Hans Wagner Seen as Greatest Hitter in Baseball History
New York reports Hans Wagner is hailed as the greatest hitter, with a seventeen-year streak of batting .300 or better. The piece compares him to Pop Anson and Nap Lajoie, noting Wagner’s future in the Pirates and projections of eighteen straight big-league seasons at .200. It also mentions Ty Cobb as a potential rival and shifts to Michigan football schedules for fall.
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White Stocking Defeat Leaders In Early Bowling Scene
White Stockings toppled league leaders in a shuffled scorecard as McParlane won high honors. Thorsen Dunlevy Reads McFarlane and Libert posted top counts in the mixed result. Timnes notes upcoming clashes include Times-Tribune and Cedar Falls at Jackman alleys with plans for a city league and Minneapolis tournament.
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Harvard and Michigan Likely to Meet Next Season
Harvard plans a heavy football schedule including games against Michigan on November 11 and Georgetown on October 4, with Cornell and Holy Cross also possible. If the plan holds, Harvard will play most contests at Harvard Stadium facing Yale late in the season.
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Murphy Bids For Joe Tinker
Chicago officials and Cincinnati club president contemplate Tinker joining the Chicago team after a failed Cincinnati cash sale. Murphy promises Chicago bids with Chicago reserve players in exchange, while Tinker expresses desire to play in Chicago and negotiates with Cincinnati’s August Sterrmann.
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New Year’s Day Soccer Match Set at Prospect Park
A league game on New Year’s Day will feature Gallo Way versus the English players at Prospect Park. This marks the second meeting after the English team won Thanksgiving Day 2 to 1.
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State Boxing Receipts Total $3944 Under Wedding Law
Madison Wis Dec 16 The state share of boxing receipts for three and one half months under the Wedding boxing law reached 3944 today as a check for 752 from the state athletic commission was received State Treasurer Johnson requires the commission to file a full detailed statement of receipts from each contest held by the clubs.
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Strong schedule for Owa five
Iowa City December 16 Sixteen games fill the Iowa basketball slate announced by Manager Kellogg including six conference games and the state title match with Ames and Grinnell. The list covers December 17 through March 21 with dates and opponents across Iowa City Grinnell Ames Minnesota Chicago Northwestern and Carleton. The state athletic managers will meet during the Iowa Grinnell game on February 27 to finalize track and baseball schedules.
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Last Days of Pompeii Motion Picture to Open at Waterloo
The Last Days of Pompeii will be the Waterloo attraction for five days starting Monday December 22 with matinees at 2 30. George A Kleine sponsors this remarkable photo graphic production hailed as marvelous by reviewers.
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Free Prescription for Men Restores Strength, Says Ad
A Detroit advertisement offers a free copy of a physician’s prescription claimed to cure nervous debility and weak vigor in men. It promises quick at home improvement with no drugs and urges men to write Interstate Rampedy Co. for the sealed envelope copy.
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Spectacular Bulwer Lytton Drama Shown In New York
A monographic presentation of Lord Bulwer Lytton s novel is staged with minute fidelity. The Roman event and its 10 000 crowd are vividly reproduced with dramatic photography at the Bijou theatre in New York City. Vesuvius eruption and lava flow engulf a doomed city as spectators crowd the aisles. More than two hours and over 200 scenes are shown, with many denied admission.
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Escape near death at Keokuk spillway incident
Keokuk Iowa December 16 Ira Spangler Charles Halhack and J Will Huiskamp nearly died when Huiskamp s boat drifted into the spillway water rushing over a 39 foot drop The two men wearing life preservers swam to safety while Spangler who could not swim drowned and was carried to a rock where he was rescued earlier fatalities were reported at the same spot last spring.
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Teamsters Sentenced to State Prisons in Riots Case
Orville Devinney and Richard Hampton, union teamsters, were sent to the Anamosa reformatory and William Gaston to Fort Madison prison. All three received one year terms after a district court conviction for complicity in riots during the teamsters strike. The Supreme Court affirmed. A clemency petition drew support from several district judges, though Judge McHenry withheld signing but may favor parole after partial service if conduct improves.
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Blim's Fur Nace Coal Ad Offers Low Price
An advertisement proclaims five fifty buys the best Illinois fur nace coal in town at Blim's with phone number 1716.
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Program for the Poor Children Christmas events
Salvation Army hosts two Christmas programs for impoverished children at 222 1 2 Fifth Street East. Gifts will be given to those in need and San Santa will bring joy. Ensign Stewart A Moyer leads donations from Waterloo schools for 150 Christmas baskets to be distributed to poor families.
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Foley Kidney Pills Help 87 Year Old Taunton Woman
Noted by Mrs. Mary A. Dean of Taunton Massachusetts kidney trouble signs include bladder weakness joint stiffness and rheumatic pains. She reports relief after using Foley Kidney Pills and recommends them. Also ad notes Cinderella tonight at First Baptist Church with 10 and 15 cent tickets.
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