Training camps cited for 1919 baseball season
New York March 16 Major league clubs from 14 cities across the National and American Leagues will begin southward spring training in the next days. Florida hosts five camps, with Georgia three and Texas two, while California North Carolina Indiana and Louisiana each host one. The article lists 1919 camps and 1918 sites for comparison, noting plans to save travel costs and the experiment of mixed home field conditioning.
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Ams
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Cleveland
Florida
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Texas
California
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Medical worker Samuel J Walker dies during Red Cross Greece mission
Dr Samuel J Walker, linked to St Luke's Hospital Chicago, died of typhus in Athens while serving as a medical member of the Red Cross mission to Greece. The mission has been active in Macedonia.
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Samuel J. Walker
Athens
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
Near East
Red Cross
Greece
Macedonia
Universal peace talk and trap shooting as national policy
A critical look at postwar peace efforts proposes a League of Nations and a nonmilitary path to security. The piece argues for universal trap shooting as national training, praising its health and civic value while warning against a standing army and militarism. It includes reader Qs on wildlife and shooting tips from Fred Gilbert.
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Entente
Supreme Court
Ous
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America
Uncle Sam
Universal Encour
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Marshalls
Richard Goldby
Macon
Milwaukee
J. Y
Fred Gilbert
Russian Peasant Habits Surprise Yankee Soldiers
Special correspondents report American troops in North Russia observe peasant life. Russian homes are compact and airtight, with generations sharing one or two rooms and chickens kept indoors. Soldiers note stove beds, strict heat saving, and mutual tolerance between American and host families amid frigid, log-cabin conditions.
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Norti Russia
Detroit
Michigan
Associated Press
Missouri Bone Day Law Passes House
Missouri legislature advances a prohibition enforcement bill. Passed 95 to 28 with 19 absentees, mainly St Louis representatives opposing. The measure licenses druggists for medicinal alcohol, imposes penalties up to five years for third offense, and allows searches with probable cause for liquor production or sale.
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Missouri
House
St. Louis
Norman
Stoddard
Eskimos Call Dominoes Nation's Game
A claim circulates that dominoes is the national game of the Eskimos, reflecting cultural pride in a simple pastime enjoyed across communities.
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The
Eskimos
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