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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
7
William Mercer Owens Dawson named special agent to study China trade for the Department of Commerce and Labor. A former West Virginia governor and longtime Republican leader, Dawson is shown as a seasoned financier and legal practitioner with deep political ties.
The 1895 Washington game features Bill Lange sprinting from center to fence, leaping and catching Kip Selbach’s drive over his head. He crashes into the fence, the panel splinters, and Lange crawls out with the ball to save Chicago and earn himself $200 after two team fines. Anson grins and lets the fines go, praising Lange’s feat.
A Westminster Gazette summary notes early almanacs sought to predict destinies from stars and Sun’s path, linking zodiac signs to organs and body health. It cites a 1610 French almanac showing body diagrams and cautions on plague avoidance, with early German sheet almanacs focused on bloodletting.
Robert J. Burdette humorist and preacher resigns from the Temple Baptist church Los Angeles due to ill health. Born in Greenboro Pennsylvania he started as a Peoria poet then wrote for the Burlingon Hawkeye and gained fame from 1876 lecture tours. He married Clara Baker in 1890 and is sixty two years old.
Aquoting from Youth a Companion recounts Mrs Newrich asserting pride and need for authority after a sailing party returns soaked. She blames the captain for not heeding her warning about a coming storm and laments wasted time caused by others ignoring her counsel.
A Kansas congressman recalls a county man eager to bet ten dollars on a checkers match with a rival called Three Fingered Jack. A friend warns that Jack’s missing fingers came from checker play, so the bet is dropped. The anecdote highlights caution in local gossip.
A New York Times column recalls a collector who found a volume of extraordinary value in a Paris bookstall but could not buy it because he could not sing. He tearfully laments the missed treasure and his inability to perform.
An unresponsive audience thwarted revival efforts as a speaker cried out to stir hearts. A gamin responded tersely, and the moment passed with no movement. A Florida Times Union fragment notes and a Greek proverb hint at wind gathering the deceitful.
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