Najo Enters Major League After One Minor Year
Leo Najo, star of the Okmulgee Drillers, jumps to the Chicago White Sox after a standout Western Association season. In 150 games he batted .— with 213 hits, 34 home runs, 46 doubles, 10 triples, and 131 RBIs, and accumulated 444 putouts in center field despite later positional shifts and rough play.
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Najo
Okmulgee
Okla
Leo Najo
Chicago White Sox
San Antonio
J. W.seabough
Auto Death Toll in United States Increases Yearly
Washington reports 1926 motor accident deaths at 16,528 within the death registration area, a rate of 15.7 per 100 000, up from 14 411 in 1923 and 11 666 in 1922. The area covers 88.4 percent of the national population, excluding train vehicle collisions which added 1,532 deaths in 1924.
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United States
Washington
Commerce Department
Ttal
Limelight dim for Texas lieutenant governor under Ferguson
Dallas reports Barry Miller one of two U S figures to serve under a woman governor for eleven months. Miller recalls opposing the woman movement yet urges support as Ferguson governs. He reflects on past politics, the Ku Klux Klan and Farm Labor Union, and notes his preference for wide open country living.
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Barry Miller
Dallas
United States
Miriam A. G Rerguson
Miller
Ferguson
Farm Labor Union
Fergusons
Florida’s boom noted by Senator Trammell in Senate
Senator Trammell of Florida told the senate the state faces “phenomena prosperity” with long lines for postage stamps and rapid growth. He urged prompt federal aid for new post office buildings and increased facilities and staff, citing twenty years of steady expansion and recent rapid urban development.
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Washington
Florida
Senate
Trammell
Trammel
Congress
Union
Forida
Modern robber faces quicker arrest than did old time bandit
Los Angeles December 11 six members of a gang captured after a half million hold up of a mail truck in October. Police note frontier era bandits were hanged quickly while today suspects are indicted arraigned and defended in court. Modern tech like fingerprints and criminal-record bureaus speed captures even as protests rise in Georgia over Marion O Dunning's Savannah customs post. Senate likely to debate his confirmation with opposition from outside Georgia.
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Los Angeles
Georgia
Marion O. Dunning
Savannah
Dunning
New York
McAdoo
West Virginia
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
Thomasville legal notices outline charter petitions and hearings
The document reports court actions in Thomas County Georgia including a hearing date set for December 31 1925 and publication of order in Times Enterprise. It includes a petition for charter by Scott Dunn Company detailing corporate structure capital stock and powers and a certification by Mamie Merrill Deputy Clerk of Superior Court.
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Said
Thomasville Elevator CO
H. J. MacIntyre
Chambers
Court House
Thomasville
Thomas County
Georgia
Superior Court
Times
Said County
W. F. Scott
H. L. Dunn
Muscogee County
Scott-Dunn Company
Corpor
Roy Hay
Mamie Merrill
Officered Navy Crewmen Held For Onboard Still On Texas
Three non commissioned officers and a mess attendant aboard the battleship Texas at the Norfolk Navy Yard are held for general court martial on charges of operating a still. Detained at the naval base, they allegedly ran the still in dynamo room No 1 and some were intoxicated.
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Norfolk
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
W. A. Barnes
Hl. M Wilkinson
R. A. Cutlip
S. Venerable
Lieut
A. L. Broughton
Naval Operating Base
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
Navy
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Prunes
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IONA
Pink
Iona Brand
Bartlett Pearl
del Monte
Fresh Faeries
Washington State
Western Association
Drillers
Naje
Washington, D. C
Isc Lye
Campbell Pork
Lipton’s Coffee
East Jackson Street
Tex
New York Street Railroad Company
Here
Senator Trammell
Rogers
Larosa
Domino Sugar
Swift’s Compound
Lumbago
Duxba
the Hunter
James Watt & Bro
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