Wisconsin-Illinois baseball league renames and reforms
The annual meeting in Milwaukee renamed the Wisconsin league to the Wisconsin-Illinois league of professional baseball clubs. Freeport director McCarthy was censured and barred from league office for three years. President Moll received a $500 bonus. talks considered trimming the schedule to 112 games to reduce costs.
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Wisconsin League
Milwaukee
Charles Moll
Wisconsin-Illinois League of Professional
Freeport
Ilinois
Winona
la Crosse
Duluth
Rockford
Ill
Beloit
Janesville
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Freeport Club
Wausau Club
World’s Series Opens in Chicago Before Crowded Stands
Chicago and Detroit prepare for the world championship series with the Detroit Americans facing the Chicago Cubs. The event headlines a massive turnout as teams return to Chicago to start the best of seven series, with a potential seventh game if needed.
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Chicago
Iul
Detroit Americans
Chicago Cubs
Last inducement in Tribune contest ends Monday night
The Tribune reports a final vote offer for its $3,500 contest. Just Twice As Many Votes As Usual apply to subscriptions from one month to ten years, with a 8 PM closing on Monday October 14. The ad urges readers to act now to boost their preferred candidate toward the Buick touring car prize.
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Tribune
la Crosse
Women's Nerves Cured by Fruit Remedy Sold at Drug Stores
A simple tropical fruit based mixture claims to cure chronic constipation and nervous weakness in women. The formula uses Obitrut Compound Extract with port wine or grape juice, taken as a dessert spoonful after meals.
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C. F
L. Runckel
O. T. Erhart
Championship Series Set With Pool and Schedule Details
The commission announced the championship series schedule with games in Chicago and Detroit from October 8 to October 13. A pool will distribute 60 percent of the first four-game balance to players of both teams, with 60 percent to the winners and 40 percent to the losers. Officials include Henry O Kay as umpire and John F Sheridan as official scorer. Admission prices vary by city and seating, and games start at 2 or 2:30 p.m. local time.
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Chicago
Detroit
Lot
Brown
Chane
Durbin
Evers
Fraser
Hoffman
Howard
Lundgren
Kling
Moran
McCormick
Overall
Olis
Pfeistes
Reulbach
Sheckard
Slager
Schute
Steinfeldt
Tinker
A. J. Planner
F. C. Rieh
Ripon Glad of Star’s Return to College Athletics
Ripon Wisconsin rejoices as former Berlin star Charles Pickhert returns to complete his course and graduate with the current senior class. A guard on the 1905 football team and record holder in the high hurdles and broad jump, Pickhert aims to lower his marks again this year.
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Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
Charles Pickhert
Berlin
Pickert
Wisconsin
Joe Swetland
Pickett
Foley's Honey and Tar Patent Medicine Claim Card
A card certifies that druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough or cold. It claims to stop the cough, heal the lungs, prevent serious results, grippe cough, pneumonia and consumption. It states no opiates and warns to refuse substitutes. genuine in a yellow package.
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Foley
O. T. Erhart
Wisconsin's struggling lineup prompts coach’s plan
Madison reports many holes in Wisconsin football lineups as Coach Hutchins vows changes. Freshmen defeated tentative varsity 4 to 0 revealing gaps at tackle and signaling issues with signals and discipline. Captain Messmer noted as a key worker amid lineup shifts and efforts to patch weaknesses.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Hutchins
Varsity
Messmer
Murphy
Dr. Hutchins
Bungling
Stiehm
McCarty
Fusch
Davidson
Huntley
Schaefer
Lowman
Schibner
Wilce
Culver
Osthoff
National Corn Exposition Opens in Chicago Coliseum
The National Corn Exposition will run October 5 to 19 at the Chicago Coliseum. It offers over 50000 in prizes including 1000 for the best fifty ears of corn and 16400 in cash across state classes. Special attractions include the March of Corn and a shushing bee and dance with music by the Illinois Naval Reserve Band. Train service by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway facilitates travel. round trip tickets are valid thirty days.
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Coliseum
Chicago
Illinois Naval Reserve Band
Sailor Revered as Salt of the Earth
A phrase underscores the sailor’s enduring value as a steady, dependable figure despite long years at sea. The old seaman is praised as the salt of the earth, reflecting respect for his hard work and character.
Wisconsin league reports season attendance by city
President C F Moll of the Wisconsin State league released official attendance figures for the season amid poor early weather. Attendance is listed for cities including Freeport Madison Wausae Green and others, totaling a marked overall turnout despite the conditions.
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C. F. Moll
Wisconsin State League
Freeport
Ccc
Esc
Madison
Sidple
Allgraha Sear
Wealthy Gun Dealer Dies After Riverside Drive Wreck
William F. Coxford, a wealthy gun dealer, died from injuries after a light runabout crashed into a tree on Riverside Drive. His wife, thrown to the roadway, suffered serious head and face injuries but was later reported to be expected to recover. the accident occurred before hundreds of onlookers.
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New York
Riverside Drive
William F. Coxford
St. Luke's
Five Escape Death as Fulton Street Building Collapses
Herman Raub former king of the Coney Island mardi gras and four workmen barely survived when a three story building at 144 Fulton Street collapsed sinking to the basement. Raub credits a premonition for saving his life as others faced entrapment.
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New York
Herman Raub
Coney Island
Fulton Street
Raub
Mob Attacks Jewish Community in Odessa After Funeral
In Odessa, following the funeral of M. Dalfinsky, assistant chief of the secret police killed in an anarchist raid, mobs targeted Jews. Tea rooms were ransacked and many Jews were beaten, eighteen hospitalized. police dispersed the mob with no arrests. Fear grips the Jewish community as streets empty.
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Odessa
Novitski
Unionites
M. Dalfinsky
Railroader Thumb Crushed While Replacing Car on Tracks
Sunday afternoon at the La Crosse Gas plant Peter Merfield a Burlington car repairer residing on Wood street suffered a crushed thumb while assisting in replacing a car on the tracks. He is expected to be laid up about a week.
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la Crosse
Peter Merfield
Burlington Shops
Wood Street
Hard Times in Kansas and a Cure by Discovery
In Cadell, citizen Earl Shamburgh recalls severe illness from coughs and lung trouble before discovering Dr King’s New Discovery. He credits rapid relief after using less than one bottle. The medicine, advertised as a safe cough and cold healer, is guaranteed and sold by O T Erhart’s drug store with trial bottles offered free.
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Kansas
Cadell
Earl Shamburgh
Dr. King
O. T. Erhart
When There is a Will There Is a Way Out
A succinct adage states that determination can create an exit from tight spots. The saying highlights human initiative and resourcefulness over fate or circumstance.
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