Cubs Defeat Red Sox Likely in World Series Preview
Chicago Cubs appear the stronger National League entry with balanced offense and defense led by Woollacher Merkle Flack Mann Paskett Killifer and strong pitching with Vaughn Tyler and Douglas. Boston's erratic play and gaps in defense facing Hollocher and Cubs lineup suggest a tense series though a Sox victory remains possible.
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Waterloo
Courier and Reporter
Boston Red Sox
Babe” Ruth
Red Sox
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Chicago Cubs
Boston
Woollacher
Merkle
Flack
Mann
Paskett
Killifer
Vaughn
Tyler
Douglas
Mitchell
Chicago
Hollocher
Charlie Hollocher
Exhibition Golf Surpasses Goals for Red Cross War Fund
President Charles F. Thompson of the Western Golf association says Red Cross exhibition matches have raised over 200000 for the war relief fund with hopes to reach 500000 by season end. Lake Shore Country club leads with more than 20000, South Shore near 14000, Ridgmoor Tanks about 20660, as clubs across Chicago boost donations.
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Charles F. Thompson
Western Golf Association
Red Cross
War Relief Fund
Lake Shore
United States
South Shore
Ridgmoor Tanks
Thompson
East
Pacific Co
Inventisy Shipbuild Sparks Pneumatic Calking Concept
A garbled note hints at shipbuilding ideas with references to inventors, pneumatic calking, tar, and seawork. The fragment suggests a claim or sign-off related to maritime sealing methods but lacks clear names or dates to verify specifics.
Organized Ball Will Find New Stars in Service
Chicago August 16 Organized baseball expects army players to fill major league rosters after the war. Pirates chief scout William Neal says minor leagues will yield to military stars from European battlefields. Army training camps produce better ball players and keep soldiers fit, unlike spring grounds in the south.
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Chicago
Europe
William Neal
Pittsburgh Baseball Club
Cap. Neal
Southland
Iowa Rifle Stars Hold Shoot Sunday
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 16 The state shoot of the Iowa rifle teams will be held at Curtis near this city on August 18. About 50 riflemen are expected from across the state. The top 16 civilian team members will train at Camp Perry Ohio in September for two weeks and attend the small arms school. Iowa's 1916 national meet performance helped put the state on the rifle map.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Curtis
Camp Perry
Towa
Jacksonville
Matron Stakes Triumph for David Guy on Eastern Turf
David Guy driven by Tommy Murphy won the Matron stakes 3-year-old trot on the Philadelphia Grand Circuit marking the first eastern victory in years. Nella Dillon set a new 3-year-old track record in heat one and David Lee lowered it in heat two. Vincent Richards and W. T. Tilden II reached the final round of the national lawn tennis doubles in Boston after a semi-final win. Eddie Collins left Boston for Philadelphia to enlist in the Marines.
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Chicago
David Guy
Tommy Murphy
Philadelphia
Nella Dillon
Boston
Nat. W. Niles
T. R. Pell
New York
Eddie Collins
Chicago Americans
Marines
Longwood doubles rivals in national championships semis
In Boston Aug 16 Walter Hayes and H Ralph H Burdick faced Beals W Wright and Fred B Alexander in a national doubles semifinal at the Longwood Cricket Club. Other mixed doubles teams included Miss Bjurstedt and Alexander vs M Edwith Hotch and Theodore KR Pell and Miss G W Wightman with Irving C Wright versus Miss Marion Zinderstein and Walter M Hall. The mixed doubles winners advance to meet tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Boston
Walter Hayes
H Ralph H. Burdick
Beals W. Wright
Fred B. Alexander
Longwood Cricket Club
Bjurstedt
Alexander
M Edwith Hotch
Theodore KR
G. W. Wightman
Irving C. Wright
Marion Zinderstein
Giants Beaten by Red Reds in Cincinnati
Cincinnati fans saw Steele hold the Reds to two hits through seven as a late surge gave them a five run lead. Neale scored on a wild pitch in the ninth after a pass and single, sealing a Giants loss in a rough day of baseball.
