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...Tall, slender, blond, an expert golfer, he is married, has one son. Germ of the movement was born five years ago when five young businessmen who knew nothing of government or politics sat around a fireside in Fennelly's home discussing the local situation. The young men of Cincinnati had cleaned up their city. Why could the young men of Kansas City not do the same? Then & there they decided ''that boss control would remain as long as the young men and women sat quietly at home and allowed the bosses to rule." Out they went...
Contenders with the Giants this year should be the Pittsburgh Pirates (who had acquired Pitcher Red Lucas from Cincinnati and a 6 ft. 5 in.. 230 lb. rookie, Lloyd Johnson) or the Chicago Cubs (with their new outfielder, Chuck Klein, leading batsman of the league, bought for $125,000 from Philadelphia). The St. Louis Cardinals had a new pitcher, Paul Dean, brother of talkative Jerome ("Dizzy") Dean and a team of fast opportunistic young players. Philadelphia's weak point last year was pitching; Manager Jimmy Wilson was still trying to make up his mind last week which pitchers...
...STANDIFORD "President of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company" Sequel to the above: To this day, 60 odd years later, Danville passengers must hire taxis and drive three miles to catch an L. & N. train for east or west. To assuage their grief, awakened citizens of Danville induced the Cincinnati Southern Railway to survey its municipally owned "Queen and Crescent'' route via Danville, Ky., but notwithstanding this the stubborn old L. & N. refuses to make connection at the crossing and I've seen the latter's passenger trains pull out leaving Q. & C. passengers frantically trying...
...time he was a preacher in Boston in 1826, Lyman Beecher had become a "New School" Calvinist, believing both in free will and predestination. In 1835 when he was president of Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati. Lyman Beecher was tried for heresy. In a day when a theological squabble never failed to titillate the public, his trial and acquittal were front-page news all over the U. S. His children...
Died. Clyde ("Pea Ridge"-from Pea Ridge, Ark. his hometown) Day, 32, baseball pitcher for Brooklyn, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other teams, known for his eccentricities and hog-calling; by his own hand (slashing his throat); in Kansas City...