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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
7
American League results include St Louis Athletics 12 to 3, Detroit 16 Boston 7, Chicago 7 Washington 1, Cleveland 9 New York 1. Standings show Detroit and Athletics leading with strong win totals, Chicago and Cleveland mid pack, St Louis and Boston toward bottom.
Baseball results from Philadelphia Boston New York Chicago Brooklyn and St Louis with partial inning scores and listed batteries. Standings include Philadelphia 51 31 622 Pittsburg 43 30 544 Chicago 48 31 608 Cincinnati 33 45 423 New York 48 22 600 Brooklyn 30 48 385 St Louis 45 54 589 Boston 20 61 247
Reading and York split games with Johnstown Lancaster Altoona and Trenton Harrisburg. Standings show Reading leading with 45 wins and 19 losses, Trenton 39 27, York 30 35, Lancaster 32 30, Harrisburg 27 38, Wilming ton 22 42, Altoona 21 52.
In Washington on July 19 Senator Heyburn of Idaho clashed with Senator Williams of Mississippi over a $100,000 Confederate naval monument for the Vicksburg park. Williams won approval 29 to 19, with supporters arguing it honors brave acts, while Heyburn denounced federal recognition of Confederate deeds as a history of murder and attacked wartime loyalties in the press and from anonymous threats.
William A Sunday, former major league pitcher turned revivalist, closed the 1910 11 evangelistic session in Erie Pennsylvania with a net return of 70 570 10 for about ten months of work. He notes this shows evangelistic work can be more lucrative than professional baseball and recently refused a major league offer at 500 a month.
Indiana will lead this year in onion production with over 2450 acres planted and an expected 1,290,000 bushels shipped. The National Onion Association reports these figures at its second annual meeting near Warsaw, Indiana, highlighting state prominence in the market.
Heaver Pa July 19 Charles Hickman condemned for the 1910 murder of his wife Mathe collapsed in jail and died overnight. Rumors say he poison or inhaled gas. Autopsy planned if coroner orders. Hickman shot his wife after she left him and was convicted in June 1919.
The Hermitage in Paramus Bergen County New Jersey remains intact as the mansion where Aaron Burr courted Estelle Provost widow of a British officer. Burr rode from White Plains to Paramus nightly to woo her before their marriage at a nearby church with an ancient burying ground bearing moss covered stones.
An English county sheriff, noted for humor, assembled the twelve fattest eligible men as a jury. Nine fit in the box, so they rearranged to crowd in, creating a packed jury. He later gathered a lean jury, then barbers, and finally twelve men who squinted, all in a humorous courtroom tableau reported by Green Bag.
Newport July 19 Miss Constance W Warren daughter of Mr and Mrs George Henry Warren of New York has beaten her own swimming record between Bailey's beach and the Forty Steps a cliffs point three and a half miles from the start by twenty minutes. She completed the distance in 1 hour 35 minutes and was accompanied by a boat returning to the start.
A humorous exchange notes that a chiropodist supposedly judges character by handwriting. The Baltimore American vignette plays on the misdefinition with a playful back and forth about the word and its meaning.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and notes price and availability through druggists.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts born 1832 in Cawnpore rose from lieutenant to field marshal and led forces in India Ireland and Africa. Renowned for relief of Lucknow siege and campaigns in Afghanistan and ADIEN era, he earned titles including earl of Kandahar and Waterford and remains beloved by soldiers as Bobs.
A bandit on the east bound Northwestern No. 8 attempted a Pullman car robbery between Tama and Belleplaine. He fired on passengers when they resisted. the brakeman fired in return. The man, named William Morris of Plainfield New Jersey, was wounded in the side and is in a Belleplaine hospital in serious condition.
In Hartford on July 19 Arthur H Ramagge of Chestnut street was found dead standing rigid at a Rockville Connecticut Telephone sub station. Another employee Charles Leonard entered the office to find Ramagge at the telephone and Leonard was burned removing the body, the shock presumed fatal.
A horse on John Taylor farm in Rising Sun Maryland was shot after attacking another horse and a mule due to rabies. Over two weeks three hogs two dogs a cat and several chickens were killed by hydrophobia linked to a pet family dog that had shown symptoms for weeks.
Paris July 19 The attack of nephritis on John W Gates remains moderately severe with heart irregularity and weakness. Physicians report stimulants are helping and his condition is being watched closely. Bud Mars Leaves Erie Hospital Injured in Aeroplane Crash seen improving after Friday accident. Sprains require careful care with Chamberlains Liniment advertised for sale by druggists.
The article advises coating tar on worn wood to stop horses from gnawing mangers, notes many horses suffer teeth issues after age fifteen, and suggests vermifuge for worm infestations. It emphasizes teaching children dairy chores, separating milk rooms from barns, and keeping the milk house clean with good ventilation water and heat for cleaning.
Frederick Market Prices shows corrected July 19 1911 by Frederick County Farmers Exchange. Wheat No 2 Red 82 cents per bushel. Corn shelled 80 cents. Rye 70 cents. Oats 58 to 60 cents. Barley 65 to 70 cents. Winter wheat flour 4 80 to 5 30 per bushel. Spring wheat 5 20 to 5 70. Mill feed bran 26 50 per ton. Middlings 29 00 per ton. Red dog 2 20 per sack. Dairy feed 23 to 26 per ton. Cotton seed meal 31 to 32. Timothy seed 6 to 6 50. Clover seed 8 to 16. Hay Timothy No 1 23 to 25. No 2 22 to 24. No 1 Mixed 21 to 23. No 2 Mixed 20 to 22. Clover 18 to 19. Hay Not Baled 320 to 22 per ton.
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