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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1919
Page
4
The Chronicle reports sensational developments in the Paige Grand Prize campaign. Subscriptions pour in as candidates vie for the $1726 prize, with seven days left in the first period. Voters are urged to push stubbornly, as every new subscription could tilt the race toward a new leader.
Cincinnati leads with Moran driving the Reds while Twin Falls faces Burley in a bold fixture. News hints Pat Moran’s rising impact and the city’s canal scene as a colorful backdrop in this sport round.
Miss Thelma Lincoln, lively contestant from near Twin Arts, competes in The Chronicle Mammoth Prize distribution. At fourteen, she is among the youngest, attends Pleasant View school after eighth grade, and is daughter of George A. Lincoln a prominent rancher. her brother Ivan aids as a Twin Falls Canal director.
Twin Falls travels to Burley to play the S I L champions in the first game of the season's second half. Stone will pitch for Twin Falls with Alexander ready if Burley bats approach. Burley is favored due to local jinx and recent fracas, and a win could boost Twin Falls in the standings.
Four men convicted of illicit sugar speculation were sentenced at the Marseilles criminal court. One received fifteen months in prison, and all four were fined a total of 100,000 francs. The case signals harsher action against profiteering in life necessities as a bill to impose the death penalty on extreme profits moves through the chamber of deputies. Abr and Mrs St Maresh of Castleford were on a brief business trip.
Samuel Untermyer testified before the Senate judiciary subcommittee that Congress cannot define intoxicating beverages by percentage. He argued the war time act and the constitutional amendment leave the question to a jury and cited 2.75 percent beer as non intoxicating. He estimated 1,000,000 barrels of 2.75 beer held by about 1,200 breweries nationwide.
Farmers threshers and laborers met at the county farm bureau office to set threshing prices and wages for the coming year. A joint committee of all three groups was formed to decide the season's prices. Last year threshing was six cents a bushel, but most areas paid more. J C Steelsmith of Kimberly presided over the largely attended meeting.
Rumors swirl about a possible Dempsey versus Meehan clash while chatter also suggests Max Kaplan could face Willie Meehan. Kaplan, hired to keep Dempsey in good humor, drew criticism from Jess Willard who said Kaplan was a poor clown and that Dempsey showed no humor when first meeting him in Toledo.
Lawrence Kans July 12 Jess Willard and his wife slipped quietly into Lawrence last night and were resting at their home west of town today Mrs Willard said she traveled from her home to Toledo unseen until after the fight Willard plans to leave soon for a business trip to the Texas oil fields
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