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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
7
A long list of agricultural recommendations covers strawberry weed control and bed care, dairy and poultry feeding, crop rotations, soil enrichment, and efficient barn management. It includes guidance on horses, mustards, alfalfa, clover, pumpkins, rutabagas, and seeds, plus equipment use and seasonal tasks for poultry and cattle.
Jimmy Doyle of the Cubs fills Heinie Zimmerman’s third base role while Zimmerman moves to Evers’s second base. The piece notes Doyle’s debut at a new position and compares the learning curve and expectations to past stars, highlighting opportunity it brings.
Manager Roger Bresnahan predicts the Cardinals will close on the Reds in the NL race. He notes Slats Sallee has been masterful when on form, despite past suspensions, and praises Harmon Steele Guyer Golden Laudermilk and the rest of St. Louis pitching. Golden is labeled a hard luck pitcher with only one win.
Babe Adams returned as early starts loom for games while Mathewson stands as the lone enduring star. Bobby Wallace adds slugger Rowan, and Ernie Ovitz joins the Cubs from Huff. Booth’s shakeup proves beneficial as a 1:17 game becomes fastest season record. Jimmy Sheckard ages well, Jack Coombs tries to win every start, Red Sox stay unsettled and Clark Griffith draws flak from West Side fans.
Topsy Harteel recounts a wild evening with Rube Waddell during Philadelphia Athletics 1905 championship run. They dine, a whitefish strike to a man in the dining room, theater exploits behind the scenes, a lion incident, and a knife slashing prompted by a quarrel over Connie Mack. Harteel ends with avoiding further social nights due to Waddell’s strenuous diversions.
August Herrmann, chairman of the national commission and Cincinnati club president, says the cork centered ball will be retired soon. A circular sent to league officials asks for opinions on the continued use of the new ball, which he says makes games too one sided and uncertain.
A man who narrowly survived an explosion says arms and legs are not indispensable after all. He kept smoking a lighted cigar with his mouth, tipped his hat, and declared his head is mighty useful.
An old ad claims Allen's Foot-Ease lets a one size smaller shoe feel comfortable. Sprinkle powder in one shoe to test relief for bunions and coins. Bold advertising urges not to accept substitutes and offers a FRUB trial package by mailing to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
A reflective line notes that a half truth looks stronger than a full view while a Wheral struggles against a dogmatist, hinting at the difficulties of balanced debate and persuasion in heated discourse.
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