Three Teams Remain In Conference Race After Texas Wins
Rice Institute of Houston eliminated from state intercollegiate football title contention as Texas University defeats them 16 to 2. With Rice and Southwestern out, the championship purse lies among Texas Aggies State University and Baylor. Baylor 62 Southern Methodist. Texas Christian notes next. Droemers win curtailed baseball over Guardians 4 to 2 at Lambert beach as errors doom Guardians.
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Dallas
Tex
Rice Institute of Houston
Texas University
Lone Star State
Texas
Houstonians
Rice Institute
Southwestern University
Texas Aggies
Droemers
Guarantees
Lambert Beach
R. H. Epp
Cessias
Kraft and Ledger
E. Stahl
J. Stahl
Italians Not Well Informed Says Neutral Priest
An interview in Neueste Nachrichten features a neutral priest who arrived in Munich as a papal nuncio messenger. He says many in Italy believe the central powers will collapse within a few months and Trieste and the Tyrol can be seized soon after. he notes Italian papers cite fake hunger riots in Germany and Austria but that these reports bolster public confidence.
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Munich
Neueste Nachrichten
Vatican
Italy
Gorizia
Trieste
Cadorna
Istrian
Tyrol
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Berne
Geneva
Paris
London
Browns Beat Cards in Doubleheader to Clinch City Title
St Louis Americans sweep the St Louis Nationals to win the city championship. First game tied 3 to 1 with Plank and Hale facing Watson and Gonzales. Second game called after eight due to darkness as Meadows and Snyder beat Groom and Hale.
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ST. Louis
Plank
Hale
Watson
Gonzales
Meadows and Snyder
Groom and Hale
Women gain ground amid war demands and higher education
The London Globe notes that war work may still fall to women, especially munitions production, signaling broader shifts. Berlin reports rising female university enrollment, with Muenster admitting 270 women including widows of soldiers, as women move from liberal arts to engineering and law, signaling a social revolution in women’s economic status.
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Berlin
University of
Parrot Case Sparks Human Mixup in Police Desk Tale
Carl Crow, a former Texas reporter, covers a funny arrest of a parrot for abusive language. An irate caller, Mrs. Parrot, objects to the story after learning the reporter’s surname. The miscommunication ends with a witty exchange about names.
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Carl Crow
Japan
America
Texas
Front Street
Crow
Mrs. Parrot
Five Balloons In Bla Race Land Across Great Distances
Six racing balloons ascended Saturday in Muskogee Oklahoma with five landing between 25 and 400 miles from the start. Captain E H Honeywell in Uncle Sam and E S Cole in White posted distances over 400 miles landing near Cascade Iowa and Chariton Iowa. Captain John Berry in Million Population Club remained unreported while Warren Razor landed near Odessa Missouri and William F Assman crashed near Macon Missouri. Dr L E Custer landed 25 miles west of Muskogee.
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Muskogbee
Okla
St. Louis
John Berry
Berry
Iowa
Illinois
E. H. Honeywell
Kansas City
Uncle Sam
Cole
Cleveland
Ohio
Cascade
Chariton
Warren Razor
Dayton
Odessa
William F. Assman
Macon
L. E. Custer
Wichita, Kafi
Muskogee
Negro on death row killed by police during jailbreak attempt
Houston Wagner, condemned for the Zaola Cramer murder and linked to a Lisbon burglary slaying, was shot by Officer Parsons at the Dallas county jail during a bid to escape. He seized Jailer Wright’s gun, locked him in a cell, and tried to reach an eighth floor exit before the fatal exchange.
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Dallas
Tex
Houston Wagner
Zaola Cramer
W. H. Humphries
Lisbon
Here
Parsons
Wagner
Wright
British bone manipulator barred from aiding wounded soldiers
London Oct 9 British war office refuses permission to H A Barker famed bone healer who claims hundreds cured cripples and deformed soldiers. Barker cites jealousy and medical etiquette blocking recognition and saving pensions, while Parliament and public debate his exclusion and alleged wartime medical cost savings.
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H. A. Barker
War Office
Walter Whitehead
H. G. Wells
Lord William Cecil
Mark Kerr
W. T. Stead
British War Office
Barker
America
England
Whitehead
British Medical Association
Arthur Markham
Terauchi Announces Cabinet Members for Japan
Premier Terauchi and emperor named cabinet personnel with Terauchi as premier and temporary finance minister. Home secretary Shimpei Goto. Army minister Kenichi Oshima. Navy minister Temesaburo Kato. Justice minister Itasu Matsumura. Agriculture minister Kiyosho Nakashoji. Communications minister Kenjiro Den. Terauchi to act as foreign minister until Motono arrives from Russia. Finance minister to be named later.
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Tokio
Terauchi
General Terauchi
Shimpei Goto
Army
Kenichi Oshima
Navy
Temesaburo Kato
Itasu Matsumura
Agriculture
Kiyosho Nakashoji
Kenjiro den
Viscount Ichiro Mo
McCalmont Leads Texas Rifle Team to National Matches
Col J A McCalmont assistant adjutant general and captain of the civilian rifle team heads to Houston then Jacksonville for the national matches opening this week. The squad includes Col Oscar C Guessaz of San Antonio as one of the state’s crack shots and was selected from top rifle clubs.
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Austin
Tex
J. A. McCalmont
Jacksonville
Fla
Houston
Seer
Oscar C. Guessaz
San Antonio
Navy featherweight champ Heine Orchard stops White in Tia Juana bout
Heinie Orchard former navy featherweight champion knocked out Jack White in the thirty second round of a scheduled forty five round match at Tia Juana by catchweight rules.
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San Diego
Cal
Heinie Orchard
Navy
Jack White
Tiajuana
Rivers Growls to Drown the Barking of His Shins
A distressed speaker answers a wife calling from above as he explains he roars to drown the barking of his shins. The dark hall scene unfolds with stunned dialogue and uneasy domestic tension.
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Rivers
Mrs. Rivers
Prices Rise At Home Amid War Talk
Governor Whitman cites wartime inflation in Albany, arguing war prices should not justify higher costs locally. A Broadway waiter example is used to illustrate perceived absurdity as living expenses climb.
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Whitman
New York
Albany
Bill
Seago
United States Buys China Frozen Meat
The United States government purchased 6,000,000 pounds of fresh frozen beef and 15,000 pounds of fresh frozen mutton from a packing house at Tsing Tau, China, for American troops in the Philippines. The first shipment arrived August 7 aboard the Warren, at 9.12 cents per pound. A new refrigerating plant at Tsing Tau, built in sixty five days by Chinese workers, enables meat exports to the Philippines, Russian Siberia, and other Far Eastern markets.
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United States
Tsing Tau
China
Philippines
Australia
Department of Commerce
Warren
Commerce Department
Siberia
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