16 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
1
National League teams listed with win loss percentages and games behind. American League and Western League standings show Detroit Chicago New York Philadelphia Boston St Louis Cleveland and others with records and percent. The columnar data includes team names, wins losses and percentages across multiple leagues.
Detroit and Cincinnati matches featured multiple first and second games with varied scores. Key players include Killian Beckendorf McLean Shaw White Shaw and Bergen, with outcomes detailing runs, hits, and errors across venues in Detroit Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago.
Chicago woman Marie Handzel carried her four year old son and two two year old twins into a bathroom and turned on the gas. The husband forced entry found the four dead child bodies and the mother still in the room. The report notes the deaths were by self-inflicted asphyxiation following bathing and dressing the children.
Mrs Hallie McCormick, 80, reported lost in the desert near San Bernardino California was found alive in the Daley Moore mine tunnel after a three day search. Water discovered in the tunnel gave her hope while rescuers waited to move her to safety. About several hundred men participated in the hunt for the elderly traveler.
August 16 to 22 will feature a week of aviation at Rheims with aerobats from France America Austria and Italy. Glenn H Curtiss the Aero Club of America official representative is the sole American contestant while several Wright airplanes will be flown by foreign aviators.
Washington reports conditions indicate the drought in Kansas Missouri and central and southern Illinois may be broken by midweek with rains spreading over the entire Great Plains spring wheat area and corn belt.
Denver hosts the twelfth annual Transmississippi Commercial congress with 1,800 delegates from the National Irrigation congress. Topics include railroads, transportation, irrigation, mining, immigration, defense, sugar industries, parcels post, postal savings banks, and relations with southern republics. Secretary Ballinger and Chief Forester Pinchot present amid prior disagreement in Spokane.
Indianapolis crowd watches trials at the new motor speedway as Ziengal in a Chadwick six logs 2 minutes 2 seconds for the 2 1/2 mile course averaging 73.74 mph. Aitken aboard a National six posts 2 minutes 5 seconds and Oldfield 2 minutes 15 seconds. Christie debuts in the Christie VIL hitting near 90 mph briefly.
The Atlanta report on August 16 notes a monument design to women of the lost cause by Belle Kinney of Nashville. It has been accepted by several states and is likely to be adopted by all former Confederate states with replicas planned for capitol buildings.
Colorado Springs reports the death toll rising to eleven from the Husted wreck on the Denver and Rio Grande. Injured number about forty, not in critical condition. Bodies sent to Dallas St Louis Parsons Chicago and Denver. Fireman John Gossage and engineer Lessing are noted among the dead or missing.
Dr. Tavinder from Washington confirms forty pellegra cases at Peoria State Hospital Bartonville after review by Superintendent Zeller and Dr. Egan. Moldy corn linked. corn meal use banned until drying arrangements for all corn products are completed. Pellegra can resemble sunburn and past Peoria deaths noted as boiled to death in 1904 and 1907.
Mort William Ontario August 16 report says striking dock laborers for the Canadian Pacific railway returned to work en masse this morning.
Bow Kim a 21 year old Chinese woman killed at 17 Mott Street after a struggle with her husband Chin Len 31 Americanized Chinaman. Bow Kim was found stabbed with a bloodied knife and six Chinese men wives were detained but deny knowledge. See Kim allegedly suspects her killer.
A strong quake in central Japan killed about forty people and injured eighty two. It destroyed 362 buildings including temples and damaged over a thousand more in Shiga and Gifu with Osaka in Gifu heavily struck. Flooding followed the Hida river banks breach and residents fled to high ground. Aftershocks kept rolling through the night.
The British battleship Swiftsure arrived at Suda Bay Crete while Italian and French ships head to the area. The Cretan government has resigned and provisional committees now govern the island. Armed peasants were expelled from the fortress they occupied on Saturday night but the Greek flag remains flying.
Paris August 16. Reports say Spain will keep fighting in Morocco against the Rif tribes. General Marina commands about 40,000 troops with full naval support. Preparations indicate a decisive push planned to begin soon.
Percy Smallwood, the short distance runner, outran St. Yves, the long distance champion, in a twelve mile race at the Cincinnati National League baseball park. The course was slow due to heavy rain and Smallwood won by two and a half laps. Smallwood's time was 2 1 4 minutes per mile visibility unclear.
The fraternal congress opened in Boston today with members gathering to discuss joint initiatives and cooperative efforts among lodges and allied organizations. Delegates from several chapters arrived as proceedings began.
Climate and season should guide food choices. A Cuban would not thrive on an Eskimo diet. adjust summer and winter foods. Eat more fresh fruit in spring and summer, reduce starch in spring, eat meat sparingly if at all. Lettuce cabbage celery and tomatoes suit light appetites, especially nervous women and schoolgirls. Cucumbers eaten raw may aid spring regimen. Consume citrus juice instead of vinegar. olive oil suits green vegetables.
Estimated receipts 28000 hogs and 19000 cattle with 24000 sheep. Hog prices vary with light hogs 7.40 to 7.60 heavy shipping grades 7.00 to 7.95. Cattle steady to 10 higher. spirits mixed with packers at 7.20 to 8.00.
Chicago today reports katimated receipts at 23 000 with official receipts 10 244 and official shipments 2 616. Yesterday shows 34 46 official receipts and 70 021 shipments. Tomorrow forecast lists 13 000 market, with ranges for hog and pig classes from 5 higher to 7 95 for various grades.
Estimated receipts and market tone show cattle and sheep trading ranges. Beeves steady to 10 higher with cows and heifers 4.40 to 7.60, Texas steers 22 to 6.35, stockers 40 to 50, western cattle 4.00 to 6.26. Native sheep 31 to 16.50, western sheep 32 to 6.16, yearlings 4.60 to 5.60, lambs 4.50 to 7.90.
Chicago market report from August 16 1909 shows steady overall demand with bulk cattle at 7 45 to 7 9 light 7 45 to 8 60 mixed packers 7 30 to 8 05 heavy shipments rough at 7 05 to 7 30. Cattle strong while sheep weaken as buyers adjust on the bulk grades and futures.
President Taft in a letter to Secretary Nagel says any person taking the thirteenth census who engages in politics will be dismissed immediately. He notes supervisors and enumerators must stay clear of political activity to keep the census free from partisanship. Names for census supervisors in several states are listed, including John W. Ley in Iowa first district Asa A second district Cambridge non in Seventh district and others in Nebraska.
In a Bridgewater camp near Boston two battalions of the Eighth Infantry led by Major Graves tried to “destroy” a Taunton river bridge with dynamite parcels as part of a mock battle between blue and red forces. The detachment reported success before returning exhausted at 3 p.m.
Omaha reports seven deaths from heat and four prostrations in the same day as temperatures hit 96 with high humidity. Five deaths were direct results of heat and two from other ailments, with heat as a main contributing factor.
An Orange Order mob clashed with residents in Portadown, Armagh, as stone throwing led to injuries among bystanders and six hundred police were deployed to restore order.
In Lansing Michigan on August 16 Graulich shot his wife and then drank carbolic acid. He died soon after the act. Both were nineteen years old.
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