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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
8
A collage of playful verse and quips from a bygone era features the Enchantress of a district school song, domestic humor about marriage and cooking, a ribbing take on Indiana authors, and comic vignettes about fashion hats, mischief at a town pump, and a hapless street scene.
Report notes an even 9-9 split in interleague spring games between American and National Leagues. Highlights include Browns 3 of 5 against Cardinals, Athletics 3 of 4 over Phillies, Reds beating Boston Americans and Chicago White Sox, and varied results from Texas to Cincinnati. Totals show five and a half years of interleague play with the American League at 121 wins to 101 for the Nationals, and a 60-game peak in 1903.
T R Morrissey of the Mercury Athletic Club New York City won the twelfth annual Boston Athletic Association Marathon in Boston finishing 26 miles from Ashland to Exeter Street in 2 26 43 5. His time was second to last year’s record 2 24 24 set by Tom Longboat the Canadian Indian runner.
In 1902 Bill Bradley hit four consecutive home runs in Philadelphia. A devoted supporter sent him a $10 bill and promised a colt if he hit another homer that afternoon. Bradley did indeed win the promised colt.
In Philadelphia the Phillies push new pitching novelties Moren with a knuckle ball and Ritchie with a serpentine curve aim to trouble National League batters. The knuckle ball requires a special grip and held between thumb and two fingers bending knuckles, throwing with moderate speed and dropping downward after impact. Ritchie’s curve is thrown loose in the hand, the ball rises straight then bends away like a fade, challenging hitters on the southern training trip.
A series of reforms aims to curb on field practices and crowd behavior in Major League Baseball. Rules prohibit rubbing balls, restrict spectator bottle tossing, discipline batter sacrifices, limit coaching chatter to base runners, enforce quicker inning transitions, urge women to remove hats, and ban loud peanut vendor yelling during games.
George White Wings Tebeau finalizes talks to bring Sudhoff to Lima. Sudhoff previously spurned Kansas City last season and now signs with a Louisville contract this year, indicating a major shift in his professional plans.
Jack Sheridan, long time American League umpire, known as the daddy of them all, works with a light mask while behind the plate. He never misses a game, is highly regarded for correct calls, and has a storied career spanning 24 years and major league games.
A Toston American writer, Bill Ross, claims Au gusta outfielder Coles will develop into a greater player than Ty Cobb, asserting Coles possesses eye, speed, and hitting prowess that surpass early Cobb metrics.
A sermon likens depression to birds with black wings and blue breasts seen in Florence Nightingale’s Crimea tale. It cites Psalm 77, identifies five blues factors such as morbid despair, distorted view of God, complaint, insomnia, and memory of happier times, then urges confession and faith as cures and recommends seeking God in the sanctuary.
The piece argues that a pledge of total abstinence by 25,000 railroad workers strengthens safety for passengers. It cites accidents caused by drink and fatigue, notes the need for disciplined judgment in dispatching signals and operating trains, and asserts temperance could protect countless men, women, and children from harm.
A Glasgow writer argues that total abstinence costs money and time but yields far greater rewards. It builds a ladder from material benefits to moral uplift and spiritual well being, inspiring dedication to reform, national redemption, and a hoped for divine kingdom.
The article traces early measures from Boston in 1700 to a 1777 Continental Congress resolution urging states to curb grain distilling. It notes 40,000 distilleries in under a century and cites recent steps to curb the ensuing social harms. It then links the British Labour Party to temperance reforms, listing abstaining officials and union leaders, and observes growing anti liquor sentiment abroad.
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