Portland tops Sacramento in a pretty contest
Portland beat Sacramento 4 to 3 at Portland Oregon. Olson hit a home run for Portland and Steen pitched a fine game, allowing hits only in the seventh and eighth innings. Baum and Spiesman joined Steen and Fisher in Portland’s strong hitting as the volume of runs rose in four innings.
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Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Steen
Baum
Olson
R. H. BE
Case Sevce
Waces
Spiesman
Fisher
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oakland
Recreation Park
Wheeler
Nagle
Los Angelesos
Dillon
Lewis
Delmas
Howard
R. Hi. E
San
Smith
Ames
Ber
Spokane Wins Double Header as Tacoma Drops to Second
Spokane swept a Tacoma twin bill 8 1 in the morning and 6 2 in the afternoon to take six of seven in the series and push Tacoma into second place. Ryan Annis Baker Hill matched in a pitchers duel as Spokane capitalized on timely hits and errors. In Seattle Beattie’s squad beat Vancouver 2 0 behind Erickson wildness and Zackert’s support.
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Tacoma
Spokane
Tigers
Ryan
Annis
Baker
R. H. B. Tacoma
Diesienn Kip
Sears Ikiebseesa
Annis and
Byrnes
Ryan and
Ostdiek
R. H. B. Temoms
Paeshapa Ware
Orck Hall
Baker and Ostdiek
Seattle
Vancouver
Erickson
Zackert
Beattie
R. H. E. Beale
Tiveevavaree Veesael
Csescsenee Eelo
Zybszsko Defeats Olson in Two Falls at St Louis
Stanislaus Zybszsko the Polish wrestler defeated Charley Olson of St Louis in two straight falls here. He needed 28 minutes for the first fall and 16 for the second in a Chicago bound match.
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Zybszsko
St. Louis
Stanislaus Zybszsko
Frank Gotch
Chicago
Charley Olson
Zybazsko
Northwestern Sporting Extra Sparks School Rivalry
Chicago Evanston reels as Northwestern University’s Sporting Extra issues scandalous items. It shows Dean Holgate with a mock caption, rumors about faculty, and a sensational feature claiming drunken students overturned a lantern and caused a fire in Heck Hall. The paper features saloon ads and risqué commentary provoking local uproar.
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Chicago
Evanston
Northwestern University
Sporting Extra
Dean Holgate
Extra
Heck Hall
Dean
Marietta
Lucy
Piffle
Revelers Drink Deep At East Window Festivities
The article describes a drunken revel at Heck where whiskey from Joe Miller's was diluted and passed around. Guests sang hymns to rag time, finished with multiple bibs tipping over as three large tanks danced a Virginia reel amid the chaos.
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Heck
Joe Miller
Goodenow
Eviction Drama At Grant Street Slums Reveals Overcrowding
Chicago report details 180 people evicted from six Grant Street houses in Evanston under Sanitary District orders. One home housed four or more per family, with dogs cats chickens and pigeons in sleeping rooms. A baby was born in the morning and another in the afternoon in the same domicile.
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Chicago
Grant Street
Evanston
Sanitary District of
Michael Mellis
Archimello Goschos
Radcliffe Girls Bar Peek a Boo Dress Code Rules
Boston reports the Radcliffe senior class marshal Margaret Glover posted strict commencement attire rules. The policy demands extreme simplicity with long sleeved white shirtwaists, linen collars, plain white skirts, no sheer or openwork stockings, no ruffles embroidery or buttons, and skirts kept three inches from the ground.
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Boston
Margaret Glover
Radcliffe
Dress Code Notes From Historical Page
A fragment lists attire rules including a gown two inches above the skirt, no jewelry or bows split in half, black shoes and stockings, and feet to appear dainty and trim, with no fancy combs allowed.
Brewery Whistle Becomes Curfew Bell in Pittsville
In Pittsville Pennsylvania the town council curfew ordinance becomes law. The Yuengling & Son Brewery whistle will blast at nine to summon children under 16 to safe home shelter under paternal roof. Police are instructed that failure to arrest children under the age prescribed will lead to summary dismissal.
