Benefit Game for Stecher in Capital City League
A monster benefit game for late Frank Stecher of the Sunday School League is set for tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 in northeast Capitol City. Sewage Pumping Station of the Capital City League faces Hamlin aggregation leaders of the Sunday School League to honor Stecher a well regarded left fielder and clog defender. Jimmy Hughes will umpire as fans are urged to attend in tribute to a popular amateur ballplayer.
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Frank Stecher
Hamlin
Stecher
Simday
Jimmy” Hughes
Automobile World highlights Cord tire and truck body trends
The piece discusses advances in motor trucks with special body designs meeting business needs and notes Packard’s J F Langhorne on growing adaptability. It introduces the Diamond Cord tire and Palmer Cord origin, its American Diamond Silvertown Cord naming, and claims on resilience and mileage.
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J. ‘Ft. Langhorne
Packard Motor Car Company
National Bicycle Championship Won by Frank Kramer at Newark
Frank Kramer the national bicycle champion won the national championship 1 mile race in two of three heats, with Joe Fogler taking the remaining heat. Floyd MacFarland captured the 1 mile handicap from 66 yards. Belmont Nine claims baseball title to defend, having won thirteen of fourteen games. notice to participants at Theodore M. Dowsb erry 129 Thirteenth Street NW.
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Frank Kramer
Newark
N. J
Joe Fogler
Floyd MacFarland
Belmont
Belmonts
Dbpukants
Theodore MM. Dowsberry
Thirteenth Street
Memorial Day Harness Races Set at Lansbury Track
Forrestville special reports Memorial day races at Lansbury track with entries for a 2.20 trot led by Von March and Tippett. five for all features Miss Atcola Loftus and O Keefe. trot pace and running races listed with participants including John Lansbury and Trilby Princeps. track condition praised.
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Washington Post
Forrestville
Lansbury Track
von March
Tippett
Rerka
John Morris
Gentie John
Dunworth
Cartketa
Roof
Alegeett
Linkwand Max
John Lansbury
Gall Pebble
William Leapley
Gallant Maid
Francis Javiis
Kalont
Michael Morris
Miss Atcola
Peter Loftus
Filueb
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O'Keefe
Charley Hal
Marshall Hall
Frant ‘T
Barney Dougherty
Honnie Lassie
John T Javins
Totor Pace
Green Hor Man McGregor
R.E. Beall
Jim Sm
Walter Haven
Peter Ford
Jonn E. Lansbury
Trilby Princeps
Plfl Tippett
Entries for Burke Memorial Day races at Copperthite track
Burke Virginia May 28 Memorial Day entries list many runners including Copperthite related horses such as Cape of ia E Te Morgan Alice WW Miller Great Peter Dennis Copperthite Alto Dewey Travel Belle and Locust Jaye Warn plus others. A running race is also planned with entries closing at noon. A special Union Station train at 11:0 a.m. will carry Washington spectators to Burke with a 6 p.m. return.
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Spectatio
Washington Das
Burke
Cape
E. Te. Morgan
Alice WW
E. Miller
Peter
Dennis Copperthite
Alto Dewey
Tavel Belle
Wail
Ine
Delle Knight
Jaye Warn
Jubilee
JM. Hall
Mies Ming
Eorgu Ullleary
Lora J
Henry Coppertiite
Twenty Thousand Dollar Trotting Race Offered at Chateaugay
The Chateaugay Agricultural Society of Kydensburg New York offers a $1000 handicap half mile trot for fall fair week. The village of 2400 expects the event to attract the nation’s best trotters to a single heat 1 2 mile race. Entrants receive back their fees with a small bonus, while the winner nets $2600.
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Qydensburg
N. Y
Chateaugay Agricultural Society
United States
Yevreath
Today’s Racing Entries Full Card From Local Track
Reading of the day’s entries shows a chaotic list of races with numerous horses and odd spellings. Notable named horses include Jonas, Ethel Sipson, Sauce, Helen Scott, Edna Collins, and Lavish names like Winged Pax and Rose of Jeddah among others. Multiple purses and distances are listed, but the text is garbled with many misspellings and inconsistent entries.
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Omation
Jonas Ethel Sipson
Sauce
Meerear
Horus
Leish
Tuten Rock
Naughty Lad
Ane
Saint Giant
Trace
Tuise
Todd
Messenger Rox Unie
Andrea Elfin Bean
Sir Alkewat
Cottattess
John Gigant
Jimmy Gres
Tare
Starry Naight
Carlton G
Mary Davis
Tos
Saletia
Cametha
Cviinga
Tose Parreh
Links Wish
Want
Cammaner’s
Touck
Act Wi Floral Pax
Bachelor Girl
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Rose of
Teo
Pippin
Mike Jordan
Sturestrert
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Louisville Metheas hax od ste ke Sa ete Pat Uns Bak Cou
A garbled OCR item from Louisville mentions names and places in a terse local notice style. The readable fragments reference individuals such as Gulley and Shane, with likely community notes or brief updates. The legible content is sparse, yielding a tentative public notice vibe without a clear event.
