Two-Cent Stamp Reach Across the Globe
A Washington National Geographic Society bulletin outlines how a two-cent stamp extends a letter’s cruising radius. It notes reach from Cape Columbia to Tierra del Fuego, New Zealand, Shanghai, Yokohama, and many regions, with Europe and Asia requiring higher rates and ongoing expansions via the Universal Postal Union.
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Washington, D. C
Globe
Uaiti
Bermuda
National Geographic Society
Equator
Tierra del Iuege
Cape Columbia
Grant Land
Canada
Alice
Patagonia
Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Yuego
Caneora
Chile
New Zealand
Sainoa
United States Postal Agency
Shanghai
China
United States
Yokohama
Japan
Catelogue
North America
Central America
West Indies
South American
Venezuela
Paraguay
Uruguay
Dutch
French Guiana
Europe
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Asia
Universal Postal Union
Berne
Madrid
Rome
Edmonton ghost wields axe haunting Turner heirs tale
A troubled Edmonton belief tells of a truculent ghost with an ax seen near a coal town. Report claims the specter is former owner Turner, angered by his wife remarrying to Edall. A frightened Mrs TaGall g describes the spirit approaching her home and chasing her.
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Edmonton
International crooks survive war with new schemes
Postwar criminals shift to lucrative fake lotteries and royal jewels while following Riviera season. Paris to Riviera express mail robberies target wealthy women. Crooks use ship seamen roles to smuggle gems into the United States as passport rules tighten. A South African firm plants 250 acres of trees to supply pillar timber for mining.
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Paris
France
Riviera
Groelk
Europe
Lre
Silugsing
Tris Speaker Ground Rent Deal Shapes Baseball Career
A long exchange over ground rental helped shape Tris Speaker’s career. Boston bought Speaker in 1907, trained players in Hot Springs, and kept him in Little Rock after spring. General manager Mike Finn faced offers, ultimately returning Speaker to Boston via owner John Z. Taylor, turning a rental into a pennant winning manager.
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Tris Speaker
Boston Red Sox
Speaker
Houston
Texas
Hot Springs
Boston
Little Rock
Mike Finn
Giants
Tigers
Little Rock Travelers
Southern Association
Finn
Mainy
Sneaker
A .S.kld
Animals Frozen to Death Stripped of Meat by Reds
A Yakima tribe in the Mount Adams forest region has stockpiled meat by freezing and drying salvaged animals. The harsh winter caused heavy losses to local herds, and survivors were stripped of meat for future use, with meat dried smoked and canned for storage until salmon season next autumn.
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Mount Adams
Passing of Pitcher Eller Ends Noted Baseball Career
The abolition of all freak deliveries marked the fall of Hod Eller from the majors. Eller, sent to Oakland of the Pacific Coast League by Cincinnati, gained fame in 1915 for his National League work and in the World Series against the White Sox. He was a trick pitcher, alleged to doctor the ball, though he denied it. After the change, his effectiveness waned and his major league career declined.
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Hod” Eller
Eller
Oakland
Cincinnati
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Lesguers
Williams Plans $506,600 Field Gym for 600 Undergraduates
Williams college will erect a field gymnasium costing 506600 for the physical education of 600 undergraduates. The project aims to be the first American college to build a gymnasium for the whole student body, including indoor and outdoor facilities such as a diamond, squash court, tennis courts, basketball, hockey, and gridiron facilities.
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Williams College
Williams
America
Evolution of Bowling from Nine Pins to Ten Pins
The text recalls bowling's origins as a nine pin game called closhe forbidden by statute in Edward II's era. Prohibition was later withdrawn as the game gained popularity. It notes gambling use in the US and state prohibitions, which were overturned by adding a tenth pin to become ten pins.
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Edward Jr
United States
Baseball Notes from St Paul and Beyond
Baseball notes report Mark Koenig to Watertown of the Dakota league and Jimmy Mattox debuting in a Pittsburgh uniform. Rees Williams jumps to Eveleth in Mesaba league. Walter Hammond sold to Cleveland then released to Pittsburgh. References to Heathconte, Pitette, and Gl eason chatter, with Pirates pursuing Rel Russell and Salt Lake Bees rising in the Coast league.
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St Paul America
Mark Koenig
Watertown
S. DB
Rees
Steqiitwat" Williams
St. Banl American Association
Eveleth Tenm
Mesaba Ainge
Walter Hammond
Cleveland
Pittsfield
Last Witter
Pittsburgh Nationals
Dusty Lewis
Salt Lake Bees
Three Great Years of Chuck Carney at Illinois
Charles Chuck Carney, football and basketball star at the University of Illinois, has completed a remarkable athletic career marked by sixteen Big Ten football games and 1920 end selection on Walter Camp's All American team. His two sport prowess and storied consistency place him among Illinois' most brilliant athletes.
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Charles
Chuck”) Carney
University of Tlllnois
Tlinois
Walter Camp
Veteran Pirates Star Babe Adams Keeps Pitching Easy Years
Babe Adams, veteran Pirates pitcher, leads the team in the pennant push at age forty. He credits no special training rules, eats regularly, sleeps well, and relies on a tight grip for more ball break. Adams says he plans to play as long as the arm holds, believing it keeps him feeling young.
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Babe Adams
Pirates
Babe
Miners
Fim
Dempsey and Golf and Tennis News in One Slice
Jack Dempsey in England hinted for a shipyard job while rumors swirl of a Morvich Sennings Park match. The Williams team names Clifton Stowers captain. Miss Cecil Leitch wins the British ladies title in Sandwich. Mitton Roney to coach Texas Longhorns. Wimbledon to officially represent US in British tennis. Todd Shipyard soccer team claims mistreatment in cup final rejected by US Soccer Pool Ball Association.
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Cecil Leitch
Norman Craig
Sandwich
England
Todd's Shipyard
St. Louis
United States Soccer Pool Ball Association
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Minneapolis
Rel Russell
Annie Mack
Philadelphia
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Phillies
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Babe” Adams
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Maroon
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Wimbledon
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