Bryant Pitches Masterful Game For Kernan Club
Moline Ill May 30 Rock Island humbled the league leading Moline Plowboys 8 to 4 in the series opener. Bryant hurled steady ball until the ninth inning when four hits produced three runs. Stone starred for Moline with a one handed catch in left.
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Moline
Ill
Rock Island
Moline Plowboya
Bryant
Stone
Mollwitz
Andrus
Swanson
Andre
Aeee
Koenecke
Thomas
Collins
Bohannan
Schwartz
Campbell
Johnson
209 Pounder Leads Harvard Sprinters
Cambridge Massachusetts May 30 Despite his 209 pounds Al Miller of Harvard is a whirlwind on the cinder paths One of the fastest sprinters ever developed at Harvard Miller was clocked in 9 45 seconds at the last Harvard Yale and Oxford Cambridge meet In this event he won from both Porritt and Bayes Norton He is a consistent 10 second man in the 100 yard dash As a senior this will be his last year of intercollegiate competition
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Cambridge
Mass
al Miller
Harvard
Miller
Speedway To Stir Throbbing Thrills At Indy Today
By Al Demaree former pitcher for the New York Giants Indianapolis hosts the 15th International 500 mile speedway race. Top drivers include Frank Lockhart Peter De Paolo and Ralph De Palma nephew. Last year Lockhart delivered thrilling unexpected feats with a record lap at 115.48 mph. Today’s race promises more thrills and upsets as contenders chase victory on the two and a half mile oval.
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America
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Lockhart
Peter de Paolo
Italy
Ralph DePalma
Lockhart
Peter Kreis
Daily Quiz Answers Revealed From Historical Lineup
The list names presidents and figures such as John Adams and John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, William Henry Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Jefferson, Dutch, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Garfield and McKinley, and William Howard Taft.
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John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Martin van Buren
Theodore Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Dutch
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln, Garfield and McKintey
William Howard Taft
Title Fight on Gard at Chicago
Chicago May 30. Mushy Callahan defends the junior welterweight title against Spug Myers in the outdoor season opener. The winner may meet lightweight champion Sammy Mandell, though Mandell has resisted a title defense. Promoter Jim Mullen has staged four outdoor season title fights in the last year.
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Gard
Chicago
Mushy Callahan
Spug Myers
Idaho
Jim Mullen
Sammy Mandell
Mandell
Rocky Kansas
Mullen
Catalina Channel Swim Attempt Sparks Island Hope
Avalon on Santa Catalina Island plans an early dawn swim attempt by Miss Martha Stager from the isthmus area to conquer Catalina Channel. The event follows a note on local sporting life tied to Portland's Martha Stager and regional athletic activity.
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Avalon
Catalina Island
Cal
Martha Stager
Portland
Ore
Catalina Channel
Nerve makes Cruickshank the man to watch today
New York May 30. Bobby Cruickshank, once a noted amateur, rose from a German prison camp to become a leading professional golfer. He won four major opens in the winter season and leads the country in prize money. He is set to compete in the National Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh in June and has entry sanctioned for the British Open by Progress Country Club of Purchase.
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New York
Bobby Cruickshank
Scotch Links
Great Britain
Cruickshank
America
Shackamaxon
Oklahoma City
Progress Golf
Inwood
N. J
Bobby Jones
United States
Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
Progress Country Club of Purchase
England
Eighteen Shooters Compete At Waterloo Gun Club Meet
Eighteen shooters participated Saturday in the Waterloo Gun Club weekly practice trapshoot at Byrnes Park. Miller fired an undefeated string of 48 breaks and posted the day's high average, 71 of 75, among competitors.
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Waterloo Gun Club
Byrnes Park
Miller
East High Track Carnival Postponed to Next Saturday
East High announces its home track meet will be postponed from Saturday due to inclement weather and is expected to run next Saturday instead. The meet at East High is a school event featuring its track and field athletes under current conditions.
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East High
High
Tourists to Tondon See Parliament as Built This Season
American visitors to Tondon this season will view the Houses of Parliament as they have existed, marking a first for travelers. The feature highlights a historic or monumental change in the city’s political landmark.
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Tondon
Houses of Parliament
Building replacement plans detailed in distant future note
The text describes a gradual plan to replace an old building with a new exterior, stating completion in 15 years from now and an entirely new exterior by then.
