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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
10
The columnist notes a string of losses for the team and predicts a likely game against Spartanburg in three games. Mentions players Agnew Evenson and McMillan as possible starters and laments rain interrupting play. References regional teams Winston and Greensboro and travels to Shamokin and Charlotte.
American League Cleveland Philadelphia rain. National League Brooklyn 2 St Louis 7 Chicago 8 New York 5 Boston 3 Cincinnati 26 Southern League Memphis 1 Montgomery 7 Nashville 4 Birmingham 4.
Scoring notes show Jersey City 0 and Providence 2 while Toronto defeats Werk 12 by 2 in a compact standings summary. Second Newark posts a 5 to 2 result over Providence.
A terse exchange centers on butter quality at a ding house where one speaker notes its strong point, and the other agrees with a pointed remark about the product.
New York will host two polo matches between English and American teams for the international trophy. A moist east wind and scattered rain threatened postponement but both sides prepared for afternoon play. English and American camps reported no injuries and favored American odds at about 3 to 2.
Boxing fans worldwide await the world middleweight championship in London between Billy Papke and English champion Jim Sullivan. The Palladium hosts with Eugene Corey as referee. receipts may top the Lang-Langford fight. Sullivan, England's top middleweight since Mitchell and Burke, is favored to win.
Chicago, June 5. Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion, said he would meet promoter Hugh McIntosh in London and sign articles on the spot if offered 30000 to fight Bo Madison Wells anywhere. He spoke before leaving for New York.
Patrick Casey, an aging ball player under death sentence for murder in Goldfield, served as umpire for a game at the state penitentiary in Carson City Nevada. Two convict teams had practiced nearby as he watched and officiated one more time after appealing to the warden for permission.
James E. Gorman of San Francisco established a new world revolver record at the Shell Mound Range scoring 467 for fifty shots at fifty yards on the standard American target. The previous record of 465 was set by Captain Calkins in Springfield Massachusetts in 1904.
The international polo game in New York was postponed due to wet weather and moved to tomorrow. In Boston six hundred hotel men attended the opening of the 32d annual convention, with a packed week of luncheons, a banquet, trips, and a New England dinner. In Pittsburgh several Carnegie Steel and Jones & Laughlin furnaces resumed operations boosting local employment and signaling improved steel prospects.
A downtown clerk describes an engagement ending with a $1.60 candy purchase and four installments paid on a ring. The bookkeeper asks for the amount, and the clerk responds, noting little loss. The piece reflects on self awareness and familiarity.
After a Whit e House level talks with Southern Railway authorities in Washington, the line will extend the Goldsboro to Asheville train to Waynesville starting June 12, with the eastbound trip one hour later to preserve connections with Wilmington Goldsboro service. Prisoners to Atlanta. Deputy U S Marshal Ward and three guards take seven inmates to federal prison, including one for using the mails with forged checks. Blind Get Diplomas. Six graduates from the State School for the Blind, read essays as Prof E W Sikes calls attention to the master passion of the American people. Charters Issued. Carolina Mineral Company of Petersburg and Marion Telephone Company receive NC charters with mining and long distance line plans. Burglar. A Barker Street home burglary yields $400. police seek clues as residents were away. Children’s Library. A $100 monthly request for a Raney public library children’s department faces city aldermen as the library already costs $2,000 yearly for maintenance.
Tragic death of Rev H Bald win Dean occurred in Montezuma Georgia when his automobile was struck by a freight train while crossing. His companion was slightly injured. Dean, about 75, formerly rector of St. Barnabas in Greensboro, is survived by two daughters Mrs Brown of Philadelphia and Mrs Dixon of Montezuma. His widow, Mrs. Florence Robertson Woosley, died in Greensboro after a four month illness.
Rev. E. K. Hardin of Rock Hill delivered the baccalaureate at 11 oclock urging each life to be about its Fathers business and finish the work given. At 8 p m Rev S W Reid of Atlanta spoke to graduating theologians on Copartnership in Labor With God based on Corinthians.
Rock Hill South Carolina announces the post office designated as a postal savings depository by Postmaster General Hitchcock with deposits opening June 27. Local officials highlight modern facilities and courteous staff as seven contractors arrive to start work soon.
A reader notes a fashion paradox where a girl who shows emotion openly still displays jewelry on her hands. The observation contrasts outward sentiment with hidden luxury accents.
Public schedule information lists multiple daily trains to Washington New York and southern points. Details include numbers names and times with Pullman cars dining service and connections to Augusta Winston Salem Statesville and Raleigh. Officials for Charlotte officers and offices in North and South Carolina are listed.
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