Big Leagues Readied for National Baseball Season
The 1908 season opens April 14 with 16 major league clubs ready for play. Travel mileage across the leagues totals about 187,000 miles, costing an estimated 67,765.32 in railroad fares. Pittsburg leads National League travel, St. Louis tops American League mileage, with openings set for both leagues.
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the Journal
New York
American League
National League
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphias
Pittsburgs
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cincinnatis
Brooklyns
Bostons
Chicagos
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Hoston
Advertised Letter List From FPreee Post Office Week Ending April 11
The post office lists remaining letters for the week ending April 11. Ladies include Mrs Mabel Albert, Mrs Marie Mayor, Mrs G F Pahra, Mary Dorn, Mrs Henry, Miss Belle Perry, Miss Sophia Heltzer, Mrs James Soyster, Miss Nellie Wilkins, Mrs Mary. Gentlemen include T M Barnes, H R Lied, John Brourns, Jolin MecMullin, Chas Mahuins, Tom Burgoine KR J Mack H W Craig Thos Mariano Gerad Geen Arthur J Robinson A Jones T W Rogers Win A Kjilboug John Schneider. Persons calling for these letters should state advertised. April 11, 1808. Sarra D Atkins, Postmaster.
Feleys Kidney Cure Advertises Medical Remedy
No one is immune from kidney trouble and the ad promises Feleys Kidney Cure will stop irregularities and cure any kidney and bladder trouble within medical reach. Names H J Moogk and Wm F Jungkunz appear as sponsors or endorsers.
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Feley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Foster's Forecasts 1908 Weather Bulletin Summary
The bulletin outlines forthcoming weather disturbances from April 11 to 21 across the United States, noting warm and cool waves crossing the Pacific slope, central valleys, and eastern states. It predicts a moderate wind disturbance with high temperatures, frost absent to the north, and a cooler Southeast around April 25. It compares Long Range System ideas from Clayton and Bigelow, discussing temperature waves crossing the continent in 7 to 8 day cycles and debates their origins.
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Washington
DD. C
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
Great Central Valleys
Meridian 90
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
United States
Canada
Weather Bureau
Prof
Clayton
Blue Hill Observatory
Harvard College
Bigelow
Weather systems and storm waves fit here too
The piece argues that both systems have merits but may not suit spedged storm waves, noting averages do not guarantee real conditions. It urges analyzing each disturbance by records and understanding causes before applying normal data. A separate notice promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as safe under the National Pure Food and Drug Law, claiming no opiates or harmful drugs.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Recital by Pupils of Prof Axel Walfrid Titus at First M. I. Church
Advanced pupils under Prof Axel Walfrid Titus perform a Monday recital at the First M I church starting 8 p.m. The program includes works by Handel, Faure, Chadwick, De Koven, Woodman, and Schubert among others, with students Etta Loveall and Florence Risberg providing accompaniment and readings by Ramona Beckner.
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Prof. Titus
FIRST
M. BE. Church
Axel Walfrid Titus
M. I
Handel Hellen Bowers
Harry Bickenbach
Nightingale
Seveneene Whelptey
Vannah
Hahn Stella Co
Eeeee
Ee Faure
Alice Mattert
Chadwick
McDowell
Dorris Boedecker
the Armour
de Koven
Lohr Jabez Hart
Whitelaw
Woodman
Etta Loveall
Rock-a-bye
Dearie
Beloved
Aylward Grace Richart
Florence Risberg
Norton Frank Briggs
Woodman Violets
Poes Woodman
My Nightingale
Eulalie Thomas
Schubert Three Roses
Norris
Lyons Cora Koenig
Fisher
Roy Miller
Cantor
Daisy Dinges
Bona Goodnight
Goodnight
Macy Lester Brown
BRGB
Nevin Parlace
Arditi
This Date in History Highlights Many 18th 19th Century Events
This date marks 1783 the end of the American Revolution proclaimed by Congress. It lists births such as Edward Everett 1794 and Charles E. Hughes 1862, a murder of Gen. Edward Canby in 1873, a 1897 Greece Turkey war, 1898 McKinley Cuba message, 1907 Lord Cromer resignation, and a Wayne West Virginia kidney cure testimonial for Foley's Kidney Cure.
