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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1911
Page
7
Del and Jim craft a Sunday morning drive to the country to surprise Pa with a sculpture of little Jim, a gifted boy who becomes a living son to the family. The artist who painted the boy also gains fame and wealth from the work.
Johnson and Helen Grannis engage in a tense tennis match as jealousy and social pressures swirl around a possible romance with Sinclair watching. Ida Newlands provokes the game by arranging a doubles challenge that tests loyalties and feelings, culminating in a quiet declaration of a love match.
A mother uses a dramatic run away story to deter a young daughter from wandering. The tale centers on children lost in woods, hunger and a morning breakfast missed, aiming to show danger and consequence. A separate note highlights a 3000 year old Egyptian mummy with a tiny wooden doll found in her arms.
A correspondent explains the name Swiss Guard arising from Swiss natives who joined at Pope Julius II’s request. In January 1506 Caspar von Silinen led 200 Swiss at arms to Rome, forming a corps praised for honor over four centuries as they shifted from wartime defense to guarding the pope.
Ban Johnson leads a league wide push to halt betting at baseball parks and expose bookmaking in Detroit Chicago and Pittsburgh. He orders clubs to enforce the ban and urges league and city authorities to arrest gamblers to protect the game s integrity and public confidence.
Dan O Noll? O Neill is praised as the ideal manager and owner of the New Britain Connecticut league team. A game against Springfield ended 11 to 10 with fans offered rain checks for the next home game after a poorly played contest.
Florida ends horse racing as adverse laws shut down the sport. The move devastates venues including Jacksonville with losses estimated at thirty five thousand dollars.
Champion Gotch earns twenty one thousand dollars from the wrestling bout. The purse covers half of the picture money for Gotch and Schmidt.
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