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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
2
A famous Broadway musical comedy is presented tonight at the Opera House in Chicago. The show features Flo Sweetman, Ibon, and a large chorus. it includes electrical novelties and a prominent talky sequence with the Taseograph as a highlight.
A Philadelphia event formats a trial to select American and English players for the Australia challenge cup. Notables include Larned, Clothier, Hackett, Parke, Dixon, and Gore among others, with matches staged at Mtainto over several days.
Rasemnn Egan of Cinetimuitl commits only two errors in thirty five Bi os. Ar elianes of the Bostott Aimer looms as a top pitcher with much work ahead. Hush of Vetroit continues remarkable shooting for the Tecra. Konetehy, the St. Toulo Nationals first baseman, shows power and form. Griffin of Clichintill plans to limit experiments to outfielders as infield and battery are solid. Protested games are never considered in the American league. President Jotu gon lets teams settle kanes at season end.
An illustrated description recounts Marcie Stuart, a prisoner forced to beat carpets, while a vengeful queen throws a dead mouse at her. The mouse falls back to Elizabeth and supposedly inspires the game of tennis as spectators react. The scene includes others at the court edge observing and speaking.
A Yorkshire paper from 1760 recounts a London merchant’s rapid round trip to Dublin. He leaves London Monday evening, reaches Liverpool Wednesday, catches the packet to Dublin and returns via Liverpool by Saturday, then back to London by Monday. The writer notes such speed may be possible in the near future.
Norbert Manley of the New York A.C. backs 17 year old Prizelle Speedy from Chicago as the coming champion. Reports cite fifty to four hundred forty yard times from 25 to 6 minutes 59 seconds in practice and trials. Observers predict a future matchup with Daniels at fifty yards.
Baseball scores from the American and National Leagues include New York Athletics 10 over New York 2, Boston 4 over Washington 3, Detroit 10 over St. Louis 2, Chicago 2 over Cleveland 0, and various National League games. Standings show Cleveland leading with strong showings, followed by Detroit and Chicago with Boston hot on their heels. Also notes the most northerly church burn in Seattle, Washington, with the Point Barrow Presbyterian mission in Alaska burned on April 12, funded by Mrs. Eliot F. Shepard.
In the Eastern League standings several scores surfaced: Baltimore defeated Jersey City with 2 to 1 in the second game, while Newark beat Providence 6 to 0. Toronto topped Hudalo 4 to 1, and Montreal edged Manchester in an unclear final. Standings show Buffalo, Newark, Providence, and others with varying records.
Charley Miller, late of the Frederick team, began the second game for the champions against Jersey City but lasted only five innings before being removed for McCloskey. The Baltimore Americans confirm Miller was batted out of the box after five innings.
Mount Airy defeated Sykesville 7 to 1 on Saturday to claim Currall county championship, their fourth consecutive win. Fanwell allowed five hits and struck out seven. Mount Airy rallied with timely hits in the first, second, eighth, and ninth innings aided by a few errors.
Lewes Del Sept 14 The three masted schooner John Proctor Captain J I Bennett with a cargo of stone from New York to Norfolk was caught in a dangerous eddy around Cape Henlopen and ashore breaking up at Lewes.
A mother requests pension for her six year old son’s mental agony after a visit to his grandfather. The piece shifts to quotes from New York Times and Dr Cathclin of Paris on senses and a physician’s duty. It ends with Vatel’s noble kitchen death tying honor to cooks.
A Maryland machinist from Frederick reports severe back pain from kidney trouble for ten years. After trying plasters and other remedies, he found relief with Dean's Kidney Pills purchased at C. E. Main's drug store. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes as sole agent. price 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
A fragmentary excerpt surveys the vastness of ocean swells and bird migrations from the Arctic to the Amazon, estimating 4,220,000,000 birds moving with the sun. It then shifts to a discussion of Spencer’s First Principles, defining unknowable versus knowable in science and noting sense experience as the source of knowledge.
The note recalls John Jacob Astor buying Aaron Burr’s estate of about 220 acres near what is now Twenty-first Street in Manhattan for 31 600 an acre. Within ten years he started selling lots at 5 000 an acre but did not clear high prices. Its current value is described as vast, in millions, with a quip about his close friends and reputation.
Leaking garbled OCR references a jeweler named Landis at Predartek, with unclear dates or actions. The fragment hints at a business figure in jewelry, possibly reporting sales or leadership, but specifics are unreadable. No firm event or outcome can be confirmed from the text.
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