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Newspaper
Hamilton Democrat Sun
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1907
Page
7
Cincinnati Oct 28 Hans Wagner known as the big Dutch Pirate leads the National League batters with a .350 average according to official percentages. This marks his fourth batting title in five years with consistent highs and lows between .339 and .363 across the period.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the black gelding Peter Parker won 10 races on Ohio half mile tracks this year. Bred by San Mateo line and trained by Coy, he is owned by Hamilton, Ohio parties and is tipped for mile track honors next year.
This week features the Latonia fall meeting in Latonia Kentucky and the Metropolitan fall meet at Jamaica New York plus Aqueduct Queens County and Pimlico Maryland meets. Boxing bouts include Gunther McDonough in Philadelphia and Attell Weeks in Los Angeles with multiple regional matches through the week across Cincinnati Milwaukee Indianapolis and other cities.
A roundup of Saturday football results shows Carlisle over Pennsylvania 26 to 6 and Cornell 6 Princeton 5. Army defeated Rochester 30 0 while Brown beat Williams 24 0. Dartmouth edged Amherst 15 10. Notre Dame routed Olivet 22 4. Michigan shutout Ohio State 22 0. Nebraska topped Colorado 22 8.
Johnny Thompson of Sycamore is matched to fight Freddie Welch the Eastern lightweight before the National Sporting Club of Philadelphia. The six round bout is set for Saturday night November 2 in Chicago.
Cy Flynn will meet Billy Papke in Brazil with a Terre Haute arrival on Monday and a Wednesday night bout. Jimmy Barry plans to attend as third man in the ring and Springfield fans may accompany him. Flynn’s manager Maurice Collins expects a win could lead to a bout with the Ketchel winner.
German societies from across Ohio attended a Columbus event marking the 224th anniversary of German landing in America. Governor Harris welcomed attendees and highlighted Germantown's 1683 settlement. Dr. C J Hexamer spoke in German on Germanys influence in American history. A massed band parade closed the program.
Mark Twain refuses full book publication until after death but agrees to serialized release in The Sunday Magazine of The Chicago Record-Herald. The first installment appears October 27 with a portrait and promises engaging tales of his life, meeting famous people, and the creation of Colonel Sellers and Tom Sawyer.
Official order fixes 1908 terms for Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren counties. Judges designated by subdivision. Warren Gard Slone Fisher Middleton etc listed as supervising and district judges. Dated Dayton October 15 1907 and Hamilton October 17 1907.
Boston, Oct 28. Prof David Todd of Amherst says Mars is inhabited and its vast canal system is artificial, evidence of intelligent beings. He reports Lowell expedition photographs from the Andes showing double canals and argues they prove purposeful engineering rather than natural formation.
The First Judicial Circuit of Ohio assigns 1908 term start dates for Hamilton Warren Clinton and Clermont counties with sessions beginning at 10 a m on specified dates including January 6 November 2 for Hamilton County April 1 October 1 for Clermont April 27 and October 26 for Clinton and April 20 and October 19 for Warren County. Judge Peter F Swing and others certify the order as a true copy from the circuit minutes. Witness I L M Larsh clerk. Seal. Hamilton Oct 21. Mon 31.
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