Baseball Scores from Saturday and Sunday Results
In the American League games, Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis 4 to 1. New York beat Cleveland 8 to 7. Boston defeated Detroit 7 to 4. Washington edged Chicago 8 to 7. Standings show Athletics 63-35, 643 percentage. New York 61-49. Detroit 64-36. Cleveland 51-52. Boston 63-49. Washington 38-62.
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St. Louis
Athletics
Leke
Stephens
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Thomas
New York-New York
Cleveland
Ford
Sweeney
Uregg
Kaler
Easterly
Boston
Detroit
Willett
Stanage
Karger
Pape
Carrigan
Washington
Chicago
Nationals League Saturday and Sunday Games
League scores from Pittsburgh St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati with results from Saturdays games including Pittsburg 3 New York 1 and Chicago 8 Brooklyn 6, Sundays Chicago 6 Brooklyn 1 and St Louis 9 Boston 0 first game, Cincinnati Philadelphia 6 6. The standings show Chicago 57 36 613 St Louis 54 43 557 Pittsburg 58 38 604 Cincinnati 42 2 442 New York 57 38 600 Brooklyn 37 59 385 Philadelphia 56 40 583 Boston 22 16 225.
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Pittsong
Pittspurg
New York
Leifield
Ferry
Gibson
Marquard
Crandall
Myers
St. Louis
Boston
Harmon
Bresnahan
Tyler
Mattern
Kling
Chicago
Brooklyn
Rucker
Bergen
Redbach
Richter
Archer
Cincinnnati
Philadelphia
Batterlees
Barger
Cole
Geyer
Griffith
Brown
Rariden
Woodburn
Laudenmilk
Bliss
Cincinnati
Suggs
Fromme
Gaspar
McLean
Clarke
Alexander
Burns
Moran
Keefe
Moore
W.L. PC
St Louis
Pittsbrg
Cincinti
N.york
Brookln
Philada
TriState League ScoresHudson Valley Area Baseball Results
In Harrisburg Reading opened 12 to 2 in the first game before a second contest went 12 innings darkness with Reading winning 1 to 1. Johnstown beat Trenton 11 to 2. Altoona defeated Wilmington 5 to 3. York blanked Lancaster 4 to 0. Standings show Lancaster 39 40 582 York 37 45 451 Altoona 41 40 506 Harrisburg 36 44 450 Johnson 40 41 494 Wilmington 27 55 229.
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Reading
O'Connor
Myers
Mays
Northrup
Philbin
Johnstown
Trenton
Topham
Raub
Girard
Lloyd
Kerr
Altoona
Wilmington
Bentley
Broezle
Hupscher
Therre
York
Lancaster
Coveleskie
Rementer
Johnson
Frost
W.L. PC
W. TL
Lancastr
Harrisg
Wilming
Elopement of Seven Sparks Yonkers Boarder Case
A Yonkers woman Celia Wejchowzi with five children eloped with her boarder Carl Dranikowski. Police seek the couple and all seven, after they vanished with about $2000 from a recent property sale. Wejchowzi reports his wife missing since Wednesday and accuses the other man of taking part.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Nicholas Wejchowzi
Lent
Celia
Carl Dranikowski
Wejchowzis
Wejchowzi
Snake Gulps Nest Eggs Near South Mountain Henhouse
Chambersburg Pennsylvania reports A L Solenberger a leading merchant and Republican county treasurer shares a peculiar tale of egg decline. He found a five foot blacksnake killed near the hen house and its stomach contained three glass china eggs.
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South Mountain
Paulterer
Chambersburg
A. L. Solenberger
Repubblican County’ Committee
Solenberger
Rescuer Dies in Surf at Spring Lake NJ
John Silvers a New Jersey letter carrier drowned while aiding Mr and Mrs McCarthy of New York who ran beyond their depth. He was swept seaward by a sea pass and his body was not recovered. Summer residents saved the McCarthys.
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Spring Lake
N. J
John Silvers
McCarthy
New York
McCarthys
Golf Bail Krill Caddy
In Malone New York on August 7 at Loon Take twenty five miles south of town George Duffy fourteen of Rouse s Jint was struck in the forehead by a hard driven golf ball and died almost instantly
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Krill
Malone
N. Y
Loon Take
Here
George Duffy
Rouse
Vanderbilts Guest of King at Dinner on Royal Yacht
Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York were hosted by King George and Queen Mary for dinner aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Cowes on August 7.
