Baseball scores and league openers across multiple regions
Baseball results include Philadelphia 8 Boston 2 and New York 4 Pittsburgh 0 in American play with rain delaying Detroit Cleveland. Virginia League opens with Danville Lynchburg and Richmond Portsmouth Norfolk. Northwestern League begins with Vancouver Tacoma and Aberdeen Spokane. Russell College defeats local Tigers 9 5 with Ayers stellar pitching and two double plays. Covenanters beat Westen Stars 6 2 in a rain-shortened schoolboys game.
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New York
Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
Richmond
Virginia Baseball League
Danville
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Spokane
Butte
Russell College
Lebanon
Ayers
Benny Baker
Tigers
Looney
Baker
South Bluefield
Covenanters
Westen Stars
Leng
West End
Battery
Wright
Middleswartz
Official Call For West Virginia Republican State Convention
The West Virginia Republican State Central Committee issues a call for a Parkersburg convention on April 29 1908 to elect four delegates at large four alternates for the Chicago national convention and to nominate three supreme court of appeals candidates. Delegates from counties are apportioned by 1904 Roosevelt vote with a 150 vote per delegate threshold. Names and notices are required for certification and contests with a county primary to be held after at least 30 days notice. H C Woodyard is chairman Virgil L Highland secretary.
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State Central Committee
Wood
Chicago
United States
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Greenbrier
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Jqokbon
Kanawha
Mason
Mingo
Monongahela
Pieris
Mobtoo
McDowell
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Vavneae
Aeet
Randolph
ASML
Ritchie
Roane
Republican State Committee
Clarksburg
H. C. Woodyard
Postoffice
Spencer
W. Va
Virgil L. Highland
Danville Democrat Ollie M. James Declared Nominee for Congress
Central City Kentucky April 18 Congressmen Ollie M James was today named the Democratic nominee to succeed himself in the First district with no opposition. The party committee announced his renomination in the absence of any rival candidate.
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Central City
Ollie M. James
Democratic Congressional Committee
Miners to Resume Work in District No 6
Cambridge Ohio April 18 five thousand miners of such district No 6 will resume work Monday after interruption.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Ideographs The Quarrel With Difficulties
A compact aphorism notes that quarrels with difficulties arise from their constant familiarity, framing struggle as a reflexy predictable foe. The line hints at a broader reflection on persistence and perception in daily life.
Pythons Settle Quarrels in Zoo and Bombay
A London Sketch report recounts October 1894 when a large python in a zoo swallowed a companion, and a similar incident occurred in Bombay where two Indian pythons in a museum cage fought over a partridge and ended up entwined. The keepers failed to separate them and the outcome left one python visible the next day.
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Zoo
Bombay
London
Sign in uptown barber shop prompts customer dilemma
A Bronx resident cites a sign in an uptown barber shop inviting feedback and questions whether telling the proprietor about unsatisfactory service would lead to firing him. The patron notes he shaves well unless in the proprietor’s chair and wonders how the owner would react to frank criticism.
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New York Globe
The Wise Ones Sayings From Local Sages
The column quotes a Squedunk sage and a Pohick philosopher debating aging and wisdom. The Louisville Courier Journal features their banter on who truly learns as life goes on.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Inconsistency Explained by Father to Son
A pithy Harper's Weekly joke shows a father defining inconsistency for his son Freddy. The father contrasts constant growling at work with a harmless home reaction to a barking dog.
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Freddy
Harper's Weekly
A Matter of Spelling in After Dinner Exchange
An after dinner remark from a speaker proclaims this is the age of steel. The chairman interrupts to request proper spelling of the final word for reporters in attendance.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Do Plants Breathe and Respiration in Living Organisms
The New York American explains that respiration is essential to all living beings, plants and animals alike. It describes oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide release as the two ends of a single chemical process, noting that plants have rudimentary lungs and that every organism breathes.
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New York American
False friends are worse than open enemies
A French proverb notes that false friends can harm more than clear foes, warning to distrust seemingly loyal allies and value sincerity in relationships and cooperation.
Cascasweet Baby and Children's Cold Remedy Advertisement
A vintage ad touts Cascasweet for babies and children, claiming relief for 80 common cold ailments. It notes ingredients on the bottle, asserts no harmful drugs, and says it is sold by all druggists.
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