Mobile Crackers Hopeful for Wednesday Pitching Return
Food For Fandom notes big Bill Robertson likely to work Wednesday for Mobile with Charley Schmidt catching. Brady expected to join the leaders against the Gulls with Pat Graham behind the bat. Discussions on Furchner to Atlanta and Chapelle trade prospects dominate the update as injuries and returns shape roster.
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Veteran George Roche Debuts For Crackers In Hoops
Veteran George Roche began his first outing for the Crackers with modest play but showed potential with steady work, suggesting improvement may come with practice and effort.
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Pinchot Blames Private Interests for Alaska Leasing Delays
Gifford Pinchot testifies before the senate territories committee accusing private interests of blocking Alaska coal field leasing legislation. He cites Guggenheim and others, says government should run railroads in Alaska and retain power industries. He argues power curbs raise living costs.
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Mobile Bench Plans and May Baseball Hopes
Smith will use him as a utility man once Bailey is fit. Mobile shows promise on home and away, but the season runs into September, so optimism must be tempered. Charley Schmidt hit his first Mobile home run. Dunn and Long have been quiet. Demaree steadies the Giants, while Covaleski edges Manning. Nashville and Birmingham notes, with Finn's pitching staff praised while Mobile fears Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
Governor Sulzer Warns Off Officials Over Race Track Bets
Albany May 7 Governor Sulzer sent letters to sheriffs district attorneys and Rhinelander Waldo urging action to prevent all wagering on horse races within Nassau Queens Kings and New York counties and City police. He warned officials they will be held strictly accountable for stopping gambling as the Metropolitan racing season approaches.
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Mann's Tribute to Underwood Amid Tax Bill Debate
In the House on May 7 a Democratic-Republican gathering marked Representative Underwood's birthday as lawmakers debated tariff provisions. Minority Leader Mann urged bipartisanship and praised Underwood as one of the ablest figures in public life. Underwood expressed thanks amid applause.
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Thorpe's trophies awarded to runners up in Stockholm games
The Olympic Committee ruled the Stockholm trophies won by James Thorpe be awarded to the runners up. H Weislander of Sweden and F R Bie of Norway receive the Vikingship and the Swedish pentathlon bust respectively, while the Amateurs receive honors for sportsmanship.
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Austria
Foley's Kidney Pills Promoted by Family Doctor
A family doctor notes women often seek help for female trouble but improve when kidney and bladder issues are treated. Foley's Kidney Pills are marketed as the best and safest medicine for backache tiredness aching joints irregular kidney and bladder action and nervousness. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Lipton Challenge Sparks Uncertainty Over Race Rules
The New York Yacht Club answers Sir Thomas Lipton on the Shamrock IV challenge for the America’s Cup. It notes drastic 1902 style measurement and time allowance changes and asks if the match will use the old NYYC system and rules or updated ones, seeking specifics before action.
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RHEUMA Rheumatism Cure Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts RHEUMA as a rapid treatment for rheumatism claiming the uric acid poison dissolves from joints and muscles on day one. It features a 50 cent bottle price with money back guarantee and a testimonial from a long term sufferer who regained mobility after using the product.
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van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Hart and Rossi Arrest Amid Denver Graft Probe
Rose Hart alleged head of a white slave gang and Alexander Rossi linked to a black hand band were arrested after midnight in Denver. A crowd pressed Sheriff Sullivan during the Hart arrest and a fight left him badly beaten. Rossi was seized near a hotel as police aided by officers. Hart was released by the city police chief with no bond, Rossi jailed after the confrontation.
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Rose Hart
Alexander Rossi
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O'Neill
M'Carty Signs For Bout In Calgary
Luther McCarty will face Arthur Pelkey in a ten round Calgary bout on May 24. Tommy Burns confirmed McCarty accepted the proposed conditions via a wire yesterday.
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Associated Press
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Alberta
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Sweden Accepts Invitation to Camp Perry Rifle Meet
Sweden will send a rifle team to compete at Camp Perry Ohio from September 1 to 9 after accepting the United States invitation. The event gathers marksmen for a noted shooting contest hosted by the U S authorities.
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Washington
Sweden
United States
Camp Perry
Free Pastilles Cure Claim Promises Health Advice
An advertisement offers to send a free 50c package of Rowans Pastilles in exchange for a full history of the reader case including age and occupation. It asserts the pastilles will cure backache, strengthen kidneys, correct urinary irregularities, build up tissues, reduce uric acid, and restore health for various diseases.
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Freveris Bright
Despondent Penned Starvation and Suicide in Pensacola
James Wood about 35, once a Gulf Florida and Alabama railroad switchman, faced unemployment after moving from Jacksonville. With a wife and three children to support, he found no work and ingested strychnine at his Pensacola home, dying a few hours later.
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James Wood
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