Football Prospects Brighten Under New Coaching System
College football anticipates a strong 1908 season with Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, and Chicago organizing early practices. Coaches and players praise a revamped coaching system and rule changes that curb forward pass advantage, boosting prospects for elite programs and returning players across top schools.
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Yale
Tad Tones
Jones
Alcott
Paige
Dines
Congdon
Goebel
Cooney
Murphy
McBride
Coy
Biglow
Tad Jones
BR. B. Burch
Cornell
Ithacans
C.H. Watson
Ben. Bon
Princeton
Wren
Roper
Francis Burr
Harvard
Gare
Tean
Hanighton
Crimson
Marie Nde Eldad
Viexenlora
University of Chicago
A. A. Sturge
Leo de Tmy
Gilmour Nobre
Minnesota
North Dakota
Seattle
University of Washinton
University of Miesourt
Mixsourt
Athtetive
Baseball Scores From Major Parks Across the League
The page lists results from New York and other cities with multiple games. Widespread scores show Detroit 68 69 and standings with teams like New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and St Louis. Batter lists include players and game details. Standings show N Y, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh leading segments.
Tri State League Baseball Scores and Standings
In Johnstown Wilming ton games the Batteries Hoch Wein berg Neuer Koepmann. Harrisburg beat Reading 11 to 3 with Batteries Smith Smith Emerson Barton. Altoona edged Trenton 2 to 1 in extra innings Batteries Reisling Frim bes Mattern Murray. Williamsport defeated Lancaster 8 to 6 Batteries Mosar Grady Townsend Stansberry. Standings show Williamsport 74 42 638 leading, with Johnet n 60 50 622, Harrisburg 69 45 005, Lancaster 62 51 321, Altoona 48 68 414, Reading 60 65 522, Trenton 49 66 426.
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Johnstown
Wilmington
Hoch, Weinberg, Neuer
Koepmann
Harrisburg
Reading
Smith
Smith Emerson
Barton
Altoona
Trenton
Reisling, Frimbes, Mattern
Murray
McKinney, Sturtagle, Matthews
L. P
WL. P. Williams
Johnet
Harris
Lencastr
Witmnog
Shooting inquiry stalls in Atlantic City boardwalk case
Police investigations into the six day old boardwalk shooting of Charles B Roberts of Baltimore show no clear light. Chief Woodruff says W G Williams of Baltimore husband of Roberts’s companion ruled out as a suspect and developments may take two weeks. Roberts Improving at City hospital. highway robbery theory discussed but not proven as nothing was stolen. Public interest in the case wanes.
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Atlantic Oyty
Atlantic Oy
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore
Pollea Woodrult
G. Williams
Balimore
Roberta
Roberts
Williams
Sashes Come Into Fashion In London Society Circles
Mrs Potter Palmer wore multiple sashes at a reception in Ambassador Reid's London Mansion. Correspondent notes sashes appear around waists of gowns from ballroom frocks to empire gowns. Fashion editors predict the sash will be approved and widely used as garment accents or accessories.
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Potter Palmer
London
Ambassador Reid
Wouren
New York
Dart
British Bark Amason Wrecked Near Port Talbot
The British bark Amason sailing to Iquique from Port Talbot was wrecked near the latter port. Only five of the thirty two crew were saved and six bodies have already been washed ashore. The incident occurred on September 2.
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Wales
Amason
Iquique
Port Talbot
Coyote Proof Fence Protects Sheep in Oregon Range
A Forest Service experiment in Wallowa National Forest Oregon shows a woven wire and barbed top fence protecting 2 900 sheep with lambs from predators while allowing grazing without herders. Bears occasionally breach but other predators are kept out. private interest grows as weight studies compare penned versus free grazing flocks.
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Wallowa National Forest
Oregon
Ehoven
Haa
Forest Service
Indiana Farmer Delays House Paint Over Bryan Vote
In Washington township Coax county Indiana farmer George W. Burkhart vows not to paint his house until William J Bryan is elected president. The aging home has become an election issue as neighbors debate whether his pledge should influence the painting decision and future votes.
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Indiana
Bryan la
Washington Township
Coax County
George WW
Burkhart
Willa J. Bryan
United States
Farmer Burkhart
George
Bryan
Czolgosh Brother Sentenced in Sharon Jail Case
John Czolgosh, brother of President McKinley assassin, is sentenced to three months in the workhouse in Sharon. Police believe Czolgosh is insane and an official investigation will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czolgosz
Sharon
John Czolgoss
McKinley
General Claus Dies At Seventy-One In New York Hospital
Retired U S Army General John W. Claus died at St Luke's Hospital in New York City at age seventy-one. The report notes his long service and status as a respected figure.
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John W. Claus
United States Army
Bt.Luke's Hospital
New York City
Arch Pickett
Jonesboro
Ark
Roosevelt
Kermit
Wilds
Africa
Oyster Bay
Northwest
National conservation league formed with Bryan Taft honorary Vice Presidents
William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft named honorary vice presidents as Walter J. Bisher leads the newly organized Conservation League of America. The league aims to coordinate official and unofficial efforts, promote public cooperation, and expand conservation beyond forests to swamp lands irrigation and public lands with Chicago as its headquarters and backing from President Roosevelt and other leaders.
