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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
6
An American born Colonel S F Cody, now a naturalized English subject, plans an airship destroyer to defend England from foreign airships. He ordered a 500 horsepower Cody biplane, capable of lifting 2,500 pounds and speeds of 75 to 90 mph, to patrol airspace over England.
The St. Louis Browns keep tabs with a clubhouse time clock for morning workouts prompting Jack Powell and Jimmy Williams to wire Bobby Wallace in Louisville asking if the clock needs winding after every pitch and whether a whistle was added to the clubhouse.
Charley McDonald, Boston Braves third baseman and National League batting leader, is described as a McGraw protegee. The Giants chief recommended him to Garry Herrmann of the Reds, who bought him from Dallas in the Texas league.
A sequence of religious group basketball games scheduled this week. Tuesday features Baptists versus U B, Wednesday pits Presbyterians against First U P, and Thursday afternoon closes with U B versus Baptist for a benefit event.
U B defeated First U P 18 to 2 in six innings as darkness halted play. G May pitched for Brethren with 10 strikeouts and four hits allowed. Hartley pitched for U P, surrendered 10 hits, Sigman led with three bases, Bratton two, May and Ross drew walks.
Philadelphia defeated Cincinnati by timely hits off George Suggs. The Phillies won 9 to 2 with a late surge, scoring in five innings while Cincinnati troubled by errors. Suggs and Kling allowed nine runs. Seaton and Kilifer pitched for Philadelphia.
The article lists team records for clubs in the New York region with W L and PCT figures for New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati and notes battery lineups for games in Boston New York and Brooklyn including players Harmon Burke Geyer Doak Wingo Willis Crandall Meyers Hartley Hendrix Cooper Simon Coleman Ragan Robinson Allen Miller Fischer.
The article recalls Robert D. Wrenn a former U S tennis champion and football star. He warns players start gently on the first spring day urging no more than two singles sets and one doubles set if tired, stressing restraint over effort.
The page lists American Association club standings with W L and PC for Milwaukee Kansas City Louisville St Paul Columbus Toledo Minneapolis Indianapolis and game notes. It also reports a July 21 operation of a 90 year old Russian visitor Aaron Wapovitsky at Mercy Hospital Johnstown for appendicitis with doctors predicting survival.
Manager Stallings praises Seattle Pacific Coast League duo Bill James and Bert Whaling as a remarkable battery from the same organization. He notes they leap to the majors as stars while contrasting O Toole and Kelly of Pittsburgh as not in their class.
W. R. Lanxon of Hettinger Substation ND advises starting with sows to raise hogs cheaply. Feed oats with plenty of water, provide exercise, and farrow around April 1 in a stall. After farrowing, withhold feed 24 hours, then resume with warmed water and oats, then shorts. Wean at 12 weeks, use rye and mixed pastures, plant squaw corn mid August, and keep breeding sows on pasture with grain. A straw shed suffices for housing.
The Christian Science Monitor quotes Maude’s reaction to a fiancé offering an engagement ring by telephone and Maude accepting it. The piece notes the oddity of a telephone ring and the implied novelty of such a courtship gesture.
A brief wry remark from New Orleans Meavine notes poetry written on both sides of a sheet is never as good as that on a single side because it is only half as long, implying a humor about layout and quality.
A four room house with a sanitary closet on Steubenville Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets. Lot depth 198 feet, paving and sewer paid, plus cellar cistern and well. Describes desirable location and prompt sale to the first party with cash. Apply W. R. Dougherty, Fifth floor, Central National Bank Building. Both phones.
Property listing notes a farm offered at $1800 featuring buildings and well water in a well located area. Advertising calls for printed descriptions, mortgage loans, and insurance through H. H. Masters at Central National Bank Building in Cambridge with two phone lines. Posted July 22.
A Glasgow News note recalls a schoolboy finding sixteen study books, spanning a wide curriculum, prompting gratitude for modern schooling. An aged Highlander from the hungry forties adds that then a Bible and a peat fire sufficed, and teachers used humor to handle difficult place names.
Marie Hart a 16 year old girl from Galesburg Illinois disappeared after leaving home claiming she went to the movies. Authorities fear she was abducted by show people for exhibition purposes following her departure.
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