Atlanta club breaks LATO attendance records at Ponce de Leon
The Atlanta minor league team drew 42 632 fans in the last week at Ponce de Leon park to cap the season and push total paid attendance to 19 500. Reports from Birmingham estimate season attendance around 16 000, outpacing Birmingham by about 26 900 paid admissions. a Friday tally of 12 100 set a new one day Southern league record with roughly 6 000 more fans counted by fences as turnstiles overflowed.
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Atlanta
Ponce de Leon Park
Birmingham
Texas Pennant Won By Houston Year 1913 League Title
Houston clinched the Texas league pennant for the second straight season finishing with 93 wins and 57 losses. Dallas posted 92 and 61, while Galveston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Beaumont, Waco, and Austin followed in the standings. A notable game featured Galveston beating San Antonio in an eight and a half inning contest.
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Texas
Houston
Datlaa
Waco
San Antonio
Galveston
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Austin
Dallas
Knoxville Forfeits to Johnson City in Appalachian League
Knoxville forfeits three post season games in Knoxville causing Johnson City to win the pennant in the Appalachian league. Threats against Knoxville players following a spiking incident led to their refusal to travel for games in Johnson City, derailing the series.
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Knoxvlle
Tenn
Johnson City
Knoxville
Johnson Ty Ithins
Mobile Pennant Hopes Fade in 1913 Southern League Standings
Mobile led the season by total wins with eleven victories over Atlanta and eight losses, though unable to secure the pennant. Chattanoosa and New Orleans provided tougher matches, New Orleans taking eight wins and eleven losses against Mobile, Atlanta dominant elsewhere, Birmingham suffering a heavy 16 losses to the champions.
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Lattle Rock Ark
Mobile
Ty Adolph Jacobsen
Atlanta
Fuguies
Chattanoosa
Orleans
ChattanGors
Tount
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Rookies and Americans Tame Giants In 11 Inning Tie
Athletics 1, Giants 1 in an 11 inning contest halted by darkness. Newick and a squad of rookies from the New York Nationals and Philadelphia Americans produced a tense game with G Schupp Hartley Wilson Wyckett Thames on the batteries for the two sides.
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Athletics
Giants
Newick
New York Nationals
Philadelphia Americans
New York Esc
Philadelpha
G_ Schupp
Hartley
Wilson
Wyckett
Thames
Bill Smith Turns Tailend Club Into Pennant Winners
A long obituary of Bill Smith’s impact on Atlanta baseball. It credits him with taking a struggling Crackers club and guiding it to pennants in 1907 1909 and after returning in 1912 praising his leadership marketing and team management and calling him the city’s best advertiser.
Benefit Game and Field Day for Pennant Winners at Ponce Park
A Wednesday event in Atlanta features a benefit game and field day honoring pennant winning players. Manager Billy Smith organizes the affair at 3 p.m. with tickets selling at Tomlin Bros. net proceeds support players, while most stars participate except a few who have moved on.
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Ponce Park
Billy Smith
Atlanta
Saia
Tomlin Bros
Joe Canverman
Pirates
Cincinnati
Jim Lose
Washington Americans
Washington
Nison
Avantic City
Wlre
New Orleans Tops Composite Standings in Thirteen Seasons
New Orleans leads the Southern Jenene division in overall standings across thirteen seasons with a 23 percent win rate. The complete tabulation shows New Orleans ahead of other teams, listing games won and lost and indicating a steady performance through the era.
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New Orleans
Jeagos
Woo
Orleans
Crackers Clinch Dramatic Late-Airing Southern Title Chase
The Atlanta Crackers won nineteen of their last twenty-one games to surge past Mobile and close the Southern League pennant race. After trailing by as many as seven and a half games, Atlanta finished with a 19 2 record for the final stretch, posting a 725 winning percentage over the last two months and a 104 mark over the final three weeks. The spirited drive, including a seven-game run to end the season, cements the Crackers as one of the era’s most resilient ball clubs.
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Atlanta
Mobile
Fnally
Nashvile
New Orleans
Nashville
Crackers
Herreshoff to Build Defender of the Cup
Bristol Rhode Island September 7 The candidate for the America's Cup defense honors against Sir Thomas Lipton will be built by Herreshoff for a New York syndicate. The boat will be launched on the water line. The syndicate will be headed by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. of the New York Yacht Club J P Morgan and Frederick G Bourne. Mr Herreshoff said he has a free hand in expense and design and will not accept a commission for another candidate for next year’s international honors.
