NAPE AR SHORTAGE YESTERDAY S BALL GAMES
American League notes from Washington and Pittsburg show halted plays due to rain with score details and pitcher lines. National League matches at Pittsburg and New York feature Willis Gibson Mathewson Myers and rain interruptions. Western League reports Denver and Pueblo results with listed players and final tallies.
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Washington
R.H.B. Fashion
Hil'phfa
Johnson Street
Krause-Livingstone
National League
Pittsburg
R.h.le Itisburg
York
Willis-Gibson
Mathewson-Myers
Marines Win Carrow Cup at Camp Perry
The Asmen of the United States marine corps won the Carrow Cup match at Camp Perry Ohio with Sergeant J H Hingle of New York breaking the world record for seven shots at 900 and 1000 yards. Hingle posted a perfect 33 at each range and Marines took four of twelve prizes including the 500 dollar top award and second and third cash prizes.
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Camp Perry
United States
Macorps
Sereant
J. H. Hingle
New York
Hingleade
H. C. Catrow
Ohio State Rifle Asociation
Casey
Pennsylvania
Carrier slain by stepson near Indianola Iowa
Indianola Aug 17 A twelve year old boy Harry Hutchinson confessed to killing his stepfather Thomas Currier a wealthy farmer near New Virginia after Currier refused entry on a bitterly cold night The boy said he and his brother Fred were abused by Currier and that he shot him through a kitchen window then killed him with an axe The body was tied to a wagon and dumped in a ditch where it was later found
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Indianola
Iowa
Harry Hutchinson
Thomas Curier
New Virginia
George Brand
Harry
Currier
Botim
Fred
Jer
Flour seizure hits Davenport plant over bleached product
Fourteen hundred sacks of alleged bleached flour from Wells Abbott Nieman & Co of Schuyler Nebraska were seized in Davenport Ia on orders of United States Attorney Colonel M L Temple via Dr Artemus Brown, a food official, as authorities probe quality and labeling.
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Davenport
Abott, Nieman & Co
Schuyler Neb
United States
M. L. Temle
Artemus Brown
Woman Kills Herself at Farm Home in Iowa
Near Jaubeek Iowa on August 17 Mrs Rose Schvatel killed herself in the barn with strychnine during dinner for her husband and seven children. Despondency is given as the unknown cause and no other persons were hurt.
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Cedar Rapids
Jaubeek
Rose Schvatel
Diaz Can Cross Border Meeting Between Diaz and Taft
Mexico City April 17 The first official admission that President Diaz will meet President Taft next October was made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Marascal who stated that all details had been arranged granting permission for Diaz to leave Mexican territory.
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Diaz
Mexico City
Taft
Marascal
Lake Como Vanishes In Hokah Night Tale
Lake Como near Hokah Minnesota disappeared during the night. Residents found only a sandy bank about 30 feet long where the lake once lay. In Tulsa Oklahoma a bank robbery ended with the City Marshal fatally wounded near Kiefer Oklahoma.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Como
Hokah
Minn
Tulsa
Okla
Jbank
Kiefer
Nea
Ballinger Pinchot Row May Rest at Congress
Denver August 17 It is unclear if the Ballinger Pinchot dispute will be carried from Spokane to Denver as delegates at the Transmississippi Commercial congress consider barring discussion. Ballinger is not coming. Pinchot will attend as irrigation and conservation topics dominate sessions. President Taft may have suggested cooling the controversy.
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Denver
Ballinger- Pinchot
Spokane
National Irrigation Congress
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Ballinger
Taft
Pinchot
Ban on peyote bean use by Indian tribes
Washington reports the Indian bureau has banned peyote bean mescal as a narcotic. The drug is described as demoralizing to Native Americans with Tama Tama and Sac and Fox tribes affected. One Tama Sac and Fox user reportedly dreamed of hell with fiery stones and hot coals, leading to remorse and abstinence.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Iowa
Indian Office
Tama
Hell
Heat wave blamed for death and crime spree
Chicago reports a murder wave linked to extreme heat with killings and injuries amid violent incidents. Across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma temperatures near or above 110 degrees caused deaths prostrations and crop damage. Topeka and Oklahoma City saw record highs with urban areas hitting 112 and 103 respectively.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Government Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahome
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Business
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Mt.Alester
TOTES The GOLSON LAW MARENGO MAYOR THE VICTIM
Daily Diet Hints by Dr T J Allen Food Specialist warns cheese can carry germs and should be prepared fresh Fresh cream cheese with nuts and bread provides nutrition for vegetarians and meat eaters Cheese with bread suits most diets but toasted cheese and excess macaroni and cheese can be hard to digest and lead to over eating Copyright 199 by Bowles
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T. J. Allen
Victor Steel Drowns on Mississippi Ferry
Victor Steel aged twenty five son of a Fulton stove maker drowned in the Mississippi after falling from a Clinton ferryboat on August seventeenth officials report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Steel
Clinton
Mississippi
Universal Peace Union Meets in Mystic
President Alfred H. Love, speaking at Mystic on August 17, reviewed work of peace societies and allied groups, noting progress in colleges and schools toward promoting peace. He urged settlement of labor capital disputes by arbitration.
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Universal Peace Union
Mystic
Conn
Alfred H. Love
Unanimous Support for Indiana Plan at Prison Association
Seattle August 17 The American Prison Association debate on the Indiana plan drew almost unanimous support for reform. Judge Ben Lindsay of Denver presented the committee on prevention and probation report arguing criminal law must evolve beyond feudal methods toward humane treatment akin to how the insane are handled, replacing severe punishments with progressive approaches.