Gnagy Named President of Waterloo Gideons Camp
Cr H Gnagy of 220 Kingsley avenue was elected president of the Waterloo Camp of Gideons at a Saturday night meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs C R Miller. Other officers chosen were F E Newkirk vice president Smith T Edwards secretary treasurer and R E Crowther chaplain. About 35 members plan to attend the state convention in Cedar Rapids next weekend. The meeting featured readings, vocal and xylophone solos and talks on Gideon work by Rev George Woodall and C H Benson. Waterloo led the state in Bible fund contributions with 894 dollars. other cities reported varying amounts.
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Cr. H. Gnagy
Kingsley Avenue
Waterloo
Gideons
C. R. Miller
Riehl Street
Miller
F. E. Newkirk
Smith T. Edwards
R. E. Crowther
Cedar Rapids
Marjorie Harker
Frances Faust
Roger Cisna
Gideon
George Woodall
St. Paul's M. E. Church
C. H. Benson
Corn Belt Business College
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Sioux City
Mason City
Ames
Storm Lake
Grinnell
Morrie Schlaifer Seeks Recovery After Breakdown
Morrie Schlaifer once a welterweight contender and Omaha’s “fightin’ fool” is hospitalized in the psychopathic ward of County hospital following a nervous breakdown. He faded after a Chicago knockout by Mickey Walker, with doctors noting the condition as a routine therapeutic observation and he may be discharged soon.
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Omaha, Neb
Morrie Schlaifer
Omaha
County Hospital
Schlaifer
Chicago
Mickey Walker
New Jersey
M. EB. Lathrop
Thero
Lathrop
Upper Iowa Closes Baseball Schedule With Luther Games
Fayette In May 30 Upper Iowa and Luther clash for the Iowa Conference baseball title in a two game series. The first game will be played today in Fayette with the second to follow in Decorah Wednesday. Peacock ace Larson starts on the mound against Luther captain Cayou as both teams battle for the crown.
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Mexico City
Bobby Seymour
New Orleans
Altho
Jose Zavala
Seymour
Fayette
Luther
Decorah
Fort Dodge
George Nunn
H. M. Cooper
Joe Kautzky, Jr
W. H. Tolen
Ogden
Des Moines
Wakonda Club
Fort Des Moines Army
Town City
C. C. Randall
Lacey
A. Mellenger
Kalona
Capt. Cayou
Old Marie John recalls Civil War era in War Dept memory
John R Randolph, a 64 year War Dept veteran known as Old Marie John, shares recollections from 1861 when Robert E Lee visited Gen Winfield Scott and reportedly refused Union command. Randolph details his Union service, early desk work under Grant, and notes clashes of memory across generations.
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Marie John
Randolph
Maj
Robert E. Lee
Winfield Scott
Arlington
War Department
Francis P. Blair
Blair House
Lee
Grant
General Service
Virginia
Navy
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Army
General Staff Corps
Leonard Wood
John J. Pershing
Feud Turns Fatal at Mountain Cake Auction in Graham County
In Stecoah school house near Robbinsville, Joe Tipton is dead and Charles Tipton wounded after a darkened room gunfight during a cake auction. Sixteen year old Howard Edwards fled as authorities hunt him. quarrel over tallying votes for the prettiest girl Miss Lena Hamilton sparked the violence among rival factions led by Clyde Quinn and others.
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Asheville
N. C
Joe Tipton
Charles
Graham County
Howard Edwards
Tipton Brothers
Clyde Quinh
Edwards
Stecoah School House
Robbinsville
Lena Hamilton
Quinn
Altho
Tipton
Norwegian flier hunts reindeer in airplane
In a snowbound mission Lieutenant Reistad of the Norwegian flying corps soared through blizzards to locate a herd of 30 reindeer between the File mountains and the western coast. Accompanied by a mechanic, he used an equipped SS plan with skis. The reindeer valued at 40,006 pests new, with notes of wartime context and unclear additional details.
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Oslo
Norway
Reistad
Norwegian Flying Corps
File Mountains
Lindner
Joyce
Mes Palace
York House
France weighs new death penalty method amid electrocution debate
Paris May 30. The guillotine, long linked to France’s history, faces obsolescence as officials discuss a replacement when the executioner retires. Electrocution gains favor, yet fears of coffin revivals fuel support for the traditional chopping block and the guillotine’s origin behind its inventor.
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Paris
Gene Tine
France
Dwibler
Guillotin
Sorbonne
Assembly
Louis
College of Surgicons
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Permaa Instituticay
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University of California
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National Tribune
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War Secretary’s Office
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