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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1917

Page

6

World Series Fight Next Fall Between Giants and White Sox

United Press reports a predicted World Series battle next fall between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants. The piece outlines expected lineups, pitching staffs, and star players like Kauff, Holke, Herzog, Zimmerman, Robertson, Burns, and McGraw, noting the series hinges on hitting depth and pitching strength.

Chicago White Sox New York Giants Boston Braves Yale Dave Fultz David Heinie Summerman John McGraw Chicago Holkel Herzog Fietebjer Zimmerman George Burns Renny Kauft Robertson McGraw Rariden McCarthy Gibson Schupp Tesreau Sallee Anderson Porritt Smith Honus Lobert Jim Thrope Red Murray Nationa Larthy Kauff Holke Roanserman Fletcher White Sox Clarence Rowland Rowland

Armageddon in Palestine A Historic Battlefield Comes to Life

The piece traces Armageddon as a real place in Megiddo on the Palestine map, examining its biblical fame and its role as a strategic crossroads as British forces close toward Damascus and Aleppo. It links ancient battles there to present wartime strategy and cautions against treating the location as mere romance.

Earth Near East Holy Land Palestine Djemal Pasha Damascus Sinai Peninsula Suez Canal Bagdad Caucasus Aleppo Mediterranean Constantinople Hebron Beersheba Haifa Plain of Megiddo Armageddon Suez Egypt Assyria Pharoah Necho Josiah Israel Jordan River Esdraelon Kitchener Galiae Samaria Nazar- 1 Jesus Mt. Tabor Mt. Gilboad Mt. Carmel Carmel Sadh Gideon Saul Jonathan David Necho Josi Jeremiah Cleopatra Mark Anthony Richard Saladin Napoleon Patmos Heaven

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Birthday commemorations of notable figures

A list marks birthdays of King Albert of Belgium born in Brussels 42 years ago today Mary Pickford born in Toronto 24 years ago Thomas F Holgate acting president Northwestern University born in Hastings county Ont 58 years ago Harry B Hutchins president University of Michigan born in Lisbon New Hampshire 70 years ago Dr William H Welch Johns Hopkins Hospital pathologist born in Norfolk Connecticut 67 years ago.

Albert Brussels Mary Pickford Toronto Thomas F. Holgate Northwestern University Hastings County Ont Harry B. Hutchins University of Michigan Lisbon N. H William H. Welch Johns Hopkins Hospital Norfolk Conn

One Hundred Years Ago Today in History Transcript

Century old milestones note Gen Walter Herriman birth in Warner New Hampshire governor in 1867 68 died Concord July 25 1884 Charles Dickens visit to America sparks copyright talk Confederate veteran John S Roane dies Pine Bluff Arkansas 1867 1817 birth date Tennessee born 1817 1892 reunion of United Confederate Veterans New Orleans April 8 1916 wartime actions Verdun fronts Adriatic submarine sinkings Bethincourt village abandoned

Walter Herriman New Hampshire Warner N. H Concord Charles Dickens America John S. Roane Arkansas Pine Bluff Tennessee National Reunion of United Confederate Veterans New Orleans

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Griants United Press New York Giants Benny Kauff Religious Rambler Meggido Achaeaceas Damescus Oes Sisera J. W- H. Fuchs’ Department Store the Store of Service Ses Sas Verdun Adriatic Bethincourt J. W. H. Fuchs’ Department Store South Front Street Wilmington and Lumberton Chautauqua Iimington
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