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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
3
An article highlights athletes with missing or crippled limbs who excel in baseball boxing cricket and swimming. It cites Albert Sutton pitcher Sam Griffith and Battling Nelson as standout performers and notes how rules changes aim to curb rough play in collegiate basketball.
Manager Chance argues against using the best pitcher against Brown and other teams in every game. He cites McQuillan and Murray matchups showing Chicago often wins when backed by strong support. Chance says saving his ace for tougher tests could improve odds, though Brown is not invincible.
American League results list Saturday matches with St Louis 4 Cleveland 0 and Cleveland 4 New York 3. Sunday games show St Louis tying 6 6 with athletic and other battery details.
Saturday games across the National League feature Philadephia Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburg Boston Chicago and St Louis with various batteries managers and lineups. Scorers list player performances including Bresnua Needham Beebe and Elisha among others with mixed results.
Scores from Harrisburg Johnstown and Trenton games show battery pairings and player names across several matches. Williamsport final listed with a late score while other teams recorded innings and player lines in a compact league recap.
The preliminary report from the commissioner of internal revenue shows 1908 receipts from all sources totaled 251,666,590 dollars, down 17,996,07 dollars from 1907. Collection costs ran about 4,822,400 dollars.
Reader in Calgary reports a government backed plan inviting Dutch immigrants to a Bow River valley tract in southern Alberta. The scheme uses farming by proxy with railway help, irrigation access at a nominal rate, and cooperative creameries to support settlers establishing crops, dairy farms, and early government payments.
In northeastern Pennsylvania mines ash from boilers is pumped into old workings to create solid ash pillars. Water and ash fill passages forming a stable mass that supports roof and allows removal of surrounding coal. The process reflects careful conservation amid declining anthracite supplies and costly maintenance.
The Order of the Rose, a new society for young women, requires members to pledge not to gossip or reveal others' affairs. Members wear rose badges and personalized embroidery as reminders of the order's aims. Started only weeks ago, the group plans growth to major cities nationwide by year end. Simple cabbage cooking tips follow, noting heart tenderness and color retention.
A fragmentary reader letter discusses crabs and lobsters, pondering why a maimed claw prompts surgical reflection, while a separate relief claim cites a diarrhoea remedy from Amberiata's Onter Cheneie Diarrhoea. The note mentions Rutherford Kave and a pharmacy selling the remedy.
Government tests reveal millions of germs in cracks and seams of chipped plates in Washington lunch rooms and hotels. Dr. Stiles reports twenty three bacterial species and high concentrations per square inch, urging cleaner serving ware and sanitation to curb food contamination.
New York entomologist B P Feit says English sparrows will control white winged linden moths that infested New York City and reached Albany and Troy. Sparrows were introduced in 1530 to rid the country of this moth.
Cleveland man patents an electric typewriter that out speeds and out accuracy of a human operator using perforated slips like a piano sheet. He claims businessmen will welcome the device while wives fear job loss though he asserts the machine is more precise and already runs fifteen in his shop.
Kissimmee mayor T M Murphy to ask council to approve a town airship regulation ordinance. It defines a twenty mile sky boundary, authorizes an aeroplane for enforcement, and imposes a tax on airships with penalties up to ninety days in jail or a fine of 800 dollars.
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