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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
4
In 1908 prose drama, Benny chases a fire alarm and Curley of Thirteen Company saves a boy amid a dangerous blaze at a theater block. Bessie Borden aids as Curley and Dick share peril and romance, with Curley earning trust with the Bordens and becoming a guest in their home while pursuing love and duty.
In a Whist game between Labouchere and a high official at Frankfort, Labouchere leads a decisive card and wins the rubber by accident. When questioned, he jokes he had a good reason, claiming he had seen the minister's kind, ending the brief encounter with a sharp remark.
An innkeeper is duped when a stranger drains three wine holes from a single cask leaving unpaid bill. The tale weaves a second part on a cryptic list of “perfect numbers” tied to a Liverpool Mercury fragment about a loving threat and a burglar.
Connie Mack secures Eddie Plank two hours before the Athletics depart for the south. Plank, a thrifty farmer from near Philadelphia, runs a milk route in winter and owns a Seven Stars farm. His addition strengthens Mack's pitching staff after the Waddell sale altered plans.
The baseball season chatter covers the Athletics showing form in practice games while the New York Nationals pay 20 000 rent for the Polo Grounds. Cavaleski is now Cavil for the Phillies pitchers. Jerry Turner joins the Naps at Macon training camp. Fred Grace reverts to Clarke Griffith at Atlanta. Umpire Johnstone signs a four year contract with President Pullituna at higher pay. The Giants expect a new mascot this year, and Buck Connors presents a big bulldozer. Socks Seybou of the Athletics rapidly recovers from an injury in ace practice. The Players' League remains only in name with CS Young George Davis and Jit Mediaire left. Joe Kelley fears Bowerman the ex Giant backstop. Augusta reports no word on the missing catcher.
The Atchison Globe notes blunt speech and brevity when sharing stories and ideas. It highlights aluminium embossed books for the blind printed in Edinburgh as durable yet costly, with readers deterred by high prices.
The piece argues the color line is mostly a myth except in professional baseball, noting multiple colored athletes across sports who faced barriers in baseball while succeeding elsewhere. It highlights players like Muggsy McGraw’s alleged attempts to place a player named Grant, Rube Foster, Harvard athletes Matthews and Lewis, Maj. Taylor the cyclist, Penn’s Taylor the runner, and boxers Joe Gans and Battling Nelson, concluding baseball remains the sole sport with an enforced color barrier.
Ty Cobb signed a one year contract with the Detroit Baseball club in Detroit after a long meeting with President Navin. Cobb received a travel expense check and planned to head east to join Washington but returned after an appeal by ex mayor George P. Codd. Navin reportedly conceded on pay with a promise of more next year if Cobb shines in 1908. Cobb will report to Manager Jennings at Little Rock soon, and Detroit plans a five year spring training home after leasing the former Ballville race track at Slot Springs, Arkansas.
Danny Shay once with the Giants and sold by Manager McGraw to an Oakland Pugine Coast league club is now tagged an outlaw after signing with Stockton in the California State league.
Advertises a cod liver preparation described as better than oil and emulsions for the aged, children, and weak or recovering patients. Claims to aid after sickness, colds, coughs, bronchitis, and throat and lung troubles with a guarantee. Signed by Joseph Emmert Druggist.
The New York Press notes that ready roasted peanuts vary in color from pale yellow to bruntte. Fresh nuts lose crispness quickly in damp weather, hardening within days. Italians and Greeks refresh their stock by repeated roasting, selling heavily roasted nuts at discount near stations and resorts.
A famed criminal lawyer arrived as a case opened, offered to take it, and learned the defendant faced a camera crime. The judge said the man would be sent to the workhouse for about three months for taking pictures, prompting the lawyer’s protests. The judge explained the offense lay in handling cameras, not harmless amusement.
The article notes locks from pharaonic Egypt and Rome, with Karnak displaying a near current Egyptian design. It cites Homer on brass keys for a wardrobe, mentions an ivory handle, and a twelfth century Greek view that such keys are ancient yet seen in Constantinople. Roman locks resembled Egyptian but were more intricate requiring partial key sliding.
An ad from Freeport Illinois touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder trouble. It features Mrs. William Klocke’s testimonial, describing improved kidney secretions and reduced back pain after using the pills bought at Emmett's drug store. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster, Smith Co. of Buffalo is sole US agent.
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