12 Oct 1920
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
1
The event featuring Man o War and Sir Barton attracts a large crowd as the World’s Racing Classic gains attention. State Department officials foresee end of Bolshevism in Russia and debate post-Soviet governance amid concerns of chaos and anarchy.
Report notes Brooklyn and Cleveland contingents ready for decisive World Series clash. Teams consider Marquard and Coveleskie as likely starters as Brooklyn battles to avoid elimination while Cleveland hopes to clinch the title.
A vintage advertisement urges quick action to save with the old reliable Institution. It touts time value and compound growth, promising interest on all savings tax free and urging readers to begin saving today to gain future fortune and business opportunity. Benjamin Franklin quotes appear amid promotional rhetoric.
Windsor Canada hosted what was billed as the greatest racing event on the continent with Man of War facing Canadian champion Sir Barton for the championship and largest purse ever offered. Wickford, owned by George Long, was entered last night as part of the field.
AP dispatch from Cork reports Sinn Fein fighters attacked a military lorry wounding three, killing one soldier. In Ballinderry two constables were shot dead and three wounded as Sinn Fein ambushed a police car. In Meath county two officers were shot dead, one wounded, and one civilian killed during arrests.
W N Foreacre vice president and general manager of Southern Railway East division was found dead in his private car in Hendersonville North Carolina according to Associated Press dispatches with details pending confirmation.
Georges Carpentier and Harry Levinsky meet in a 12 round heavyweight lightweight bout tonight in Asacola City. The French war hero and European champion faces American lightweight champion Levinsky in a bout viewed as a test for a possible future match against Jack Dempsey.
The Associated Press notes Governor Cox returned to Illinois today after an enthusiastic campaign meeting in St. Louis. He plans to cross into Indiana later today, with the League of Nations as the chief topic of his addresses on this trip.
The Associated Press reports Earl Roepe of near Nere Michigan killed his two young daughters with chloroform and buried them in a river bed. He surrendered to the sheriff later. His wife was in bed with their six day old son when the act occurred. despondency was cited as the motive.
A farmer organization representative in Washington died in a property dispute. The death is attributed to digestive complications, according to scattered readable fragments from the report.
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