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Bristol
R. I
Thomas Liptong
Herreshoff
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Yacht Club
JFP Morgan
Frederick G Bourne
Herreshot
On Eve of His Wedding Doctor Is Found Dead
Serre Haute Ind September 7 Dr R Wah Cleve of Junce was found dead in his hotel room late today by relatives of Miss Lillian Brosman of Marshal to whom he was to be married at noon There were no indications of suicide Coroner F H Jett announced an autopsy en route to Marshall Dr Van Cleave had arrived last night missed the train he planned to take this morning He telephoned the bride to be he would drive through in a automobile then returned to his hotel room Relatives of Miss Brosman arrived hurriedly as they were in a local hospital when Dr Van Cleave was an interne Miss Brosman was a trained nurse
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R. Wah Cleve
Junce
Lillian Brosman
Marshal, I
F H Jett
Marshall
van Cleave
Tas
Miss Brosmen
Miss Brosman
Eye Glass Holders Fashioned as Shade Roller Attachments
Handy eye glass holders attach to vest or dress, keeping glasses ready at a moment's notice. Available in black and white enamel with gold or silver designs, crafted by A. K. Hawkes Co. Opticians at 14 Whitehall Street.
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A. EK. Hawkes Co. Opticians
Whitehall Street
Ady
Soldiers on guard in burned district
Hot Springs Arkansas September 7 with two companies of multitappling the burned district citizens devoted themselves today to systematic relief measures and planning for rehabilitation of the fire swept eastern section. Housing was provided for the homeless and immediate needs met while supplies arrived from Little Rock and aid offered from several cities. Insurance loss about two million nine hundred dollars. Railroads refused special trains but regular service carried sightseers as 200 Iron Mountain workers began a temporary wooden station building near the destroyed site.
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Hot Spriigs
Ark
Cagamittecy
Hot Springs
Tomights
Lite Rock
Springs
Iron Mountain Railroad
Wonder Where He's At General Diaz Rumor
Fragmentary note cites General Felix Diaz unclear if he is in a tree or hole while editorials rail at reform efforts. A stray railway timetabled sale advertises a round trip from aid Depot to Birmingham departing September 22 at 8 30 am arriving 1 30 pm with advertising copy.
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Felix Diaz Ue
Dallas News
Birmingham
Aid Depot
Edison’s Illness Sparks Alarm During Portland Vacation
Thomas A Matson, famed inventor, fell ill while vacationing with family in Portland. Reports say the Edison party, led by Mr Holison, left for a New England tour in autos. Fears arise that intense labor and little sleep may have caught up with his legendary energy.
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Thomas A Matson
Portland
Hollson
Mr Holison
Edison
New England
Smith Swamped by Best Wishes After Pennant Win
Robert Moran notes Bill Smith, winner of seven pennants, swamped with congratulatory telegrams from fans and clubs nationwide after Atlanta’s pennant win. Messages from Mike Finn, Cartersville residents, Springfield editor Trom Steed, and others praise the team. Smith plans to stay in Atlanta another two years before possible politics, with drafts and world series to follow.
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Robert Moran
Wiliam Smith
Atlanta
Mobile
Gearwis
Tyn
Bill Smith
Mike Finn
Gulls
Mike Finnands
Charlie Colsson
Cartersville
Bull
Fort Valley
Georgia
Jack Steed
Springfield Daily News
Billa
Albert Fanz
Enosville
Rick Woodward
Birmingham
Prince of Good Fellows
Macon
R C Jordan
Memphis
Clarke Griffith
New Orleans
Bill
Paul Lecourage
Wired
Joe Agler
Jersey City
JJ Lallis
Houston
Knoxville
Atlanta Beneft
Louis Castro
Otto Jordan
George Winters
Trains Strike Autos and Kill Occupants
Two auto occupants killed and several injured in railroad crossing crashes. Names include Mrs George Gliforli and son Clarence Gleckler in New York state, Gene Connelly and two daughters Phoebe and Caroline killed in Cayuta, and vas Potomac Virginia victims Witham H Peck and Ernest Zell. Authorities report train collisions with Wheeling and Lake Erie and Lehigh Valley trains across multiple towns.
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Lremont Omo
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
George Glforlir
Clarence Gleckler
Agen
George Gleckier
Melinda Gleckier
Theodore Gleckier
Jessie Henry
Tecklers
Jimiag
Gugene J Connelly
Springs Corners
Phoaba
Carolin
Cayuta
Mate Connelly
Virginie
Mexandria
Raikway
Potomac, Va
Witham H Peck
Alesandria
Ernest Zell
Search for bandits proves vain in Parr Shoals payroll heist
Sheriffs Colvin and Hood extend a wide search across four counties for three men who robbed the White Engineering payroll of over 16000 dollars at Parr Shoals Friday. Officials and company men probe Dawkins area after sighting reports, but no solid clues emerged.
