Ruth Maintains Sensational Batting Spree Across Leagues
Chicago May 8 Babe Ruth's remarkable batting streak continues to be the talk of the American League. His .476 average tops the lists, with 69 points above last week's mark, as he shines on both mound and plate. Sisler passes Speaker in stolen bases. Walker leads home runs with four. In NL, Doyle struggles with a .426 mark atop the league batting, while Kauff leads total bases and Tesreau tops pitchers.
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Chicago
Babe” Ruth
Todo
Boston
Ruth
George Sisler
St. Louis
Tris Speaker
Cleveland
Burns
Philadelphia
Sisler
Strunk
Walker
Gallia
Larry Doyle
New York
Smith
Doyle
Benny Kauff
Mann
Kauff
Merkle
Paulette
Young
McCarty
Wickland
Flack
Schmandt
Brooklyn
Jeff’ Tesreau
Flagstead
Chattanooga
Southern Association
Distel
Little Rock
Bluhm
New Orleans
Compton
Kauffman
Nashville
Leach
Chattan
Bues
Mobile
Gilbert
Paddock
Stansburg
Baseball scores from major leagues and associations
Baseball results across leagues including American League National League and others. Notable games include Boston 11 Detroit 8 St Louis 1 Boston 8 Philadelphia 0 Buffalo 12 Baltimore 2 and Little Rock 12 Atlanta 4 while Toronto Binghamton postponed due to border border authorities.
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Washington
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Toronto-Binghamton
Weather and matchups across today’s MLB slate
Boston visits St. Louis as clouds gather while Philadelphia hosts Chicago on a cloudy day. New York travels to Cincinnati under clear skies and Brooklyn plays Pittsburgh in a clear outing. Cleveland meets Philadelphia, Chicago faces Washington, and Detroit visits Boston with St. Louis at New York on a clear card.
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Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
American League
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
All
Pet
Ashington
T. Louis
New Bern Reports Strong War Savings Drive Support
Special to The Dispatch from New Bern North Carolina on May 18 Judge Gilbert Stephenson says North Carolinians will go over the top in the June 23 campaign. Farmers prepare to harvest Irish potatoes with favorable prices and urged careful marketing. Local officials report solid Democratic backing for Abernethy and notes on railway logistics and Red Cross shipments.
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Dispatch
New Bern
N.C
Hliabeth ‘City
Gilbert Stephenson
Winston-Salem
North’ Carolina
Commission
Charles L. Abernethy
Abernethy
Hood
Mr. Abernethy
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Bureau of Supplies
Atlanta
Red Cross
J. H. Parker
East Carolina
Norfolk-Southern Railway Company
Beaufort
Stack
Norfolk-Southern
Goldsboro
Beautfort
Atlantic Coast
Modish Voile Fashion and Fly Control Advice
A period article extols voile frocks in blue and white with a long collar and overskirt. It also urges persistent fly control, offering blue decor, lavender odor, and homemade traps using formaldehyde and sodium salicylate, plus a patrotic wartime service suit pattern in khaki for women.
Battlefront map notes German attack and Australian gains
The insert map shows a German attack advancing along a four mile front between La Clytte and Voormeresle with arrows marking the push. Halfway between, near Dickebush lake, the assault dented the defender’s first line. At Morlancourt Australian troops gained ground, as indicated by arrows on the lower map.
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Betwen la Clytte
Voormeresle
Dickebush Lake
Ae Pallly-leBec
Morlancourt
Nicholas Ro manoff to be tried by Moscow court martial
Amsterdam reports that Nicholas Romanoff, former emperor of Russia, will be tried by a court martial in Moscow in late June. The trial is described as secret according to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Moscow
Former Russian emperor and family moved to Ekaterinburg
The former Russian emperor his wife and one daughter were moved from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg in the Urals. The Soviet government cited a peasant plot against the emperor as the reason. His son Alexis stayed in Tobolsk due to ill health.
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Tobolsk
Ekaterinburg
Ural Mountains
Alexis
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad from Toledo Ohio
There is more Catarrh in this region than any other disease and it was long deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio claims to cure by acting through the blood on mucous membranes. A hundred dollar reward is offered if it fails to cure. Also advertised Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Haiti
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
de Ney & CO
New York Walkers Surge as City Embraces Sunday Steps
New York residents from Manhattan to the Bronx take to foot travel on Sundays with crowds filling streets from West 72nd to Riverside Drive. Bicycle clubs form and pedestrians outnumber autos as parade like routes around Grant's tomb and the Palisades attract walkers. A Newark bound troop train arrives amid bustling sidewalks.
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New York
West 72d Street
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Palisades
Charles Schwab
Amelia Bingham
Grant
Spooners
Upper Broadway
Newark to Paris on a head train and a town's odd characters
A rambling snapshot recalls a Newark New Jersey hotel life with a baggage man misreading routes to Paris, a club foot barber, and a flour sack man. The scene shifts to hotel concessions where managers demand courteous news stand girls or removal, ending ten days of better service.
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Dis
Newark
New Jersey
Paris
Copeland Townsend
Oconomowoc
Wis
Townsend
Impression of Cold Reception at New York Purchases
A terse remark describes how purchases in New York were met with a cold impersonal reception. The line emphasizes the blunt, businesslike atmosphere encountered.
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New York
War Draft Milestones Marked May 18 1917
On May 18 1917 President Wilson signed the selective draft act while Colonel Roosevelt’s plan for a volunteer army failed. Premier Borden announced Canada would conscript 80 000 to 100 000 men.
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Borden
Slim Love Poised to Spark Yankees Pitching Season
Slim Love appears set to be a centerpiece for the New York Yankees pitching staff this season. The right hander aims to deliver strong starts, stabilize the rotation, and bolster the club’s chances in tight games.
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Love
New York Yankees
Eight teams tie for league lead in season start
Fragmented notice reports eight teams tied with a .00 percentage on the second day of the season in the American association. Legal and local items mention a north state sale in North castor and Hanover County with a 1918 date and a mechanic's lien, plus a vehicle incident involving George Kostavars.
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State OF North Castor
New Hanover County
Court House
Saron
George Kostavars
Ee P. Dudley
Notice of Sale of Land Under Mortgage in 1918
Notice of sale of land due to default on a 1916 mortgage by Nempherson to J Edwards recorded in Renittesbeck. Sale set for May 17, 1918 at noon at the city corner of Hanover and State North. Property described as parcel on Thirteenth and Wooster streets, bounded by specified lot lines. J D Wards Mortgages and J A McNorton attorney listed.
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Nempherson
J. Edwards
Seeyion
Hanover
North Hua
Thirteenth Street
Wooster Streets
Wooster Street
J. D. Wards
J. A. M'Norton
Mortgage Sale by Freeman Couple on 1915 NC Loan
Mortgage sale notice issued by North Carolina Home Building Association follows a 1915 deed from Rachel Freeman and husband John T. Freeman. The Wilmington property, measured from Gwyn Street and Anderson Street, is to be sold at public auction as directed by a court decree. May 1, 1918. John D. Bellamy & Son, Attorneys.
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Rachel Freeman
John T. Freeman
North Carolina Home Building Association
New Hanover
Wilmington
Gwyn Street
Anderson Street
Gwyn Lee
Am Alley
Mulberry Street
North Aroe
John D. Bellamy & Son
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