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Louisville
Metheas Hax
Shy Fuer Gulley
Shane
Hunt Races Opening At Pimlico With Army Star Power
Baltimore May 28 United Hunts of Maryland begin three days of racing at Pimlico next Tuesday Memorial day with over two hundred horses. Gen Leonard Wood and Gen H T Allen to attend with staff. army riders to compete. The course in excellent condition with new jumps, fast dirt track, and notable jumpers including Tim Donohue's stable and Silas Veitch entries. Several owners field at Pimlico and Capt George Langhorne enters Rosemont for the army steeplechase.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
United Hunts of Maryland
Pimlico
Army
Baltimore and Washington Society
Leonard Wood
H. T. Allen
Tim Donohue
Old Coligny
Kara
Silas Veitch
Waterspeed
Blackbridge
Anthony Allen
Mr. McMurtrie
Algie
Selectus
Banner
Woods Garth
Ral Parr
Lewis Garth
Charlottesville
Parr
Ticket of
Maryland Jockey Club
Bounder
Gay Deceiver
J. E. Davis
William Keating
Clyde Gallena
Leonee Fuller
Hunts
Hunt
Bota
N.S
H. A
Smaidens
Mount Rainier Sabbath raid shocks town over blue laws
Constable Unsworth raided Mount Rainier at dawn arresting B. R. Winslow Turner L. Funkhauser and W. A. Cleave for working on Sunday. The three faces charges with fines up to five dollars as mayor Plant seeks to enforce old blue laws amid mounting political tension and protests in Prince George county.
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Mount Rainier
Joseph Theophilus Kirk Plant
B. R. Winslow
Turner L. Funkhauser
W. A. Cléave
Thomas A. Unsworth
Brentwood
Fankhauser
Winkhauser
Unsworth
B. R. |Aron
Winslow
Mr. Cleave
Prince George County
Deaf mute pastor preaches first ordained sermon at Calvary
Rev Arthur D Bryant, Washington native and deaf mute, preached his first sermon as an ordained Baptist minister at Calvary Baptist Church last night. The service featured sign language hymns led by evangelist Rev Joseph W Michael, with all attendees deaf or hard of hearing. Bryant, supported by the church Deaf Mute Mission, has led deaf services here for two years and is the world’s only deaf mute Baptist clergyman. The night included a post sermon address in signs and an audience wide from city and suburbs.
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Calvary Church
Joseph W. Michael
Uniaute
Calvary Baptist Church
Arthur D. Bryant
Bryant
F. H. Green
Washington
The
Baptist Church
South
Mr. Bryant
Organist Miss Millhouser Dies at Memorial Service
Miss Susan Millhouser, 45, organist at United Presbyterian Church Blatraville, Pa., collapsed at the organ during a Memorial Day service. She died suddenly, apparently of apoplexy, near the end of the closing hymn as the organ halted.
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Blatraville
Susan Millhouser
United Presbyterian Church
Knife-Weilding Passenger Slashes Clothes on Car Battle
Conductor Frank L. Trompson and Motorman Wilson faced a knife wielding unidentified Black man at Tenth and U Streets NW after he used foul language. He slashed clothing and threatened violence before leaping from the car and fleeing. Passengers screamed attracting police and likely saved crew from serious harm.
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Tenth and
U Streets
Frank L. Trompson
Wilson
Tenth
U Street
Thompson
University of Virginia elects officers for year
The University Congress at Charlottesville elected officers: Speaker Warner T. Tabb of Gloucester. Clerk John Lyon of Washington D C. Reporter Hiden Ramsey of Asheville N C. Sergeant at arms Edmund Fitzgerald Stubbard of Mount Airy. The Civic Club chose Aubrey Toulmin Jr of Upperville as president and others. Debating Council officers include Charles Woodard Davis of Sedley as president and Warner Tabb as vice president.
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Washington
Charlottesville
The
University Congress
Warner T. Tabb
Gloucester
John Lyon
Washington, D. C
Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
N. C
Edmund Fitzgerald Stubbard
Mount Airy
Civic Club of
the University
Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Jr
Upperville
Albert G. A. Balz
Louis Arthur Johnson
Roanoke
William G. Marnin
Portsmouth
Charles Glenville Giddings
Atlanta
James Alexander Waddell
Charles Woodard Davis
Sedley
Warner Throckmorton Tabb
G. R. Warthen
Prof
Do. W. Paul
University of Virginia
Reid Stanger Fulton
Carsonville
Western military figure to attend West Point graduation
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, is named by Secretary Stimson to represent the War Department at the West Point graduation on July 12. He will distribute diplomas to eight graduates and likely deliver a short address. Wood sails from Washington for several days of inspections in Boston, Waterbury Arsenal, and New York posts before the trip. He will not inspect troops and has also accepted an invitation to speak at Virginia Military Institute on June 26.
