Giants Win Close Polo Grounds Contest In Pennant Chase
The New York Giants beat the Chicago club 6 to 4 at the Polo Grounds in a pivotal National League pennant game watched by 22,000 fans. Mathewson saved the day by fanning the last batter in the ninth after Wiltse was relieved during Chicago’s four-run burst. The article notes gate receipts, player salaries, and expected profits from the pennant and World Series, with Mathewson highlighted as a Bucknell product who joined the Giants in 1901. It also includes a humorous London Telegraph quip.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Chicago
Giants
Mathewson
Wiltse
Christopher Mathewson
New York Nationals
Bucknell University
National Baseball Commisssion
Donlin
Bresnahan
John T. Brush
Knowles
McGraw
Prince Eugene of Savoy and Sarah Churchill Obituaries Note
63 Francis of Savoy Prince Eugene imperial general Marlborough born Paris died 1736 144 Sarah Jennings Churchill famous Duchess of Marlborough dies mo A West India hurricane brings destruction and loss Cuba Florida coast 907 Close second international peace conference at The Hague Astronomical events Sun sets 512 rises 612 day length 4 hours moon rises 124 a.m.
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Francis of Savoy
Prince Eugene
Marlborough
Paris
Sarah Jennings
Churchill
Puichess of
Cuba
Florida
The
Hage
People Rule Theme Sprouts Amid National Debates
A Greenfield Republican letter quotes a Buckcreek farmer arguing for a county unit over township control to influence taxes and county services. The piece threads national slump talk, local option battles, and political tensions across states, praising accountability in governance.
The Common Brick and Its Place in U S Building
A 1907 review notes brick remains a vital resource with national output near 20 million dollars and New York and Illinois alone producing about 300 million bricks valued at 13.5 million. Concrete may threaten but brick’s locality and cost advantages help it hold its ground despite broader use.
German plan aims to grow taste for fine literature at home
A German proposal delivers a weekly thriller to homes at a nominal cost to spark reading interest. If the first book is consumed, a higher class title follows, then better works, hoping to cultivate a lasting appetite for substantial literature and curb dime novels.
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England
Germany
Din all in the dark about how these bills are to be paid
A fragment shows a tense exchange between Mr Hardup and his wife over unpaid bills. The wife suggests a strategy with a colored bill laid on a pile, emphasizing the consequence of nonpayment and a looming financial pressure.
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Mr. Hardup
Henrys
Hall's Ostarrh Cure Advertisement in Toledo
One hundred dollar reward offered for a cure Ostarrh that Hall's Ostarrh Ours cannot cure. F J Cheney & Co, Toledo, with endorsements from West Truax Vanpine Kinnan Marvin. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken orally acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 7 60 per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
FJ. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Vanpine, Kinnan & Marvin
Gems of religious thought from diverse denominations
A compilation of brief devotional quotes from pastors of various churches urging daily acts of kindness, faith, and humility. Leaders from Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and other denominations emphasize action over sermon, the Holy Spirit, personal duty, and the dignity of man in a godly life.
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C. W. Collier
Congregationalist
Bangor
Married Man In Trouble Excerpt Urges Safe Remedies
A notice from O. D. Knoefel stresses that a married man allowing any family member to take any remedy other than Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and long troubles is guilty of neglect. The ad claims Foley's Honey and Tar is without opiates and comes in a yellow package.
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Foley
O. D. Knoefel
Indiana Temperance Versus Brewers in Voter Rally
A political column urges Indiana voters to back temperance and the only temperance party, warning that brewers and Taggart allied factions push a Democratic ticket. It argues rural voters hold power to shape legislation and stresses the importance of ballots in the upcoming election.
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Indiana
Claude Sittason
Floyd County
Walter W. Bulliet
Fleyd County
Terse Telegrams Chronicle Winter Racing and World News
Ninety one days of winter racing start in New Orleans on December 5. The NAWSA holds its fortieth annual convention in Buffalo. A Green Springs Ohio fire wipes out two blocks with 70000 loss. Rome denies pope bans French Catholics from state universities. Wheat dips over one cent on the Chicago market due to weak demand. Six killed two injured in a dynamite quarry blast near Fort Collins. Col. Bookmaking to be allowed at Latonia meets against racing commission orders. Christian Science Monitor announced as new daily paper. In Hernando Mississippi a negro lynched by fellow negroes for attempting to steal a bale of cotton. Leading Lady sets two year old world trot record at Lexington in 2:67. Board of Foreign Missions to hold next year’s convention in Minneapolis. Mrs. Tucker withdraws abandonment charge against husband Col. William F. Tucker. Hindu colonists in British Columbia face starvation. aid sought to move them to British Honduras. Venezuelan revolutionary leaders to be shot if captured, per President Castro.
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New York
Illinois
Fort Collinge
Kentucky Racing Commission
Latonia
Lexington
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Brooklyn
Minneapolis
William F. Tucker
Wiliam F. Tucker
U. S.A
British Columbia
British Honduras
Castro
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Pearl Street
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Walter N. Millican
Fred M. Jackson
Albert J. Sigmon
Jharry L. Draper
Louis P. Sicer
John W. Edmondson
William Morton
Thomas B. Love
John A. Hinds
Georgetown Township
Jesse N. Nickel
Franklin Township
Nehemiah Bowman
Official City Paper
Ninon de l'Enucles
Aspasia
France
Frederic Chopin
Nova Scotia
Ireland
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Russia
Martinsville
London Board of Trade
Great Britain
Belgium
Buckcreek
Greenfield
Castoria
Tor. M. Rhodes
St. Louis
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Jesus
Thomas Knox
Presbyterian
Aurora, I
John E. White
Baptist
Atlanta, Ga
Edward Young
Pittsburg
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Enderts
Methodist
Christ the Vine
A. F. Elinquist
Lutheran
Minneapolis, Minn
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J. 8. M. Lynch
Utica
N.Y
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Cleveland, O
Webard Wilkinson
Augusta
Leon A Harvey
Unitarian
John G. Slayter
Church of Christ
W. W. Logan
Indiana Federation of Labor
Taggart
Perkins
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General Assembly
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Oket
Wabby
London
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A. Wolkash Casimer
Wis
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Balkans
New Orleans
National American Women’s Sufrage Association
Buffalo
Green Springs
Ohio
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Chicago Exchange
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FacSomie Signature of
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Voy
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Charles W. Long
New Albany Township
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