Athletics Edge Cubs In World Series Opener
Philadelphia Athletics win the first game of the world championship series 4 to 1 against the Chicago Cubs in a packed Shibe Park. Coombs and Bender head the A's pitching lineup while ten thousand fans queued since 11am with tickets trading up to fifty dollars. Captain Chance of Chicago hints at a possible late shift on the mound.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
O'Day
Rigler
Nationals
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Sheridan
Americans
Coombs
Bender
Reliance
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Captain Chance
Athletics Clinch Open World Series Fight 4 to 1
Philadelphia won the first game of the world series by 4 to 1 as fans debated who would stop the Athletics Cubs. The piece discusses nerves, experience, youth, and whether the Cubs or Athletics will prevail, noting the teams’ strengths and the season’s context.
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Philadelphia
Cubs
Jupiter Plavius
Chicago
Taft Resumes Duties After Beverly Welcome
Beverly Ontario 17 thousands of school children waved goodbye as President Taft, Mrs Taft, and daughter Helen left in an auto for New York. Taft will proceed to Washington to take up duties he had left during vacation. He will stay in Washington until November 7 then go to Cincinnati to vote and sail for Panama on November 10.
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Taft
New York
Taf
Helen
Washington
Cincinnati
Panama
Washington Huskies Show Early Promise Under Dobie
University of Washington coach Gilmour Dobie expresses cautious optimism after the Huskies’ decisive win over Seattle High School last Saturday. Veterans Pike Cook Cahill and Polly Grimm lead a sturdy line, with Warren Grimm adding reliable passing. Eakins improves punting as new rules smooth the game. The team prepares for a first college game versus Puget Sound in Tacoma, with earlier mass plays absent and frequent use of familiar fake plays.
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Seattle
Gilmour Dobie
Dobie
Husky Seattle
Pike Cook
Cahill
Washington
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma
Polly Grimm
Warren Grimm
Eakins
Child of Seven Years Has Old Man's Hair
Bowling Green Kentucky. A seven year old boy named Walter Huntington Covington, son of Mr and Mrs James C Covington, has most of his hair white since age four. His father notes gradual graying with no illness or trouble. The boy fears strangers and hides when visitors arrive.
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Bowling Green
Walter Huntington Covington
James C. Covington
Bumped Head After Sleeping on Rail Ends in Injury
Redding man Herman Ballers a hotel cook, slept with his head on a rail and was struck by the Shasta Limited at about forty miles per hour. Found lifeless, he revived minutes later with two large head bumps and a torn cap ground into fragments. He had been drinking heavily.
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Redding
Herman Ballers
Shasta Limited
Ballers
Ptomaine Poisoning Outbreak Hits Winchester Jail
A serious outbreak of ptomaine poisoning traced to tinned meat swept Winchester jail last week. About half the convicts were affected and several remained in grave condition for days.
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London
Winchester
Conspirator James Larkin Released From Jail in Dublin
The lord lieutenant ordered the release of James Larkin who had been sentenced last June to 12 months for conspiracy linked to the formation of the Irish Transport Workers union. He is freed after serving part of the term and returns to Dublin.
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Dublin
Lord Leutenant
James Larkin
Irish Transport Workers’ Union
Land Fraud Cases Tie Up Alaskan Claims
Seattle oct 17 prosecution of persons alleged to be implicated in Alaskan land frauds is causing a deadlock in adjusting claims and proving up lands. G A McKenzie and attorney John Roberts, after returning from Alaska, tried to pay 40000 for proof to patent their claims but the Juneau receiver refused the money though willing to give receipts. The receiver said he did not want to bid the government to do anything just now.
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Seattle
G A. McKenzie
John Roberts
Alaska
Public Moneys
Juneau
Martial law follows Paris bomb outrages
Paris on October 17 declared martial law after a wave of bomb outrages tied to railroad striker protests. A bomb damaged the home of M Mushard, head of La Patria opposing the strikers. Police detained 120 anarchists on suspicion as authorities sought to quell the unrest.
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Paris
Bole Devincennes
M. Mushard
la Patria
Dutch Aeronaut Makes Long Flight From Paris to Brussels
Dutch aviator Henry Wynemalen completed a Paris to Brussels round trip carrying a passenger in about fifteen and a half hours, part of a $26,000 contest. He stopped at St Quentin to refuel and reached Brussels in 6 hours 8 minutes. Le Gagnoux also flew the route, continuing after an overnight stay.
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Henry Wynemalen
Paria
Brussels
le Gagnoux
Wynemalen
St. Quentin
Wyenmalen
LaGungoeys
Fonty
Verdict Favor Defendant in Lievallen v Proebstel Case
Circuit Judge Bean rules for defendant J S S Lievallen vs George W Proebstel finding allegations not sustained by evidence. Lievallen alleged Proebstel placed a lumber shed on the former's land. decision favors Proebstel.