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Congress
Edward Everett
Dorchester
Mass
Boston
Toulouse
France
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Edward B. S. Canby
California
Kentucky
Greece
Turkey
McKinley
Cuba
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Freeport Business Men's association plans August homecoming
The Bloomington Pantograph reports the Freeport Business Men's association, with Wilbur Coons as secretary, scheduling a homecoming week August 26 to 28 centered on the Lincoln-Douglas debate. Coons, who led Bloomington's celebration, notes the methods used here for success.
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Bloomington
Business Men’s Association of
Freeport
Wilbur Coons
Coons
Brotherhood Meeting at Second Presbyterian Church
A Brotherhood gathering is set for next Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the parlor rooms of the Second Presbyterian Church. The event invites members to attend the church meeting and discuss community matters.
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The
Brotherhood of the Second Presbyterian Church
Forecast of Week's News and Political Delegations
National politics will dominate the coming week with Demos at New York and Delaware conventions, Taft at Minnesota and Arizona gatherings, Jefferson day banquets, and Bryan campaigns in Michigan and Trenton. Baseball opens next Tuesday across major leagues as minor leagues begin later in the week.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Worth
New York
Bryan
Nebraska
George Gray
Delaware
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Arizona
Tennessee
Simmons
North Carolina
Trenton
N. J
Johnson
Louisville
Michigan
Northwestern
Virginia
Deafness Cure Claim Promises Constitutional Remedy
An old advertisement declares deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole constitutional remedy. It explains the ear problem stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promises $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that the Cure cannot treat, with circulars available from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J.cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugatsts
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Cream Balm Fits Pure Food Law Standards
The advertisement states Ely's Cream Balm complies with the pure food law designed to protect the public from injurious ingredients in foods and drugs. It highlights that the product contains no injurious drugs and that this fact is stated on every package for safe use.
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Ely
When to File Petitions Under New Illinois Law
The Attorney General’s ruling sets July 1 as the start for filing petitions for primary tickets, with petitions for state and congressional offices going to the secretary of state and county offices to the county clerk. Petitions may be circulated before July 1 for signatures, but filing must occur between thirty and sixty days before the August 8 primaries. The order of ballot placement will follow the filing sequence.
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Stead
Illinois
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Veneering in the Factory Process: Logs to Slabs
A Washington Herald report explains veneer making from logs about thirteen feet long. Logs are cooked in hot water to soften, then sliced into uniform slabs one twentieth of an inch thick. Slabs are steamed to season, bent carefully, and finished for market. Some oak logs reveal ages from 250 to 400 years. Also note a health caution: raw stone fruit should be limited for young children.
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Washington Herald
The Man From Home at Chicago Opera House 250th show
The Man From Home reached its 250th Chicago Opera House performance on Friday night April 10. The run continues strong with full houses at nearly every show. Alma Belwin, understudy to all women, has not yet appeared on stage despite nine weekly performances.
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Chicago Opera House
Alma Belwin
Two moving picture shows planned at Grand Sunday
Grand presents two Sunday programs with fourteen film subjects apiece. The lineup features bright original comedies and other entertaining topics including Would You Dixie Boy and Where the Jasmine Is Blooming with song features. Admission remains ten cents for all seats.
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Freeport
Elswhere
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National Biscuit Company
Foster
W. T. Foster
Floy Dustman
Ramona Beckner
8. L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
H. J. Moogh
Journal
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Milwaukee
VAL Blatz
Milwwruree
Electro Silicon
Electro Silicon Co
Clit St
Pric
Elgin
Waltham
Tiffany Mt’g
Barrett & Ill
Emerick
Stephenson
Freepor
Dandruff Ayer
Kuehner
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
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