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Newspaper
Des Moines Daily Leader
Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1902
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR note appears to reference a college and an election with names and places that are unreadable. No clear event, dates, or entities can be reliably determined for a proper headline or summary.
Elevating competitors in the flag race the Country Club held a meet yesterday. Dickinson Coriey George Henry Patton and Jewett led the field as teams prepared for the state tournament in June at Burlington. A women’s tournament has been organized with Mrs John J Wright and Mrs W C selected to represent the club. A special car will likely run to Burlington for the Des Moines party.
Indianola June 14 Spect of Shx and gradu won college class of CO was thi acelet athletic director of em for the Kimpson in th year In schanl he fell at nee and Reid entered in his firet sae en ability for toot h filital in mastering the rudiments of the o In 1598 he was a promising man older men held the back Oald the pistes for which he was pre eminently tied no he was content to be ela sa xub to the fall of 1495 he was again on the field unquestionably the best I then school This position he held for ten years and the football fraternity throughout the state knows the strong game that he played. In 1906 when Drake defeated Simpson by a score of tea é Reid made the touchdown for the Almpson team after making a seventy yard run and the same year he ran 16 yards through the Des Moines college e scoring 4 touchdown from the first 11 of the game. Several characteristics at his playing are stil familiar to the people of this city of which his unabating zeal for the game his r emstant and conscientious practice grit a speed and endurance are perhaps the pre deminating ones. He made a reputation for long runs julek starting ami excellent charging and for tne bucking he has few miperiors of equal weight Reid was also manager of the 1X0 team and gave Bimp son the best schedule she has ever played. i
Fragmentary OCR brings a collage of events and anecdotes: fencing and golf champions, an arrest and a dubious alibi involving a dog, a Philadelphia police anecdote, a Lord Wolseley Melba supper joke, and a Burlington Route travel pitch. Names and places are jumbled, but the tone mimics a busy newspaper miscellany.
Des Moines racing notes report horses facing setbacks with travel plans altered by concerns about track conditions. Mentioned are sheephead and England interests with no firm decisions yet on the upcoming trip. The item also advertises an illustrated book and photos related to Michigan, Illinois, and western locations, with mention of prices and formats.
Mrs Mason widow of Major James Ord US Army and her daughter Mercy Anna Judkins attended the wedding at St Margaret's Church Washington. The bride wore white with three young daughters as attendants from Abbott Academy Andover. Colonel Theodore A True escorted the bride as matron of honor. The bride’s family traces back to James Ord and a London origin. Also announced is the Lake Shore's twenty hour New York Chicago train service starting June 15 with daily departures.
Minneapolis and St Paul railroad lines have recorded two sharp earnings increases over the last ten months and expect continued growth for another year driven by regional industrial expansion and rapid immigration. Despite a smaller Northwestern wheat crop last year, overall demand and business for railroads rise as more land is cultivated and more goods are produced.
Local notices urge residents to attend a two hour Testly Food picnic in Oskaloosa on June 19. Special trains from Rock Tas are listed with a departure at 3102. m. round trip fare details are unclear in the fragmentary text.
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