Cuyler's eighth inning homer lifts Pirates past Senators 3-2
In a pitchers duel at Forbes Field, Vic Aldridge and Stanley Coveleskie matched zeroes until Kiki Cuyler belted a go ahead homer in the eighth to break a 2 2 tie. Pittsburgh's defense stifled Washington as the Pirates win 3 2 before 45000 fans.
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Forbes Field
Pittsburgh
Kiki” Cuyler
Moore
Pirates
Vic Aldridge
Stanley Coveleskie
Senators
Coveleskie
Senators Pitch Duel Ends with Walks and Out
A clipped baseball at bat scene shows Ruel striking out on a curve from Aldridge after a fanned batter. Covey also fanned during his plate appearances as the sequence ends with an exchange between Ruel and Umpire Owens.
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Senators
Ruel
Aldridge
Owens
Covey
Pel
53 Foot Fall Injures Man Near Riverton
W R Wimbish, 26, fell 53 feet from a railroad bridge three miles south of Riverton yesterday afternoon. He sustained a fractured arm and facial body bruises and was taken by Missouri Pacific train to Monroe’s St Francis sanitarium. Calvin Talbot, 22, heat distressed at Brown Paper mill, was moved to St Francis sanitarium and is improving.
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Riverton
W. R. Wimbish
Missouri Pacific
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Calvin Talbot
Anthracite Mine Strike Reported Peaceful Action
Hazleton Pennsylvania October 8 Peaceful conditions marked the anthracite coal mine suspension with 158000 idle since September 1. Operators have not run collieries and entrances are often nailed shut while only essential staff remain. Colliery police note idle miners avoid operations and provide no trouble.
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Hazelton
A. P
Rain Delays French Offensive on Moorish Rebellion Lines
Intermittent rainstorms stall French cavalry flanking move from Camp Berteaux to block resistance against Ajdir. North of Kifane General Boichut advances his nineteenth corps to a line fifteen miles from Kifane and twenty five miles from Ajdir, despite continued bad weather.
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Fez
Mrocco
A. P
Camp Berteaux
Ajdir
Kifane
Boichut
Cotton prices slide on U S crop forecast in October report
New Orleans and New York columns report a sharp October decline in cotton prices after the government pegged production at 14,759,000 bales and ginnings to October 1 totaling 7,101,710. Dec and late months dropped 105 and 72-73 points, with a $3.75 plunge from earlier gains.
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N. O
New Orleans
A. P
N. Y
New York
Cotton crop prospects rise on rains in belt
The Department of Agriculture and Census Bureau report an indicated 1924 cotton production of 14 759 000 bales of 500 pounds, with 7 101 710 running bales ginned before Oct 1, up from September estimates. Virginia through All others totals are listed. rains revived drought damaged plants, lifting yield prospects though open bolls and pickers pose risk.
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Washington
A. P
Consolidated
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Lower California
Old Mexico
United States
The
Atlantic States
Pirates Rally After Bases Loaded Playoffs Frame
Muddy Ruel, backstop for the Senators, contributed to the difficulties Aldridge faced in the fifth. Peck and Ruel each singled, then both scored on a sizzling two-base hit as the Pirates staged a brilliant comeback after the bases were loaded with none out.
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Rice
Aldridge
Stan Harris
Wright
Pirates
Smith
Pittsburgh
Stan Moore
Senators
Moore
Carey
Cuyler
Peck
Goslin
Grantham
Judge
Barnhart
Joe Harris
Traynor
Bluege
Harris
Covey
Pek
Ruel
Washington
Vic Ald- Peck
Yde
Peck Peck
Oldham
Pack
Two Women Held for Murder in Shreveport Porch Killing
Mrs. Nina Taylor and Harriet Wilson, both 28, are jailed on murder charges in the shooting death of Dick Taylor, husband of Mrs. Taylor, on the porch of his Augurs home. A coroner's inquest linked jealousy to the fatal act.
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Shreveport
A. P
Nina Taylor
Harriet Wilson
Dick Taylor
Taylor
Augurs
Doughtrey on Trial for Ketron Killing in Bastrop
Special to the News-Star reports that evidence in H. H. Doughtrey murder case is complete in Bastrop. Doughtrey is charged with killing George Ketron, a Monroe steel worker, last June in a Bastrop barber shop. Ketron was slain as he sat with a towel over his face. Doughtrey then walked to his cafe across the street and was arrested by Morehouse parish officers. The case has drawn wide local interest as proceedings proceed.
