The Merkle Play Remembered in 1908 Cubs Giants Tie
A fan recalls the famous Merkle incident of 1908 at the Polo Grounds where Merkle failed to touch second base after McCormick scored on Heldwell’s single. Johnny Evers argued the ball, Umpire O Day ruled a force play, preserving a tie that cost the pennant.
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Mérkle
Taco
Cubs
Giants
Palo Grounds
Shore
Tuvey McCormick
Merkle
Pra Tenney
Swat
McCormick
al Heldwell
Poar
McCarmick
Glaale
Red Sox Trim Indians In Fast Game
Boston defeated Cleveland 6 to 8 as Hooper and Lewis staged key hits including a triple by Lewis. The game featured multiple substitutes and late rallies with Lambeth pitching for Boston and Morton for Cleveland, matching hits with defensive plays and sacrifices across nine innings.
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Cervaland
Boston
Cleveland
Mays
Anil Hooper
Lamberhapt
Morton
Symine
Acorn
Lewis
Seat Dowdle
Thomas
Singl
Liper
Aingle
Janvrin
Meerdice
Thoston
E. Hooper
Manvrin
Moblitael
Ottm Lewis
Gardaur
Oroad Soolt
Daraen
Aes Graney
Barats
Iiss
Epeiker
Ol Roth
Wamhsgaass
Gandil
Go Timmer
Oba
al Daly
Lambuth
Motroo
P . Toni
Couns
Gould
Gong rAllerson
seMoollot
Coumbe
Wambssnnss
Mooner
Scott
Roth
Gardner
Ly—Anvela
O'Nell
Wambaganas
Barbare
Turner
Wambaranss
Jangrin
Hobllzell
Balle
Om Lambeth
Coumbo
Mara
Lambeth
Oforfon
High School Football Schedule for November Dates
Clarksburg faces Morgantown while Fairmont plays Mannington on November 4 with Buckhannon Weston not aired. November 11 shows Morenstown at Clarksburg with jupekhannon Weston and not scheduled. November 18 includes Clarksburg at Pairmont and Mannington at Morgantown with Buckhinnen Weston not scheduled.
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Clarksburg
Morgantown
Fairmont
Mannington
Buckhannon-Weston
Pairmont
Buckhinnen-Weston
Weston
Buckhimnen-Fairmont
Schedlel
Bible Class Team Beats Travis Glass In Park Game
The McClelland Bible Class team defeated the Travis Glass Company six to one at Ssorwood Park Saturday afternoon. Dr Price and Stareber starred for the Bible Class, while Whitney pitched for the Glass team. DeGoyler limited the Glass team to five hits.
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McClelland
Travis Glass ‘Company
Ssorwood Park
Dr. Price
Aun Stareber
Whitney
Travis
DeGoyler
Missionary Visits Blonde Eskimo Tribe Details
Saskatoon reports a missionary letter from Emanuel College. Rev Dr Carpenter notes Rev 1 Girling arrived with the first white man to dwell among the blonde Eskimos found by Barry V. Radford near Coronation Blum in the Arctic. Girling arrived October 1 1915 and stayed for a time.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Can
Barry V. Radford
New York
Coronation Blum
Arctic
Girling
Emanuel College
Carpenter
Tailor fined for using flag as coat lining in court
Pankua Brown a Boston tailor and US citizen pleaded he used an ank tag as lining to make a fur coat look attractive not to insult the flag. The South Boston district court fined him $60. An unrelated baseball line score follows with Collombe, Lambeth, Morton, Mays, and umpires Nallin and O'Loughlin.
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Toston
Mass
Pankua Brown
United States
South
Silver Cup Offered for Article on Practical Irrigation
El Paso, September 23. Harrison Geny Otis, San Angelo publisher, offers a $50 Silver Cup to the writer of the best article on practical irrigation. Articles should be about 2500 words, open to all, and must be mailed to the secretary of the Irrigation Congress in El Paso by October 9. The winner and runners-up will be announced by President Richard Burgos of the International Irrigation Congress and published in pamphlet form for distribution at the congress in El Paso October 14–18.
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EL Paso
Tex
Harrison Geny Otis
San Angelo
Dnior
Richart F. Burgos
International Irrigation Congress
Realhe Artlelex
Diottlo
el Piso
Prisoner Eats Evidence in Brooklyn Painter Case
Herman Morowitz a Painters Union delegate was arrested on a graft charge. Detective Glory alleges Morowitz swallowed a marked ten dollar bill after a struggle while being taken to the station. The case ties Wall painter Toula Wall and a potential strike to the alleged payoff.
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New York
Herman Morowitz
Painters’ Union
Glory
Yordon
Atafian
Horwitz
Glory Fox
Horowitz
Brooklyn
Toula Wall
Horowittz
Wall
Polies
Giery
Horowits
Goes Long Way to Keep Sunday School Record
Hanover Pa September 21 J Emory Renoil secretary of Trinity Reformed Sunday school kept an unbroken nineteen year record by traveling sixty miles to attend a session after learning Pennsylvania Sunday schools were closed. He found a session six miles from Baltimore in Maryland after checking Baltimore city schools.
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Hanover
J. Emory Renoil
Renoil
Trinity Reformed Sunday School
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore
French officers to lose army orderlies in rear line
Paris dispatch notes a ministerial order replacing traditional orderlies with servantless officers who will earn twenty francs weekly to fund an auxiliary valet. The shift aims to free manpower for frontline work, while combatant officers retain service of a single man-servant for in-trench duties.
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Paris
Insanity in Ireland Shows Decrease in Neurotic Disorders
From Dublin, Sept 23, the Irish insanity rate has declined, mainly among women. The Belfast asylum superintendent attributes the drop to better living standards and restrictive reforms, yet predicts further reductions and hopes for fewer neurotic disorders, especially among women.
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Dublin
Ireland
Belfast
Irving
Short Skirts Spark Retail Wardrobe Debate in Chicago
Chicago workers react to a Baltimore library chief’s prohibition on short skirts and tight waists. Store employees dispute the rule, arguing practicality and comfort, with some noting skirts do not sweep the floor and others praising the fashion.
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Tillian Weinberg
Introducing G. C. Tuhell and Mr. Damm in La Crosse
In La Crosse Wisconsin on September 23 a Chicago Week salesman named G C Tuhell approached the Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power Co desk and startled clerk Damm with his greeting. The scene resembled a profanity outburst but was merely a sales intro.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Wisconsin-Minnnesota Light and Power Company Offees
Chicago Week
G. Tuhell
Damm
Pearls Found in a Single Shell Near Cedar River
Sam Ward of Cedar township found two pearls along the Little Cedar river. Buyers estimate the pair worth at about 60 dollars.
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Charles City
Sam Ward
Cedar Township
Little Cedar River
Hotel Men of France Open a Waiters' School
Paris reports the Hotel Men of France plans a waiters' school. The association aims to train staff in culinary and hospitality skills, offering courses at set fees to improve service standards and professionalization in the hostelry sector. The move signals a broader effort to formalize training amid industry tensions and competition.
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Hotel Men OF France
Waiters
Paris
Parle Werni
Teutilea
Optic
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