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Columbu
White Engineering Company
Parr Shoals
Colvin
Chester County
Hood
Fairfield County
Construction
Dawkins
Gideons Hold Meeting in the Ansley Hotel
The Atlanta Gideons opened a new member campaign with a Sunday session at the Ansley Hotel. W. Whitham, a noted Atlanta banker, spoke on his abroad trip, with Misses Bearden singing. E. G. Dumas and A. F. Todd addressed Gideon aims and the Bible, as Dr S. R. Bell is slated for next Sunday.
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Atlanta Gideons
Angeley
W Fiitham
Atlanta
Misees Bearden
G Dumas
The
Gideong
Order
A. F Todd
S R. Bell
Ansley
Amidn
Shell Frames Eye Glass Lenses Mounting at Hawkes Co
Have your lenses mounted in a shell spectacle frame. Light and easy on the face, these frames are decidedly popular. Come in and look at a pair. Hawkes Co. Op-Helms, 14 Whitehall st.
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Hawkes Co. Op- Helms
Whitehall Tad
Cheap excursion to Florida via G S F Ry
Fare from Macon to Jacksonville four dollars Palatka four dollars fifty cents St Augustine four fifty and Tampa six dollars Proportionate fares from intermediate points Special trains leave Macon ten thirty and eleven thirty a m September ninth Tickets limited five days Rhodes G P A Macon Ga
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Macon
Jacksonville
Palatka
St.Augustine
Tampa
Rhodes, G. P.A
Mere Man Sees Whiteball Fall Fashions In Atlanta Show Windows
Ned McIntosh surveys Sunday display windows in Atlanta revealing extravagant fall outfits. He notes towering hats, bright brocades, bold color mixes and a surprisingly large fur muff with a black ribbon bow as the standout item. He humorously laments the cost for husbands while detailing the ornate style on view.
Campaign to fill Third Maine district seat after Goodwin death
Portland Maine September 7 a speaker campaign preceding the election to fill the vacancy caused by Forrest Goodwins death concluded last night Voters go to polls tomorrow to choose among William Pattangall Democrat John Peters Republican Edward Lawrence Progressive William Wyeth Socialist The tariff bill dominates the campaign with national interest noted speakers including President Wilson in Pattangalls favor and Clark Redfield Bryan in other camps Republicans cite several congressmen while Murdock Garfield and Beveridge spoke for progressives
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Portland
Maine
Forrest Goodwin
William R.pattangall
John A Peters
Edward M Lawrence
Wiliam W Wyet
Wilson
Pattangal
Pettangell
Champ Clark
Commerce
William Redfield
Willam Bryan
Congress
Murdock
Tha Interior
James R Garfield
Albert J Beveridge
Elephants and an Unexpected Afternoon In the Bush
H W Bronson and a companion describe a close encounter with a feeding elephant herd in an African forest. The herd stampedes and pauses within ten yards, then settles for a long siesta before drifting away toward the north as Akuna confirms the elephants have left the bush.
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H W Bronson
Hin
Jess
Gutray
Akuna
Johnson and Moran to Fight for World Heavyweight Title
New York, September 7. Announced that a world heavyweight title bout will be staged between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran of Pittsburgh in December at the Velodrome d River, Paris. Negotiations by Johnson’s manager Sean See and Moran’s handler Dan McKettrick secured terms including a $5,000 guarantee, 30 percent of gate receipts, and Moran’s travel and training expenses. Exact date to be fixed.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Brank Moran
Pittsburg
al Paizer
D River
Paris
France
Johnson
Sean See
Dan McKettrick
Moran
Toun
McKettrick
Lee
London Cab History and Growth Through the Ages
A summary of London carriage evolution from 1822 with carriol ets or cabs entering service, growing to 165 by 1831 and over six thousand by 1862 in the metropolis. It notes licenses opening, trade liberalization capping to twelve hundred, and the shift from horse carriages to taxicabs as omnibuses remained few.
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London
Frevicua
Sulfosol Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
An advertisement touts Sulfosol as a remedy for lumbar rheumatic pains, claiming rapid, safe relief and elimination of rheumatic tendencies. It calls on readers to obtain the product from a local druggist or to write to the Sul fagol Company in New York for a free book on rheumatism and blood disease.
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Sulfagol Company
Washington St
New York
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