Normal Wins From Coronal Institute in Tight Football Game
Southwestern Texas Normals beat Coronal Institute 6 to 0 in a rough, penalty filled match at San Marcos. Russell and Shelton drove key plays for Normal while Chapman added a 30 yard third quarter run. Coronal threatened late but failed to score.
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Southwestern Texas Normals
Coronal Institute
Normal
Christian
Coronal
Russell
Chapman
Ford
Shelton
Jamar
Gibson
Balloon Captain Berry Reaches St Louis After Muskogee Flight
Captain John Berry pilot of the Million Population Club balloon from St Louis completed his flight from Muskogee Oklahoma. he arrived in St Louis on Friday and continued the journey according to the report filed from St Louis Missouri on October 10.
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ST. Louis, Mo
John Berry
St. Louis
Muskogee
Okla
Balloonist Captain Berry Lands in Harrison County Missouri
Captain Berry, the final of six balloonists, landed in Butler township Harrison county Missouri at 9 30 a m Sunday. He had not been heard since starting the race until Monday night and his landing point lies about thirty miles from the Iowa line and roughly 350 miles from Muskogee.
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St. Louis
Captain Berry
Butler Township
Harrison County
Missouri
Iowa Line
Muskogee
Old time dinner quip on women wit and pigs
A host carved a pig at a hundred-year-old dinner and held up a rib claiming it was the first woman. A woman in the group replied that it was made from much the same creature, delivering a sharp, witty comeback.
Ebbets Dodgers Built On Sub-$20 000 Talent
The Dodgers assembled a pennant contender at an aggregate cost under $20,000 with Wilbert Robinson shaping a compact lineup. Key picks include Cutshaw at $2,300, Daubert from Memphis without cash, and several players obtained via waivers or drafts for modest sums.
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Giants
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Mobile
Myers
Connellsville
Stengel
Johnston
Gratitude Letter from Lille Girl on Belgian Relief
A twelve year old Lille pupil writes of relief aid, thanking the Americans for bread and rice provided by the Commission for the Relief of Belgium. She ties aid to the 1783 French aid in the US War of Independence and praises relief workers for sparing many from death.
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Associated Press
London
White H. CC. Hoover
Commission For the Relief of
Belgium
France
Lille
America
Monsieur
Suzanne Laignel
Mexico imposes strict pulque regulations and taxes
First Chief Carranza enacts a decree regulating pulque the main Mexican drink. It doubles taxes on pulque entry, requires producers to record business details, and limits factories to within forty kilometers of the selling town. Violations carry fines or factory closure. The maguey lands must also diversify crops.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Carranza
Bernhard Appointed Manager of Salt Lake Club
William H. Bernhard of Memphis Tennessee was named manager of the Salt Lake Baseball Club in the Pacific Coast League on Tuesday. He succeeds Cliff Blankenship who resigned a month ago and will assume duties when the club returns home Wednesday. The contract runs for one year.
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Salt Lake City
William H. Bernhard
Memphis
Why He Left
A dialogue excerpt shows Mr Meckton arguing against staying home to avoid monopolizing conversation with Henrietta. Proctor questions notes, but a student notes the girl was checking if he had her sight.
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Harvard Lamnoon
Austria Imposes Win Tax on Horse Race Bets
Vienna reports Austria will levy a new tax on all race betting aiming to raise about two and a half million crowns annually. A special win tax applies to bets offering 30 crowns or more for 10. percentage rises with higher payouts, boosting government revenue from pari mutuel and bookmakers.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Fountain Pen Use Tied to Pocket Fashion at University
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes Fountain pen sales at the University of Washington campus rise or fall with women's pocket adoption. Percy Dearle, book store manager, says over three quarters of campus pens go to women who favor pockets. Blue book use and pen writing totals are projected high with thousands of books sold and tens of millions of words to be written this year.
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University of Washington
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Percy Dearle
Dearle
Swindled Follower Demands Horse Truth
A would-be buyer accuses a dealer of selling a spavined blind horse with staggers. The dealer claims to provide the best local veterinary help and says he cannot let the animal suffer.
Barnum and Bailey Clowns Named Hardest Working Entertainers
The Barnum and Bailey circus deploys fifty clowns who are the hardest workers of its vast entertainer army. Clowns must be fast, original, and clean in pantomime, performing in parades and shows with full makeup and precise timing to provoke laughter and delight audiences.
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Barnum and Bailey
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Victor Hugo
Hugo
Barnum & Bailey
Two Ways to Get Rich Says Osborn on Saving
The New York Times quotes William H. Osborn, United States commissioner at the IRS, on saving as a path to riches. He cites two routes: skilled investment for a minority and systematic small-sum saving for the majority. A married couple once rebuilt from debt by the wife saving coins in a furniture box, growing to substantial wealth through prudent investing and continued saving.
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United States
International Revenue
American
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