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William Jennings Bryan
William IA. Taft
Wids Be
League
Chicago
Walter J. Bisher
Organi Conservation League of
Almerica
Taft
Wit Mamarte
Pinhor
Wisher
Washington
Iast
Natient Conservation Commission
Forest Service
Deep Waterway Commission
Bouree Rivenina
Rodosgovelt
Bryan
Vlee
Organized Labor
New League
Honey Filled Hole Kills Farmer's Horse and Brings Cash
Farmer Amos Gould’s wagon sank into a roadbed hole near South Norwalk as a horse struggled and died from bee stings after bees storing honey in the roadside cavity erupted. Gould recovered about 200 pounds of honey and bought a new horse, with an investigation noting the bees had stored honey there for nearly ten years.
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Amos Gould
Mr. Gould
Norwalk
Conn
Farner Gould
Gould
Gracelets for Men Arrive in London Jewelry Scene
The engagement bracelet for men arrives in London and may rival engagement rings in significance. Made to order by a New Bond Street jeweler, the plain flat gold band fastens above the elbow with a buckle or spring. Removal requires a tiny needle to open a hidden hole.
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London
New Bond Street
Kitchen Girl Becomes Heiress to Major Estate
Mies Lilttan Smith a kitchen girl at a Shenandoah Indiana boarding house has fallen heir to 61000 from the estate of the late Charien D Fair of California Her father Frank Smith of Tam ar Missouri inherits 200000 from the estate Mrs Fair was an annual of the ett.
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Mies Lilttan Smith
Shenanioah
Charien D. Fair
California
Frank Smith
Tamar
Ett
Crown Prince Becomes Panhandler in Detroit Skit
A man dressed in fancy clothes posed as Abyssinian royalty in a Detroit meat market, begging for sausage. He claimed to be Crown Prince of Abyssinia, recounted a wandering life, and spoke of awaiting Menelik’s death to claim a throne while planning to stay in the city for months.
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Gratiot Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Dam Hongry
Calll
Intrac
Ating Linsell
Houdrix Hut Pulawharoo
Abyssinia
Menelik
Coucanlons
France
Hendrix
New York
Vernisla
Chicago
Menelk
Joruachon
Burma
China
Japan
Europe
Brazil
San Francisco
Oxygen for Athletes Prompts Record Claims in London
A London professor of physiology reports pure oxygen boosts runners before races. Trials at a London hospital show faster times for a mile and quarter and a 100 yard effort, with muscle fatigue reduced. He seeks a world record bid and cites Olympic trials and Dorando as context.
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London
Adviers
Rannom
Leonard HN
Hls
Holding
Nita
Dorando
Giant new reflecting telescope planned by Johns Hopkins professor
Professor Robert W. Wood of Johns Hopkins envisions a giant reflecting telescope built with a mercury basin spun by electric motor to vary focal length. Builders at Lick and Yorks work from Wood’s drawings and expect delivery to his East Hampton laboratory. diameter and limits remain undetermined but anticipation runs high in the scientific community.
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Wood
Johns Hopkins
Robert W. Wood
Johns Hopkins University
Lick
Yorks
Wooll
East Mampton
N.Y
Filipino Anthropologist Frederick Starr Probes Basuto Mindanao Study
The University of Chicago professor lives among Basuto on Mindanao while researching Filipino tribes. He has spent weeks with Ixorrote in northern Luzon and Negritos, planning to return to Chicago around October to resume work with a collection of measurements photographs tools of peace and war and ethnographic records.
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Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Mindanao
Philippines
Luzon
Chicago
Deadly fumes kill four seamen on Puritan bark at anchor
In Neaton on September 2 four seamen suffocated and a fifth narrowly survived in the forepeak of the Uriah bark Puritan as fumes from burning pitch and oakum filled the space. Captain Chapman sent Ol sen below who did not return and three more men went down to investigate. The bodies were recovered as the odor drenched the area and the ship’s fire was put out.
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Penleron
Hollande
Ore
Sam A. Garber
Mick Altalrath
Ani
Feo
le Grande
Lnm
Serra
Pearre
Neaton
Mans
President Roads
Chapman
Seaman Olsen
Mnally Capilo Chapman
Marc Latfeld
Robert and
McLane
Roberts
Hig Ghiptmatca Kirrloddy
Balloon disaster near Niagara Falls injures three men
Three men aboard the racing balloon Villa De Dieppe escaped death after a dangerous descent over Niagara Falls New York. Captain A B Mueller suffered the most, with the Gregory brothers Perry and Gerald injured as the airship dragged for about a thousand feet before landing near the Devil's Halo.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara Mella
N. Y
Lake Erie
Villa de Dieppo
A.B Mueller
Mueller
Perry Gregory
Gerald Gregory
C. F. Gregory
Chicago
Ville de
Devil’s Halo
Norge
The Value of a Good Memory
A brief note on memory training argues that regular daily practice strengthens mental faculties for child education. It suggests teaching methods emphasizing small daily lessons to improve retention and recall, noting memory as a trainable skill.
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Tnet
Stuttgart
The Pantomime and Voices in a New York Debate
The Yonkers Statesman questions a pantomime's silence and presence of women while the Associated Globe notes a quip about age from in laws. The exchange hints at theatrical norms and social commentary in press chatter.
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Yonkers Statesman
Judge appoints special examiner to hear Dupont powder case
In Withington Delaware United States Judge George Gray orders U S Commissioner William G Mahaffy to act as special examiner for the government antitrust suit against Dupont powder companies. Mahaffy will hear testimony within or outside Delaware and the action is expected to begin shortly.
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Withington
Tiel
George Gray
United States Court
United States
William G. Mahaffy
Dupont
Mahaffy
Delaware
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