Wisconsin Infantry Triumph to Reach Army and Navy Cup Final
The First Wisconsin Infantry football team defeated Seventh Illinois 34 to 0 at Fort Sam Houston, earning a spot in the Army and Navy News cup final to face the Virginia artillery Third Illinois winner on Christmas Day. Captain Welsh led the Wisconsin offense with notable forward passes and end runs as Meyers, Westbury, and Schamel starred on the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Wisconsin Infantry
Army
Welsh
Wisconsin
Finn
Meyers
Westbury
Illinois
Wisconsin Brigade
Schamel
McCreight
McMurray
Patterson
Headquarters Four Wins Polo Tourney in Mexico
A polo tournament said to be Mexico’s first ended Sunday with the Headquarters team defeating the Thirteenth Cavalry 7 to 5. Lieutenants Shallenberg Collins Patton and Anderson, and Captains Patton, Koch, and Barrows formed the winning quartet. The San Antonio civilian four beat a picked officer team 2 to 0 in a thrilling match. The event featured Cavalry and Artillery players from multiple regiments with plans for another journey soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Army Radio
Columbus
N. M
Thirteenth Cavalry
Martin (. Shallenberg
James L. Collins
George S. Patton
R. KE. Anderson
General Pershing
Cavalry
Artillery
Roscoe
San Antonio
Army
Sterling Price Adams
Fourteen Teams Tie In Madison Square Garden Six Day Race
In New York the twenty-fourth annual six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden shows all fourteen teams tied at 162 miles nine laps after midnight. No serious injuries or withdrawals. record for the seventh hour remains 167 miles one lap by Eaton-Madden in 1915. Teams listed include America Australian Goullett Grenda and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Eaton-Madden
America
Goullett
Grenda
McNamara
Spears
Eggana Dupuy
New England
Hill and Drobach
Root and Madden
Long Island
Carmen and
Wiley
Bronx
Kaiser and
Cameron
Walthour
de Baeres
Newark
Smith and Kopsky
Rocky Mountain
Lawson and Mitten
New Jersey
Eaton and Styan
E. Ohrt and
Bello
Boston
San Francisco
H. Ohrt and
Thomas
Spencer and
Carroll
Seventh Field Artillery Clinches Polo Cup at Fort Sam
The Seventh Field Artillery polo team won the final contest Sunday at Trent field Fort Sam Houston earning the Army and Navy News cup emblematic of the championship. The victory capped the Fort Sam Houston polo tourney as the Army and Navy News cup went to the Seventh Field Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Artillery
Trent Field
Fort Sam Houston
Army and Navy News
Bopp Checks to Figure in San Francisco Trial
The third week of the Franz Bopp and six co-defendants trial resumed in U S District Court. Mrs Mary Smith testified as the government's chief witness as prosecutors seek to prove Bopp signed checks tied to a 1200 payment and knew its purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Franz Bopp
United States
United States District Court
Mary Smith
Louis J. Smith
John W. Preston
Bopp
Smith
Five Robbers Loot State Street Store Under Cover of Darkness
Five men used chloroform on two watchmen to enter a Chicago State street store before daylight Sunday. They blew the safe, escaped with $1000 after four hours of preparation, and left after binding the guards to chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Street
Mail parcel post push from US to Russia sails forward
The Merchants Association in New York announces the launch of a movement toward a parcel post system between the United States and Russia. A letter to William C. Redfield secretary of commerce details the urged postal convention. In a separate note, a humorous anecdote recalls Dick and Jimmy with their grandmother as they beg for Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Russia
Merchants Association
William C. Redfield
Vicar Visits Injured Youth in Hospital Ward
A new vicar consoles a pale patient in ward No 2. He tells him to keep smiling, but the youth laments he will never smile again, blaming his fate on a rival who courted another man’s girl.
