High School Beats Alumni 7–0 In Ragged Exhibition
The local high school football team defeated the alumni squad 7 to 0 in a hard fought game. Eiscamp and Meek both starred for the school, with Knauss kicking the decisive goal as Biscamp scored the touchdown. Referee Brookhart, Umpire Dokies, and Head linesman Fuller handled the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Park
Eiscamp
Buckley
Knauss
Fields
Shenefelt
Shinnie
Meek
Garard
Biscamp
Alumni High School Poise
Cacec
Els
Garere
Seelt
Ceescee Patterson
Fulton McLaughlin Brown
Caccesses
Cedi
Kurtz Zimmerman
Cummings Guthrie Oiesces
Buckley Schenefelt
Piipacenes
Kiscamp
Brookhart
Dokies
Fuller
Aldrich retirement leaves vast pink gap in Senate
The author lauds Nelson W. Aldrich for his mastery in debate and reform tactics, noting he studied pending legislation to crush opposition with facts and party whip. He is praised as a formidable refuter, a prolific intellect, and a notable figure who left Washington with influence intact as the Senate suffers without strong leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Aldrich
United States Senate
Nelson W
Congress
Rhode Island
J. P Doliver
Iowa
Senate
Washington
Joe
Cannon
Aldrich
Keota and West Liberty change venue for October 19 game
Keota will host the October 19 contest after a venue switch. The game against West Liberty moves from Washington to West Liberty as announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
West Liberty
Washington
Teas and Fields firm dissolved notice
The firm of Teas and Fields has dissolved. All persons knowing themselves indebted should call at the shop to settle. All outstanding bills must be settled at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teas & Fields
Businesses Cut Hours For Autumn Through Spring 1924
An important notice states that from October 1 to April 30 all listed places of business will close at 6 30 PM daily except Saturdays. The list includes Todd Stuart J A Cunninghams Sons R L Lytle The Lemley Co Stewart Bros Klein Warren and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Stuart
J. A. Cunningham's Sons
R. L. Lytle
the Lemley Co
Stewart Bros
Klein & Warren
Oriez & Speer
Dankwardt & Kurtz
Keller & Phillips
E. P. McCaulley
J. A. Conger
A. N. Alberson
Conner & Dougall
Orr & Patton
Harry McCall
F. W. Diller
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Dealer
An Ohio Falls Indiana dealer H W Hendrickson says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best for coughs colds and croup and his best seller. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
H. W. Hendrickson
Ohio Falls
Ind
Lemmon
Mrs Thomas F Ryan’s Gift Highlights Charity Legacy
Mrs Thomas Fortune Ryan donated property worth 250000 to the Convent of the Holy Child at Suffern New York for an academy for young women. Her gifts span churches hospitals and colleges, including a million dollar Richmond cathedral and endowments for tuberculosis relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Philadelphia
Ryan
Holy Child Nuns
Richmond
Virginia
St. Andrewson-Hudson
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Sisters of Charity
Suffern
Phoenix
Order of the Perpetual Adoration
Washington, D. C
Newly Rich Overrun Fashionable Newport and Bar Harbor
The article cites Newport and Bar Harbor as crowded by newly wealthy people. J Townsend Burden Jr a Meadowbrook polo figure and Rockaway club member notes moneyed classes buy nearby homes, forcing less wealthy residents to move or be labeled snobs. He married Florence Sheedy of Denver with a $1.5 million dowry.
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Newport
Bar Harbor
America
J. Townsend Burden, Jr
Townsend Burden
Meadowbrook
Rockaway
Florence Sheedy
Denver
Colo
Ty Cobb and the Baseball Page Wordplay
In a New York hotel two college professors observe Ty Cobb reading a paper and joke about the baseball page being hard to read. The quip highlights Cobb as educated yet baffled by the page, reflecting the era’s colorful sports reportage.
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Ty Cobb
Washington Star
New York
Oldest Riddle of Samson and Beehive Mystery
The ancient riddle from Judges 14:14 about honey from a carcass, told at Samson's wedding, challenged guests who could not solve it. It reflects early traditions of riddle telling and the shift in meaning of the word meat from food to substance for the time.
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Samson
Sioux City Mayor Heads Iowa Municipalities League
Sioux City Mayor A A Smith was elected president of the Iowa League of Municipalities as Marshalltown is named next meeting site. Fort Dodge Mayor J F Ford becomes vice president and Secretary Pierce of Marshalltown is re elected. A Boone councilman urged fire protection clubs and a legislature push for second class city powers to tax for sanitation and related building nuisance actions.
