White Sox and Reds prep for the World Series opener
Chicago scene as the White Sox return from Pittsburgh to begin practice for the upcoming World Series against the Boston Reds. Manager Mitchell orders a session at American League Park to acquaint players with the ballpark. Carl Mays is favored to start for Boston with Ruth as backup. Ticket demand runs high with 2000 box seats at 3.50 dollars sold, while scalpers report no sales yet.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Vhitecage Nationals
Pittsburgh
Boston Redspions
Fred Mitchel
Cubs
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago Americans
Ed Barrows
Red Sox
Jim Vaughn
Mitchell
Boston
Carl Mays
Ruth
Mays
Walter Craighead
Chicago Nationals
Orth | West
Cleveland Club Forfeits Final Games In League Split
Louis newspaper reports Cleveland fails to appear for a scheduled doubleheader. St Louis manager Burk awards both games to the Americans after Cleveland’s absence, with umpire Lowdermilk presiding and players ruling by forfeit. Boston and New York split a doubleheader, 3-2 and 4-3, as season ends. Detroit and Chicago also finish their series with a two-game set, and Philadelphia, Washington, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburgh wrap up seasonal play with various results.
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Red Sox
Yankees
New York
Boston
Jones
Schanrg
Love
Hannah
Pather
Taug
lIn
Ork
Tigers
White Sox
Detroit
Chicago
Dar
Devormer
Holand
Yelle
Sacond Fame
Robbins
Phillies
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Fh Cheney
M. Wheat
Jacobs
Adams
G. Smith Ag
Oeschrer
Reds
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St Louis
Packard
Paulette
Brock
Mitchell
Ascher
Cneto
Williams Calls Out Grid Men at U. of Minnesota
Dr. Heart Williams, football coach at the University of Minnesota, calls football candidates to join a squad where every 1916 player is in the service. He says football remains a training school for fighters, developing character, heart, and mind for country service as Minnesota plans to meet Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, North Dakota, and South Dakota State with the best material, daily runs begin September 1 and practice on Northrop field September 15.
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Heart U. Williams
University of Minnesota
Williams
Rious College
Michigan
Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
North Dakota
South Dakota State
Minnesota
Lack of Defense Chief Causes Fulton Downfall
Jack Skelly blames Fred Fulton for his downfall citing Fulton’s weak defense as the key flaw. Skelly, linked with Jack MacAuliffe and the era’s leading lightweights, notes great ring generals rely on defense to avoid knockouts. He names boxers like Fitzsimmons Corbett Ryan and others as exemplars of defensive mastery.
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Fulton
Ehier
Fred Fulton
Jack Skelly
Jack MacAuliffe
Jack Demp
Skelly
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Tommy Ryan
Ack Joh Toe
Shallenberger
Peter Jackson
Jack Dempsey
Friton
Removal Notice of Doctors to New Bank Building
Dr. Carl C. Bickley and Dr. Cecil Bickley announce their office removal from 221 1-2 West 4th to the second floor of the Leavitt & Johnson bank building on Sept. 1.
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Carl C. Bickley
Cecil Bickley
Leavitt & Fohmson Bank
Muzzle Flash and Misfortune Mark a Tragic Evening
A Minnesota report notes a murder in Crosby where Mrs. Hilda Hill fatally shot her husband John Hill with a .32 revolver. The bullet struck the stomach, and he collapsed after walking about 200 feet. The item also touches on grim war-sounding gloom and reckless driving near crossings.
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Crosby
Minn
Hilda Bill
John Hill
Orange Township Social Notes and School Reports
Sept 3 report lists Arnold Torney visiting Minnesota and Maine relatives while Mrs Wolf returns from Libertyville. Dorsey Slough, Mrs Lichty, and others plan trips to Pale, Tin., and Pennsylvania. Families Noah Fike and Stryker visit Maxwell and Prairie City. Grange township public school teachers for the year are named along with up grade instructors.