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Leonard Wood
Army
War Stimson
War Department
West Point
Wood
Washington
Boston
Coast Artillery
Watervliet Arsenal
New York State
Virginia Military Institute
Alinut Murder Case Opens as Brother Faces Trial
Richard W. Allnutt, 44, faces circuit court in Rockville on murder charges in the death of his sister Mrs. Valeria A. Weirs. Prosecutors describe a brutal March 14 attack at the family home. his wife and Miss Rawlings were wounded. The defense contends insanity.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Richard W. Allnutt
Valeria A. Weirs
Allnutt
Nathan W. Allnutt
Montgomery County
Henry c. Allnut
Riot in Colored Town Leaves Town in Turmoil
In Seaford Delaware on May 28 a riot erupted from 2 to 4 am in Colored Town. About twenty intoxicated Black residents clashed with residents, firing shots from windows and injuring William Griffin who was cut near the eye. A nonaligned Black man was shot in the legs and side. Police are few, and officials fear further violence like the Laurel riot if tensions rise.
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Washington Post
Seaford
Del
William Griffin
Laurel
Mistrial in Murder Case Shocks Tazewell Court
In Tazewell Virginia Ben Lester’s murder trial ended without verdict after two days. The jury split ten to two for conviction and were discharged by Judge Fudge Kegley. Lester claims self defense as Robert Lester and Luther Lowe were killed last March. He is bailed and to be retried in August. Henry Lester fled the area as a $400 reward was issued.
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Washington Post
Tazewell
Ben Lester
Tazewell County
Robert Lester
Luther Lowe
Fudge Kegley
Henry Lester
Lowe
Lester
Confederate Veteran Ends Life at Mountain Park
George S Cunningham, 67, a Roanoke foreman and Confederate veteran, killed himself by cutting his throat at Mountain Park this afternoon in front of hundreds. He had attended memorial services with William Watts Camp of Confederate Veterans earlier, and left home in a happier mood. No motive given.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
George S. Cunningham
Mountain Park
William Watts
Four Dead In Wreck Near Bostic North Carolina
A double header coal train plunged through a burning trestle two miles east of Bostic killing two engineers and a fireman on the lead two locomotives, injuring several crew members. Victims were R. M. Green J. M. Lindsey Roy Dooley and Barry Lewi all of Monroe NC. Captain Frank Howell escaped injury.
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Charlotte
N. C
Bostic
Trai
R. M. Green
J. M. Lindsey
Roy Dooley
Barry Lewi Colored
Monroe
Lon Neely
The Sign The Sign Quality Everything in White
The Sign sells white outing trousers white flannel suits pongee silk suits Parker Bridget straws new shapes new wide brim ideas for the man who wants something different Upward 2 Soft Shirts Soft Collars Wash Ties Cool Ungerwear Canes Everything in Furnishings Hand Bags Suit Cases Luggage for the man who travels Well built luggage the despair of baggage smashers
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Bridget Straws
Death by Own Action Shocks Bristol Hotel
E M Parrish Jr a 26 year old traveling salesman from Richmond representing BE Taylor Co shot himself in his Hamilton Hotel room last night after shredding papers. Body found this afternoon and to be shipped to Louisa County Virginia.
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Washington Post
Bristol
E. M. Parrish, Jr
Richmond
BE. .B. Taylor & Co
Hamilton Hotel
Louisa County
Rich Tioga farmer shoots girl as warning lesson
In Owego New York May a wealthy Tioga county farmer Walter C Lowery fired a No 7 shot at Lucille Harding domestic in Dr W E Mayor s family badly wounding her He told the sheriff he did it to teach the girl a lesson The shooter was jailed without bail and the girl remains in a precarious condition Authorities say heat may have affected him
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Owego
N. Y
Walter C. Lowery
Tioga County
Lucille Harding
W. E. Mayor
Lowery
Drowned Attorney Found in Olympia Park Stream
George A. Johnson a 50 year old prominent Allegheny county attorney was found drowned in two feet of water at Olympia park A home nearby he likely visited the stream to escape heat and collapsed into the water The Garrett Park Athletic Club seeks a Memorial Day game with a strong amateur team in the District area for May 30 expenses guaranteed address W oJ Keltey Garrett Park Md
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Pittsburg
George A. Johnson
Allegheny County
Olympia Park
Attorney Johnson
Garrett Park Athletic Club
Tobacco Warehouses Burn In Taneah Kentucky
A blaze destroyed two large tobacco warehouses in Taneah Kentucky causing about 900 dollars in loss. Night watchman Charles Berry is missing after the fire began from an alleged suspicious origin. The burning warehouses were owned by the Tobacco Growers Protective Association.
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Washington Post
Taneah
Kentucky
Charles Berry
The
Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
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