Chicago Wins World Series Opener In Rain Delayed Game
In Bennett Park Detroit, Chicago defeats Detroit 10 to 6 as slippery diamond conditions hindered the Tigers. Chicago took the lead in the third with four runs, Detroit rallied to 6 5 by the seventh and eighth, but Chicago sealed the win in the ninth with heavy hitting. Shortstop Bush was ineligible. O Leary stepped in with an injured thumb and Schmidt played despite a finger hurt.
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Detroit
Mich
Bennett Park
Chicago
Bush
O'Leary
Schmidt
Detroit Batteries Winless in Series Opener
Injuries did not affect the outcome as Killian Summers and Schmidt pitched for Detroit while Reusbach Overall Brown and Kling managed the batteries. Umpires Sheridan and O Day. The second game of the series will be at Chicago today with Donovan and Brown likely opposing pitchers.
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Killian
Summers
Schmidt
Detroit
Reusbach
Brown
Kling
Sheridan
O'Day
Chicago
Donovan
Lytle Sets American Motor Car Distance Record at Motor Parkway
Herbert Lytle wins the 250 mile Motor Parkway sweepstakes on Long Island in 3 hours 38 minutes 10 seconds, averaging 64 mph to set a new American distance record. The program included Meadow Brook 225 miles and Garden City 200 miles events among 34 stock and converted cars, with Nassau 100 miles won by Easter in a Buick and Burns clinching Jerico 150 miles.
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Mtor Parkway
L. I
Herbert Lytle
Motor Parkway
Garden City
Motor Park Way
Meadowbrook
Jerico
Nassau
Easter
Buick
Cameron
Burns
Chalmers
Detroit
Williams H. Sharpe
H. Hughes
L. A. Disbrow
Four Die in Railroad Crossing Crash Near Schaghticoke
Four persons were killed and two seriously injured when a wagon carrying six people collided with a train two miles south of Schaghticoke near Melrose in Troy.
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Troy
N. Y
Schagticoke
Melrose
Taft Sets Speaking Tour Across At Least Five States
Taft plans a campaign swing with addresses in several states. He spends the day clearing office matters in preparation and will be on the road until the election.
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Taft Coming
Taft Aims Speeches Across South to Garner Union Support
Judge Taft told the Taft Sherman Club of Highlands Kentucky that he will tour Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Maryland to show their people they are part of the union and should vote for the party that will give them national influence. He plans a campaign swing lasting until election day.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Taft
Taft- Sherman Club
Highlands
Linton Hotel
South
Servian Assembly Elected War-Wary Leader as Balkans Tense
In Belgrade the Servian national assembly chose a pro war president amid high excitement. King Peter informs Britain and others of efforts to avoid war while Servia calls up forces for order, with Montenegro backing Serbia in its bid against Austria Hungary over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Belgrade
National Assembly
Peter
Provocation fears as Austria-Hungary threatens war
Paris reports indicate Serbia and Austria Hungary on edge as Vienna warns no tolerance for provocation and prepares for possible war. Danube frontier troops concentrate at Semlin while river gunboats gather. France urges restraint of King Peter and Serbian government amid rising Montenegrin fever. An alleged Bulgarian dispatch claims an Austrian minister in Belgrade was assassinated.
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Paris
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Danube
Semlin
France
Belgrade
Peter
Foreign Office
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Austro-Hungarian Corps Rapidly Routed to Servian Front
The Vienna correspondent reports that the 11th and 18th Austro-Hungarian army corps with arms and ammunition are being hurried toward the Servian frontier. The report lacks confirmation and is not credited.
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Ated
Vienna
Temps
Twenty Six Speeches One Day's Record for Bryan
In St Joseph Missouri on October 10 William Jennings Bryan closed his latest tour with twenty six speeches in a day. He spoke across eight counties aboard a special train carrying Missouri Democracy factions united to support national and state tickets. He planned to move on to Lincoln then Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming.
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St. Joseph
Bryan
Missouri
Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Kern Delivers Crowded Southern Campaign Speech in Huntington
Democratic vice presidential candidate John W. Kern drew an enormous Huntington audience in the Majestic rink. The city packed hours before the event, with a large street parade preceding Kern, who traveled from Clifton Forge to Point Pleasant before returning. He heads home to Indianapolis for rest before an eastern campaign swing.
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Huntington
W. Va
John W. Kern
Kern
Wuntington
Clifton Forge
Point Pleasant
Indianapolis
Cut Glass and Vanilla Offerings in Local Sale
Blue Ribbon Vanilla and cut glass promoted by local merchants. Kinzer Jewelers advertises closing sale and jewelry items. DeWitt's Little Liver Pills sold by druggists. Princeton division town sale on Oct 15 1908. Crockett's pharmacy offers fresh cut flowers on select days.
