Walberg Tops Ferrell in Cleveland Duel as Phils Win
Rube Walberg outpitched Wes Ferrell in a ninth inning duel to lift Philadelphia over Cleveland 1 to 0. Yanks beat Detroit 6 to 3 as MacFayden silenced eleven Tigers hits while Detroit totaled twelve.
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Phillies Rally Past Pirates in 18 5 Slugfest
Philadelphia pounded Pittsburgh 18 to 5 as 23 hits including nine doubles a triple and a homer fueled a three game sweep that kept them near first in the National League. St Louis beat Boston 4 2 as Reese made 12 chances in the field for Cardinals.
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Roosevelt Sees Tax Change Touching Dress Prices
A section quotes Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt remarking on the two cent check tax and noting dress prices rising from 98 cents to one dollar when paid by check. The piece reflects campaign rhetoric during Roosevelt's Democratic presidential bid.
Record of past events and notable notices from Winchester area
One year ago in Winchester and Frederick County a record vote was anticipated in the Democratic primary. Aubrey G. Weaver of Front Royal was named as a candidate for the Virginia State Senate. James C. Slonaker died from injuries after a recent auto crash near the city. Mr and Mrs Kenneth N Gilpin of Boyce Clarke county reached New York from Europe. Thomas A Edison is reported seriously ill though improving today. Five years ago President Coolidge declined to run for reelection in 1928. The New York apple crop was projected at about 45 percent of normal. Centenary Reformed Church planned installation services for Rev Dr S L Flickinger. Cincinnati Reds had won 16 of 20 recent games. Efforts underway to raise funds for the Children's Home Society of Virginia. Fifteen years ago additional men for US Army duty would be examined on A-8. Winchester War Relief Association sought old bed spreads towels for European relief. British armies had gained ground on the Western Front. More than 300 people died this week in the United States from heat.
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Frederick County
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Virginia State Senate
James C. Slonaker
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Clarke County
New York
Thomas A. Edison
Coolidge
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
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Children’s Home Society of
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United States
Winchester War Relief Association
Virginia restocks deer herds and ships yearlings to Saratoga
A. Willis Robertson authorized purchase of 100 deer on a cooperative basis with huntsmen paying half the cost. Twelve fawns will be delivered in September from Pennsylvania. Virginia has previously secured deer from North Carolina and the Virginia State Game Farm. Sixty-one deer were released in Scott Wise Lancaster Bland Roanoke and Accomac counties over the past year. Yearling shipments to Saratoga Springs for August sales are planned amid softer prices than six to seven years ago. Hack Wilson notches 37 RBIs with 17 homers as the season nears its end. Virginia football aims to match or exceed prior victory percentages in spring and winter play, signaling a strong athletic year.
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Game and Inland Fisheries Commission
Pennsylvania Game Commission
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Pisgah National Forest
North Carolina
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Virginia State Game Farm
Roanoke County
Saratoga Springs
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Hack Wilson
Mallory Wins Run-Off in Fatty Race at Park Party
C B Mallory known as Chub took the run-off in the fat man’s race at Rouss Spring Park during the Park Association yard party. Holmes Yeakley finished second with Toots Taylor third. Andy Bell skipped wind breaker. Tom Warren filled in for him, finishing just behind Taylor. H L Brown, Thursday night winner, faded at the wire and did not place in the run-off.
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Chub
Rouss Spring Parke
Park Association
Holmes Yeakley
Toots” Taylor
Andy Bell
Tom Warren
Taylor
H. L. Brown
Dumdum Bullet and Bowie Knife in Historic Contexts
The text outlines the dumdum bullet as a soft nosed weapon banned by The Hague Conference and defines a Bowie knife as a 10 to 15 inch single edged blade with a straight back and curved edge. It also notes Boston street excavations uncovering pipes from 1652 described as the first water service in the United States.
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India
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