Background of Cities Engaged in Title Games
Robert T. Small surveys Washington and Pittsburgh ahead of the World Series. He contrasts Washington’s political capital with Pittsburgh’s moneyed, gambling culture, noting Pittsburgh as heavy favorites and Washington fans expecting the Senators to be defeated. The piece traces how Washington’s attitude shifted from triumphalism to confident skepticism.
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Pocatello Tribune
Robert T. Small
Pittsburg
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Forbes Field
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National League Giants
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Senators
Ball Yard
Five Hundred Planes to Enter National Air Races
Mitchell Field New York on October 7 hosts the national air races opening tomorrow with military and civilian flyers. About five hundred planes are expected to participate bringing army and navy aviators and civilians from across the country.
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Army
Navy
Junior World Series resumes in Baltimore fifth game
In Baltimore at Oriole Park Louisville Colonels, American Association champions, face the Baltimore Orioles, International League seven time pennants winners, in the fifth game of the series. The Colonels won the first two games, Baltimore surged with a revamped lineup, then Louisville swept the next two away games in Louisville to deadlock the series.
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Oriole Park
Louisville Colonels
Baltimore Orioles
Colonels
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Moffett Urges New US Built Rigid Airship
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the navy aeronautics bureau, told the president's air board that the Shenandoah should be replaced by a US built rigid airship of at least 6,000,000 cubic feet, arguing the navy bungled past projects. He disputed Colonel William Mitchell's criticism of Navy failures in the Shenandoah, Hawaiian and North Polar expeditions.
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Washington
William A. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
President
Air Board
United States
William Mitchell
Navy
Metropolitan and Kentucky Jockey Club Meetings Under Way
Racing events headline today with meetings at Jamaica Latonia and Laurel plus Chicago business racing. Grand circuit trots begin in Lexington while Pittsburg hosts the World Series opener as other notes include golf and a local show.
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Jamaica
Kentucky Jockey Club
Latonia
Maryland Fair Association
Laurel
Business Men's Racing Association
Chicago
Lexington
Pittsburg
Westward Ho
Sangamon Beagle
Elaib
Eerie
Strangler
Lewis Pa Big
Ulsa
Jack Zivie
Sailor Friedman
Pirates Clinch Fifth Pennant as Washington Fades
The Pirates celebrate a fifth big league pennant amid long-awaited triumphs while Washington, once dominant, now wears a calm superiority like New York did years ago. Fans’ passion and unspoken pressure may influence both teams, with Pirates sensing a strong push behind them.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Buccaneers
Washingtom
Gonfalon
Pirates
McKechnie
Senators
Baseball Roundup: Wanderers Edge Rivals in Extra Innings
In a fourteen inning contest McCabe Stroud and Peters led the Wanderers while Cook Stryker and E Baldwin contributed key plays. The game extended to a full fourteen frames with tight defense and late scoring to decide the win.
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Stroud
Peters
Cook
Stryker
E. Baldwin
Flashes of the Great White Way heads to the Auditorium
Felies Bergere brings its Parisian vaudeville flair to a brief road tour before a Broadway run. The show features 52 performers led by Carl D. Francis with Marigold Serenaders, Margaret Daley, Dorothy Charles, Lucille Barton and a chorus of glamorous speaking and singing acts. Opens at the Auditorium Thursday night October 15 with lavish sets and exotic dances.
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Carroll
Whit
Broadway
Carl D. Francis
Henry W. Bavage
Marigold Serenaders
Margaret Daley
Dorothy Charles
Greenwich Village
Lucille Barton
George M. Cohan
Nellie Kelly
The Gold Rush by Charlie Chaplin at Capitol Theatre
Chaplin's ten part feature The Gold Rush now playing at the Capitol theatre. Filmed from February 7, 1924 to April 16, 1925 with over 500000 feet of film, the production used no time clocks and relied on Chaplin's presence for filming.
