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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
7
Result summary shows a 3-6 score at Philadelphia with Brooklyn held 0-0. New York posted 1, Atkinsburgh 8, Cincinnati 6. Match at St Louis Chicago delayed by rain.
In the American League, Washington beat Sauga 3 1 and Philadelphia lost 1 4. New York edged Boston 7 3. In the Carolina League minor leagues, Durham 2 Charlotte 4 and Winston Salem 10 Greensboro, Raleigh 6 Asheville 0.
Thanhouser now concentrates on five reel features with Pathe, releasing two monthly. Ten films are ready or in production at New Rochelle with three months’ pace. Florence La Badie leads a slate including The Fugitive and The Fear of Poverty with Agnes Johnston. Valkyrien appears in Hidden Valley. King Lear with Frederick Warde. and The Pillory with La Badie.
In Virginia league action Petersburg defeated Rocky Mount 5 to 1 while Norfolk lost to Newport News 21 at home. Newport News led 21 points as the game concluded.
At Atlanta Birmingham 2 3 at Chaattanooga 2 Memphis 3 and Nashville 2 Little Rock 1.
South Atlantic League games included Jacksonville 4 Columbus 7, Augusta 2 Charleston 3, Columbia 1 Macon 8. International League saw Buffalo 2 Providence 1, Montreal 7 Richmond 2, Rochester 3 Baltimore 11, Toronto Newark Iain. American Association games listed Minneapolis 6 St Paul 5, Toledo Columbus 3. Only two games scheduled.
The piece surveys top batters across leagues led by Cobb and Jackson in the American League. It notes Cobb’s seven straight years as batting king, Criss’s 1908 upset, Eldred’s Northwestern exploits, Speaker’s .322 season, and Ross Young’s .350 mark with Sherman. It also mentions Thrasher, Ramier, Jacobson, Mathes, Hornsby, Wagner, Hinchman, Hickman, Smythe, Smith, Etherfield, Oakes, Beall, Decker, Chappelle, Bodie, and other notable sluggers poised for strong showings next season.
Col Judson and Capt Ridley with engineer Paterson headed from New Bern toward Morehead City to inspect the Harbor of Refuge breakwater work. The project is said to be advancing rapidly as contractors push to set new summer records. A local tobacco market sale topped 100000 pounds with prices averaging about 20 cents per pound and some sales reaching 40 cents.
In Worcester Massachusetts on September 2 delegates gather at Labor Temple Hall for the annual convention of the National Federation of State City Town and County Employees Unions. National President M F O'Brien opens the meeting as wage, holiday and vacation demands are debated.
Notice of foreclosure sale under a 1914 mortgage in New Hanover County North Carolina. Hanover Building & Loan Association will sell on September 15 1916 at 12 noon at the courthouse door Wilmington to the highest bidder for cash a parcel in Block 65 City of Wilmington described as part of Lot No 4 lot and block lines with Seventh and Queen streets. C D Weeks attorney. 8-15 30t wd.
Greenville Kentucky September 2 The Fall term of the circuit court opens this month to try a dozen or more citizens indicted for banding to intimidate in the possum hunter whipping case from last June. Several accused were convicted previously and given three to seven year prison terms.
Express trains stop at Winter Park Gardens Sea cafe Rightsville and all stations on the Beach. Lumina will stop at 7th 7th and 6th streets in Wilmington and at Lumina. The timetable lists various start times every half hour from 7 00 A M to 12 10 A M with stops at multiple local stations.
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