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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
8
An old style health ad urges drinking lots of water to flush kidneys and ease dull backache and urinary irritation. It claims uric acid from meat overworks kidneys, suggests Jad Salts as a remedy, and promotes keeping kidneys clean and active with temperate measures and hydration.
Chicago rallies to beat Brooklyn 2 to 1 as Tulliet doubles and Johnson singles set up the deciding run. Deal strikes out and Elliott’s error leads to the Visitor’s lone run, while Chicago takes the lead on a wild throw and Willifer’s hit in a two run rally.
An old styled drug ad promotes products named TID Tiv Tiz and Taz offering relief for aching swollen and sore feet. It urges use of small shoes and promises all day comfort with a one year guarantee or money back, urging purchase at druggists or department stores.
Wet grounds caused all American League games to be called off. NL scores show Brooklyn 1 Chicago 2 and Boston 3 St Louis 9 with New York 6. other leagues list Tecedo 3 Minneapolis 4 and several scattered results such as Columbus 8 Mibwitukesa 4 and Kansas City 9 in mixed abbreviations.
In Chicago he too: St Louis gains an 8 3 win as McHenry is ejected for disputing a call. Pitchers include Alexander Pfeffer and umpires Moran and others with hits by Heliocher Robertson Neil and others.
A school swimming meet planned by S N Gabel, Yo Mo Y, will divide entrants by weight into Class A for 15 pounds and over and Class B for under 11 pounds. Events include 20 yard back stroke, 120 yard relay, and various dives and strokes. Three men from each school will compete, with the meet set for May.
Two baseball games were played between St Boniface and St Francis teams Thursday at St Boniface diamond. The first game ended 29 to 10 with St Boniface ahead. Batt, Rersbrock, and G. P. Boriace starred, hitting several home runs as the Boniface club dominated.
Postponements extend to Basebangers Franklin Emerson due to Thursday schedule. Preliminary events for South Side scholars shift to Friday afternoon. Public school field day planned at Baldwin Park on May 21 with athletic preliminaries.
The Boulevard and Park Association will lay out a women baseball diamond at Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets east of the reservoir. The field will be on level ground and provide a splendid new playing site for the Industrial Base Ball League events.
CHICAGO May 4 The Illinois Homeopathic Medical association at its annual convention opposed compulsory health insurance legislation. Secretary Theodore Bachmeister urged doctors to organize like labor groups to defend themselves from pernicious laws, warning England’s 17 000 of 25 000 doctors are government controlled. Dr G W Diensten of Aurora urged spreading homeopathy principles to laymen. Other members urged education and publicity campaigns.
Providence reports widespread curtailment in silk and textile production. Most mills run three days weekly with night shifts halted. Two silk mills in Rhode Island cut to three days and reduced loom use. others plan immediate shutdowns or three-day weeks amid falling orders.
A west bound Illinois Central passenger train derailed a mile east of Lemares Iowa at four pm Thursday when rails spread. The math and barrage car and two day coaches plunged down an embankment. Doctors treated many injuries. none critical.
Troop No. 9 defeated Troop No. 1 in the lone Thursday contest at South Park by a 17 to 0 score. Batteries for Troop 9 were Bringate and Alfre. for Troop 1 Hess and Eberhardt.
An old time remedy advertises Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair and restore luster. The text explains applying with a sponge to a small strand, promising gray hair disappearance by morning and natural looking, fuller hair.
Pittsburgh May 13 Intense excitement followed a rumor of an engineers and firemen strike by 3 000 workers on the Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroads tomorrow morning. Railroad executives prepared for futures while denying any demands. In fact only a small attendance appeared at the meeting in the Union Labor Temple.
The Star Theater features Violet Heming in Everywoman while Belasco Theater presents Violet Heming in Every woman and Quincy Theater screens Neal Hart in Hell Bent Haskeld along with Ann Little in Lightnings Bryce and James Aubrey in Bootlights and Bakers at Colonial Theater Herbert Rawlinson stars in the Five Dollar Plate and Wino.
Chicago may th Mrs Trelen Griffin Basterado who remarried the day after her husband's death and her three children are named sole beneficiaries of the 2 250 000 estate of George F Griffin according to the will filed Thursday
In Chicago Mayor Thomas Wilk inson leaped from an eleventh floor window of city hall while awaiting a psychopathic examination. His fall struck one pedestrian and narrowly missed another.
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