Results of Yesterday's Games in the National League
National League results outline games with weather notes and battery pairings. Philadelphia beat Cinque? no, Cincinnati? confusion. Noted matchups include Pittsburgh versus Boston Saint Louis, Cleveland versus Washington, Detroit versus Philadelphia with wet conditions and rain in several Chicago New York games.
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Rhe
Cleveland
Washington
Gregg and Land
Hughes, Sherry
Ainsmith
Detroit
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Readers Note Miss Rebecca Greenspon’s Roanoke Visit
Miss Rebecca Greenspon left yesterday afternoon for Roanoke to spend a week with friends. Miss Alleta Claytor returned from Pikhorn due to her grandfather P H Giles’s illness. Dr J K Martin and daughter plan a Roaring River North Carolina trip to visit the doctor’s mother for about ten days.
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Rebecca Greenspon
Roanoke
Alleta Claytor
Pikhorn
P. H. Giles
J. K. Martin
Roaring River N. C
Vic
Detor
First Pure Food Laws Found In Palestine 850 B C
Harvard researchers report inscriptions in Samaria dating to King Ahab’s era showing early pure food laws for wine and oil. Labels on wine jars reveal cellar dates and vineyards. oil jars bear the note A jar of pure oil and district origin. These fragments were attached to jars’ necks, akin to modern labels.
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George A. Reisner
Harvard University
Samaria
Palestine
Bond
Ahab
Harvard
Omri
New York World
Ball Team Plans Three Games and Ford Roadster Giveaway
The team schedules three games for Thursday Friday and Saturday with Pulaski and declines a Wednesday game with Pageton. A Ford roadster purchased by J. G. Kelley will be awarded July 4 to a lucky ticket holder. Tickets numbered now through July 4 grant a chance on the $750 car, seen on the streets yesterday.
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Pulaski
Pageton
J. G. Kelley
Ford
The Baseball Curve Comes To Light In 1878 Demonstration
A 1911 recount tells how pitcher Tommy Bond proved the curve by arranging two ten foot fences sixty feet apart and pitching to the left of one fence. Mitchell then added spin, sending the ball across to the opposite side, convincing skeptics of the curve's reality. John C. Chapman is noted as introducing a circus element to the game.
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W. W. Aulick
Tommy Bond
Boston
Bond
Cincinnati
Thomas
Mitchell
John C. Chapman
Testing Textile Fibers with Chemicals
Mary Heaton Vorse explains chemical tests from Success Magazine to identify fibers. A 5 percent caustic potash solution destroys wool and silk to reveal cotton residue, while mineral weighting remains for heavy silk. For linen, concentrated sulfuric acid tests fiber durability, with cotton dissolving and linen resisting, though precautions are required due to corrosive vitriol.
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Mary Heaton Vorse
Success Magazine
Right and Wrong Exercise Opinion by J Edmund Thompson
The piece argues exercise is a loose term covering many activities and warns against harmful forms of exertion. It cautions that excessive muscular work without proportional organ development can shorten life and advises adults to avoid any exercise they cannot sustain into old age.
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J. Edmund Thompson
National Magazine
Martinsville Visitors and Local Travels Highlight Day
Personal notes record J. H. Stanley of Martinsville and Harry Thomas of Pageton visiting the city on business, with Louis Jaffee and M. W. Reynolds traveling for work. Edwin and Edna Mann head to New York for a stay, while Robert and Mrs. Claytor of Matoaka visit their brother Co. P. Claytor in the west end. Warner family and son Jacek of Tazewell also pass through toward New York, and Virgie Nunn of Roanoke departs for Shawnee after a rural fire incident months prior.
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Robert Claytor
Matoaka
Brother
Co. P. Claytor
West End
Needed the Money Badly
A Washington newspaper man, asked by a friend for a $5 loan, pretends to be broke before payday. He hands over 20 cents and notes payday is tomorrow. The friend agrees to return money tomorrow afternoon, and does.
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Washington
Popular Magazine
EZO Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts EZO for bunions corns calluses and burning feet. It claims 25 cents buys a jar, with rapid relief within five minutes and lasting comfort after nightly use. Mail orders prepaid via Ezo Chemical Co Rochester and The White Pharmacy carries it.
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Ezo
Ezo Chemical Co
Rochester
White Pharmacy
Sauer’s Flavoring Extracts Sold Souvenirs Everywhere
Sauer’s Pure Flavoring Extracts are advertised as unmatched with sales across grocers. Bottles priced at 10 cents and 25 cents, targeting broad consumer reach.
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SAUER
Civil Service Exam Postponed to July for Clerk Vacancies
Postponed civil service exam in Bluefield for seven naturalization division clerks due to few applicants. Test subjects include law and stenography with weights. ages 24 to 39. only residents of the same state eligible for Washington D C appointments. apply to U S Civil Service Commission or local secretary D C Keeney.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bluefield
Division of Naturalization
Washington, D. C
Naturalization
Washington
D. C
Tablet to be unveiled at Bluefield memorial service
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will hold its annual memorial service at Bluefield's First Baptist church Sunday afternoon June 11 at 3 o'clock. A tablet placed in the church will be unveiled during the service and all engineers and their families are invited. Engineers meet at their hall at 2 p.m. and proceed to the church by motor.
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First Baptist Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Hngineers
Bluefield
What Every Woman Knows Hair Health Claim
Advertisement promotes Newbr e Herpicide for hair growth and dandruff removal. Encourages sending 10 cents for a sample and care guide to Detroit based firm. Bottle sizes sold by Kelly Jackson Drug Co and other agents. mentions Fallon Florist Roanoke Virginia and tomato plants offered. Dated May 18, 1911.
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Newbre
Herpiceide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Mich
Kelly-Jackson Drug Co
Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
McDowell County Seeks Bonds For Road Districts
McDowell County WV will take sealed bids for two road bond issues totaling 100000 dollars in par value for Northfolk and Milhorn districts. Bonds pay 5 percent interest semiannually on January 1 and July 1, mature after 20 and 30 years with optional terms, dated January 1 1911. Sealed bids by June 17 1911 at noon, bids to McDowell County National Bank Welch, with $500 certified check. County may reject all bids.
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McDowell
West Virginia
Northfolk
Elkhorn
McDowell County National Bank
Welch
McDowell County
R. B. Bernheim
Try a Want Ad. Only a Word. Try One Today.
A short classified prompt urges readers to place a want ad now. The message emphasizes simplicity and immediacy with a single word call to action.
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Persia
Ferrell
Princeton Avenue
West Va
Cincinnati Dental CO
DR. Compton
John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia, Pa
WM. McCarthy
W. Va
G. M. McCulloch
Pres
Rove 7
Surang
Urfield
A. Bradshaw
Y & Treas
East End Drug Company
The
American Tailors
B. Angrist
Telegraph
National League
Chalmers and
Doon
Suggs and
McLean
Richie
Kling
Bell and
Bergen
Oykee
Pittsburg
Raymond
Pee. Ola
CR Dyfea
B. C
J. H. Stanley
Martinsville, Va
Louis Jaffee
Harry Thomas
M. W. Reynolds
Edwin Mann
Virgie Nunn
Shaw
Ruth Ward
Jerseyville
Impany
Ke Cardus
Cardus
Jae
Cardui
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
United States Coal
Gary, W. Va
South Bluefield Florist
North Street
R. C. Graham
Mgr. Pulaski
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