hogs uprising
Norfolk Nebraska reports that the city’s oldest cemetery, burial site of over 100 frontier pioneers, has been turned into a hog lot. Tombstones toppled, stones uprooted, and flowers trampled. officials and county attorney pledged protection to preserve the graves amid the vandalism.
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Judges Fight for Pay Increase Gains Steam
The Colorado Bar Association has revived efforts to raise supreme and district court judges salaries. A special committee was named to lead the drive and circulate materials. A 1928 constitutional amendment authorized the legislature to set salaries for the governor, secretary, and judges, and the legislature acted, boosting several court judges to about 39000 a year as visitors cheered.
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American visitors tax Moscow capacity limit reached
Moscow experienced a capacity squeeze as 500 American visitors arrived in one weekend, bringing weekly totals to 1,000. Many were delegates to the International Seils conference, while a significant number were sightseers.
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