Rain Postpones National League Games Today
National League games Brooklyn versus Boston and New York against Philadelphia were postponed due to rain. In Cincinnati, Prigager pitched for the Reds, with Camnitz Philippi and Gibson behind the battery as Beebe and Clark played for the Reds in a limited recap.
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American League games postponed in today’s schedule
Baseball brief notes two American League games postponed today due to weather. Philadelphia versus Washington and Boston against New York each had their start times moved, affecting the day’s schedule for fans and teams.
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New York
Hobble Garter Controls The Gait In Style Note
A local department store showcases the hobble garter with an 18 inch non stretching strap designed to regulate the gait and prevent ripped seams on hobble skirts. Passersby ignore the display until a policeman clears the sidewalk. The elastic hobble strap is silk ribbon covered and available in robin blue, with a warning of potential danger if the strap breaks on a high step.
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Garter fashions shift from twin to single hobble style
The Portland Telegram notes the old two-piece round garter becomes a single hobble garter as two garters are joined. It also highlights a color surge with purples ranging from pale hellotrope to eggplant and mentions fans crafting cute hobbies with pastel bows.
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Portland Telegram
Potter Palmer Calls Hobble Skirt Outrage
Chicago reports Mrs. Potter Palmer criticizing the hobble skirt and customs checks on the Mauretania voyage. She denounces the law as an outrage on women travelers while condemning dressmakers and French designers blamed for the fad.
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Chicago
Paris
Young Man Returns to Marines After Inheriting Fortune
In Manchester New Hampshire marine recruit Marc Taland heir to a 750660 fortune reenters at the local recruiting station and plans to stay in the marine corps until retirement. He inherited wealth from his father including San Diego real property and says life without temptation drew him back to service. He vows to remain in the Marines despite recent fortune and time away.
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Manchester
San Diego
At the Orpheum Shows A Mixed Film Program
An old-world cinema page lists four to six features at the Orpheum. Daisies, Dr VVitagraph 1000 feet, a college love story. An Unexpected Reward, Edison 1000 feet, a drama about two lovers with a bracelet rescue. Bumptious As An Aviator, Edison comedy about building an airship. The Rival Serenaders, Urban comedy 1000 feet. Paris Viewed from the Eiffel Tower, Urban view and song Some Day Gabriel.
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Vvitagraph
Edison
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Gabriel
Pastime Showings Offer Varied Biograph Features
At the Pastime the Biograph drama The House With Closed Shutters delivers a thrilling contrast of cowardice and bravery with strong acting by the heroine and her lover. The Wooing O T is a Vitagraph light comedy about aging lovers learning courtship from younger pairs. Caglistro, a Pathe drama, adapts The Memoirs of a Physician by Alex Dumas into a stage worthy screen version.
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Pope bans hobble skirts and bathing tights
Paris reports say Pope Pius XI has denounced the fashionable outfits worn by women in Italy and Paris. Bishops worldwide were urged to curb the styles including hobble skirts, with parishes around Ostend sending pastoral letters discouraging scant attire. Dressmakers in Paris fear a financial crisis as the edict affects major fashion houses.
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How to Find a Man Lost in Thought
A compact quip suggests pinning him with a pin to snap a distracted person back to present. The line uses humor to describe how to interrupt absentmindedness and regain attention.
Body of Unknown Man Found in Tacoma District
A badly decomposed body of an unknown man was found Wednesday night in a Tacoma residence district. Police suspect death by self harm. Nearby were found a few bloodstains and empty shells. August dry spell in Walla Walla ends with drought warnings but no crop damage yet. Elizabeth Mackay, a Pullman girl, runs for county superintendent as sole Democratic candidate, opposed by Republican J W Mettoon. Mackay hopes to secure votes from Republican friends. In Pyllouse, Johnson-Jeffries moving pictures face mayor opposition. Lyne theater may host them if allowed, but mayor opposes showing.
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Lyme Theater
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Japs Wear White Peril in Portland Talk
Bishop Honda of the Japanese Methodist Church said in Portland that Americans fear the white peril as much as the yellow peril. He warned China is near revolution, with 400,000,000 people split by internal factions under the Manchu dynasty and external powers keeping peace only briefly.
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Dollar Wheat Slogan in Walla Walla Valley
In Walla Walla Washington farmers hold to their grain as they expect price gains before spring. Little trading has occurred this week with no strong bids seen yet. Farmers expect higher wheat prices and wait for better offers while millers buy slowly, contrasting last year's early aggressive purchasing.
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Walla Walla Wash
Farm market notes signal tight grains and low demand
Fragment from a farm market report notes farmers receive little for output while demand remains muted. The text mentions a ten day period of steady prices and limited sales, reflecting a subdued selling environment for grain.
Wenutehee Valley Orchard Sold and Apple Crop Outlook
Wenutehee area notes a Campbell orange grove near Sunnyslope sold for 18000 dollars after six and a half acres produced expanding yields. The 1909 fruit forecasts predict 3500 boxes of apples while the soft fruit revenue nears 600000 dollars. Apple crops total about 1200000 boxes, roughly 108000000 apples nationwide.
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Im JR. Campbell
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Kentucky
Wenatchee Valley
United States
Permanent injunction blocks Union Fisheries from Rogue River
In Curry county circuit court Judge Hamilton granted a permanent injunction against Union Fisheries preventing trespass on Hume land along about 12 miles of Rogue River and barring anchoring in the waters. The ruling follows the estate of R D Hume, longtime controller of Rogue River waters. The order limits fishing to the Hume estate and ends Union boats on a river mouth island, leaving little chance for others to take fish. Also notes Rome’s fiftieth jubilee celebrations next year and clerical mourning in Rome society and churches.
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Curry County
Union Fisheries Company
Rogue River
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Hume
Union Company
Rome
Italy
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Patient
Mrs C W Deny of Glenwood Iowa says she recovered from severe female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy for displacements fibroid tumors ulceration inflammation irregularities backache and other ailments. Readers are invited to write for free advice to Mrs Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts.
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Fort St James Predicted As Portland Of British Columbia
Advertising copy offers 40 acre farms near Fort St James townsite and Lake Stuart with prices from 60 dollars cash plus monthly payments. Land advertised near railroads Grand Trunk Pacific Alaska Yukon and Canadian Northern. Pay as low as 3.60 per acre with small upfront sum and yearly balance. Indigenous mentions not specified.
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Lake Stuart
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