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Steele
Benefit
Ruton Wis
York
Four German Generals Cashiered and War Talk Notices
A long jumble of wartime items mentions German generals cashiered for small sums, Kaiser Wilhelm’s council debates, and calls for peace through reform. It reports a St Louis incident with a woman slapping a persistent suitor, plus a warning about US entry and a Moose Club baseball game in Cedar Rapids.
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Luella
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kaiser Wilhelm
Russia
Wilhelm
Kaiser
Fonick
White Sox Edge Red Sox 6 to 2 in League Action
Boston hosts a rough day as Jack Quinn limits the Red Sox to six hits and Chicago earns its second home win of the series. Eddie Collins sits out after enlisting in the Marines, while the Sox offense strikes early but struggles thereafter.
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Red Sox
Boston
Jack Quinn
Chicago
Eddie Collins
Jnsta Pnt
Philadelphia
Aigivins
Boston Quinn
Sehu
Mays
Schang
Waterloo
Wampton
Ange Konvalinka
Mason City
A. Yearous
Eagle Grove
Register
WH. G. Norther
Dean Glanville
O. N. Ford
San Jose
Cal
Battle Cry of Ames Football Heard in France
Ames, August 16. The cry Fight, Ames, fight! from Towa States college has traveled to France where 40 former Ames students in the 168th Infantry Rainbow division are serving. The report says the battle cry was carried overseas by these veterans who once defended Ames on the football field.
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Ames, Ta
Ames
Towa States
Ames) College
France
168Th Infantry
3D Town Guard Regiment
Hazleton and Jesup Civil War Era Community Notes
Local columns from Hazleton and Jesup report community life including job moves, a driving instruction trip to Des Moines, a memorial service for Hoss Reed, aviation training enlistment, barber shop changes, travels to Chicago and Waterloo, and a large Red Cross update with knitting and garment goals. Several residents attend or plan visits, and obituaries note Mrs. Cora Cameron’s death in Pringle.
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Hoss Reed
Wm. Reed
France
Ross
Hazleton
Grove Munger
Harry
Iowa City
Ham Underwood
Carls Moore
Alice
Chicago
Florence Landon
Oma Finch
Shell Rock
Lee Scanlan
Stout
Iowa State Bank
Glen Oziar
Waterloo
Walton Oziar
Fort Sil
Okla
Glen
Inter-State Tractor Co
Wilcox
Carlson
Elgin
Neb
Mulaihil
North Nation
Gertrude Mount
Shady Grove
Sarah Sherman
North Sixth Street
M. E. McMurray
Miss Sherman
Cora
Cameron
Pringle
Hines
Jesup
Carl Snow
Winnie Snow
Frank Hines
Minneapolis
Warry Hines
Salt Lake City
Red Cross
Christian Endeavor Society
Maron Jacqueline Knapp
The
Community Notes From Winthrop and Nearby Areas
Winthrop updates list visitors from Ames Arkansas City Rockford Council Bluffs Fort Dodge Manson Schaller and Ohio. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ray Flickenger. Residents travel to Rochester Crete Portland and Melbourne Australia for events and industry. Local council changes reflect Dr H A Householder and Arthur McKay replacements. A white mineral wool produced at Yarraville Melbourne from basalt rock.
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Winthrop
Bessie Brintrall
Ames
Gilbert Titus
Alpha Hatfield
Arkansas City
Kan
Grace McFadden
Abner Johnson
Rockford
Joseph Johnson
Clair Stevenson
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Mack Hurlburt
Dorothy
Fort Dodge
Marcus Dunlap
Crete
Nebraska
A.W. Perkins
Portland
Ore
G. A
Arthur Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Charney Arnold Farm
Mt Auburn Notes On Visits And Service Training
Mt Auburn August 16. Over Sunday visitor Claude Burd accompanied by his brother continues homeward this week. Leslie Halstead in the navy at Puget Sound arrives for a 23 day furlough to visit mother Edith Halstead and brother Geo Halstead. Mrs Victor Walgren leaves for Washington DC via Chicago after month with her mother Sarah St Clair. Mrs J A Haverland visits Ellendale Minnesota with Helen and Steven Todd returning to grandparents F M Bramhall. W E ae Roy Appleton goes with Benton county boys to Ames for U S service training. Jay James Jenks returns from Camp Pike Arkansas after being found unfit for army service due to eye condition.