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Maxwell
Emma_ Stryker
Prairie City
R. Krop
Grange Township
Mieser Trahel i i Welen Xrison
Era Jrevin
Nielesson van Paterson
Xeher
Mi Blanche Carnaba
Ox Ss. Hamer
Nish Cheek
Cubs Best in World Series Preview of 1929 Match
A wartime era World Series preview weighs Cubs against the Red Sox. It praises Fred Mitchell and the Cubs pitching, notes Merkle over McInnis at first, Hollacher shines at short, and Sealt struggles. It forecasts Cubs power, Sox defense, and key battles on infield and outfield with Edge to the Cubs on defense and the Sox in the outfield while predicting pitching matchups featuring Vaughn Tyler Hendrix for Chicago and Ruth Jones Bush for Boston.
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Ay BR
Uamillton
United
Aff
New York
National League
Boston
Tessie
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Red Sox
Fred Mitchell
Cub
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Pete Kildull
Rollte Agiders
Charley Pick
Iblew
Dutch Leonard
Erinie Shore
Llub
Ed Barrow
Sam Jones
Joe Lush
Babe Ruth
Fred Merkle
McInnis
Merkle
Dave Shean
Fang
Rollins Zeider
Charley Hollacher
Altho
Everett Sealt
Sox
Seak
Jack Coffey
Charley Deal
Deal
Coffer
Strunk
Hooper
Whiteman
Paskett
Flack
Mann
Vaughn
Tyler
Hendrix
Phil Douglas
Ruth
Mays Jones
Bush
May
Agnew
Schang
Killifer
Golf Tournament for Red Cross Under Way at Prospect Club
The City Red Cross Championship Golf tournament is ongoing with daily matches. Paul Talbot requests immediate score submissions and preservation of all score cards for records. Reported results include Fussell Lamson defeating C. Clark 6 up 4 to play in the Championship Flight and several other matches across flights with some scores unreported.
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Red Cross
Paul Talbot
Prospect Golf Club
Fught Fussell
Tennis Champ Meet Set After Tilden Triumph
W T Tilden of Philadelphia defeated a Japanese player at Forest Hills to earn the right to face R Lindley Murray of California in the national singles championship. Other notes include Detroit hosts Gold Challenge Cup winners at the American Powerboat Association event, Whippo Will Jr second, and Miss Minneapolis third.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. T. Tilden
Philadelphia
Chiya Kumagae
Japan
Forest Hills
R. Lindley Murray
California
Miss Detroit
Lil
Detroit
Whippo-Will. Jr
Canton
Ralph Mulford
Uniontown
Palm
Kilty
Lincoln
Neb
Stg Uoughdahl
Lu Princeton
Hartford
Conn
Gilbert Hockanson
Duluth
New England Amateur /Rowing association
Boston
Pete Werman
Jack Sharkey
Hearts of the World preeminent at Plaza theater premiere
D W Griffiths epic Hearts of the World headlines the Plaza on Sunday with organized theater parties as New York and Chicago praise its beauty and sympathy. Crystal theaterports advertise One Law for Both starring Jolivet, Baird, Morrison and more in a dramatic photoplay about Russia and America. Majestic vaudeville features Kulolia’s Hawaiians, The Silent Partner, Bert Howard, the Althost Sisters, and Greene and Plath in a varied program after current events.
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D. W. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Plaza Theatre
New York
Chicago
Ivan Abramson
Crystal Theatre
Tita Jolivet
Leah Baird
James Morrison
Vincent Serrano
Pedro de Cordoba
Paul Capellani
Margaret Greene
Helen Arnold
Anders Randolf
Russia
America
the Crystal
Majestic
Kulolia
Porter J. White & Co
Secret Service
Bert Howard
Greene and Plath
Universal
the Majestic
Breakfast Program At Y W C A Opens Wednesday
Beginning Wednesday morning the YWCA cafeteria will serve breakfasts from 7 to 7 30 p m to accommodate the growing number of women and girls entering industry. The cafeteria has fed an average of 250 daily for the past year and is open to both men and women. Mrs Spaldie Biggers oversees the operation while Miss Margretta Gardiner heads the employment bureau aiding over 300 women in securing jobs. Gardiner screens references and arranges rooms for newcomers, listing about 200 rooms after inspections by her team. The staff includes Mrs J E Ridenour Miss Nan Black and Mrs Fred Wray.