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Cowes
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
King George
Queen Mary
Bandit Robs Car During Salt Lake City Run
A desperado held up an electric car full of pleasure seekers returning from Saltair in Salt Lake City. Passengers were injured as the bandit fired shots and forced Hodder to surrender valuables. Porter and the robber battled. Porter was wounded, the thief fled toward the Jordan river with most of the loot.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Saltair
Thomas Hodder
Hod
Hodder
Modder
Cleveland Porter
Porter
J. W. McDermott
Ogden
Jordan River
Lioness Chews Boy's Hand At Central Park Zoo
John Ferguson sixteen of New York was bitten when he fed a fresh meat chunk to Old Rosie the Grandmother lion at the Central Park menagerie. The lioness gripped and chewed the boy's fingers until keepers forced her to release as he pulled free with effort.
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New York
John Ferguson
Ferguson
Rosie
Central Park
Leo
Alice
Loness
Honess
Fit Dog With Ear Trumpet Reveals Educated Pet Deaf
Denver notices Dominick a handsome mastiff owned by Federal District Attorney Thomas Ward Jr. is fitted with an ear trumpet after a vet found he had become deaf and could not perform tricks as before. The dog, known citywide for free climbing and skills, signals a surprising medical finding.
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Denver
Dominick
Thomas Ward, Jr
Eight Foot Shark Caught Near Cedar Island Cape Charles
Benes Scarborough and Clarence Walsh of Philadelphia caught four young sharks measuring 8 feet 3 inches near Cedar Island Wachareague using a sturgeon hook. The prize sharks will be shipped to Philadelphia for exhibition.
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Cape Charles
Benes Scarborough
Clarence Walsh
Philadelphia
Cedar Island
Wachareague
Quaker City
Nurse of President Is Dead in Washington
Countess Susan J. Guzman a longtime nurse who cared for President Garfield and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt during her forty years in nursing died at her Washington home at age 71.
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Washington
Susan J. Guzman
Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Dog Dies to Save Family at Milford Center Fire
Toledo reports L. F. Epps' meat market and general store at Milford Center destroyed by fire. A dog barked to wake M. C. Madden and family living above, later dying in the blaze. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars. Also notes Empress Augusta Victoria has recovered from tonsillitis and will join the emperor at Wilhelmshohe.
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Toledo
L. F. Epps
Milford Center
M. C. Madden
Berlin
Augusta Victoria
Wilhelmsohe
A Beautiful Airy Cottage Design No. 873
An airy cottage combines clapboards shingles and cobblestones with ample porch and front balconies and a rear balcony valued for practical uses. The 26 by 28 foot main portion rises nine and eight feet with two wide chambers and a bath. Building cost 2600 dollars exclusive of heating and plumbing. Editor offers one complete set of plans and specifications for design No. 873 for 20 dollars under special arrangement.
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Glenn L. Saxton
Seeing a Joke Across Humor Cultures
A compact reflection on how humor differs by culture and era, recalling English and American tastes. An anecdote about a Hereford bull colliding with a barbed wire fence in the Texas Panhandle delivers a farcical image, followed by a club dinner quip from Bradford and a light exchange about marriage with a Chicago record-Herald style punchline.
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Alfred Harmsworth
St Louis Globe- Democrat
Mark Twain
Finney
Peter Dunne
Texas Panhandle
Census Funds Sought to Complete Return Work
Washington Aug 5 Secretary McVeagh requested 1 000 059 dollars to finish the census, publish the complete returns and repair store tabulating machinery in a congressional communication. Monteagle Tenn Aug 7 The Right Rev Oscar Penn Fitzgerald bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died here.
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Washington, D. C
Mar Veagh
Treasury Department
Congress
Bishop Fitzgerald
Monteagle
Tenn
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Baby queen on Scots penny sparks old coin lore
The term bawhee for the Scotch halfpenny traces to Mary Queen of Scots portrait in infancy. The coin bore her image at coronation time in 1543 when she was nine months old, and some examples survive. The Le Mans halfpenny is also called bawbee for the baby-faced image.
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Epelishmen
Mary
le Mans
Pearson's
Frederick Market Prices August 7 1911 Quotations
Frederick County farmers exchange notes cornlines with prices for Wheat No 2 Hed at 85 cents per bushel. Shelled corn 75 to 80 cents. Rye 70 cents. Oats 60 to 73 cents. Barley 65 to 70 cents. Winter Wheat flour 4.60 to 5.10. Spring Wheat 5.20 to 5.70. Mill feeds and seeds with per ton and per bushel rates for Bran Middlings Red Dog Dairy Feed Cotton Seed Meal Timothy Clover. Hay and straw prices for baled and not baled.
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