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Blanche Burrell
Chicago
Carol Zeller
Elgin
A. D. van Emans
Peter Roberts
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
M. A. Hallman
Mr . Leytze
Decorah
Earl Haskins
Camp Dodge
Haskins
Louisa Crynes
Bertha McCluskey
WL McCluskey
McCluskey
Fort Sheridan
George Footer
Norfolk, Va
Willis Pooler
Glen Richardson
Quasqueton
James McSparren
Lavica Richardson
Geo. Lowery
James Lowery
Missey
Gertrude Scanlan
Maric
Claude Burd
Leslie Halstead
Navy
Puget Sound
Wash
Edith Halstead
Geo. Halstead
Victor Walgren
Sarah St. Clair
Washington, D. C
J. A. Haverland
Ellendale
Minn
Ghos. Todd
Helen
Steven Todd
F. M. Bramhall
Mit
Auburn
W. E. Ae
Roy Appleton
Benton County
Ames
U. S
Jay James Jenks
Camp Pike
Ark
Grace Boehmler visits Frederika and local notices
Miss Grace Boehmler of Waterloo spends part of her vacation in Frederika. The column lists residents visiting relatives and traveling between Waterloo and nearby towns. It also records a long Advertised Letters list dated Aug 14 1918, with many names including Mrs Viola Anderson Miss Clara Chris Miss Florence Clark and others. Postmaster H L Kelly signs off.
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Frederika
Grace Boehmler
Waterloo
Mooney
Cicely
Bertha Mooney
Clyde Clary
Oelwe
Ruby Ferris
Will Dilley
Eagles Grove
Guy Hinkler
Thomas bLrtle
Lytle
Joe Ronce
Chas
Blume
Huttie
Douglas
Sumner
Tripoli
Denver
Pauline Baxter
Esther Hurwitz
Viola Anderson
Lottie Brooks
Viola Bruhn
Ellen Burk
L. L. Cason
Chamberlin
Clara Chris
Plorence Clark
Grace Jarver
Holly R. Day
Mary Day
Hazel Daniels
Marrie Dann
Hattie Dodd
Annie Snr
Effie M. Endicott
Grace Fowle
Linna Garner
Miss Gates
Ella Gonder
H. W. Graham
Ben Greider
Nellie Hank
Elizabeth Hedelman
A. D. Hennager
Carrie B. Holliman
House
Tt. A. Lamieson
Agnes Johnson
Jones
Hen Jones
Emma Jacobs
John Johnson
Marcia Knoble
Dorothy Knowton
Grover Little
Lula B. Little
Cio Marstain
Marie Nelson
May Odell
Tona Oswald
Helen ‘Palmer
May Parrish
Carry Pitted
T. O. Roberts
Crace L. Schlichling
Walter Senultz
C. M. Shanon
Harry Herrera
W. W. Harrison
W. H. Harvey
A. Hilandy
T. Hill
Virgil Himel
W. Hodgston
Edd Jones
H. L. Jordan
H. Klempan
B. A. Loren
Peter Ledgaard
Teddie LeFore
Ed Mallie
Hugh Martin
Dr. R. B. Martindale
Morris Nelson
Frank Rawlings
Clarence Reaner
Arthur Sorogum
Perry Smith
Isaac Shores
Ed Sproull
Mr. Strainhagin
Jas. Taylor
Raspen Yipenmeyer
Glen Thompson
Carmens Walmsley
John Willy
Alva
Best Treatment for Catarrh S S S Removes the Cause
An advertisement for S S S blood tonic claims to relieve catarrh by cleansing impurities from blood. It describes symptoms such as dripping throat and bad breath and asserts long-term use frees sufferers, offering free medical advice and directing readers to the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Ga.
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