Condensed account of yesterday's tea party report
Detroit Times records a witty recap of an afternoon tea with guests Mrs Love ly Mrs Jabber Mrs Duller Mrs Rasping and Mrs Ein donpeint, noting light social volleys and a lively crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fediter
Society
Hardware Ad Promises Linen and Cotton Mops
A compact ad from SAM SPEIR HARDWARE CO at 219 Losoya St promotes roller skates and a Union ball bearing plus linen and cotton mops for household use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Adv
Romanian General Acquitted at Court Martial Tutrakan Fall
At a Romanian court martial General Grigorescu, commander of the Fifteenth Division, was acquitted of cowardice after defending himself. General Todorescu died fleeing Tutrakan, leaving the 28 000 men to surrender. Prosecution labeled the conduct cowardly while the defense blamed Todorescu’s flight and argued the fortress could not be held after his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BERLN
Grigorescu
Roumanian
Todorescu
Tutrakan
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Danube
Gregorescu
Discredited commander acquitted but removed from command
The court found the charges not substantiated by sufficient evidence to convict. He was acquitted yet permanently removed from his post by the general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Staff
Pearl and Meier Teams Win Sunday in Winter League
The XXX Pearls moved into the pennant lead by defeating the Dreemers 6 to 2 as Fried pitched five hits for the winners. Meier Pharmacy beat the Chapas 8 to 7 in a ninth inning rally led by Wolf and Conrad with two hits each, Burnett and Stahl twirled well for their teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewers
Dreemers
Chapas
Meier Pharmacy
Fried
Ledger
Eslinger
Conrad
Wolf
Pape
Kalensher
R. H. E. Rak Poa
Eces Ivy Garshal
Heim
Lancaster
Whistling Buoy Sails 3300 Miles
The roving voyage of a whistling buoy is recorded by the United States bureau of lighthouses and charted by the navy hydrographic office in a science driven feat. The voyage spans 3300 miles and starts from Washington D C with details released on December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Lighthouses
Hydrographic Office of the Navy
Nantucket Shoals buoy resumes duty after long voyage
The Nantucket Shoals whistling buoy wandered from January 20, 1915, until August 16, 1916, sounding a doleful warning off Massachusetts. Recovered 275 miles northwest of Bermuda by the French cruiser Marseillaise, it was towed to Bermuda and turned over to the U S government. Hydrographers estimate a voyage of about 3300 miles by air line, actual distance likely higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket Shoals
Massachusetts
Bermuda
United States
Lighthouse Service
North Atlantic
New York
Old-time Ball Player Dies in East Liverpool
George Perry former Baltimore Orioles player and later in the American League and American Association died in East Liverpool Ohio Sunday after a long baseball career. The item ends with an advertisement for a gas heater from Sam Speir Hardware Co at 219 Losoya St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Ohio
George Perry
Baltimore Oriole Baseball Club
American League
American Association
SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Adv
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wicconaln
Welsh Stars
Rohde-Jameson
Swat Garess Engle
C. Daly
William
Ee McQuaid-Sauer
Bufka
Dutcher
Keller-Ladd
Bray -Johnson- Oakes Center
Molbach
Finn-Moss
William Murphy
Bienna
Motier
Westbury-Ridge-Ball
Meyers-Olsen
Daly
Schamel-Ridge
Harrington
Dineen
Kennedy
Johnson
Jeffries
M. Miller
Sanders
International News Service
George McManus
Maggie
Ocean
Gunter
Rcy Terrell
13Th Cavalry
Sands
van Natta-Johnson
Peyton
Koch
Dawley
Bristol
Barrows
Reynolds
Lapham
Davies
Jimer
Najor Adams
Hot Wells Hotel and Bath House
Arthur G. Jury
GEO. A. Dickel & Company Distillers
Nashville, Tenn
Ier
Waco
Texas
Dickel
Nate
S. P. Adams
Legation
U. S
Jimmy
Divine Providence
Ghigoreou
Pearl and
MEIER
Winter Baseball League
Pet
AMX Pearls
Chapae
Vc Csrcane
Meier's Pharm
XXX Pearl
Craror
Burnett and Chittenden
Stahl and
Stahl
John Williams
East Houston St
Franklin Cooree Gar
Birdsong & Potchernick
Ave. D
Wallace Brossicle
Auto Livery CO
Soledad St
Travia
Crockett
Gunter Bunding
S. A
A. P. RY
G. E. Haynes
Avenue C
Longview
Union Station
St. Louis
Sunshine Ticket Office
J. W. King, D. F
P. A
G. M. Bynum, C. P
T. A
City Ticket Office
E. Houston St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!