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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
6
A patient from Fall River Missouri writes of six months sciatic rheumatism relief after two weeks on a medicine. The letter thanks the physician for health and prosperity and notes sales through West Marietta and druggists.
Two barns and brick house with blue grass sod offered with easy terms. 40 acres for 1500 dollars and 100 acres for 3000 dollars. A good S R house with large barn in Winterset listed at 600 dollars, may trade. Money to loan and all kinds of insurance. See H. H. Masters in Cambridge Ohio. Adv notes Albert Ellwell of Portsmouth visiting Dudley Sykes on West Gomber Avenue.
The article lauds Philadelphia Athletics infielder Eddie Collins as a premier second baseman and top all around player. It notes his batting and stealing averages, fielding leadership, and pivotal role in keeping the Athletics atop the pennant race amid sawtooth pitching. It traces Collins career highs from 1909 to 1911 with standout stolen bases and World Series performances.
Lou Criger recalls a rookie named Candy La Chance facing Amos Rusie and Henry Meekin in Brooklyn. La Chance struck out six times in two games, prompting thoughts on the challenge of debuting against top pitchers. He nearly quit but returned to play several seasons in the majors.
James Tilden Sheckard and Miller Huggins, former Chicago Cubs stars, now with the St. Louis Cardinals, are described as the National Leagues top waiters. Sheckard drew 122 walks and Huggins 87 in prior seasons, and this year both are drawing bases on balls at high rates, posing a challenge to pitchers who must face them together in a single afternoon.
Property on Steubenville Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets offering a four room house with sanitary closet cellar cistern and well. Lot depth 198 feet with paving and sewer paid. Desirable location and quick sale to the first bidder with cash. Apply W R Dougherty Fifth floor Central National Bank Bldg. Both phones.
The Board of Education of Valley Township School District Guernsey County Ohio will hold a bond election on the Sunday of July 1913 from 5 30 a m to 5 30 p m at usual polling places. The bond of 15000 is to buy sites and build three schools at Walhrounding Mines North Star and Derwent and provide furniture.
Official statistics report that 746 140 Belgians over fifteen speak Flemish and French, 65 387 speak French and Walloon, and 7 237 speak Walloon and Flemish. Bilingual totals reach 819 014, with 49 300 trilingual. One language alone is spoken by 4 262 142, while French speakers total 2 132 057 and Flemish 2 129 185. A further 6 646 speak none of the three languages.
Bernie Wefers, holder of the world furlong dash mark at 21 15 seconds, believes the distance can be run in under twenty-one seconds. He asserts improved speed and training methods may shave time for this classic sprint.
After a 11 to 10 10 inning Phillies loss to New York the National League game sparked a postgame fight between Addie Brennan the Phillies left handed pitcher and New York manager John McGraw. Brennan reportedly struck McGraw with a left hook to the jaw ending the confrontation.
Cincinnati July 1 St Louis hits Packard early Johnson relieves him but is ineffective. Score details show St Louis win behind early offense and pitching. Batteries include Sallee Wingo Packard Johnson Harter Clarke. Earlier box shows standings and intercity results with multiple clubs listed.
American League clubs show standings with wins and losses for Philadelphia Washington Cleveland Detroit Chicago St Louis Boston New York. Game box details list battery pairs and scoring lines from New York Boston St Louis and Chicago games with partial inning results and pitcher notes.
American Association standings show Columbus 44 27 420, St Paul 94 85 499, Milwaukee 47 20 6190, Kansas City 36 40 474, Louisville 28 42 .460, Minneapolis 24 26 500, Toledo 29 45 .392. Milwaukee defeated St Paul 3 to 1, Indianapolis beat Columbus 1 to 0, Minneapolis led Kansas City 18 to 4, and Toledo defeated Louisville 5 to 0 in 11 innings.
A brief conversational item notes a couple discussing love and a secret about a $50,000 sum, with the Louisville Courier Journal as the source. The snippet hints at personal finance and romantic motive without broader context.
A Baltimore American quip notes a fortune teller who kept money “under the head of prophet,” using culture to imply superiority affects perceptions. The remark mocks mislabeling financial gains within a religious framing.
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