Western Association pennant settled in Topeka as Wichita finishes second
The Western Association baseball season ends in Topeka with Topeka claiming the pennant after a 4 to 3 defeat of Hutchinson and Wichita losing 2 to 1 to Webb City. Topeka finishes 89 wins, .641 percentage. Wichita 87 wins, .621. Oklahoma City 81 wins, .525. Hutchinson 69 wins, .497. Webb City 66 wins, .489. Springfield 68 losses, .363. This marks the fourth year with two teams alternately winning the pennant since 1905.
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Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Hutchinson
Webb City
Oklahoma
W. L. Pet
Oklahoma City
Joplin Co
Ccccece
Springfield
EMI
Western Association
Shively
Missouri Valley League
D. C. Coolley
American Royal Live Stock show entries show 10 percent gain
The American Royal in Kansas City reports Hereford Shorthorn and Galloway breeding classes with over 10 percent higher entries than last year. Herefords 350 pedigreed entries, Shorthorns 309, and Galloways about 100 breeding animals. Berkshire swine show exceeds 300 entries as breeders across the country participate. Three fires in Wellington, Kansas, including a $10,000 double barn, are blamed on an incendiary using coal oil.
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Kansas City
Thompson
Berkshire Association
Wellington
Kam
Kan
Yankee Cruiser Stranded at Buzzard’s Bay Headed for Loss
Dispatcher reports cruiser Yankee ashore at Buzzard’s Bay near Washington D C with serious damage. If not floated before heavy weather, authorities fear total loss of the vessel.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Yankee
Buzzard’s Bay
Manila Cholera Report at Manila
Washington reporter Gov Gen Smith at Manila said 36 cholera cases occurred in the 24 hours ending 8 am Thursday. From 8 am to 4 pm Thursday 16 more cases were reported, compared with 29 by 4 pm Wednesday.
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Manila
Washington, D. C
Gen. Smith
Kansas City Oil Company Wins Missouri License
Jefferson City Missouri The Kansas City Oil company of South Dakota with 1 000 000 capital stock and headquarters in Kansas City obtained a license to do business in Missouri from the secretary of state on Wednesday Naval Apprentice Drowned in San Francisco Three Flights by Army Dirigible Balloon No 1 at the military toll ent Wednesday wed no details or dates beyond the note
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New Oil Company
Missouri
Jefferson City
Kansas City Oil Company
South Dakota
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Milton H. Risman
United States
Pensacola
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Army
Military Toll
Lives of 110 Lost at Sea in Alaska Wreck
Advices from the signal corps report 110 aboard the American bark Star of Bengal drowned near Coronation Island west of the Prince of Wales archipelago. Twenty seven passengers and crew were saved. The ship carrying 45 000 cases of salmon and 100 Chinese and Japanese cannery workers was towed out to sea and blown ashore as two tugs abandoned ship to save themselves.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
United States Signal Corps
Star of Bengal
Coronation Island
Prince of Wales Archipelago
Alaska Packers’ Association
Fort Wrangal
San Francisco
Star of ‘Bengal
Delegation to Attend Albuquerque Irrigation Expo
A 25 member Garden City Kansas delegation plans to travel in a private Pullman car to the Albuquerque national irrigation congress and industrial exposition. They will display a model sugar farm from United States Sugar and Land Co and showcase sugar beets alfalfa seed and Garden City reclamation project with government exhibit.
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Garden City
Kan
Albuquerque National Irrigation Congress
City
United States Sugar and Land Company
New Liberty Party called for national convention
A call went out for a new liberty party with delegates from all states to meet in Chattanooga on October 3 to nominate candidates for president and vice president.
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Atlanta
Liberty Party
Union
Chattanooga
Minnesota Forest Fires In Minnesota Estimated Loss Reaches 5 Million
Raymond W. Pullman of the forest service reports from Minnesota on Thursday that government investigators assess forest fire damage at five to ten million dollars with fires still burning in the state.
