Ottumwa Tied in Basketball Tournament. Kansas City, Omaha in Play
In Ottumwa Iowa April 1 the western interscholastic basketball tournament produced a three-way tie after Ottumwa tied with Omaha 29 25 and Kansas City beat Ottumwa 38 25 in an overtime shootout. Kansas City remained undefeated champions of the southwest while Ottumwa holds Iowa state and Rocky Mountain titles and could claim the Missouri Valley crown. The Ryan silver cap trophy will be awarded to the school that wins it three times and becomes permanent after next year.
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Ottumwa, Ta
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Ottumwa
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Rocky Mountain
Ryan
Obituary of M. V. L. Which Died Early
Davenport Times notes the Mississippi Valley Baseball league died almost as soon as it began. The piece memorializes M. V. L. Which as the obituary focal point, describing the league as a brief venture before its demise and paying homage to the mentioned figure.
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Davenport Times
Mississippi Valley Baseball League
Old Pat Wright Is Coming Back
Deratur notes Pat Wright of Springfield, a longtime head in the national scene, is returning to prominence as of April 1. Local readers recall his prior leadership and forecast a renewed influence.
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Pat Wright
Deratur
Springfield
Old Head
Obituary Notice for Mississippi Valley Six Club League Member
The Mississippi Valley six club league member died after a lingering illness this week. Funeral plans are under way with pallbearers More Harmony Sexton, Speaker Read, Frank Boyle, and Dr. Dad Hill. Services at the grave by Bill Ewald, with Mike Sexton delivering the eulogy. Survivors request no flowers. Remains may be exhumed next October if the Board of Health still stands.
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Mississippi Valley Six-Club
Dad Hill
Harmony Sexton
Frank Boyle
Diamond Dick Kinsella
Wilson Biering
Bill Ewald
Waterloo
Mike Sexton
Board of Healthstill
Umpire Appointment Signals League Shakeup
President Tearney signs Wright as a Three league umpire after a swap to bring in a top official. Wright began last season in the Eastern league but unable to continue, was exchanged for a trusted name on Tearney's list.
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Tearney
Wright
Old Friends in Southland Report on Hollenbeck Sore Arm
Memphis reports say WW E Hollenbeck suffers a sore arm while Cincinnati Enquirer notes fan Gaspar tested softer league balls by finger stab at distance. The stunt backfired as Gaspar wore arnica on his left index finger, but it won’t hinder his pitching.
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Tenn
WW. E. Hollenbeck
Cincinnati Enquirer
Iowa City Rifle Team Ties Deering for Title
Iowa City high school and Deering high school of Portland Me tied for the inter city high school rifle league championship after final week matches. The teams will shoot off the tie next week. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute set a new scholastic mark with 970.
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Deering High School
Fortland
United States
Baltimore Teletechnic Institute
Morris High School
New York
Southern High and
Manual Training School of
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
National Rifle Association
Six conventions go 70 Cumming six conventions go
Des Moines April 1 six republican county conventions selected eighty six delegates to the state convention for Senator Albert B Cummins column. Taft delegates were boosted by eighty four with Buchanan Black Hawk Hancock Howard Plymouth Wright opposing Cummins. Delaware and Scott counties favored Taft. Dubuque and Delaware backed Taft in the Third. Taft leads in several counties. Cummins holds several districts with a total of eighty four delegates to Taft's sixty. Delaware county endorses Taft with thirteen delegates and district delegates elected. Large turnout expected at Waterloo May 1912.
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Albert B. Cummins
Taft
Buchanan
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Plymouth
Wright
Cummins
Scott
Delaware
Crawford
Dubuque
Davenport
Johnson
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Butler
Bremer
Manchester
Delaware County
EH. H. Hoyt
F. B. Williamson
F. C. Kleinsorge
J. F. van Tassell
H. L. Rann
F. A
Three Papers for Farmers Near Waterloo Offer
A Waterloo area advertisement promotes a three-for-one home delivery deal: Waterloo Evening Courier The Iowa Homestead and the monthly Corn magazine for 3.10 dollars a year by mail prepaid. Open to all subscribers, aims to boost soil fertility and profits for corn growers.
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Waterloo
Iowa Homestead
Des Moines
Waterloo Evening Courier
Take LAKATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Cure Claim
Advertisement notes a cold remedy named LAKATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets with a refund promise if it fails to cure. Product bears E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and is priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
No More Constipation Olive Tablets Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a harmless, non calomel laxative for constipation and torpid liver. It contrasts with calomel and castor oil, touts easy nightly use, and promotes 10c and 25c boxes from the Olive Tablet Company of Columbus, Ohio.
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Calomel
The
Olive Tablet Company of
Columbus
Ohio
Spring Maid at the Water Street Theater
Fraulein Mizzi Hajos stars in The Spring Maid with the role shaped by her influence. Composer Heinrich Reinhardt and librettist Julius Wilhelm revised the piece after its first run to fit her style. The show centers on a mischievous sprite rather than a proud princess, with musical adjustments noted. Also Kubelik to give final U S and Canada tour appearances this season, after extensive prior tours.
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Fraulein Mizzi Hajos
Heinrich Reinhardt
Julius Wilhelm
Miss Hayes
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