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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
2
Portland May 4 Aankland managed three safe hits as locals failed to score after a tense ninth. The crowd observed a scattered offensive day with sporadic hits and errors. The Pacific Live Stock Association provides livestock death insurance. A. B. Peterson, general agent, 69 Safe Deposit Bids, Phone R ITs.
A garbled report lists scattered names and events with unclear actions. The text mentions June and May dates, several indiscernible players, umpires, and battery references, but no coherent game or outcome emerges.
Yesterday's track results note unseen times and placements. Names and teams are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate a mile race and state captures.
Fragmentary notes describe multiple races including a mile event and a short course, with references to horses and riders such as Thistle Down 08 and Charley 14a. Mentions Fortunate and Suse Yon in a racing context with unclear details and outcomes.
A fragmented glimpse on prominent figures in PMitteburn as a megaphone man leads a crowd through streets. The mayor walks alone, followed by a wealthy citizen, while fans cluster to see the famed Deacon Charlie Phillipe leaving his hotel, Dea.
The report recalls Deacon Phillipe, a Pirates pitcher who won 19 games last season and hit safely 6 times in 97 at bats for a .95 batting average. His dour face and solemn manner after wins earned him his sobriquet Deacon, a nickname that made him a Pittsburgh icon and a lasting memory in local sports lore.
A terse notice describes a person who collects money globally, serves legal papers, secures evidence, trades real estate, timber lands, mining stocks and chattels, loans money, and lists an address at 422 Roeton Street, White City.
CHAPTER IV shows Mafford recovering at Amos Johnson’s Redfern home where Mina Ethel cares for him. He declares deep love and asks her to marry him, she hesitates then consents with a hopeful "Very much." The installment ends as he pleads his case. The page also notes upcoming installments and a Sunday baseball game by the Rainiers at Madison park.
An essay mocks baseball umpires, listing absurd essentials like a celluloid indicator and police protection. It jokes about training in boxing and Delcarte, and parodies umpire conduct with satirical proverbs and retaliation imagery.
Milwaukee May 4 five lumbermen and bankers were arrested at Oshkosh on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in acquiring land in Oregon. They are Leander Choate J M Bray Benjamin Doughty James Daly held on 2000 bonds pending May 11 hearing.
A Pacific Coast baseball meeting convened to discuss league structure and possible redrawing of the Northwestern circuit. Attendees, including T C Gillis and Jim Agnew, debated staying in or abandoning certain arrangements as Morley and Mike Fisher expressed differing views. The outcome depended on the national association and a likely meeting today to decide the coast car issue and future steps.
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