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Minnesota
Washington, D. C
Raymond W. Pullman
The
Forest Service
Railroads Given a Stay on Missouri River Rate Case
Railroads affected by the Missouri river rate decision received word from Washington that they have been granted a stay of 30 days. The move delays implementing the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated rate reductions.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Final Decree in Vanderbilt Divorce Case
Justice Gerard in the supreme court signed the final decree of absolute divorce on Thursday. Elsie French Vanderbilt is granted divorce from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt on the referee David McClure’s recommendation.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Justice Gerard
Supreme Court
Elsie
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
David McClure
Supreme Court Upholds Washington Cigarette Law
A Tacoma dispatch reports the state supreme court in the Winsor case from Spokane has upheld the law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers in Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
News
Olympia
Supreme Court
Winsor
Spokane
Kansas Boy Killed by Lightning in Hayfield
In Concordia Kansas during a thunderstorm 16 year old John Barrett was killed by lightning while raking hay. A large hay burn on John Johnsons farm was struck and caught fire.
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Kansas
Concordia
Kan
John Barrett
John Johnson
Oklahoma Attorney General Aide Resigns for Private Practice
Guthrie Oklahoma Fielding C Lewis first assistant attorney general resigns effective immediately and will return to private practice at McAlester.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Fielding C. Lewis
McAlester
Springs Bath House Burns in Excelsior Springs Fire
The building of the Excelsior Sanitarium company formerly the Music hall bathhouse was destroyed by fire Thursday morning in Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Springs
Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Sanitarium Company
Music Hall
President Refuses Wireless Telegraph Station at Washington Monument
Washington D C The president has decided not to grant permission for a wireless telegraph station on the Washington monument.
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Washington, D. C
Washington Monument
Rainfall Report Touches Multiple Missouri Towns
A half inch of rain fell in Mexico Missouri on Tuesday morning, the first appreciable shower since August. In St Louis rain was general across Missouri, breaking a long drought. Alton Illinois saw its first rain in 42 days. The Co operative Live Stock Commission Company of Kansas City announced it will go out of business due to adverse circumstances.
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Missouri
Mexico
St. Louis
Alton
Co-operative Live Stock’ Commission Company
Kansas City
Avoid Risk in Buying White Lead Paint
A persuasive note urges buyers to avoid uncertainty when purchasing white lead. It warns about adulteration and misrepresentation and offers the National Lead Company Dutch Boy Paint er trademark as a purity guarantee. Readers are invited to request a testing outfit and a free paint book by writing to the New York address.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge
New York City
Portrait Query Inspires Widower to Seek Alterations
A painter reports finishing a portrait of the late Mrs Peck described as a speaking likeness. The widower Mr Peck asks if it could be altered subtly to better suit his memory.
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Pinxit
Eczema Cure Claimed With Cuticura Ointment
A Newark Delaware man reports seven years of eczema on his hands and describes how Cuticura Soap and Ointment cleared the condition after two boxes and one cake, letting him lay a slate pencil across cracks again.
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Cuthura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
Mar
A Doctor's Disadvantage in Collections
A collector notes it is easier to extract payments from doctors than from others who are slow to pay. The doctor’s reception room admits all patients, and a savvy collector can learn from those who have paid about terms. After speaking with several who paid cash, the doctor is left claiming no funds.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Noted for Quality
Advert says annual sales exceed nine million units and touts Lewis' Single Binder as equal in quality to top 10c cigars. It warns of imitators and urges buyers to request the genuine 6c straight 6c Lewis' Single Binder from local dealers. The ad notes the Peoria factory and the original Tin Foil Smoker Package.
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Millton
Lewis Factory
Peoria
Wanted to Go the Same Way
A traveler recalls a country trip aboard a train where only opposite facing seats remained. He sits his four year old daughter facing forward to avoid sickness and she asks in wonder if riding backward means they will reach the same destination as him.
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a constitutional remedy
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It alleges internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, a $100 reward for any counterexample, and lists testimonials and a 75 cent price from J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Red Cross Ball Blue.
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Hall
Eure
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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