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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
7
Cleveland pitcher Uhle won his second American League game defeating St Louis 4 to 2. St Louis produced a double and a triple in the seventh inning but Cleveland bunted Gallia out. Batteries: Gallia and Severeld. Uhle and Nanamaker.
New York May 7 in Washington Boston game postponed due to cold weather affecting play and scheduling.
Score lines show teams from Salt Lake Sacramento San Francisco and Los Angeles with batteries listed. Matches include Seattle Portland Oakland and others with batters named Le verenz Spencer Mains Bowman Schang Coleman Pennington and Houck.
Scores show Mobile defeating Atlanta 4 to 2 in Mobile while New Orleans hosted Birmingham for a 23 to 6 result. Rain affected matches at Memphis-Chattanooga and Little Rock-Nashville, delaying play.
Police chief Ralph Gibbons died after being shot during an attempted arrest of Edward P. Primrose for a bank robbery in Washougal Washington. Sheriff Levi Chrisman and the chief pursued Primrose through The Dalles streets. Primrose captured after a brief chase. Dolph Lewis surrendered later. The crowd tried to lynch the prisoner but was restrained.
In Toledo Milwaukee 7 0. Columbus 9 1. Louisville 2 8 2. Indianapolis 6 8 7. Batteries listed include Williams Stumpf Brady Murphy Griner Hargraves Wilkinson Wagner Schauer Owens Davis Kocher Hitt Hoffman Hall Brock Steele Dale Leary. Local scores from May 7 across the Western League with multiple games reported.
National League games were postponed due to rain on May 1 in New York Philadelphia Brooklyn and Boston New York, with multiple matchups affected by rain ensuring no play.
Continued text references a treaty effect on war termination for signatory powers on ratification dates. It notes Germany as likely to be the first to ratify and reap possible benefits. The fragment hints at a diplomatic context without full details or clear event.
Washington May 7 Congress will meet in extraordinary session May 19 per President Wilson proclamation. It states that public interests require convening at noon May 19 at the Capitol to receive communications from the executive and requires those entitled to act as members to take notice. The proclamation is dated May 7, 1919, and cites the nation’s 143rd year of independence.
Washington May 17 The best reports of the Victory Liberty Loan campaign reached the treasury today with total subscriptions at 2 468 663 000 dollars or 69 percent of the goal. The overnight increase was 398 000 000 dollars with 287 000 000 dollars coming from the New York district.
Idaho still reports no complete tally for the victory loan with a quota of 11,150,000 dollars. By tonight only about eighty percent of the quota is indicated as reached, despite a supreme effort by workers across the state.
New York May 7 The Fed removal of export controls on silver has spurred demand from foreign buyers. The end of the $1.01 1/2 per ounce minimum sparked a quarter cent rise with expectations of further increases. India and China are eager for silver while British interests may meet India’s needs. Scandinavian nations and others eye the United States as a primary supply. Mexican silver dollars at 78 1/4 are expected to rise with bar silver.
Amsterdam residents Mr and Mrs Dale Kunkle were visitors on Wednesday.
Mrs Patrick Murphy of Castleford is in Twin Falls visiting friends during a travel stop.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Mallison of Wendell were in Twin Falls Tuesday on a brief business trip.
Miss Mary Rasmussen of Kimberly traveled to Twin Falls yesterday for a brief shopping outing.
Mrs. Fred Lavola of Buhl was seen in Twin Falls shopping Tuesday, joining local shoppers and noting a routine outing in the Idaho town.
From LDEN comes news that Mrs EB D Bitt of Dea was in the city for a shopping outing last Tuesday.
L. M. Smith and daughter Elizabeth of Filer were here on a short business trip yesterday. H. A. Jacobs departed for Pocatello for a brief business trip yesterday morning.
Mr and Mrs Frohman of Buhl motored to Twin Falls yesterday for a brief trip.
Gooding locals noted visitors yesterday with G B Brown Ti G Solomon and H Pancoast among the names listed in the gathering.
O W Kessinger and his wife were in the city yesterday for a brief business trip, meeting contacts and making quick rounds.
Palace Cleaning & Tailoring Company and R F Roberts manager listed with address 126 Shoshone Street and phone 216 W. Also Faylor Cummins Babcock Building at 125 Main Ave W with phone 848. Practice limited to probate and civil matters notices show Jas R Bothwell W On ea eth iain Idaho.
Sergeant Jamieson from Nebraska plans to stay in the area and work an irrigated Bruneau tract to learn farming methods. He calls Twin Falls land the most substantial seen, noting many eastern servicemen are moving to the region. Farm bureau says about 400 outside men have started spring work on two Falls county farms since opening.
Frances Hazel eight years old was struck by a car while crossing Main in front of the Perrine hotel. She sustained painful but not serious injuries. Macauley’s for billiards. Fixcellant equipment.
A summons for publication in Twin Falls Idaho warns Frank Burke as plaintiff and Joe Luhan as defendant of a legal action in the Fourth Judicial District. The suit seeks combined judgments totaling about 691.54 to 826.00 plus 200.00, 400.00 and 560.00 with interest and attorney fees, costs, and related sums.
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