Better Homes in America Prize Won by Kalamazoo Team
The Better Homes in America program named Kalamazoo as the 1924 prize winner in a nationwide contest with 1500 communities. The award highlighted a model home designed for a family of three or four, showcasing cost, efficiency and comfort.
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Michigan PP
America
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Ats
Amerigs
Kalamazoo
Mich
Caroline Bartlett Crane
James Ford
Year of baseball scandal marks 1924 season
The 1924 season is remembered for a bribery scandal involving Giants players as the National League pennant race stretched to the final week. J. Hetnie Sand reported the attempted payoff to stop a Giants win, leading to O’Connell and Dolan’s ineligibility while Kelly Frisch and Young were cleared. The Yankees? No, the Senators won the World Series in seven games with Walter Johnson pitching the decisive finish.
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Henry L. Farrell
New York
New York Giants
Brooklyn Robins
Dazzy Vance
Giants
Phillies
Coufseson
O'Connell
J. Hetnie Sand
Philadelphia
Art Fletcher
Fletcher
John H. Heydler
National League
Herdler
Landis
O’connell
Cory Dolan
Kelly
Frisch
Young
Landers
Dolan
Kelly Frisch and Young
Relief pitcher nets win as late inning relief role grows
The pitcher earned credit for the victory after entering in relief for his first two starts, marking a notable turn in his late game usage. The series set a new attendance and gate receipt record despite a small Washington ballpark. A stray editorial note questions poetic talent and highlights a Louisville woman’s unusual kindness to a cat with a five thousand dollar bequest from a New York woman.
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Washington
Athe Palsize
Abies Sr Um
Ha Pine
Louisville
Tran Auto
New York York
German Wheat Growers Push Berlin Bakery Plan
Berlin reports farmers propose building a gigantic bakery in the capital to boost wheat production and processing for domestic use. Officials weigh potential economic and logistical impacts of the project.
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Berlin
Germany
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