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News-Star
Bastrop
H. H. Doughtrey
Doughtrey
George Ketron
Monroe
Ketron
Morehouse Parish
Highway Workman Killed as Truck Leaves Highway
Winnsboro. Oct 8. Haley Adams of Wisner La a truck driver for the Highway Construction Company building the Winnsboro Delhi road was killed instantly when his gravel truck left the road before daylight. The truck rolled over pinning him beneath the wreck and he suffered a broken neck a broken back and a severe skull fracture.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
Haley Adams
Wisner
Highway Construction Company
Winnsboro-Delhi
Eleven Indicted Plea Guilty In Federal Term Ends
Eleven defendants pled guilty in a single federal session. William Brasher received four months for using the mails to defraud. Doyle Jordan Paul Melton also drew one year each. Randle Richardson was sentenced to one year in the national reformatory. The term closed two days early with cases continued to the next term.
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William Brasher
James Noe
W. M Lynch
W. M. Lynch
Dawkins
Lynch
Doyle Jordan
Paul Melton
el Dorado
Randle Richardson
National Reformatory
Washington
National Guard
Preston Stuart
Episcopal Women Raise United Thank Offering in New Orleans
A vast throng at Trinity Church New Orleans filled the space for the United Thank Offering services. By morning overflows required extra containers for contributions, with officials predicting the total will exceed one million dollars. A mass meeting in Audubon Park will announce the morning total and feature addresses by Bishop Sessums Overs Brent and visiting missionaries.
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New Orleans
A. P
Trinity Church
Episcopal Church
United
Audubon Park
Sessums
Louisiana
Overs
Luzeria
Brent
New York
Freight Wreck Delays Coolidge Special Train
President Coolidge’s special train returning to Washington from Omaha encountered a freight wreck near St. Johns Run West Virginia on October 8. The incident forced a detour and delayed the presidential travel today.
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Coolidge
President Coolidge
Washington
Martinsburg
W. VA
A. P
St. Johns Run
Omaha
Pirate Boxman Vic Aldridge Back On Form For Pirates
Pitcher Vic Aldridge of the Pirates started slow this season but began to work into form by midseason and is viewed as a mainstay of the Pirates staff in the series.
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Vic Aldridge
Pittsburg
Pirate
Episcopal Divorce Canon Revision Sought by Southern Ohio
The Diocese of Southern Ohio presented a petition to the General Convention seeking a revision of the remarriage after divorce canon. It requests state authority over divorces and ecclesiastical control of remarriage, with dioceseal scrutiny of social, legal and other evidence.
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New Orleans
A. P
Ohio
House of Deputies
General Convention of the Episcopal Church
Committee On
Colorado
Denver
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Hall
Vermont
Gailor
Tennessee
Chesire
North Carolina
Vincent
Reese
Georgia
National Council
Bishops Meet as Bishop Brown Faces Heresy Case
The House of Bishops in New Orleans opens its session amid a possible addressing of Bishop William Montgomery Brown who has been convicted of heresy and is appealing. Bishop Talbot’s report leads the agenda as talks focus on the ongoing case and broader election matters at the triennial meeting.
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New Orleans
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States of America
Montgomery Brown
Brown
Ethelbert Talbot
Talbot
Colonel Mitchell Refuses Naval Court Testimony
Colonel William Mitchell defies sworn testimony before the naval court of inquiry probing the Shenandoah disaster. He cites Army orders and pending court martial as reasons to delay appearance, sending a direct communication to the adjutant general and prompting a formal subpoena from the naval panel. The case ties to charges of negligence in the Navy’s air service and a broader inquiry into Shenandoah and related flights.
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Washington
Oct
A. P
William Mitchell
Naval Court
Shenandoah
Army
Naval
Foley
Mitchell
Frank R. Reid
Illinois
Adjutant General
Judge Advocate
War Department
Naval Court of Inquiry
Lake Hurst
N. J
Navy
Ohio
District of Columbia
Representative Reid
President
Cream production gains momentum in Jackson parish
Jonesboro La Oct 8 Interest in marketing cream grows rapidly in Jackson parish says parish farm demonstration agent A C Morris Two farmers plan building barns and milk houses to meet state board of health regulations.
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Jonesboro
A. P
Jackson Parish
A. C. Morris
Parish
State Board of Health
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