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Young Women's Christian Association
S Pagdie Biggers
Association
Employment
Margretta Gardiner
Y. W. Co.a
Miss Gardiner
Federal Employment Bureau
Discoveries of Great Value in Pushing War
Chicago reports three wartime discoveries with direct military and global economic impact. Rennase, a curdling agent from hog stomach, substitutes rennet, easing shortages for cheese makers in the U S and abroad. Thromboplastin, from kosher cattle brain, aids blood coagulation and has been shipped to France. Timed surgical ligatures dissolve after healing, allowing doctors to choose dissolution timing.
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Chicago
Denmark
Argentine
England
South Africa
Australia
France
Onega torpedoed. 26 missing at sea in British port
AP report notes the American steamship Onega torpedoed near a British port with twenty six persons reported missing. Also: Nebeker to lead similar cases. Captain Roosevelt wounded returns. draft calls for limited service. Carranza speaks in Mexico City. Becker probes German owned firms in New York for concealed messages.
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Associated Press
Onega
Chicago
Frank K. Nebeker
IW. W
CIA
Atlantic
Archie Roosevelt
France
Washington, D. C
Crowiitt
Mexico City
Carranza
New York
Becker
Ger Nain
Wounded Cornelius Dirks and marriages in 1919 area
Cornelius Dirks Grundy Co. boy wounded on the firing line reported by Mr aun Molland. Miss Ema Wilmes Neinbeck Iana Silas Spyder wed Aug 29 by Mr Fats. will reside in Vermilion Alberta where Alemyder teaches farm median at provincial school of agriculture. Carl Tank sells 240 acre farm near Reinbeck for 270 per acre. Sternberz estate sells 160 acre farm southeast Grundy Center to Mary Wilhelms for 223 per acre. death of three year old Elther Block, daughter of Ralph and Mrs Block, buried Maple Hill cemetery.
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Grundy Center
Aun Molland
Cornelius
Ema Wilmes
Neinbeck
Iana Silas Spyder
Winniper
Canada
Fats
Vermillion
Alberta
Alemyder
Provincial School of Agricultur
D. S. Carpenter
Central City
Kate Jardwa
Urhu
Ralph Block
Reinbeck
Maple Hill Cemetery
MITCHELL NOTES ON LOCAL MOVEMENTS AND JOB CHANGES
Mitchell September 3 reports Eleanor Shancks departing for Charles then Sioux City to visit before Red Oak. The C. A. Indra family returned to Lena after a week in town. Bliss Della Indra and Mrs. G. Arborn go back to school in St. Paul. Geo Hilliard family moves to Town City, with mother Mrs. Tibbetts accompanying. Edna Chenery takes Rock Island clerking post in Manchester. Benedict family intends to move to Charles City. Calla Rose to Ord to resume teaching duties.
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Mitchell. Mitchell
Eleanor Shancks
Charles
Sioux City
Red Oot
C. A. Indra
Lena
Bliss Della Indra
Arborn
Tleir
St. Paul
Geo. Hilliard
Town
Hilliard
C. D. Tibbetts
Edna Chenery
Rock Island
Manas
S. IL
Benedict
Charles City
Calla Rose
Ord
Overwork and indigestion relief from Chamberlain’s Tablets
Agnes Turner of Chicago testifies that irregular meals and overwork caused headaches digestion problems and insomnia. After two months of using Chamberlain’s Tablets she reports a cleansed stomach improved digestion and better sleep. Also listed are marriage licenses and several names with amounts.
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Agnes Turner
Chicago
Chamberlain
William G. Raub
Dysart
Bessie S. Schafer
Ashton
Warren B. Bond
Manchester
Nellie M. Binning
Oversville
Joseph E. Saylor
Kent
Marguerite Cadwallader
Waterloo
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Chicaga Club
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T. ME. Hunt
J. E. Bragdon
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Art Knorst
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Moore &Moore, Inc
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