Miller Considered To Succeed Huggins As Cardinal Manager
ST LOUIS Nov 1 The Cardinals may name a new manager soon with Branch Rickey holding final authority. Infielder Jack Miller tops a list of candidates after Huggins signed with the Yankees. Rickey says Miller pleases him but declines to discuss his managing prospects while Ira Thomas is ruled out.
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Jack Miller
Huggins
ST. Louis
Cardinals
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Yankees
Thomas
Ira Thomas
Miller
Millery
Quin cy High basketball squads begin practice under Brazelton
Quin cy High opens practice next Tuesday after school under Coach Harold Brazelton. The team will practice Tuesdays and Thursdays through Thanksgiving before the basketball season starts, then every evening thereafter. Brazelton expects a fast, well developed team. two football players Menke and Weisenborn were cut from practice due to injuries and will miss Saturday’s Kirksville game but may play later at home against Macomb Saint Francis and Carthage.
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Quincy High School
Harold Brazelton
Brazelton
Menke
Weisenborn
Kirksville
Macomb
St. Francis
Carthage
Hall
Merkle
Thomas
Kirksville High School
Luke
Dirksen
Former Quincy Ball Player to Live Here
Charles Young, former Quincy Speeder and Hannibal Mule pitcher, returns to Quincy for the winter. He played with Johnny Castle's 1916 team and was bought by Henry Riedel of the Hannibal Three-I league club. After the Three-I season he joined Richmond in the International league, led its fliers, and that club finished last under Otto Knabe. He recently played an exhibition in Millville with Castle and ex-Quincy star Satan Stutz, who with Little Rock in the Southern league, and Stutz’s teammate Turkey Thomas now owned by Hannibal. Young’s home is Riverside, New Jersey, and he will stay in Quincy if he can find work.
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Charles Young
Quincy
Hannibal
Johnny Castle
Henry Riedel
Richmond Club
Flingers
Otto Knabe
Young
Millville
N. J
Castle
Satan
Stutz
Little Rock Club
Little Rock
Turkey” Thomas
Hannibal Club
Riverside
Harrison Returns to Texas from Quincy Hospital
H. B. Happy Harrison, noted ball player, has been discharged from St. Marys hospital after a stay in Quincy for several weeks. He plans to return to Texas soon.
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H. B
Happy) Harrison
Quincy
St. Mary's Hospital
Former out fielder Harrison to leave for Houston
The article notes the recovery of a former American Association and Three-I League outfielder, son of Dr. H. M. Harrison of Quincy, who sustained a broken leg last spring during a Red Cross benefit in La Porte, Texas. He remains on crutches for about three months and plans to move to Houston where he has lived for years, seeking further treatment in Quincy after the injury.
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Red Cross
la Porte
Texas
H. M. Harrison
Quincy
Harrison
Houston
American Association
Peoria
Nations asked to give relief to workers
Washington November 1 Plans for housing thousands of government war contract workers in congested labor centers were presented to President Wilson by a special committee of the Council of National Defense led by AFL President Gompers. The plan calls for direct government expenditures with emergency appropriations to relieve crowded shipbuilding towns, with report pending presidential approval.
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Washington
Wilson Wednesdy
Council of National Defense
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
National Council of Defense
Orpheum Adopts New War Tax Vaudeville Prices
Beginning today the Orpheum lowers five vaudeville prices to 10 20 and 30 cents with a one cent tax per 10 cents under the new government law. Five acts led by Lono’s Hawaiians from Honolulu will entertain with native songs dances and musicians plus Hopkins Axtel Cummin Seaham Ray Emma Dean and Current Events in pictures completing the program.
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Orpheum
Honolulu
Land of
Aloha
Hopkins & Axtel
Billy Kelgard
Ray
Emma Dean
Coney Island Resorts Accuse Free Entry Tactic
Some proprietors of Coney Island amusement resorts admit patrons free and collect 10 cents at exit gates to dodge payment of the war tax on admission tickets. This tactic aims to bypass taxes by shifting payment to guests after entry.
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Coney Island
Tricks in Shooting on the Stage
The article catalogs stage shooting deceptions used in vaudeville and theater. It explains balloon targets painted to vanish, candle and plate setups that extinguish flames, disrobing tricks with split garments, moving target shots with bird shot, and a French sharpshooter who fooled audiences until a jammed rifle exposed the ruse during a piano performance.
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Fowler
War Taxes in Effect Today on Public Utilities
Washington reports the new war tax law is now in effect with many taxes active since Oct. 3 and full operation beginning Dec. 1. The changes include 3 cent letters, 1 cent card rate, and 10 percent on Pullman accommodations, 5 percent on oil pipelines, 8 percent on life insurance, and tobacco taxes among others. Taxed items expand to freight and passenger transport and certain services. first class mail rates rise, and stamps ready for sale.
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Pullman
Post Office Department
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Panama
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Bahamas
Barbadoes
British Guinea
British Honduras
Santo Domingo
Dutch West Indies
Leeward Islands
Newfoundland
New Zealand
United States
Special Parcel Tax Rules Effective December First
The daily postal bulletin announces a new tax on large parcel post shipments starting December 1 1917. Tax amounts rise with postage from one cent per 25 cents to higher tiers and require internal revenue stamps prepaid and cancelled by the sender or postal workers.
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Daily Bulletin
Elmer Lummis
United States
Internal Revenue
Tax on Telegrams Tax Hikes Telegram Fees in United States
Western Union announces a new 5 cent tax on every telegram or cable gram originating in the United States. The sender pays for direct messages, or the addressee for collect messages. The company collects and remits the tax. stamps are not allowed.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States
Telegraph Company
Woman surgeon Dr Markland joins British army ranks
Dr. Markland is the sole woman surgeon in the British army and is regarded as a leading figure among surgeons in the British Isles. She is expected to see active service soon.
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Markland
British Isles
River ripples as Mayo steamer Minnesota moves to Quincy bay
Captain Brugge of the White Collar line says the steam yacht Minnesota owned by the Mayo brothers of Rochester Minnesota is being brought down the river from Winona and will winter in Quincy bay next week. Doctors sail it down river to New Orleans annually. Government light house steamer Dandelion passed Quincy en route to Keokuk. Keokuk made a road trip from Quincy, arriving at 10 36 AM, loading freight and leaving at 3 36 PM for the north.
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Brugge
White Collar Line
Minnesota
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Winona
Quincy Bay
New Orleans
Dandelion
Quincy
Keokuk
Joliet Prison Chaplain Resigns in November Change
Joliet November 1 Rev Peter Crumbly resigned as chaplain of the Joliet Prison. He leads the state board of corrections and sits on the executive council of the Boy Scouts of America. Rev Leo Kalmer of St Louis was named as his successor at St Andrew's church.
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Joliet
Joliet, ML
Peter Crumbly
State Board of Correction
Executve Council of
Boy Scouts of America
Leo. Kalmer
St. Andrew's Church of St. Louis
Father Crumbly
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