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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1910
Page
6
An unstable fragment reports a strike with 39000 idle men and executive board actions. It notes expenditures and benefits totaling thousands weekly, a treasury depletion, and a compulsory weekly assessment on workers, with payment orders issued by the board.
In Cantle Indiana on August 13 a Maltese dog rode 100 feet on the trucks of a Pennsylvanian firm’s Cincinnati to Chicago train. The conductor signaled, lowered the dog beneath the Pullman, and the animal hugged the trucks as the train continued. Observers saw the dog still aboard when the train left Cincinnati.
Alarm spreads as a cave in Staunton Virginia threatens homes and a public school. A crevice widens with the yard sinking thirty feet while officials seek engineers to stop further undermining. In a separate note a man, Hudson Buckley, dies after a fall.
Newport Aug 1324 Colonel John Jacob Astor will depart Beechwood villa aboard the yacht Norma on Aug 19. He aims to avoid a potential reconciliation with his former wife Ava Wilting Astor who arrives Aug 20, and will stay away until her visit with her brother J R Batton Wilting ends. Vincent Astor accompanied her to New York briefly but returned to Newport on the Norma.
Idaho senator W B Heyburn objected to Dixie during a Wallace Idaho gathering. He leaped up interrupted the orchestra as the medley began and declared this a Republican meeting. The crowd halted the performance and the mayor then closed the meeting.
Reports say Theodore Roosevelt may serve as temporary chairman of the New York Republican state convention at the suggestion of Lloyd C. Griaconi. He is inclined to view the idea favorably and will attend the convention to give a frank speech on the party’s work to regain voter confidence.
In the Bronx River two young canoeists Frederick Holberg and Rudolph Bieber died while trying to recover a lost paddle. Bieber swam ashore but dove back after seeing Holberg drowning and both men perished.
Rochester reports an accident where five year old Ida Hildebrand died after a bottle of acetone on a bath tub exploded. The blast ignited fumes and a burning baggie, trapping the child in flames. Police are investigating the incident as a fatal accident.
Clerical commentary by Rev. D. M. Stearns interprets the parable of the laborers in Matthew 20 1 16, urging readers to seek faithful service to God rather than focus on wages. The piece links the vineyard to divine redemption and stresses readiness to labor wherever God places believers in this life, with rewards in the kingdom.
Detroit manager Hugh Jennings of the Detroit baseball team is indefinitely suspended by AL president Ban Johnson. He was ordered from Bennett Park last Wednesday by umpire Kerlin after disputing a decision as Cooper of the Athletics struck out Ty Cobb.
Lexington Ky August 49 Judge Michael Christian Saffley of the Thirteenth Kentucky District Court and former Wyoming territorial Supreme Court associate justice was found dead in his Stanford home. A 68 year old widely respected lawyer, he served with General Morgan’s raiders in the Confederate army and remained active in law until the Civil War’s end. He was appointed to Wyoming’s territorial bench by President Cleveland in 1888.
Charles Tanner of Cleveland drives Kian to a new world trotting record a mile in 1 68 without a wind shield at North Randall. He beats Lon Dillon’s mark by a second and nears the 1 58 5 record set at Memphis in 1905 with a windshield. Cholera toll climbs in Russia with 8 ,679 deaths across July to August.
A Frederick resident testifies that Donn's Kidney Cure relieved years of back pain scalding urination and irregular secretions. He says the remedy cured him completely and urges others to try it, with Foster Milburn in New York listed as the agent.
In a practice game at Media Delaware County League fields, a rabbit darted onto the diamond and diverted a play as Jack Krausse of the Upland Big Four tried to throw to second base. The ball was not caught by the second baseman who ducked as the rabbit bounded away.
Ford of the Highlanders emerges as a premier pitching talent of 1910. The New York Americans rookie Russell Ford dazzles with a three way breaking delivery and a sharp rise through Jersey City Cedar Rapids and Atlanta minor league stops. He won fourteen of his first nineteen games this season and drew praise from opponents.
Chicago figures Robert A. Gardner Hinsdale Western champion Charles Evans Ir. Buzewater Intercollegiate Champion Albert Seckel Hinsdale Chandler Ryan Exmoor Paul Hunter Midlothian issue formal invitational call to beat them in a national event.
Japanese baseball may be seen at Marshall field next summer with Waseda University and the University of Chicago teams competing. A A Stagg has invited the Japanese team to come to America for a return series with the Maroons and it is expected the players will accept.
Rochester manager Gancet reports minor league notes show Ben Egan, now styled as Baltimore’s, developed into the league’s top catcher and a feared bat. The club sold pitcher Ad Lafitte to the New York Americans for cash and other considerations. Lafitte will finish the season with Rochester. Mond’s veteran JTesse Tannebil quits Miller’s club amid salary disputes and managerial ambitions.
A chaotic recap of markets, batteries and clubs across the Tri-State League and Eastern circuits. Mentions teams like Newark and Buffalo, and players such as Conroy and Kerr with standings in the season’s early schedule. No clear single event beyond ongoing league actions and city matchups.
Fragments show a couple discussing being detained downtown this evening. The text includes names Afra Vick Senn and Gowntawn Inte with tentative quotations and punctuation, suggesting a staged or coded dialogue. The source lacks clear context or complete sentences to confirm events or outcomes.
An advertisement touts a cure for malaria and debility by Pearre's Modern Therapy. Prominent claims include complete cure of severe neuralgia and digestive, liver, and kidney troubles with lasting health improvements.
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