Murphy & Fleming Win First City Championship Game
The Murphy and Fleming team defeated the Ottos 9 to 0 at Spencer Park in front of a large crowd. Kummer and Shuman were Ottos battery, while Strong Long and Simon pitched for Murphy & Fleming. The series winner takes the gate receipts and will face the Flora Unions for Cass and Carroll counties.
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Spencer Park
Ottos
Murphy & Fleming
Kummer
Shuman
Strong
Long and
Simon
Flora Unions
Cass And&rroll
Henry W Savage Prefers Merry Widow Rehearsals in New York
Henry W. Savage returns from a cruise to start preliminary Merry Widow rehearsals in New York. About 150 candidates parade in Paris gowns by Zimmerman and Ladouf as experts oversee fittings. Six Merry Widows and four Princesses are contracted for the first New York company with leading roles yet to be chosen.
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Henry W. Savage
New York
Marjorie
Franz Lehar
United States
Canada
Fie
Garden Theatre
Iris
Paris
Madame Zimmerman
M. Ladouf
Mr. Savage
Pamce
Florentine Boiry
Ny Guillon
Mme
Ofice
Boston
Woman anxious over planned confinement amid town talk
Mrs Lizzie Royer of North Manchester telephoned Sheriff Freeman of Wabash asking when she would be taken to Longcliff. She said she read in papers she was to be sent. The sheriff did not answer. Mrs Royer is described as violent at times.
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Lizzie Royer
North Manchester
Sheriff Freeman
Wabash
Longcliff
Indiana
Tom
Penny Bonehead
Low River Harms Potto Wattomie Point Boating
River near Potto wattomie Point is so low that power boating is impossible. Launches do not run and rowing is difficult. Dam repairs have left the water out.
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Pottowattomie Point
Brother of local resident killed by train in Nebraska
Mrs. Alonzo Cover of this city reports her brother Samuel C. Leffel of Washington county Nebraska was killed by a train on July 19. Leffel, aged 61, was well known locally.
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Alonzo Cover
Samuel C. Leffel
Washington County
Nebraska
Gleanings of the Theatrical Word on Night Premieres
Rowland and Clifford open Jane Eyre in this city at the Nelson with Cuba Niblo star and E Daniel Layton co star. The Cow Puncher next Saturday at the Broadway promises a strong vaudeville bill including Porto Rican Military Quartet LaSalle and Lind juggling act and Marie Clark. Paid in Full at the Grand Chicago boasts a record run with an interchangeable cast, moving to New York's Broadway after August 17.
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Cuba Niblo
Jane Eyre
E. Daniel Layton
Rochester
Nelson
Arizonia
Hal Reid
Reid
Plains
Tom Lawton
W. F. Mann
Broadway Theatre
Army Camp Tire
LaSalle
Lind
Marie Clark
Miss Clark
Earl Hyman
Chicago
Brown
Wagenhals
Wagenhall
Inland waterway dream ties Atlantic states to a sealed ladder
The article argues for standardizing and connecting 2,000 miles of Atlantic rivers into a north south through canal system from Boston to central Florida. It details feasible routes and projects, including the Taunton, Raritan, Chesapeake, and Cape Hatteras passages, and envisions vast trade and recreation gains.
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Hudson
Lakes
de Witt Clinton
New York
Empire State
New York City
America
Albany
Rome
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Potomac
Washington
Harpers’ Ferry
Berkley Springs
Cumberland
Piedmont
Pittsburg
Kittanning
Meadville
Erie
Ohio
Mississippi
de Wittlinton
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
St. Croix
Kennebec
Cocheco
Merrimac
Taunton
Connecticut
Harlem
Delaware
Raritan
York
Rappahannock
James
Mattaponi
Nansemond
Susquehanna
Roanoke
Tar
Neuse
Trent
Cape Fear
Waccamaw
Great
Little Pedee
Santee
Wateree
Congaree
Savannah
Altamaha
Oconee
Ocmulgee
St. Johns
Cape Hatteras J
Roosevelt
Inland Waterways Commission
Boston
Florida
Taunton River
Narragansett Bay
Long Island Sound
Cape Cod
New Jersey
Trenton
Delaware Bay
N. C
St. John’s
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Richmond
Newport News
Wilmington
Beaufort
Charleston
Jacksonvile
Southern Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Seaboard
Se Se Se ee ee de eee ee a SIS HOPKINS' SAYINGS
Rose Melville presents a humorous column of Hopkins sayings and quips about men women families and social life. It mounts wry observations on ego money manners and manners in society with playful one liners.
