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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
5
The piece surveys players and teams across the American and Federal leagues, noting Christy Mathewson's continued dominance, McGraw's Giants, and Dodger slumps. Mentions Bowman’s purchase, Tesreau's potential World Series impact, and various trades, signings, and scouting notes amid a wide field of clubs including the Naps, White Sox, Cubs, and Cardinals.
Five young catchers have risen to regular duty in the American League over the last year. Dick Gosnett of the New Yorks is seen as the best pure catcher, though Wilt Schang Ray Schalk Sam Agnew and Red McKee may hit a bit harder. Miscellaneous notes mention Ty Cobb, the midnight league jokes, and other roster shifts including Tigers pursuing Harry Covaioskia and Highlanders improving under Frank Chance with Clark Griffith denying a Boston deal for McBride.
November 29 has been chosen as the date for the annual army-navy football game this year. The United States Lawn Tennis Association received 18000 dollars as its share of the Davis Cup matches. The English style of rowing will not be abandoned at Yale despite recent reverses by the crew. Freddie Welsh is said to be among the wealthiest boxers in the game with an estimated fortune of 100000 dollars. Charles Webb Murphy has taken up golf to forget his troubles. Northwestern University plans athletic reputation revival this fall. Warren K. Wood won the Western Amateur Golf Association title from Ned Allis of Milwaukee at Homewood. Bob Deady, boxing manager, plans to quit the ring and run a Philadelphia theater. A Palzer and Carpentier match, or Lincoln Prescott of Phillips Academy, was announced. Prescott cleared 23 feet 6 inches in the broad jump at the New England championships. P T Powers announced by American Racing Cyclists Union a six-day rider circuit for next winter. James M. Rosenberger and Hower Baker will represent the eastern United States on the All-American team bound for Avatralls nant fall.
The Smithsonian issued an illustrated pamphlet recounting about twenty expeditions under its direction. Teams worked across British East Africa, Abyssinia, Algeria, Siberia, Mongolia, the Altai, and North America, with notable visits to Borneo and Lake Baikal regions. Results included thousands of mammals, reptiles, and birds, while Dr. Ales Hrdlicka studied native anthropology. Observatories in Algeria and Mount Wilson noted solar ray variability, based on seven years of data.
The Department of Agriculture reports Loggerhead sponge from Southern Florida shows fertilizer value. Analyses indicate four percent nitrogen three quarters one percent potassium and phosphorus ten percent combined, plus lime and organic matter. Farmers in the Florida keys use sponges with good results and investigations continue.
A government letter from the secretary of agriculture breaks records for inquiries tied to rugs and medicine. The document, printed with the writer’s game and address omitted, provides insight into a type of person who thinks they can use all sorts of schemes.
A discussion quotes experts noting the FBI no power to bar patent medicines under the food and drugs act. It states federal authorities regulate medicine practice and labeling but not manufacture of patent medicines if labels note substances used and claims are not false.
A Treasury comptroller explains a rule that months count thirty days for payrolls. Dr. Charles W. Richardson delivered an address on May 31 but was not paid for that extra day. If his talk had been on February 28 he would have earned three days pay, officials note. The piece ends by inviting readers to figure the remainder.
Senator-elect Robert H. Broussard of Louisiana examined colorful pebbles tossed onto Washington streets after a severe storm. He collected stones and sent them to the geological survey, which identified them as fragments blown from a roof during reconstruction, painted blue or red.
An army officer submitted gas and electric bills that became entangled in red tape. The government was penalized and had to absorb the discount. The army auditor blamed the officer, deducting the sum from high credit, but the controller overturned the decision, allowing the difference.
The bronze plate from the Maine mainmast, placed by the Daviers of the American Revolution of Habana, Cuba, is to be restored and reinstalled on the historic spar at Arlington Cemetery to honor the unknown dead of the ill fated battleship. Habana chapter Daughters won Navy Department consent as work to valet the vessel began.
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a moment of excess at a banquet. A wife may notice drinking and a stumble. The exchange hints at social embarrassment and a clumsy moment, with a joking remark about a broken umbrella as a pendant detail.
A chaotic scene at a recent party left one guest claiming humiliation after an awkward exchange with Mrs. Womhat. The confrontation sparked rumors among attendees about relationships and social missteps.
The piece traces wedding ring history from ancient to modern times highlighting the shift from the right to the left hand third finger. It notes ancient signet rings, motif meanings, and changing styles from broad bands to slim modern circles worn to pledge vows. It references the heart proximity myth and church insignia on the same finger.
A Wellington post office scene unfolds as a man seeks the postmaster, waits for about half an hour, and returns to ask again. The clerk offers help, but the man insists on seeing the postmaster to check for any mail amid a hurried visit.
A fragmentary tale describes a farmer and a boy named Bob by a brook famed for eels. An encounter with an urchin and a youthful friend ends with a question about catches as they turn back toward the neighborhood.
John Cole of West Springfield plans to preserve Eleazer Loomis of Partridge field account book begun in 1786. The ledger records shoe setting, tool mending, hay transport, and labor costs in pounds, shillings, pence, later dollars. It reveals post revolutionary living costs, including labor at 62 to 76 cents a day, beef at about five cents a pound, butter 12 cents, and hay and oats prices, with meticulous receipts and annual balances.
Report from Dumbarton Scotland says John Kirkpatrick known as Hairy Man or Vale of Leven Hermit died of starvation in a wooden hut near the Forth of Clyde rail line. He was about fifty, wealthy but neglected basic needs, kept long hair and ragged dress, lived alone. Banks records show a considerable amount of money. He may have originated from America and lived in Jamaica Town about ten years.
A fragment recounts a humorous exchange in a shop where a woman asks a clerk for a dog collar as two clothing stars look on. The snippet captures a brief, odd interaction with lingering questions about propriety and gender.
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