Fall Opposes Yellowstone Lake Dam In National Park
Albert B Fall chairman Charles L McNary asked about bills 8S 274 and 275 proposing a Montana dam on Yellowstone River within Yellowstone National Park. Fall declines, says no private or public power within parks without specific congressional authorization and federal control. Many nature lovers oppose the dam.
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Yea Ren Pecreary
Albert B. Fall
Charles L. AfeNary
Irrigation
Charles L. McNary
United States Senate
Tam
Montana
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Congress
Albert Bo Fall
Department of the Interior
National Park
Yellowstone Lake Dam
Winter Ahead for Bureau Heads Sparks Congressional Protests
President Harding warns against propaganda by government officials against department reorganizations. Congress faces a surge of mail from bureau chiefs and supporters aiming to sway joint committee on reorganization and other lawmakers. Officials say efforts include lavish dinners for representatives to influence votes and protect jobs.
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Warding
Senate
House
Congressional Joint Committee On Reorganization
Harding
Bureau
Congress
Belleau Wood Memorial Aims To Rebuild Village As Honor
Belleau Wood Memorial Association seeks $300000 to rebuild Belleau village near Cha teau Thierry France as a lasting memorial to American soldiers. One dollar memberships with badges will be issued and donors entered in a book kept for the mayor. The list of buried Americans by state is given, with 664 Texas and 241 New York the highest counts. Officers include the Secretary of War as honorary chairman and notable members like Mrs. James W Wadsworth Jr Mrs Edwin Gregory Maj Gen Tasker H Bliss and John Barton Payne.
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Chateau Thierry
France
Belleau
Belleau Wood
Sons of America
Belleau Wood Memorial Association
Belleau Wood Cemetery
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgina
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Kota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Virginia
Wisconsin
Association
Hionorary
Secretary of War
James W. Wadsworth
Edwin Gregory
George Thatcher
John Barton Payne
Newbold Noyes Guernsey
Tasker H. Bliss
Newbold Noyes
Hl. V. Haynes
League Seeks Amendments to Federal Water Power Act
The Water Power League of America held a conference on power shortages fuel costs and amendments to the federal Water Power Act. It argues the act blocks private investment, cedes intrastate rights to states, and invites Congress to pass a new power act to license developers and ease delays.
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Water Power League of America
Water Power League
League
Congress
Mint Resumes Coining 270 Million Silver Dollars after War Losses
The U S Mint restarts coining 270 million standard silver dollars taken from the treasury during the war to sell to Great Britain. Since March about 20 million have been coined as silver certificates and other notes are retired, with work expected to continue five years to restore prewar silver reserves. The Pittman act set prices and mint purchases to replenish stock while stabilizing silver prices.
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Treasury
Great Britain
Federal Reserve
Congress
Pittman
England
India
Uncle Sam
Nineteen Homers in a Texas Game A 1902 Corsicana Texarkana Clash Sets Records
In a July 14 1902 Texas minor league game between Corsicana and Texarkana hitters combined for nineteen home runs a dozen triples ten doubles and many singles Corsicana won 651 to 8 and posted 53 hits The article notes Nig Clarke claimed an eight homer performance while earlier records credit Harry Wright Robert Lowe Dan Brouthers and Td Delehanty with four homers in a game The Philadelphia Detroit series also produced unprecedented power though the single game mark remains in dispute.
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Corsicana
Texarkana
Texas
Corsileanh
Robert Lowe
Boston
Dan Brouthers
Td Delehanty
St. Louis
Boy Lives With Shot in Heart In Remarkable Hospital Case
Twelve year old Lawrence Setterfield of Bloomingdale New Jersey survived seven buckshot pellets lodged in the heart muscle after a shotgun discharge in an outdoor game. Doctors called the case extraordinary and life threatening for days but the boy left the Paterson General Hospital seemingly well after two weeks.
