President Wilson Holds Full Cabinet Meeting in Fragile Health
A 1919-style briefing notes Wilson’s first full cabinet meeting since September, praising apparent vigor while noting political tensions. Reports on Berkeley’s Col Stuart W Walker seeking delegate at large, Democratic convention in San Francisco, and Republican ambitions. Industrial strikes disrupt rail traffic from Chicago to New York, with quoted criticisms of labor leadership and corporate influence. A Tampa note recalls an Overall Club protest against expensive clothing and rising prices, highlighting public reaction to market conditions.
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New York
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Medicals
Tampa
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Sattic
Stines Wiel
Merchant
Gould
Hagerstown baseball win ties ninth after surge
Shepherd College and Hagerstown High met in a tense late game with a tied score in the ninth. Hagerstown pulled ahead with a run in the seventh and claimed the win as Shepherdstown faced farm notices, local business ads, and community updates in a bustling issue.
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Shepherd College
Hagerstown
Hage Town
Amie
Base Ball Propositions for Potomac Post and Shepherdstown Club
Potomac Post No. 27 Am Vets of Shepherdstown considers a 1920 season schedule with at least fifteen games from June to August. The programs will be finalized before the season begins with several games planned against above average non professional squads and some against professional teams.
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Potomac Post
Am Oson Legion
Shepherdstown
Secral
Proposal to fund visiting team guarantees by season tickets
The text explains that guarantees paid to visiting teams average 20.00 per game, totaling 300.00 for fifteen games. It proposes raising funds by selling at least 100 season tickets at 3.00 each plus 0.45 war tax to cover guarantees for visiting teams.
Admission terms set for local games with war tax details
Regular admission will be 30 cents plus a 3 cent war tax. An advance sale offers access to all games for 23 cents including war tax. Season-ticket holders gain privileges to non schedule games with Baltimore Dry Docks Blue Ridge League and Georges Creek teams. A grandstand is planned with 5 cents for season-ticket holders. Payment for season tickets due by May 29 or after two-thirds of the schedule is published. If difficulties arise, payment may be required when half the schedule is complete by May 29.
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West Virginia Tubercuosis League
Red Cross
Jefferson County
Berkeley
Morgan
Amelia Hopkins
Wine Ridge
Clarke Coun
Walterloo
Edehalee
Thame A Rissa
Everething
Howe
Baltimore Dry Docks
Georges Creek
Regional teams scheduled from listed towns and equivalents
A schedule will feature top teams from Cham bersburg Waynesboro Greencastle Hagerstown Hanover Berkeley Springs Martinsburg Winchester Berryville Charles Town Brunswick Marist College Frederick and Myersville or, if unavailable, other teams of equal or better standard that usually represent these towns.
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Chambersburg
Waynesboro
Greencastle
Hagerstown
Hancock
Berkeley Springs
Martinsburg
Winchester
Berryville
Charles Town
Brunswick
Marist College
Frederick
Myersville
Community Baseball Season Tickets Sold For Shepherdstown
The town appeals for support to ensure a first class baseball season. A season ticket sale is a guaranteed purchase tied to the published schedule, offering fifteen days of first class baseball at 23 cents per game. The plan is not a money making scheme and aims to keep costs minimal while putting the best team on the field.
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Shepherdstown
The Rise of Electricity in Rural Life and Industry
The article extols electricity as a transformative force in farming and home life. It argues that machinery and electrical power boost productivity, cut labor, and allow more leisure, citing farm chores and domestic tasks becoming efficient through electric light and devices.
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