Pittsfield High Declares Third Place in Wide High School Meet
In Jacksonville Illinois on May 20 Jacksonville defeated Whitehall 47 to 46 after a long contest decided at the hammer event. Tomlinson set a 220 yard low hurdle record and Kinzer cleared 5 feet 11 3/4 inches in the high jump. Individual event winners spanned Declamatory and various track and field events with numerous Jacksonville, Whitehall and Beardstown participants noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ill
Whitehall
Illinois
Tomlinson
Kinzer
Dorothy Gardner
Beardstown
John Collins
Myrtle Binns
Pittsfield
East
Petersburg
King
Vandeveer
Angier
Price
Beoker
Furry
Cosgrove
Howard Reynolds
Anzier
Spencer
Culbertson
Claus
Hoyle
Bast
Homer Reynolds
Close
Hull
Doyle
Cryder
Hembrough
Vermillion
Duchardt
Johnson
Polevantt
Casewell
Ashland
Croder
Long
Cedar Rapids Beats Clinton 4 2 as Mellinger Returns
Cedar Rapids Indiana beat Clinton 4 to 2 in a game noted for Mellinger, former Cedar Rapids star, celebrating his return after leaving with Connie Mack. Infield play featured a steal of home by Jack in the sixth. Box score shows Cedar Rapids 010 001 02 and Clinton 000 006 0 02 with Melhinger and Hoffeiin for Cedar Rapids and Jones and Brown for Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Mellinger
Connie Mack
Or Jack
R. WE
Melhinger and Hoffeiin
Jones and Brown
The Eczema Remedy Patent Ad From The Past
An old patent advertisement promotes S. S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier for eczema and skin diseases. It claims 70 million skin pores connect to blood, with canals that poison the skin, then urges readers to write for a free skin disease book and to contact Averift Specific Co. for confidential medical replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Averift Specific Co
Department 33
Atlacta
Local Pick-Ups and Hirsh Store Ads Light up City
Local notes report Snyder's new cabs and 25c phone listings, Mrs Addie Sprague leaving for Moline to visit daughter Mrs Carl Loebbins, and brisk Hirsh Store promotions on silk skirts gloves and yard wide tafteta. Clerical visits by H G Schriber and F R Harder, Overland agent G A McLoney, and a Bethel AME church pulpit announcement follow. A North Side Boat Club dance with free ladies and 1 dollar men is noted, plus Crooks Cox millinery sale buzz and Mrs Edmond Balm and Mrs Anna Whelen's Chicago trip avert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Addie Sprague
South Twenty-fourth Street
Moline
Ill
Carl Loebbins
Blue Ribbon
Frank Holland
Springfield
Wabash
H. G. Schriber
F. R. Harder
Pittsfield
G. A. McLoney
Overland Agency
Keokuk
Iowa
T. Shaw
Bethel A. ME
Philadelphia
Richard Allen
North Side
Alice Noll
Hempshire Street
Julins Hausman
Irene Hausman
St. Louis
Crooks & Cox
Edmond Balm
Anna Whelen
Chicago
Cleveland
Emil Reinkendorf
Grace Methodist Ladies Aid entertain at church program
Members of Grace Methodist church Ladies Aid presented an event Friday night with a post program sale, patel post package sale, and refreshments. The program featured a male quartet J L Howe Mr Dunn F E HW Menke and Otho Arnold, piano solo by Mrs Otho Arnold, vocal solo by John Kirkpatrick, piano solo by Helen Rottmeyer, reading by Miss Laura Shultz, and a history of theAid society by Roy Deland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Grace Methodist Church
J. L. Howe
Mr. Dunn
FE. HW. Menke
Otho Arnold
John Kirkpatrick
Helen Rottmeyer
Mexican Executed for Wife Murder in Arizona
Francisco Rodriguez was hanged at Florence state penitentiary at 3 15 p m Friday for the murder of his wife in Phoenix on January 17 1911. He had been reprieved nine times and the case drew international attention when Secretary Bryan intervened on representations from the Mexican government to postpone the execution for further investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Francisco Rodriguez
State Penitentiary
Florence
Rodriguez
Bryan
Alexican
