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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
1
New York Hippodrome enters its peak season with two daily performances drawing about 82,000 weekly patrons. The program features Sport, Birdland Ballet, The Battle in the Skies, and Golden Garden, with a circus caravan, real canvas tent, and a troupe exceeding a thousand on payroll.
St Lawrence University beat Manhattan College in basketball by No 24. Jack Knight praised as top Aelding shortstop. Eagan hired as Athletics caterer with .278 average. Bishop Hartzell discussed President Roosevelt hunting route in Africa. St Pauls School fell to St Nicholas Skating Club 3 1 in hockey. Newark signs pitcher Dufford Randolph, six feet, with 14 K per game. G Fitzgibbon led Irish American A C in five and a half mile open race. P J Dineen won a 72 hour go as you please match in Detroit, record 4354 miles eight laps. At Sydney F B Alexander and Walter Dunlop won Australian tennis championship doubles. Alexander won Austrian singles. Pittsburg humorist riffs Cubs as artisans. John Ganzel to manage Rochester Eastern League Club with annual pay around 5000 and bonus if top three finish.
Frank J. Potter, tried two weeks for his wife's death, was acquitted by a Peoria jury. He testified the April 2 attack by his wife forced him to defend himself as she seriously injured him. she died a week later.
In Elkton Maryland Mrs Annie Evans 78 widow of Colonel Andrew W Evans committed suicide by hanging. Worried over Cecil County’s new assessment law increasing taxes on securities she feared the higher levy would severely reduce her income.
A bill will be presented to the next South Carolina Legislature to establish a school of agriculture in each county. The Union Pacific reported big earnings in the past year.
The text notes passage of the thirteenth census bill in the House and cites foreign policy items such as a Franco-Venezuela treaty revocation and Curacao as a revolutionary base. It mentions debates on state ownership of railroads in Switzerland, Mexico’s mineral wealth, and US consular buildings. It also references electoral campaigns, a French minister’s push for state control of mining, and urban growth in Torreon.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture in Washington announces that flour bleached with nitrogen is adulterated and cannot be sold in the District of Columbia or in the Territories nor transported interstate. He recommends prosecution of manufacturers or sellers for six months from now due to the large existing supply.
The report notes Milton's 300th birthday celebrated in London and across the kingdom. It also mentions Sao Paulo Brazil issuing $25 million of its coffee loan in London at a premium with $50 million more to be offered by New York and the Continent. A Scottish ship Killnerankle served as a refuge for land birds 500 miles at sea.
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