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Sis Hopkins
Rose Melviile
Browns Defeat Delphi In Twelve Inning Bout
The Logan Browns beat the Delphi Stars 5 to 4 in twelve innings at Delphi. Cashdollar struck out twelve in eight innings before Cook pitched. lineup included French, Cashdollar, Cook, Brown, Reed, Lovell, Blake, Pausch, Luplow. Browns travel to Star City next Sunday to face the Strongs.
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Logan Browns
Delphi Stars
Cashdollar
Cook
French
Brown
Reed
Lovell
Blake
Pausch
Luplow
Murphy
Browns
Delphi
Star City
Thief Sought by Peoria Resident after Prison Visit
Joseph Newkirk of Peoria returns from Michigan City prison and travels on to Denver. He sought a man on a register and claims he was robbed of 500 dollars during a Denver visit, blaming the penitentiary resident for the crime.
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Joseph Newkirk
Peoria
Hill
Michigan City
Newkirk
Denver
Cal
Taft Laughs At Cocktail Joke At White Sulphur Springs
During Taft’s visit at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on August 10 General Clarence Edwards staged a prank on Forbes by ordering mixed drinks and causing the bar to refuse service. Taft enjoyed the staged mischief as Senator Scott turned the visit into a political moment.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George A. Mills
Greenbrier Hotel
Clarence R. Edwards
War Department Insular Bureau
Mr. Taft
Edwards
Bronx
Forbes
Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Taft Party
March
Barkeep
Scott
Advertised Letters Held at Logans Port P O
The Logans port post office lists letters for the week ending August 10 1908. Unclaimed ads will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington D C after ten days. Addressees include men Joe Banta Morris Greenspan E H Woodworth and women Minnie Cressner Daisy Brownie Mrs Jack Bernarda.
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Logansport
Washington, D. C
Joe Banta
Morris Greenspan
E. H. Woodworth
Minnie Cressner
Daisy Brownie
Jack Bernarda
J. M. Johnston
P. M
Barn Burns at Myers Farm East of Lewisburg
A new barn on Frank Myers farm two miles east of Lewisburg was totally destroyed by fire last night. The origin is unknown but suspected to be incendiaries. The barn, recently built, held grain hay and farm implements with very little saved.
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Frank Myers
Lewisburg
Card of Thanks from Al Meinert Family
The Meinert family thanks friends and neighbors of Pocahontas and the German Singing Society for sympathy and assistance during their bereavement.
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Pocahontas
German Singing Society
al Meinert
Keep Your Blood Pure For A Fine Complexion Advice
A verbose health column asserts beauty runs deeper than skin and links a spotless complexion to pure blood. It urges simple meals, high water intake, daily baths, sweat sessions, exercise and proper bowel care, plus deep breathing for overall safety and vitality.
Calisthenic Breathing Pose Instructions
Instruction describes a breathing exercise with raised arms, inhaling deeply and then exhaling while lowering the hands. The movement emphasizes slow inhalation during arm lift and full exhale while returning to the starting position.
Fort Wayne Labor Leader to Speak at Union League Meeting
O P Smith, a labor organizer from this city, has accepted an invitation to speak in Fort Wayne on Thursday August 20 as a Woman's Union Labor League will be organized.
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O. P. Smith
Fort Wayne
No Chance for Marksmanship in Duelist Exchange
A clipped exchange sketches a duel where the second notes aiming at the third button of a vest and the duelist challenges the idea, remarking the opponent bears only a two-button vest. No decisive outcome is stated.
Cheese Saanen Cheese Tradition in Swiss Birth to Burial Feasts
In Switzerland a Saanen cheese is made from cow milk at a child’s birth. The cheese is traditionally eaten at the burial feast or at the burial feast of the child’s son, if applicable, linking birth and death rites through this dairy creation.
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Switzerland
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Mr. Blackburn
Jane Eyer
Rowland and
Clifford
Nelson Tonight
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Eugen
Walter
Helen Ware
Emma
Liams
Doreuki
Project of the
Taft
Theatre Nelso
Hecentralses Theatre Colessfes
Fred. Saiyth Gusident
Rowland & Clifford
Cuba
Niblo
Aselle and
Lind Marie Clark
Imaster Earl Hyman
Kinetoscope
U. T. Excursion
Indianapolis
Indiana Union
Broadway Street
George Bush
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