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Paterson
N. J
Lawrence Setterfield
Bloomingdale
N. d
Paterson General Hospital
Samuel Thompson
Thompson
Passaic County
Thompson Yatman
William Yaturn
Yatman
William Yatman
General Hospital
Setterfield
Joseph Setterfield
William
Boulder Youth Dies After Car Crash Reprimand
W Lawrence an eighteen year old Boulder lad allegedly killed himself after remorse over a garage joyride that caused serious injuries to William Brownell. He was found dead in a shed at 2245 Mapleton Avenue with a .32 Colt pistol beside him. His companion Harold Metcalf was fined following the accident.
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Boulder
Colo
W. Lawrence
Lawrence
William R. Brownell
Fourteenth
Pearl Streets
Paul
Mapleton Avenue
BE. Howe
Young Lawrence
Ind
Henry Lawrence
Eleventh and
Walnut Streets
Brownell
Harold Metcalf
Metcalf
Baseball Notes Reflect Busy 1920s Major League Moves
A collage of baseball news notes covers player transfers and team decisions. Elwood Wirts sold to the Chicago Cubs while Jim Hartnett moves to Portsmouth. Satterfield joined Atlanta, and Williams captains Colby. Ruth remains a focus with diet and speed stories.
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Elwood Wirts
Dallas
Chicago Cubs
Rochester
Jim Hartnett
Portsmouth
Maranville Mixes Comedy and Serious Play at Polo Grounds
Walter Maranville known for comic stunts showed restraint before a recent game as the Pirates faced the Giants. He switch from humor to focused effort once the game progressed, concentrating on beating New York. After the Pirates scored six in the ninth, he delighted fans with a rough impersonation of Hughie Jennings at third base.
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Walter Maranville
Nick Altrock
Polo Grounds
Giants
Pirates
Hughie Jennings
Smiley Pulls Unassisted Triple Play for Knoxville
Knoxville outfielder George Smiley of the Appalachian League team pulled an unassisted triple play. With runners on first and second, Smiley fielded a grounder near second, forced the runner at second, then tagged the man from first for the final out.
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George Smiley
Knoxville
Tenn
Bill Wambsganss
Cleveland
Smiley
Keystone
Earl Sande Tops New York Jockeys This Season
Leading New York jockey Earl Sande now rides for the Rancocas stable owned by Harry Sinclair. Sande rode Mad Hatter to victory in the Metropolitan Handicap opening day feature at Belmont Park.
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J. K. L. Ross
New York
Sande
Rancocas Stable
Harry Sinclair
Mad Hatter
Belmont Track
Sporting Squibs of All Kinds
Max Marston won the Lynnwood Halt golf cup at Philadelphia. Yachtsmen plan to revive the Bermuda race next year. John B. Demming of Harrisburg elected captain of the Penn State track team. Georges Carpentier is a runner jumper and soccer player of merit and a clever golf exponent. M. B. Banks expected for a similar role at Tennessee. Captain of Phillips Exeter track team chosen. Hale Dickerson elected captain of Iowa State wrestling. David J. Crawford West Point track captain. Kenneth Wayland Lafayette tennis captain. Ruth Patch Ruth Stout and Jay Brook rail at half mile tracks. Tramilton to captain Missouri track team. Jimmy Connolly elected captain at Georgetown track. Harvard leads in Eastern Intercollegiate track titles. Willard debate on age. Honest John comments. Coach Walter Christie praised for building California track squad. California named Pacific coast football and rowing champion.
Akron Pitcher Traded Onway To Seals
San Francisco transferred pitcher Ed Waherty from Akron to Salt Lake. Flaherty joined the Seals from Akron but saw limited action under Muana ver Graham, used mainly to finish games.
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San Francisco
Ed Waherty
Salt Lake
Flaherty
Seals
Akron
Muanaver Graham
McCurdy Elected Illinois Baseball Captain
H. H. McCurdy of Marseilles TL has been elected captain of the University of Illinois baseball team for next year. Cram named captain of Trinity College baseball team. EL Cram of Hartford is an infielder.
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Timer Williams
Brewer
Colby College
F. P. Fariss
Tampa Baseball Club
Eddie Manning
Little Rock
McCurdy
Illinois
H. H. McCurdy
Marseiles
University of Illinois
Sargent Named Maine Baseball Captain for 1922
C A Sargent of Westminster Massachusetts was elected captain of the University of Maine baseball team for 1922.
