Girls Auto Race Wager With The Flower Of The Ranch
Nellie Waters and Rosalie Gagodhart two dancers from The Flower of the Ranch will race from Columbus Ohio to Indianapolis to try to finish under eight hours. If successful they gain extra pay totaling $200 each for 46 weeks. A machinist may accompany them for trouble. Marion and Gibson cars will aid to Richmond and Knightstown along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Waters
Rosalie Gagodhart
Park Theater
Columbus
Indianapolis
Marion
Gibson Company
Richmond
Knightstown
Coming Champions and Semi-Pro Baseball Schedule
Local clubs announce upcoming games at Morristown and Brook lyn with Indianapolis All-Stars Gwynneville Kahn Reserves and Puritan Eagles details. Listings include dates September 6 13 15 20 Riverside No 16 Prospect 452 and contact notes for arranging matches and player call times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis All-Stars
Gwynneville
Morristown
Compeers
Morristown Pall Park
Puritan Eagles
West Parks
Eagles
Firates
Sourthside Park
Wade
Miapletons
Tir
WI Haynes
Nap
C. C
Riverside No
Dott
Prospect
Keapwood
Fred Wamlin
Brownsburg White Sappherds
Brownsburg
Ariens
Brownebure
National league pennant race tightens after close games
The national commission ruled the Clarksburg Wheeling deal invalid, placing the player with Clarksburg then Cincinnati. Pittsburg edged Chicago 1 0 in ten innings in Exposition Park. Philadelphia fell to New York 7 1 as Fort Wayne shut out St. Louis 4 0. Boston beat Philadelphia 3 2 and 10 1. St. Louis narrowed gap to Detroit in the American race. Chicago beat Cleveland 3 2 in 11 innings. Louisville took the final Toledo game. Kansas City swept Minneapolis 3 1 and 5 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commission
Hoblitzer
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pirates
Exposition Park
Willis
Brown
Philadelphia
New York
Fort Wayne
St. Louis Nationals
Cardinals
Charlie Alberts
Cardinal
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
Powell
Willits
Dygert
Young
Vickers
Salve
Walter Johnson
Washington
Louisville
Toledo
Steen
Puttmann
Swadina
Landreth
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Swat Milligan Loves Fish Ball Exhibition Miracle
A Florida exhibition at Yellow Fever pits Swat Milligan against Rube Stretchem and the Hickory Sluggers. Stretchem fields a weighted fish ball with a wire reel, delivering a wild pitch that sends Milligan around bases for a string of runs before Rube’s line drive avenges a final tag out. The ninth inning ends tied as trenches plague Hickory Nat Oval.
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Poison Oaks
Yellow Fever
Fla
Ilichory Sluggers
Hickory Nt. Oval
Xsluggers
Swat Milligan
Florida
Rube Stretchem
Hickory Sluggers
Judea
Rube
Swat
Hickory
Milligan
Rupe
Tangiel
Bull
Bell
Charles Goodman
Overflow contest sees Labor Day crowd at Washington park
The biggest crowd of the season is expected at Washington park on Labor Day. Chairs will be placed before the grandstand and on the roof, with limited roof seating per the building inspector. Morning game starts at 10 30 and the afternoon show at 3 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park
Generalship Won for Willie Lewis in six rounds
Special to the Indianapolis Sun from Schenectady New York Willie Lewis of New York City defeated Billy Hurley of Schenectady after six rounds in a fast welterweight bout The New York City fighter showed superior ring generalship gaining the decisive edge as the bout progressed and both men sought a knockout punch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Sun
Schenectady
N. Y
Willie Lewis
New York City
Billy Hurley
Lewis
Genership
Seiger Dominates Lowery in Six-Round Star Bout
New York Sept 5 Joe Seiger had an easy time with Jack Lowery at the Roman A C in a six round star bout winning under double wraps. Seiger controlled every round while Lowery spent the bout ducking punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seiger
New York
Joe Seiger
Jack Lowery
Roman A. C
Lowery
Moving the Bed Society Note in Iowa Paper
A quirk in a midwestern society column quoted from Harper's Weekly describes Mrs Coulter being confined to bed and absent next Thursday, highlighting the era’s playful personal notices and unusual phrasing in local journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Old Testament Water Colors At John Herron Art Institute
Visitors flock to John Herron Art Institute to view James Tissot’s 875 piece Old Testament water color collection. The exhibit, unique to Indianapolis, drew large crowds elsewhere including Cincinnati Kansas City and Washington. The works blend biblical scenes with dramatic realism and color harmony shaping study for Bible readers and art lovers. The show continues through September with ten cent admissions on Sundays and weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Herron Art Institute
James Tissot
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
University of Kansas
Corcoran Gallery of Arts
Washington
St. Louis
Hicago
Ciisa
Tissot
Beng Na Oor
Beng Na Oor Des Cases Aoril Avrset Tl
Flerron
Park Improvement Plan Expands Budget in 1909 Proposal
Mayor suggests more funds for parks with a 94 cent levy per $100. The 1909 city budget rises from last year's $1,783,983.59 to $1,878,626.61. Proposed increases include street sweeping at 100,000 and higher fire department salaries to 294,933.10, amid overall adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fster
Taft versus Bryan portrayed as leader and reformer
The piece extols William H Taft as a proven administrator and statesman, contrasting him with William J Bryan who is praised as a reformer but deemed untested in government. It likens Taft to Pilgrim virtue, noting his experience in bench, governorship, and department leadership, and dismisses Bryan as an unrestful dreamer lacking practical governance.
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William H. Taft
Bryan
William H. ‘Aft
Harrison
McKinney
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Statesman
2& Cause
Aaron
Moses
Henry
Washington
Wendell Phillips
Abraham Lincoln
Plymouth Rock
Notable Leader Passes the Torch to New Steward of Liberty
The text lauds a former leader who steered the state through opposition toward greater liberties. It argues for entrusting the future to the most capable successor aboard the ship of state, urging prudent stewardship as humanity awaits its fate.
The South Wind Returns to Life
A brief comic exchange in Life about a tourist seeking relief from the south wind. The landlord insists the south wind always blows there, even as the guest notes a north breeze, joking that it is simply returning.
Flames Sweep Western Town in Rawhide Fire
Martial law covers Rawhide Wyoming as a devastating blaze wipes out most of the wooden town. About 3000 are homeless with $750000 in property damage. Fire began at Dr. Gardner’s office in the Rawhide Drug building, aided by 500 miners and a dynamite effort to halt spread. Two travelers may be dead but this cannot be confirmed. A Reno relief train arrived with food provisions to last days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gardner
Rawhide Drug Company
Reno
Engagement Ring Vendetta in Pick Me Up
A dialog reveals a plan to return an engagement ring then sell it to a man named in a terse exchange. The terse exchange includes an offer to sell the ring to a new lover and references a person named Pick Me Up.
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Uto
Tatecoming
Kahn
Brooklyn
Terminal
Atlanta White Sox
Cambridge CT
Giel
May Sutton
California
England
Barger Wallach
Newport
ART Institute
AOT
Ases
Onid Republicans
Pennsylvania Street
Apollo
Stewart
the Apollo
Pennsylvania
SUSE
Ture
Rawhide
Rawhide, Wyo
Tonica
Whallon
State
August Gree
Sninger
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
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