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DeWitt
Mob battles troops over jailed African American in Spartansburg
In Spartansburg South Carolina a mob of up to a thousand fought with military and civil authorities for John Irby a black man accused of assaulting Miss Lillie Dempsey. Four wounded one seriously Sheriff Nichols shot but not badly hurt and arrest of John Sparks for the shooting. The mob feared a triple lynching with two other black inmates linked to prior violent acts.
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Spartansburg
SS. C
John Irby
Lillie Dempsey
Sax
John Sparks
Nichols
Clarence Agnew
Southern Railway
Duncan
8. C
Agnew
Will Foster
John Young
Lynching Threat After Spartanburg Assault Case
Miss Lillie Dempsey was attacked on a Saxon Mill village road and resisted fiercely. John Irby, named as the assailant, was captured and jailed. A mob threatened lynching while operators from Saxon Mill reportedly planned to march into the city. police intervened and beat Irby before delivering him to authorities.
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Spartanburg, 8. C
Spartanburg
Saxon Mill Village
Lillie Dempsey
John Irby
Miss Dempsey
Irby
Seventeen Players Injured In Union Wesleyan Game
In Schenectady on October 19 the Union and Wesleyan colleges football game left seventeen players unconscious and seriously hurt. Both teams were evenly matched as the score remained 0 to 0.
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Schenectady
Union
Wesleyan
Seventen
Col Stewart Retired After Army Board Finding
Washington October 10 Colonel William Stewart retirement announced after approval of a board of Army officers findings. details forthcoming from War Department.
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Washington
William
Stewart Retired From Army Service by Roosevelt Action
President Roosevelt approves the retiring board report finding Col. Stewart incapacitated for active service due to disability. An order retiring Col. Stewart is issued immediately.
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KF. Stewart
Roosevelt
Board of Army
Col
Stewart
Robertson Wins 200 Mile Automobile Race at Fairmount Park
Philadelphia report says the 200 mile race began at 7 am with a large crowd. Car 56 driven by George Salzman led the first lap. Car 15 driven by Harry Michener wrecked but occupants uninjured. Robertson took victory in 4 hours 2 minutes 90 seconds. L Patchki in an Acme finished second, Ralph Mulford in a Lozier third, A C Maucher in a Peerless fourth.
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Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
George Salzman
Harry Michener
Robertson
L.patchki
Acme
Ralph Mulford
J A Riff Dead Roanoke Merchant Dies In Office
J A Riffe a prominent merchant of Hinton West Virginia died suddenly of heart failure in Dr J W Strickland's Roanoke office while visiting to check on a sick brother. He was 64 and leaves a family. Hamburg reports collision near Schevening between the German steamers Pretoria and Nipponia with thirteen Nipponia crew including the captain drowned.
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Hinton
Roanoke
J. A. Riffe
W. Va
J. W. Strickland
Hamburg
Pretoria
Nipponia
Schevening
Real Rose Hat Pins Sold by Hawley Merchandise Co
Genuine rose hat pins made from real roses offered by C. J. Kinzer’s jeweler stock, priced from $1.50 to $4.50, sale ends Saturday night with some unsold pieces. Also note a Kodol stomach aid advertisement and a big sale announced for Princeton on Thursday October 15 1908.
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C. J. Kinzer
Hawley Merchandise Co
International Congress on E000 Roads Opens in Paris
Delegates from the United States led by Logan Waller Page Col Charles Bromwell and Clifford Richardson attend the International Roads Congress in Paris over two weeks. The program covers building roads for automobile traffic dust control road wear and effects of locomotion with eight sections and 99 papers. A three day excursion to Nice and Monte Carlo follows the closing session.
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Paris
International Roads Congress
Sorbonne
Tuileries Garden
Tuilleries
Nice
Monte Carlo
United States
Congress
Logan Waller Page
Department of Agriculture
Col
Charles 8. Bromwell
Engineering Corps
Army
Clifford Richardson
New York
Havana Celebrates Cuban Independence War Anniversary
Havana observes a public holiday marking the thirty-ninth anniversary of the start of the ten year war for Cuban independence. Public offices close and flags are displayed around the city.
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Havana
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Superior Supply CO
Parkway
Bluefield
G. M. Smith
F. L. Black
J. Lee Harne
Bland Street Capital
American National Bank
Carter
N. Vance
Vice Press
D. R. Wood
Union Bank and Trust Company
Bluefield, W. VA
Flat Top National Bank OF
L. E. Tierney
R. B. Bolling
W. H. Thomas
W. B. Hicks
Edwin Mann
W.C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank
Or Efield
Dixie
Servian Assembly
W. E. Glasscock
Will
Hearn Hall
Kinzer
Princeton
The
New Railway
Crockett’s Pharmacy
Genasco
Trinidad
the Miller Supply CO
Spartanburg, S. C
Sheriff Nichols
Wesleyan Colleges
Col. Stewart
J. A Riff Dead
World
J. E. Schindel, Prop
the Duvall Music Co
Princeton Avenue
STAG
Samuel L. Matz
Rodgin Pawnbroker
Princeton Avenue Optician
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