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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
5
A partial OCR shows scattered city names and numbers including New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn St. Louis and pet date hints. The text resembles a league standings or box score sheet with unclear values and lacks complete context or outcomes.
Washington 3 Philadelphia 2. Boston 11 New York 3. Chicago 0 Detroit 7. St Louis 1 Cleveland 5. Standings show Cleveland 90 64 584 and Chicago 88 64 .578. Boston 74 78 .487 Philadelphia 67 84 .444 Washington 64 85 .430 New York 51 100 .338.
Detroit clinched the American League pennant with a 7 to 0 win over Chicago in Detroit. The three contender clubs Detroit Cleveland and Chicago had battled all season for first place, with St. Louis removing Cleveland from pennant contention the day before.
The Detroit team secured a decisive victory in the final test, denying Chicago the pennant. The day closed with a sense of relief for the Detroit captain Fielder Jones and his manager as Chicago’s rally faded after a hard fought up hill battle. The If Club commentary notes the implications for the city’s prospects in baseball’s pennant race.
A brief exchange praises a young doctor referred to as Dr Slicer for his first patient vaccination. The snippet ends with an ad line from Kinzer Jeweler signaling closing sales and a cut on glass.
George Nash special officer killed a large mongrel mad dog in the yard of F. J. Gerald on Princeton avenue about 1 30 am. The dog lunged with frothing mouth and grey eyes. Nash struck it twice with his night stick and finally clubbed it to death, throwing the carcass into the street.
London Standard describes the hunting of wild horses in New South Wales. Hunters stake a corral with a funnel gate and fluttering cotton barriers to herd brumbies into captivity. The leader guides the herd, then the horses are left without food or water for a day to render them submissive before breaking.
Critics label Hearn as lacking original creative power, a man who borrowed themes and plots rather than inventing. Dr. Gould asserts he had no true creative gift, explaining a mind impoverished by inheritance and education, poverty, and training, with failures in fiction and success only in restyling others' ideas.
A London tale recounts a nobleman who had never shown racing interest yet asks a friend which horse won the Derby. The reply triggers the peer to remark it is clever to win the Derby the first time he tried for it. A light humorous exchange follows about timing and perception. Also a child dispute over candy and a forthcoming sale notice hint at varied local items.
An advertisement touts Sauer's Pure Concentrated Extract of Lemon and Vanilla as the best selling brand in the United States with medals noted. It promotes Real Rose Hat Pins from J Kinzer's Jeweler and Cascasweet as a baby remedy, claiming safe ingredients printed on the bottle and no opiates, sold by all druggists.
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