Remarkable Barn Door Baseball Feat Stuns Highland Crowd
In a Leesburg Ohio district game against Highland, McClure, a left fielder for Leesburg, made a daring play by chasing a foul ball into a barn ten feet from the line and loft throwing from a barn window to nail a runner at the plate. The crowd protested as a fight ensued, yet Leesburg prevailed with Pittsburg Pirates pitcher Pittsburg mentioned as part of the younger twirlers.
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McClure
Clarke
Leach
Wagner
Miller
Leesburg
Ohio
Highland
Tillsboro
Lees Creek Township
Tenter
Highland County
W. G. Chapman
Women express mock sympathy at bridegrooms choice
In a playful exchange the girls offer commiseration to the bride about her upcoming marriage. They claim they would trade eyes to win the groom, while noting the bride bears the joke with a knowing, unhurt gaze. The conversation captures light gossip among friends.
Save alfalfa crop Italian parasite revived in Utah storage
Government researchers in Utah test Italian alfalfa weevil parasites, shipped from Portici, Italy, to combat the pest. A. H. Kirkland supervises the experimental program at the United States entomology station in Salt Lake City, with initial shipments of twenty boxes and plans for further arrivals.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Italy
Atlantic Ocean
New York
United States
A. H. Kirkland
Kirklana
Massachusetts
Kirkland
Couras
Europe
Asia
Portici
Hah
Mr. Kirkland
Angler Ducked by Six-Foot Highland Lake Eel
In Winsted Connecticut James Rogers recalls being pulled overboard by a six foot eel while fishing on Highland Lake. He clung to a steel rod with one hand and stayed afloat until his companions reached him. The ferocious eel has long inhabited Highland Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rogers
Joseph Rogers
Highland Lake
Rogers
Beat is Lonesome Policeman Resigns in Newark
After three hours on duty Newark patrolman Daniel F. Haggerty telephoned his resignation and went home citing loneliness as the reason. The brief notice notes he served three hours before quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Daniel F. Haggerty
Black Bass Chews Tobacco at Bartletts New York
Bartletts manager John J. Flanagan recounts a black bass that chews tobacco around the power plant. The intelligent fish appears to prefer chewing over smoking, repeatedly taking cigar ends tossed by Flanagan and rising with torn fragments. experiments with other fish show varying reactions, suggesting the Bartletts bass has a unique habit.
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Bartletts
N. Y
John J. Flanagan
Mr. Flanagan
Flanagan
Pickerel
Girl saves $5200 on $1 a day tragedy in Worcester
Relatives of Misa Marguerite Auden mourn a shop clerk who worked seventeen years earning $1 daily. They discover bank deposits totaling $5200 linked to her estate, with accumulations described as statutory earnings. The paper notes the modest wage and the unexpected total found among her finances.
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Worcester
Mass
Misa Marguerite Auden
Seeing God's Face Prophetic Call to Seek and See God
A devotional piece explores the possibility of seeing God now through purity in heart, nature, the minds and lives of others, and most clearly in the face of Jesus Christ. It cites Psalm 28:8, 2 Corinthians 4:6, and Jesus’ words to Philip, urging seekers to pursue divine revelation in creation, Scripture, and the embodied love of Christ.
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God
Jesus
Galilee
Diod
Jesus Christ
St. Paul
Jesas
Philip of
Bethsalda
Philip
Cause and Effect under the Law of Cause and Effect
The text argues that human opposition arises from the negative human law and that without it man would return to a pristine condition. It states that spiritual ego is absent and that depravity stems from the finite human mind, which must express a corresponding condition under the law of cause and effect as articulated by Rev. F EH Mason, a scientist from Boston.
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Rev
F, EH
Mason
Scientist
Boston
Need of Ideals in Life and Thought
A contemplative note from C K Carpenter of the Chicago Methodist Episcopal Church questions the purpose of ideals. He asks what men would contemplate or live by without guiding ideals, urging readers to reflect on the role of ideals in personal conduct and societal progress.
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Rey
C. K. Carpenter
Methodist
Wpiscopatian
Chicago
Manasseh Reigns and Faces Repentance in Judah
The lesson recounts Manasseh of Judah beginning his reign at twelve, his ensuing idolatry amid Assyrian influence, and his eventual captivity by Assyria. It notes his repentance after hardship, God’s forgiveness, and a moral urging to heed warnings from his example.
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Manasseh
Jerusalem
Palestine
Egypt
Western
Asia
Judah
Hezekiah
Hepzibah
Israel
Rabshakeh
Mezekiah
Jehoveh
Mannasseh
Nahum
Assyria
Assurbanipal
Nineveh
Niagera
Jehovah
God
Ezekkiel
Kking
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Kirby White
Pittsburg Pirates
Wro
Paris
Turin
Rome
Andre Beaumont
Wirel
Genoa
Garroa
Nervi
Winsted
Conn
Black Bass
Lusson
Tiald—Mannasseh
Judi
Psach-Judah
Babylon
Kingdom of
Manaosseh
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