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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
8
A wife recalls how she and her husband first met his friend and how memory sparked a lifelong romance. They trace imagined meetings from Piazza San Marco to Lake Maggiore and Lake Como, ending with a Chicago dry goods shop reveal.
The article argues players who retire even briefly struggle to regain peak form, citing Amos Rusie and Jouett Meakin as examples and noting Hans Wagner’s decision to skip a season may affect his long term value and career trajectory. It questions whether Wagner could return to his former level after retirement.
The piece notes a Boston team labeled basement champions moving forward with Hal Chase and Tenney New York expected bases thrills. It cites news pitchers in both leagues performing well and predicts Graham of the St. Louis Browns may emerge as a top left hander. Detroit struggles near last place but could rise soon. Wagner’s recent Reda series play falls below his usual standard.
A survey shows many college alumni in Major League Baseball including Frank Dillin and Berthold from Wisconsin, Lundgren and Pfeffer from Illinois, and Jake Stahl from Northwestern connected clubs. Beloit grads Sparks Beaumont Adkins also appear. Names span Brown Georgetown Sacred Heart Dartmouth and more colleges.
Tim Flood, St. Paul manager, earns a bonus for high finish with larger sums for top positions. Arthur Chalmers, Lafayette fullback star, signs to play right field for Easton in the Atlantic league after giving up college football. Columbus owner plans Lima as a Columbus farm. he orders Frank Jude there, but Jude threatens to quit rather than submit.
Terry Turner of Cleveland is out of action after injuring his throwing arm. The veteran short stop is expected to miss game time while doctors evaluate the extent of the damage.
Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson of Blees Military Academy joins the American Museum of Natural History staff to lead a two year Arctic expedition in search of an unknown Esquimaux island tribe. Dr. Stefansson accompanies him. natives accompany the party. They plan to study language, living methods, and worship, and bring back specimens and perhaps members.
G K Holmes head of the division of foreign markets at the department of agriculture reports automobiles have displaced about 60 000 horses in the U S to date and farm horses are in unprecedented demand. Farm horses in use on January 1 1908 reach about 19 992 000 in round numbers.
A new dog club on a fashionable London street offers grooming and beauty services for pets of the smart set. Dogs can be bathed for three ghilings, have teeth filled or extracted, and claws manicured as needed.
In Flatbush a Polytechnic Institute student and Dartmouth freshman Wall Applegate built a two year old wooden tree house on Mrs. W. T. Lees lawn. They added a piazza and glass roof to sleep outdoors when warm weather returns, pursuing a novel nature experience atop a walnut tree.
The Conception chapel in Mexico City, erected in 1541, is the oldest church used continuously for daily devotions in North America. Located in Conception plaza, the small yet architecturally attractive building retains its preservation as antiquarians visit, with history noting a nearby convent once part of the church complex.
Dr Norman Ditman received the Gibba prize of $20 000 from the New York Academy for the best original kidney research. The prize aims to stimulate Brights disease study. Ditman explored links between diet and poisons in Brights disease and investigated the impact of meat intake on kidney health.
The Pekin Gazette, one of China’s oldest papers, began in 911 AD and has long published daily provincial and official reports. It notes punishment for officers, Li Hongzhang’s praise of officials at Yi river, and moral maxims in public edicts. The Gazette also described gruesome practices and severe local punishments, and its move to government modern lines signals changes in China.
A meditation by Edward Singer on Caslon typeface through a night in a print shop. He recalls Caslon’s beauty in old books from 1810 and honors the master printers who loved Casion. The piece ends with a nod to type choice in doubt.
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