Double Cross at the Track Between Camp and Floyd
In San Francisco the scheme unfolds as Doc Floyd and Hopkins plan to beat Tom Camp at horse racing. Floyd exposes Camp’s betting trap, orchestrates a counter play with Lemon Squeezer and Applejack, and exposes weight fraud that leads to Camp’s loss and Floyd’s cautionary victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Floyd
Camp
Hopkins
Tony
Orour
Lemon Squeezer
Applejack
Tom Camp
Floyd
Young Hopkins
Doc Floyd
Thomas Camp
Hank Harlin
Two Deaths, Typhoid Spread at Girls Industrial Home
Short telegraphic update reports two typhoid deaths at the Girls Industrial Home in Delaware Ohio with 16 total cases and two recoveries. Superintendent A B Webb arrives in Columbus to oversee containment and to inspect a neglected standpipe supplying home water. He plans to clean the pipe to curb pollution. Gov Harmon proclaims Labor Day on Monday September 6 1909 urging statewide observance. The proclamation notes Labor Day honors workers and asks citizens to observe the holiday accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Industrial Home
Delaware
A. B. Webb
Columbus
Webb
Harmon
Ohio
Navy Midshipman Roesch Sets Slow Fire Record at National Matches
The National Matches at Camp Perry end with Roesch of the U S Naval Academy posting 195 of 200 on slow fire across 200 600 800 and 1000 yard targets to win the $20 slow fire prize and set a standout score of 330 defeating 623 competitors. Giffin of the navy also posts a perfect score to claim the high skirmish prize while Major Phillips of Tennessee takes the rapid fire prize with 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
United States Naval Academy
H. O. Roesch
Oregon
Roesch
A. D. Rothrock
Ohio
R. G C. Giffin
Navy
Frank H. Phillips
Tennessee
New Departure in Dairying in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on August 28 W Kelcey Schoep a stakeholder in New York s Metropolitan street railway and owner of a 150 acre Glendale farm bought 24 coats for his herd of Jersey cows valued at 75 000 The attendants tend the cattle and cover them each morning to protect from flies The cows teeth are brushed three times daily This dairy shift is said to improve health and milk production Each cow now yields over two gallons of milk daily with more cream The text notes Schoep s interest in urban rail and large farm holdings in the suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. Kelcey Schoep
Metropolitan Street Railway
New York
Glendale
Jersey
Bearded Escapee Fails to Reunite with Wife
Elyria August 28 Robert Chadwick 74 who fled Lorain county infirmary a year ago and returned healthy tried to prove to his aged wife that he was her husband. He shaved his beard and spent a day coaxing her to recognize him but she did not admit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Robert Chadwick
Lorain County Infirmary
Chadwick
Chicken thief frightened off by Woodstock man and his shotgun
Gail Davis of Woodstock halted thieves in his chicken flock with a shotgun, seized their horse and buggy, then repelled two neighbors who sought the rig with another volley. Warrants issued for two suspects. Davis retains the horse and buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Gail Davis
Woodstock
Davis
Judge Refuses Probate of Fremont Will
Judge Coonrod of the probate court refused to probate a will alleged to exist but not produced. Mrs. Jennie Shoup of Clyde left the will, witnesses testified they read its contents, but no will could be found after Mrs. Shoup’s death and substantial property was involved.
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Fremont
Coonrod
Jennie Shoup
Clyde
Publisher E B Myers Dies in Transit at Tiffin
E B Myers publisher and manager of the Tiffin Advertiser collapsed and died while en route to his office. He also served as president of the Home Telephone Co. of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
E. B. Myers
Tiffin Advertiser
Home Telephone Co
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Ohio Woman
Mrs Lizzie Hotand of Noah Kentucky praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during change of life including headaches nervous prostration and morrhages She notes improved energy and ability to manage housework and work duties The ad urges women to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass and claims 80 years of use for diverse female ailments to back its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink Fiam
Lizzie Hot
What She Escaped
Two speakers recount a drowning accident when Lofty rowed with his fiancée last Sunday. The woman survived, and Ruth remarks she might have lived and married the idiot, while Jack notes the fiancé died after a rocky boat voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Young Lofty
Gil
Ruth
Insurance Firms Battle Tuberculosis Fight Push
Large insurers push tuberculosis prevention through education and care. Metropolitan Life sought a tuberculosis sanatorium for policy holders but was refused as illegal by New York State Superintendent Hotchkiss. The Provident Savings Life Assurance society runs a health bureau offering free medical advice. Fraternal orders consider or build sanatoria for tuberculous members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life
New York State
Hotchkiss
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Modern
Woodmen
Knights of Pythias
Royal League
Royal Arcanum
Workmen’s Circle
Laborer benefits from Postum over coffee says reader
A reader explains coffee caused illness and nervous strain for years while working actively. After switching to Postum, digestion and health improved, allowing full meals again. The letter endorses Postum with claims of fast relief and whole meal tolerance.
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John Irving
High Rollers’ Club
Jack Cleland
Powley
High Rollers
Reno
Nev
San Francisco
George Hopkins
Col. Powley
United States
New Orleans
Hamburg
Doc
Sigw
Pal
Hank
Buckeye Record
Telegraph
Pliga
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