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Sioux City
A. A. Smith
Iowa League of Municipalities
League
Marshalltown
Burlington
J. F. Ford
Fort Dodge
Pierce
B. H. Hill
Boone
Wife murder suspect Wilson captured after fatal boarding house shooting
Peter or Pierce Wilson was jailed after confessing to shooting his wife Josephine Wilson at their High avenue West boarding house in Oskaloosa Iowa. He is badly wounded with a gunshot to the left chest and claims self defense saying she shot first with a pistol and a razor attack followed.
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Oskaloosa
Pete
Pierce Wilson
Josephine Wilson
High Avenue West
Beacon Road
Wilson
Henley
Dr Batten Leaves Des Moines for National Baptist Post
Dr Samuel Zane Batten of Des Moines college has been elected general secretary of the social service and brotherhood division of the Northern Baptist convention and the American Baptist publication society. He will base his work in Philadelphia and may delay retirement from the college faculty until arrangements are made.
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Des Moines
Samuel Zane Batten
Des Moines College
Social Service and Brotherhood
Department
The
Northern Baptist Convention
American Baptist Publication Society
Batten
Philadelphia
Milk price notice from Brewer & Son
Notice due to high feed prices milk prices after October 1 set at 1.00 delivered per unit. Brewer & Son announces revised pricing effective date.
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Aera Ag
Brewer & Son
Woman urged to walk daily and take Chamberlains Tablets
Running up and down stairs sweeping and bending over making beds will not make a woman healthy or beautiful. She must get out of doors walk a mile or two every day and take Chamberlains Tablets to improve her digestion and regulate her bowels. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Gas smell triggers explosion at Brooklyn factory
Julius Bone, a watchman at 765 Stone Avenue, Brooklyn, smelled gas on the second floor. He lit a match to locate the leak, causing an explosion that damaged the building, routed 100 families, and left Bone blown through a concrete wall but rescued by firefighters.
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New York
Julius Bone
Bone
Stone Avenue
Brooklyn
Sam Perky
Heroes Try Human Chain At Lykens Slope Tragedy
Two cars derail at the Lykens colliery causing a timber to strike Oliver Kemble aged nineteen while he and rescuers are trapped. Robert Matter Os car Long help hold the line until four hours of rescue work. David Stence dies after a fall as wreckage is cleared. Slope blockage closes the mine.
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Pottsville
Lykens
Oliver Kemble
Robert Matter
Oscar Long
Matter
First
Kemble
David Stence
22 Billion Phone Calls World Wide in 1911
Boston reports figures from the American Telephone Company showing 22.6 billion telephone calls globally in 1911. The United States accounted for about 14 billion calls or 66 percent, while telegrams reached 579 million worldwide with the U S share at 17 percent. Global telephone investment tops 1.795 billion dollars with gross annual earnings at 329 million and average earnings per line at 232.87 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
United States
Lightning Strikes Faith Monument in Plymouth
The national memorial to the forefathers on Monument Hill in Plymouth Mass was struck by lightning. The Faith statue shows displaced stones and a granite Mayflower tablet is blackened. Repair is expected to be costly and the central figure may need removal for restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Monument Hill
Faith
Lunch counter car trial on San Francisco to Los Angeles trains
The first lunch counter car built for travelers of moderate means is attached to the San Francisco to Los Angeles trains. If successful it will be expanded to more trains. The counter runs along one side with an aisle opposite and meals served at all hours.
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San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Veteran seeks navy pay for cow starved in floods
Union Civil War veteran William Smith asks the navy department to reimburse him for a cow that died of starvation during the Mississippi floods. He says the Algiers naval station near New Orleans refused shelter to the animal while other flood refugees were cared for there. Acting Secretary Winthrop refused to take responsibility.
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Washington, D. C
William Smith
Navy Department
Algiers Naval Station
New Orleans
Winthrop
The Angry Doggie Bow Wow Finale
A dramatic scene unfolds with a restrained figure facing a fierce woman whose brown eyes blaze with wrath. She blocks the speaker's path as tension rises and a dog responds with a sharp bark.
Conundrum Man Proposes Pew-Sill Animus Idea
A mysterious visitor chats with a desk clerk about a comic idea for a story. He suggests a third party coin a neologism pew-sill-animus to frame a church feud over pew wood versus window ail material, while the clerk processes the odd encounter.
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Tsitheta
Afton Water Sings Through Quiet Conversation
In a brief exchange two friends discuss a singer with a liquid voice. One asks about the song while the other identifies Afton Water. The dialogue notes the speaker will reveal more tomorrow and mentions boasting about English ancestry.
Left uh taint city notions bring home ideas
Mrs Waryback doubts Samuel’s trip to the city and recalls finding a toothbrush in his trunk as proof of city notions. Mr Wapback defends the boy, arguing the trip did him no harm and jest at his fears.
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