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Charlie Chaplin
Alaska
Capitol Theatre
Chaplin
Richards and Pringle's Minstrels At Audito rium
Richards and Pringle's Famous Minstrels appear at the Auditorium for two nights on Saturday and Sunday October 10 and 11. The show features the gorgeous first part la Grande Hunters fourteen vau deville features a great band and orchestra with a new free street parade and a night band concert.
Ranger of the Big Range Opens at Strand
The Strand presents The Ranger of the Big Range starring Kenneth Horton with Helene Costello and Eulalie Jensen set against the Rocky Mountains. Also showing a two reel Jimmy Adams comedy Be Careful on a four day bill.
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Big Rae
Strand Theatre
Rocky Mountains
Kenneth Horton
Helene Coatello
Eulalie Jensen
Will Walling
Robert J. Graves
Lew Harvey
Eugene Paulette
Harvey Clark
Dan Blanding
Jimmy Adama
Ten Commandments at Orpheum Tonight and Tomorrow
Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandments with Jack Derville's orchestra plays the Orpheum tonight and tomorrow for the last time this month. Beginning Friday The Street of Forgotten Men, billed as The Miracle Man of 1925, will headline.
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Orpheum
Cecil B. DeMille
Jack Derville
Volstead Named Adviser in Northwest City Enforcement District
Minneapolis Oct 7 AP Andrew J Volstead father of the prohibition law was named adviser to Adjutant General W Rhinow, new chief of the northwest city enforcement district, in a formal announcement.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
W. Rhinow
Heroes of Hawaii flight crew seek quiet furloughs
Otis E. Stantz chief radio operator and crew of the seaplane PN-91 Honolulu rescue off Kauai have received 30 day furloughs to return home. Stantz and Pam Pope describe relentless public receptions, banquets, and press adulation as wearing, preferring home meals and family time over further hero worship.
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Harry C. Eller
Los Angeles
Otis E. Stantz
PN-91
Hawaii
Kauai
Stantz
R. Pope
Terre Haute
Memphis
California
San Francisco
Diego
Pope
William Bowlin
Mate
San Diego
St. Louis
Wif
Postal Receipts Reach 28.6 Million in September
Washington October 7 AP Postmaster General New announced September postal receipts at fifty selected post offices totaled 28 551 485 dollars. The total marked an increase of 2 763 056 dollars or 10 25 percent compared with September last year.
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New
Young Robber Shoots Himself in Milwaukee Police Cell
Milwaukee police report 19 year old Robert Lee Myron shot and killed himself in a city cell after confessing to the Peterson jewelry store robbery in Omaha on September 28. He said he came from Chicago with $10,000 in gems and $1,009 cash.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Obert Lee Myron
Peterson
Omaha
Myron
Chicago
Tufts Ford sues Boston University dean for 650000
Mrs. Louisa Tufts Ford sues the dean of Boston University for 650000 alleging discharge after she pressed charges against other faculty members over moral matter. The suit centers on alleged wrongful termination and seeks monetary damages.
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Boston
Louisa Tufts Ford
Boston University
Food Prices Show Decrease Across 19 Cities
Washington reports the department of labor found slight declines in retail food prices for the month ending September 15 in 19 of 24 cities. Decreases ranged from two percent in Charleston Cleveland Indianapolis Manchester Milwaukee Mobile Pittsburg and Rochester to under one-half percent in New York. Some cities saw small increases including Louisville Minneapolis Atlanta New Haven and St. Louis.
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Department of Labor
Charleston
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Manchester
Milwaukee
Mobile
Pittsburg
Rochester
New York
Louisville
Minneapolis
Atlanta
New Haven
St. Louis
Coal District Morale Dips As Strike Tensions Grow
In Scranton Pennsylvania on October 7, AP reports miners and operators clash over a new agreement. Business dullness increases with questions of settlement while banks show little savings withdrawal and related industries feel only mild impact beyond reduced mine activity and layoffs. Tulsa oil field recoveries top 26 million barrels from Wilcox sand.
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Banka
Java
Tulsa
Okla
Tonkawa Field
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