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C. A. Sargent
Westminster
Massachusetts
University of Maine
Reds Sign TCU Pitcher Pete Donohue
Cincinnati Reds inked right handed pitcher Pete Donohue from Texas Christian University after he signed a contract.
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Reds
Pete Donohue
Texas Christian University
Cincinnati Reds
Persian names spark clubhouse joke about signings
In a light exchange at the ballpark, a question about pitchers Mulennan MceWeeney and McGrady and catcher Yaryan prompts Kid Gleason to humorously translate Yaryan as Persian for Wrin, calling it an easy answer.
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Erin
Kid Gleason
Mulennan
MceWeeney and McGrady
Yaryan
Gleason
Wrin
Navy Elected Captains for Baseball and Tennis Teams
Charles O. Humphreys of Pennsylvania elected captain of Navy baseball for next season. John I. Walditch, another Pennsylvanian, elected captain of Navy tennis.
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Navy
Charles O. Humphreys
Pennsylvania
John I. Walditch
Music to Soothe Harvard Students
Cambridge Harvard undergraduates will receive ten minute morning music in the university chapel. Organist Dr A T Davison arranged a program of light classical selections to ease nervous tension among students.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
University Chapel
A. T. Davison
Explosion Kills Motorist Pumping Up Tire
Dewey Jones a 23 year old motorist died when a tire he was inflating exploded breaking his neck in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Dewey Jones
Costs $25 for Wife in African Jungle Pact
An 1880s treaty between Great Britain and Liberia fixes a price of twenty five dollars for a wife and aims to recognize women’s rights in border tribes near Liberia and Sierra Leone. The text also notes that an abbey is a self governed monastery housing at least 12 monks.
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London
Great Britain
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Fence 20 Foot High Rises Between Properties in Atlantic City
Margaret Workman builds a 20 foot fence along States avenue to block the ocean view, replying to Thomas M. Davis suit for 500 dollars claiming slander. Davis alleges Workman said there was a title flaw to deter buyers. Neighbors on the land side may sue over the obstruction.
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Atlantic City
Thomas M. Davis
States Avenue
Margaret Workman
Davis
Attempt to chloroform pet cat proves fatal to man in Paoli
Frank Souders a railroad engineer from Paoli Pa attempted to chloroform an aged pet cat while his family was away. The cat scratched and struggled as he held the chloroform rig to its nose and Souders died from the fumes. The cat ran away.
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Frank Souders
Paoli
Souders
Death for Many Cats in Boston Fiscal Year
The Animal Rescue League reports 42,504 homeless cats humane disposed of in the just closed fiscal year. Also disposed were 4,948 dogs 700 horses 272 birds and 58 small animals.
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Boston
Mass
Animal Rescue League
Boy Becomes Human Torch in Port Carbon Fire
A large bonfire started by youths in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania fatally scorched seven year old Victor Shipello as his clothing ignited. In Charleston Illinois Mayor Charles Dunn misspoke. after injuries from "Jack" Moody, Moody faced arraignment and claimed the mayor failed to keep a campaign pledge.
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Port Carbon
Victor Shipello
Victor
Charleston
Jack’ Moody
Charles Dunn
Moody
Farmer uses car exhaust to kill rats near North Baltimore
In North Baltimore Ohio a farmer named D Aikens cornered rats in a hole at his barn. He backed his car to the hole attached a tube to the exhaust and started the engine to gas the rats. About fifty perished. The article notes North Carolina hosts the largest gold mines east of the Black Hills.
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Baltimore
Aikens
United States
Black Hills
North Carolina
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
Clearfield Pennsylvania customer Mrs. Harry A Wilson reports relief from severe monthly pain dizziness fever and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says periods long lasting two weeks and post partum weakness improved, and she urges other women to try it for restoring health and comfort.
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Clearfield
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Harry A. Wison
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Sleep Talk Sparks Business Joke
Quote from Louisville Courier Journal presents a playful exchange where a spouse teases the other's sleep talk about business, highlighting a light moment captured in the paper. The brief dialogue reflects domestic humor and daily life.
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John
Louisville Courier-Journal
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