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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
1
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Broad regional baseball news notes Fort Wayne leading Marion as Stogies beat Marion while a doubleheader with Terre Haute was postponed by rain. Reports from Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Chicago detail game results, lineups, errors, and injuries including an O’Brien broken bone in Indianapolis. The Journal-Gazette highlights upcoming games, roster moves, and travel notes for Fort Wayne and surrounding teams.
Special to the Journal Gauze Dayton, O June 26 By a string of errors Dayton allowed Grand Rapids to win. Hart pitched unevenly for the Oz Soldiers, giving up eight hits and three runs. Gustrixht starred for Michigan, holding Veterans to five scattered hits. Ox, the catcher for local players, allowed two passed balls. Final score 4-?
MARION Ind June 24 The Stegies made early runs but faltered until the eighth frame as errors mounted for the Locals. McGrew credited with five misplays and the visitors seized the win amid a rough, error filled game.
Errors spoiled a likely win as Mason allowed only five hits but received little support. Wagner pitched well for Paulding but wild at times. The game, first of two, featured two ex-Railroaders, with Elwood gas-rate disputes also mentioned in scattered copy. Three lynching reports from Albany Georgia also appear in the page.
The Implement handle manufacturers of Indians and Ohio held another meeting at New Avenue hotel to discuss re arranging last year price schedules. Despite a dozen large firms present, President M Harber said no agreement was reached and the session remained in talk. A further meeting in the near future is expected to finalize the issue.
A. B. Parker of Chicago riding a B and O freight train with a partner selling patent medicines was knocked from a freight near Walkerton Indiana. He was dragged under the wheels as the train passed, after which police removed his body from the front of a passenger train.
Hamilton D June 26 No jury was secured in the Alfred Knapp case today The third venue was exhausted and a fourth ordered for ten men The state used one of the peremptory challenges today and the defense still has seven The trial proper can hardly be sin until Monday Knapps sister Mia King of Cincinnati arrived today to testify against him.
The Elwood Natural Gas and Oil company was enjoined today by the superior court on complaint of twenty five vates.
Wilmington Col June 21 After a hearing before Magistrate Iplits today, Arthur Cornell was disclosed as having no evidence against him on a murder charge tied to the White lynching. Cornell hails from Hartford City Ind.
Washington June 26 Indiana postmasters appointed today. Aph Grove, Henry J. Kiemm replace Joseph D. Wagoner who resigned in Harrison county. Lilly M. Adams replaces Leander C. Adams in Monrovia Morgen county. Luther Dillon replaces Jas H. Brown in Riveraide Fountain county. Warren Pearson replaces Tessie J. Whicker in Vigo county. Ausin Stranahan replaces James W. McHugh in Vigo county.
The South Chicago plant of Small Steel Company produced 1,894 tons of rail in two days, breaking the world record of 1,722. To celebrate, the firm gave every rail department worker a box of candy.
President Horace Burt of the Union Pacific Railway is in Terre Haute due to the illness of his brother Samuel McKeen Ju-lin.
In Redkey on June 26, several elderly residents fell victim to paralysis. Among the stricken are Daniel Tucker one of the oldest citizens Mrs Chris Buller mother of William Butler and Judge Thomas Drague a Civil War veteran.
The Journal Gazette ad requests two baseball games for admission on Sunday. It mentions a fitness aim and asks readers to call at 2 for further details. Local readers are urged to respond to the placement.
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