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Pittsville
D. G. Yuengling & Son
Woman Studies Law To Win Hard Fight
Boston news notes Mary Augusta Requa, a woman who pursued law after a seven year effort to reinstate her as director in physical culture. She prepares a supreme court argument for Monday, aiming to overturn the board of education decision. She joined the bar to achieve what many male lawyers could not.
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Boston
Misa Mary Augusta Requa
Board of Education
Supreme Court
Miss Requa
Misplaced Rapture in Swedenborg Heaven Satire
A Success Magazine excerpt recounts a preacher describing a Swedenborgian heaven with fields and animals, only to have a sister erupt in rapturous shouting. The preacher coolly corrects her, remarking she is celebrating the wrong heaven in a witty clash of vision and belief.
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Swedenborg
Magnazine
Human Ostrich Dies in Marshfield Ore
Frank Granholm described as a human ostrich died at his home near Marshfield after a recent arrival in town, began drinking beer goblets and thin glassware then contracted pneumonia and died. Railroad superintendent V C London resigns for Carlton & Tillamook railroad. church in Freewater dedicated, new Methdist church Sunnyside cost about 32000. Coroner's jury finds Spokane & Inland Railway negligent in death of lineman Phillip Maher from a fall in Colfax Wash.
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Marshfield
Ore
Frank Granholm
Cottage Grove
Freewater
Colfax
Wash
Phillip Maher
Spokane & Inland Railroad
Maher
Spokane & Inland Railway Company
Woodchopper Stabs German in Ore Wood Camp
In Merrill Oregon a cutting affray occurred near a wood camp Thursday. Otto Gessl a German was stabbed three times in the neck and wounded in the left hand. His injuries are serious but not likely fatal. Robert Burns the assailant says he is from Houston Texas and appears mentally unbalanced. Burns is under arrest at Klamath Falls.
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Merrill
Ore
Otto Gessl
Robert Burns
Houston
Texas
Burns
Klamath Falls
Oregon oil well shows rapid water drawdown at depth
Report from eastern Oregon describes water level dropping from 800 feet depth as the well pumps. Water pressure lifts sand, reversing flow and driving water back toward the hole. Operators expect the pump to discharge pure oil once water is removed and pressure subsides.
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Yale
Oregon
Watder
Four Thousand Sheep Shipped to Wyoming Range
A band of about four thousand sheep belonging to Andrew Patterson A M Smith and Mac Smith was sent to summer range in the Big Basin country Wyoming on Friday. The convoy required ten cars and three accompanying men. Though among the largest bands this year many more have moved to the Blue mountains for summer range. An attempt to graze in Oregon failed. The drive reflects a broader decline in large scale sheep raising in the area. The band, mixed yearlings, is valued around $15000. They wintered in the Mayville country just south of Condon.
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Condon
Andrew Patterson
A. M. Smith
Mac Smith
Summer Range
Big Basin
Wyoming
Blue Mountains
Oregon
Mayville
Australian Land in Demand Perth West Australia
The Minister of Lands reports last year 1 776 730 acres of agricultural land were surveyed for selection and in the last ten months no less than 2 500 000 acres. Demand for land is rising and blocks show the government agricultural banks ready to advance funds to settlers. The government cannot obtain enough surveyors due to high demand.
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Perth
West Australia
Minister of Lands
Carlists Clash with Basques at Asua near Bilbao
The Carlists and Regionalist Basques fought at Asua near Bilbao after a Basque Casino was attacked. Carlists led by a Carlist army commandant stormed the casino, pulled down the Basque flag, damaged property, and caused five occupants to flee amid a hail of bullets.
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Mastrid
Man Says Japs Are Four Footed Animals
Berlin reports the French scientist Professor Lannelongue claims in a German medical review that Japanese people are four footed animals based on foot anatomy. He asserts Japs walk barefoot or in light slippers and use toes as fingers to grasp objects and pick up items from the ground.
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Berlin
Lannelongue
Liquid Foot Mase relieves tired feet at drog stores
A short promotional notice for Liquid Foot Mase promising relief from tired aching and sweaty feet. It announces availability at First Class Drog Stores and suggests happiness for everyone with a bottle.
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