Rose Poly Tech Defeats Indiana State Normal Four to Six
In Terre Haute Indiana Rose Polytechnical Institute edges Indiana State Normal 6 to 5 in a college baseball game. Rose Poly scored late to pull within one run and secured the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Indiana State Normal
Wichita officers probe ties Clayton man to tire thefts
A Wichita investigation links a Clayton man to tire thefts through a teen recruit. Harold Chitwood described Pfanschmidt coaxing him into selling tires bought in Arkansas City and Oklahoma City. Police say Stimold was used as a goat in exchanges and that the criminal network extends from Fort Worth to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfanschmidt
Ghummy
Harold
Hay
Wichita
Arkansas City
Oklahoma City
Harald
Jim
Cone of the Groom
Chit- Wood
Sells-Floto Circus
Stimold
Pranschmidt
Anderson
Stimolald
Hastie
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Bradley Bests Millikin In Peoria Tilt
Bradley Polytechnic defeats Millikin University 8 to 3 in Peoria on May 20 as the teams met for a varsity matchup. Bradley controlled the game with scoring drives while Millikin struggled to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Bests
Millikin
Peoria
Bradley Polytechnic
Millikin University of Decatur
Austrian Front Advances Five Miles Near Rovereto
Berlin reports on May 19 that Austrian forces pushed forward five miles south and southeast of Rovereto. Terrain remains snowbound with steep ascents and descents up to 4000 feet, but artillery superiority enabled rapid infantry advances. Prisoners surpass 7,300 with 31 cannons and 38 machine guns captured. gains include Italian-held positions of long strategic interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Rovereto
Altitudle
Austrans
Senate Restores East River Work
An appropriation of 200000 for a 35 foot channel in East River New York was restored by the Senate by a 48 to 4 vote. The project, adding to the current 500000, funds dredging to allow largest battleships access from New York Bay to Brooklyn Navy Yard. Senators O Gorman Wadsworth Kenyon and Sherman led the effort amid a week long filibuster against the bill.
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Washington
East River
N. Y
Commerce Commission
Senate
New York Bay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wilson
New York
O'Gorman
Wadsworth
Kenyon
Sherman
Parker Show to Tour City With Big Lot Need
Howard Baldwin advance agent for the C. W. Parker carnival company arrives to confer with the Eagles on the week beginning June 12. A suitable lot is sought as the market square is too small. Nauert's park may host the event. This year’s Parker show is described as the biggest yet with a $15,000 personal car for Mr Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Baldwin
C. W. Parker Carnival Company
Aerie of Eagles
Eagles
Baldwin
Nauert’s Park
Tenth
van Buren
Parker
Waterloo Beats Marshalltown 6 3 in Second Game
Waterloo hit Watkins hard to win the second game of the series 6 to 3. Marshalltown loaded the bases in the seventh and ninth but could not push across runs. Score Waterloo 6 6 3 vs Marshalltown 3 7 3. Batteries Davis Hart Bren nan Watkins Dorman Lee.
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Waterloo
Marshalltown
Watkins
R.H.E. Waterloo
Davis
Hart
Brennan
Dorman and Lee
Fort Dodge Beats Mason City 3 to 1 in Baseball
May 20 in Mason City Fort Dodge defeated Mason City 3 to 1 after four errors by Mason City. Watson Weeks Sluggins and Smith were the battery for Fort Dodge while Mason City pitchers allowed scattered hits.
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Fort Dodge
Mason City
Huggins
R.H.E
Watson
Weeks
Sluggins
Smith
Wesleyan Beats Eastern Illinois Normal in 17 5 Victory
Wesleyan defeats Eastern Illinois Normal of Charleston 17 to 5 as Elliott strikes out 17 and adds three hits for Wesleyan. Bigler of Charleston hits a home run. Game played in Bloomington on May 20.