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Bean
J. S&s
County Board of Equalization In Session At Court House
The board of equalization meets in the office of County Judge Gilliland where taxpayers may present grievances to have them considered and acted upon during the session.
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Board of Equalization
Gilliland
Bank files suit to collect $30 note in circuit court
The First National Bank of Athena filed an action in the circuit court today to recover $30 from Elia T. and G. B. Kidler of Athena on a note. The case seeks payment of the debt and any accruing costs.
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Insuit
Ageaiest Elia T
G. B. Kidler
Athena
Coronation insurance rates cited by Lloyds firms
Insurance firms weigh coronation risks with possible postponement. Lloyds quotes 8 to 10 percent, likely to rise as date nears. Major drapery houses show interest while inquiries grow slowly. Crown procession route not set until spring, but seat booking along probable line already underway.
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Lioyds
London
Lloyds
Town Planning Conference Draws Notables From Across Nations
Interest in the upcoming London town planning conference grows with Boston and Washington D. C. anticipated to exhibit works costing as much as 300 million dollars. Nancy, France, famed as a model of Renaissance urban design, will be represented with illustrations and plans of streets laid out in the Renaissance style.
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London
Boston
Washington, D. C
Nancy
France
Wellman airship story reports drift toward Ireland
Sinsconmach Massachusetts October 17 Walter Wellmans dirigible America has been out of wireless contact for hours but is believed to be heading toward the Irish coast. Last reports say the ship traveled about 700 miles at 20 knots though weather was fine. A storm off Sable Island may have struck the craft while messages from Wellman indicated engines failing and fuel saving for wireless.
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Irish
Lenis
Sinsconmach
Mass
Walter Vellacon
America
Woich
Ttme
Wellman
Sable Island
Boston
Slagsconsett
Oswald West Tours County Ahead of Pendleton Rally
Oswald West and East End candidates tour eastern Oregon by auto stopping at Adams, Athena, Weston, Freewater, Umatilla, Hermiston, Stanfield and Echo. West predicts a substantial victory over Bowerman in November while Oliver and other party members speak at rallies leading to the 7:30 court house event in Pendleton.
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Turner Oliver
M. K. Hall
C. J. Smith
Ben Hil
T. J. Tweedy
Lee Teutsch
Ralph Watson
Portland Journal
West
Oregon
Hugh McLain
Pendleton
West End
Adams
Athena
Weston
Milton
Freewater
Oliver
Hil
Hall
Umatilla
Hermiston
Stanfield
Echo
Court House
Dr. Hall
Ben Hill
Morrow County
Bowerman
Julia Ward Howe Dead Famous Author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Boston reports the death at South Portsmouth Rhode Island of Julia Ward Howe author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic after weeks of illness. Born May 27 1819 in New York she rose as a prolific writer and suffrage advocate wife of Dr Samuel Gridley Howe. Her life intertwined with abolitionism women’s rights and philanthropy.
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Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Maude Elliott
Portsmouth
Rhode Island
New York City
Roger Williams
Samuel Ward
Marion
Swamp Fox
New York Bank of Commerce
Julia Ward
Samuel Gridley Howe
Ang Aire
Horace Mann
Tacoma to Seek Census Recount Over 33000 Fake Names
Tacoma leaders and business groups demand a recount after Director Durand claims the city’s census was padded by 33000 fake names. Mayor Fawcett heads the effort as a mass meeting of the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce directs resolutions and possible appeals to Nagel or Taft. Indignation targets Special Agent McKenzie for the hurried recheck and for omitting occupants' names in the update.
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Tacoma
Wash
Duerand
Fawcett
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Durand
Elvic
McKenzie
Denies Durand Charges About Census Padding
Seattle Oct 17 Local census supervisor R W Hill said the first figures submitted to the census department will be substantially correct when government agents finish the count. He denied padding and was reacting to Census Director Durands claim that Seattle Portland Tacoma and other western cities had padded their returns.
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Durand
Seattle
R. W. Hill
Portland
Tacoma
Who Will Get Title After Ketchell Death
Chicago on October 17 headlines the middleweight boxing title question after Stanley Ketchell is dead. Speculation centers on Billy Papke as likely successor, while Sam Langford, once Ketchells challenger, may no longer compete in middleweight.
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Stanley Ketchell
Chicago
Billy Papke
Sam Langford
Ketchell
Navy planning battleships while exports push larger vessels
Work has not begun on two 26,000 ton battleships for the American navy, yet exports of the navy department are already shipping on 90,000 ton vessels.
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Navy Department
Woman held on dynamite plot to kill sister in Oregon
Ashland Oregon October 17 Mrs Emma Stone Dorman is jailed charged with attempting to kill her sister in law Lena Truitt by secret dynamite cartridges hidden in stove wood. Two explosions previously damaged a store. cartridges found in wood. She faces a hearing this afternoon.
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Ore
Emma Stone Dorman
Jall
Lena Truitt
Dorman
Truitt
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