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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
5
In the National League Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 6 to 4 with Humphries, Alexander and Dooin among the batters. Brooklyn lost to Chicago with Barger and Rucker handling pitching duties. New York, St Louis, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and Washington posted varied scores, with detailed batteries listed for each game.
The Bluefield baseball club announces a Ford roadster worth $750 will be awarded to the holder of the lucky Fourth of July entrance ticket. Tickets for the game are sold in advance to fund park improvements and boost team support. Yazewell plans revenge by facing Bluefield at the south Bluefield field on Friday and Saturday. Douthat and Newberry aim to stop the visitors as Tazewell pursues two wins.
Crumpler outscored Northfork 34 to 14 at noon in a one sided matchup. The report notes Crumpler’s team as "hard and his" and Northfork as "young and tender" with batteries Crumpler Sizemore and Franklin against Northfork Belcher and Thomas.
The Pageton ball club invites teams to schedule games on dates including June 18 July 2 July 4 two games July 28 July 20 and through August and September. Henry McFadden, manager, Pageton WV, is contact. Tickets stay 25 cents until July 4 when 50 cents. advance tickets for that day are 50 cents. Each ticket includes a chance on a $750 automobile prize for the holder of the lucky number.
An old observer recalls John C. Chapman's extraordinary fielding and catching feats, likening him to a cross between a mountain goat and a greyhound in motion. He claims Chapman electrifies crowds in Philadelphia with feats rivaling legends like Willie Keeler and T. Barnum, hinting at a rise to prominence.
A 1911 study highlights early fielding feats led by John C. Chapman, famed for one handed catches with the Athletics and Brooklyn, pioneering a high put-out average. The piece notes Hal Chase as a later, flashy fielder while tracing the sport’s circus-like glove work back to 1862.
Notice states F. A. Harman Coal Company debts up to 250 are assumed by W. E. Harry and W. H. Crawford. They will operate under the firm name Harry & Crawford Coal Company. Dated June 6, 1911. Also an ad for Fallon Florist selling tomato plants in Roanoke Virginia.
The February 24 law regulates highway use and requires chauffeur registration. It mandates brakes and lighting, includes a two dollar auditor fee, and a conspicuous registration badge. Speed limits: ten miles in city compact areas, fifteen in residences, twenty on highways, with slow speeds on bridges and curves and duties at crossings. The act outlines accident reporting and passenger sharing of names and addresses when requested.
An old physiology note argues the delta turcica cavity behind the nose may be a remnant of a sixth sense from ancestral humans. It was once claimed to house a two lobed gland aiding night vision and spatial orientation, but its purpose remains uncertain.
The largest bird nest in the world is built by a colony of African grosbeaks. Composed of 100 nests or more bound by sticks and grasses, it imitates a native hut from a distance. Birds choose thorn trees for protection and add nests each year, risking branch breakage as they expand.
A fragment from the New York Press notes a great stick figure breaking and falling to the ground under its own weight. The text mocks the grosbeak as small and quarrelsome, likening it to an English sparrow in size and temperament.
A traveler in an Italian magazine praises Ticino for extreme honesty. It notes villagers rarely experience theft in a lifetime and that found items must be left for owners. A U.S. tourist reports her lost purse with gold coins and a jeweled watch was found and returned in a conspicuous spot.
The Bluefield board of affairs invites bids for grano lithic and plank sidewalk construction for the next fiscal year and for boarding city prisoners for the same period. Bids due 7:30 p.m. June 16, 1911. By order of J. T. Akers, Auditor. 6-18-13-15
The article highlights Sauer's Extracts and Flavors and their collection of thirteen high awards and medals for flavor quality and product excellence.
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