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Wesleyan
E. I. Normal
Bloomington
Til
Eastern Illinois Normal
Charleston
Elliott
Bigler
Local Colleges Quadrupleheader At Baldwin Park
The Gem City Business College team and LaGrange College meet at Baldwin Park this afternoon. First pitch is set for 1 30. After the college game the local high school will face the YMCA in a follow up contest.
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Gem City Business College
LaGrange College
Baldwin Park
Carthage Defeats TWinois in Illinois Match
Carthage college defeated TWinois by 11 points on May 20 in Jacksonville Illinois securing a 7 to 11 score spread. The Illinois college roster and venue identified.
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Carthage
Twinois
Jacksonville
Illinois College
Carthage College
Foley Cathartic Tablets Praise From Cedar Grove Reader
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as a liver pill that does not nauseate or gripe and acts freely on the liver. The ad notes benefits for indigestion constipation bloating sour stomach gas bad breath and other bowel-related conditions and claims stout persons enjoy a light buoyant feeling. Miller Arthur Drug Co-Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hawn
Cedar Grove
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Rome Admits Loss Around Trent In Italy War Report
Rome reports withdrawal from Zegnatorta in Lagarina valley and upper Astico from Monte Maggio to Sagliod aspio after three days of Austrian shelling. Italians meanwhile hold new Austrian positions in the Adamello zone while prisoners and materiel are captured.
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London
Trent
Rome
Zegnatorta
Lagarina
Astico
Monte Maggio
Sagliodaspio
Adamello
Germany
Meuse
Verdun
Paris
Avecourt Wood
le Mort Homme
Woevre
Caucasus
Constantinople
Bitlis
Baiburt
Petrograd
Japs Lose to Towa
In Ames Iowa May 20 Waseda University of Japan lacked cohesion. Errors and missed plays cost them the second game against Iowa State college baseball team played here yesterday. The locals won 6 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Ames
Waseda University of Japan
Iowa State College
Wakefield Seeks Fill Gap From Kirsch Disappearance
Rockford shortstop Fred Kirsch vanished in recent days and reportedly joined the Kenosha independent team. Howard Wakefield now faces replacing the missing infielder as the club adjusts its lineup.
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Howard Wakefield
Fred Kirsch
Rockford
Kenosha
Order Marine Force 10 Haiti to Santo Domingo aid
Three hundred marines at Norfolk and between 400 and 500 in Haiti were ordered to Santo Domingo to reinforce the American policing force. The Norfolk contingent sails on the cruiser Tennessee. the Salem from Boston will move with about 23 machines. Rear Admiral Caperton authorized the transfer under broad powers as part of enforcing constitutional authority in Santo Domingo amid political upheaval and clashes between President Jiminez and congress.
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Washington
Norfolk
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Little Republic
Tennesee
New York
Salem
Boston
Caperton
Dominican
United States
Jiminez
Congress
Arias
Amusements Today shows multiple film programs
Orpheum and Bijou houses present The Fatal Wedding and Joyce's Strategy among titles like The Toll of the Jungle and At Bachelor's Roost. Star features Belasco Pennington's Choice. Colonial hosts Live Wires and Lava Sparks with Billie Ritchie. Gem screens Jerry's Perfect Day and The Fifth Ace. Savoy offers Marion Swayne and Bert Delaney in The Net.
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Joyce
Belasco
Pennington
Billie Ritchie
Jerry
Savoy
Marion Swayne
Bert Delaney
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Pittsfield High
Ilinois
Pike County
Muscatine
Burlington
Muskies
R.H.E. Muscatine
Battenes
Flannagan
Stennett
Rojas
Hruska
Weaver
Vandervelda
Roetzle
Billie Burke
Miss Berke
Grace Methodist Aid
Clayton
Daily Progress
Federal Commerce Commission
Mne S
Ee As
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
CART
Tennessee
Island
Orpheum
Broadway
Saazer
Bohamia
Anheuser-Buusch
St.Louis
Anheuser-Busch Branch
Quincy
Iil
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