Warrington's Burmese Luck and a Distant Love
Warrington, famed traveler and parrot owner, heads to Rangoon with 300 000 rupees as Elsa Chetwood, a rich American, eyes his likeness. He reclaims wealth and status by shopping in Rangoon, confronts danger, ends his exile, and prepares a life in Paris after vowing to leave his haunted past behind.
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Mes
Parrot & Co
Rangoon
Elsaood
Ington
Arthur [Llison
Pars
Ms Ol
Flsa
S. Paradise
Elsa
Arthur
Mar
Martha
Warrington
Ar_ Ellison
Elsa Chetwood
Suley Patoda Road
Yokohama
Colombo
New Captain of Athletics Season Harry Davis
Harry Davis is named captain of the Athletics for the season, succeeding Ira Thomas who will lead the Mack pitching staff. Davis, a veteran catcher and former manager of the Cleveland Americans in 1932, has coached the team the last two years and argues ballplayers should pursue the sport as a lifelong career, not just a few profitable years.
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Harry Davis
Athletics
Ira Thomas
Mack
Davis
Cleveland Americans
Tabby Outsmarts Terrier In Canal Narrow Escape
A Lowell writer recounts a chase between an Irish terrier and a gray tabby. The cat fled across a street, dropped into the canal but was washed clear by a whirlpool and reached the bank unharmed. The terrier, thwarted, hunted in vain for its vanished quarry.
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Lowell Citizen-Courier
Tabby
Aluminum Revolution Promises Steellike Progress
An Australian inventor claims a new aluminum alloy surpasses steel in hardness, welding, soldering, and tensile strength while remaining noncorrosive. The piece notes aluminum’s many advantages including light weight rust resistance and vast abundance, forecasting its future dominance in industrial work.
World Humorists and Cervantes Hallmark a Satire
The article reflects on Cervantes as a master of epic humor and a preacher against sentimental romance. It discusses Sancho Panza as a deeply human comic figure and compares Cervantes to Shakespeare. It notes the value of humor that also carries a moral message.
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Cervantes
Sancho Panza
Shakespeare
John Falstaff
Mr. Dicley
Benedict
IR Barrer
Undoing of Tom Longboat
The once celebrated Indian runner Tom Longboat faded from the scene after a decade of prominence. Once hailed as a world class long distance star in Marathon events across Canada, he later suffered a decline due to training laxity and is no longer mentioned in athletic news.
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Tom Longboat
Longboat
Hamilton
Ont
Sporidom Farce and Baseball Buzz From Terse Clippings
A jumble of sports gossip mentions Marty OToole with Columbus A A club, Connie Mack still active with the Phillies who add Ramiro Seigle, and Ray Schalk admired by Charley Comiskey. Notes touch on Jack Blackburn, Gotch the wrestler, Giants seating for Army Navy, Danny Maher touring, and Mike Donlin’s hopes with the Internationals.
BENDER THE TRAP SHOOTER NETS HIGH SCORES
Chief Bender ex Mack star now with Baltimore Federal league shows top form in trap shooting. His scores of 89 94 97 and 100 in four Saturdays indicate strong Berth and expectations that he will excel as Baltimore fans await the season opener to watch the famed marksman in action.
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Chief Bender
Connie Mack
Ball Toxssers
Baltimore Federal League
Berth
Baltimore
Finn Becomes Scout for Detroit Tigers 1914 staff shaken
Detroit Tigers release nearly all 1914 scouting staff with Jim McGuire remaining. Mike Finn is added as a full scout while Bobby Lowe and Tom Kennedy exit the organization.
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Mike Finn
Detroit
Tigers
Jim McGuire
Finn
Bobby Lowe
Tom Kennedy
Rucker’s Ailment Found as Deltoid Burstitis
The Brook lyn pitcher Nap Rucker is troubled by a deltoid bursitis described as an ordinary little ailment. The report notes the condition as the cause of his discomfort and cites its simple nature.
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Rucker
Nap Rucker
Brooklyn
Colleges Adopt Soccer Football Games Reach New Colleges
Dartmouth in the East and Sewanee in the South are the latest colleges to adopt soccer football joining campuses expanding athletic programs.
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Dartmouth
Sewanee
Unclear historical note on a 1858 incident
Fragmentary OCR reads like a quirky reference to a person named Bill and an 1858 event involving a young man and a van. Details are unreadable and names uncertain.
Baseball Is a Jolly Gate to Legal Reform in 1915
A garbled 1915-era note envisions baseball athletes carrying legal certificates and ledgers for financials, with Umpires enforcing fees and court actions listed like cases 23,676 to 23,678. It speculates on injunctions, mandamus reversals, libel damages, and court news in the wake of baseball disputes.
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Cinnati Times-Star
Feds
Sten
Bates
Glenn
Methay
Eason
Beschergust
Fueler
Evers
Umpire Finney Sold For Four Dollars Sixty Cents
Umpire Finney of the Pacific Coast league once fetched the staggering price of $4.60. He recalls being behind the Fort Scott bar in Kansas in 1906 when Fort Scott disbanded its team. Coffeyville magnate paid Finney’s fare to select Fort Scott players, and the ticket cost $4.60.
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Finney
Fort Scott
Kansas
Coffeyville
Walter Johnson
National League Birthday Observed at Broadway Central Hotel
The National League marked its thirty ninth birthday on February with a celebration at the Broadway Central Hotel in New York. Hartford, Conn., now considered a Class C town, was noted as one of its members.
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National League
Central Hotel
New York
Hartford
Boston Braves Debut $100,000 Infield Projected
James Gaffney, president of the Boston Braves, signals a high value infield investment after securing Rabbit Maranville for 25 000. The move suggests a bold plan to field a $100,000 infield lineup, aiming to boost the team's competitiveness.
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Boston
Maranville
James Gaffney
Boston, Braves
Fed Offer Seen by Dodger Boss Charles Stengel
The text reads as a garbled note referencing Charles P. Stengel and a Fed offer. It mentions the Dodgers and a general sense of a binding agreement or negotiation but lacks clear details or dates.
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Spurne
Charles P. Stengel
Dodger
Jo Avant
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