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Lindsay
Denver
Seattle
Wash
American Prison Association Congress
Indiana
Gilmour
Toronto
Committee On Prevention and Probation
Ben Lindsay
Grain and Provisions Market Reports Gains and Losses
Chicago aug 16 continued strong cash grain demand boosts wheat and oats while corn weakens on dry weather. closing: wheat 99 to 96.5 cents. corn 66.75 to 56.25 cents. oats 38.25 cents. pork 20.80 dollars. lard 11.57 to 11.52 dollars. ribs 11.30 to 11.00 dollars. cash prices No 2 hard wheat 1.04 to 1.07 dollars. No 2 corn 69 to 69.5 cents. No 2 white oats 4 cents.
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Chicago
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Receipts at South Omaha Market
South Omaha on Aug 16 reports cattle receipts at 7600, steady to a shade lower with native steers 4.59 to 7.25, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, western steers 3.50 to 5.75, stockers 3.50 to 5.25, calves 3.23 to 6.75, bulls 2.75 to 4.7. Hog receipts 1400, 10 to 15 cents higher, prices 7.40 to 7.70 for mixed and 7.60 to 7.70 at sale. Sheep receipts 2000, steady, muttons 4.75 to 5.50, wethers 4.00 to 4.85, ewes 8.75 to 9.40, lambs 6.
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South Omaha
Markets Opening Hogs and cattle report Chicago 1909
Hogs estimated receipts 9,000 left over 6,48. market generally 5 higher. Hogs tight 7.60 to 8.05, mixed packers 7.35 to 8.05, heavy shipping 7.10 to 8.05, rough 7.10 to 7. Cattle 3,000. Sheep 25,000. prices 20 to 49 lower than last week.
Second Report on Meat Receipts and Shipments
Estimated receipts today 8000 official receipts yesterday 15612 official shipments yesterday 4341 left over yesterday 23000 estimated receipts tomorrow 23000 Market strong to higher bulk 500 to 795 light 755 to 805 mixed packers 735 to 805 heavy ship's grades 710 to 805 rough 710 to 735 porkers 790 to 800 pigs 685 to 780
Market Cattle Prices Across Ranges
Intimated receipts at 4000 Market show strong Beeves priced from 4.40 to 7.65 per hundredweight. Cows and heifers bring 2.20 to 6.40, Texas steers 4.00 to 5.50, stockers and feeders 3.10 to 5.25, and Western cattle 4.00 to 6.40 per hundredweight.
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Texas
Market Report Shows Mixed Prices for Sheep and Lambs
Estimated receipts indicate a weak early decline at 25010 Market. Native sheep bring 290 to 500, Western sheep 300 to 600, lambs 425 to 775, Western lambs 450 to 789. Prices vary by class with lambs at the higher end.
Heat Claims Three Lives at St Joseph Mo
Three deaths were reported in St Joseph due to the heat including Civil War veteran William A. Kenyon aged seventy four. The thermometer stood at 101 shortly after noon and Mary Keck, driven insane by the heat, ran three blocks through the shopping district screaming until three men overpowered her. Dates for Deep Waterway Speakers in St Louis: Taft will speak in New Orleans Oct 30, Sherman Nov 1, Cannon Nov 2.
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St. Joseph
William A. Kenyon
Mary Keck
St. Louis
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
Taft
New Orleans
Sherman
Cannon
Market Report Slips as Bulk, Packers Steady
Market overall weak with advances mostly lost. Bulk 7.50 to 7.90, light 7.50 to 8.05, mixed packers 7.10 to 8.05, heavy ship's grates 7.05 to 8.05, rough 7.05 to 7.30. Cattle steady, sheep weak.
Grain Firm Reports From Chicago August 17 1909
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company from the Postal Telegraph Building in Chicago notes activity dated August 17 1909.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Boy Run Down by Train Near Athelstan
Athelstan Iowa August 17 Earl Lomack aged eighteen was struck by a Great Western fast train while crossing the tracks and fatally injured. He was thrown clear of the car and the accident is considered likely fatal.
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Athelstan
Earl Lomack
Great Western
Trial of Mayor Henderson Begins at Marengo
Marengo Iowa August 17 the first test of the Cosson removal law began as Mayor A M Henderson faced trial for drunkenness If convicted he will appeal to the state supreme court with Attorney General Byers prosecuting and County Attorney Kirby assisting Judge Byron W Preston will hear the case A large witness list and a lengthy hearing are anticipated as the battle over the Cosson law unfolds in a major legal contest
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State Supreme Court
Byers
Kirpy
Marengo
General Assembly
A. M. Henderson
Henderson
W. J. Kirby
Williamsburg
Byron Wi. Preston
Oskaloosa
Cosson
Kirby
Hig
Wife witnesses drowning in Des Moines River near Pleasantville
Aug 1 aims: Peffers a farmer and Speed bathers attempt a river crossing. Speed reaches opposite bank while Peffers tires and sinks. Peffers calls for help before both drown. Mrs Peffers and their two children watch the tragedy unfold from the bank.
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Pleasantville
Peffers
Pany
Indaw
J Speed
Des Moin
Speed
Farm Experts at Portland President Urges Broader Institute Work
Portland Aug 17 Pr Ellsworth of the National Association of Farmers' Institute Workers urged in his annual address that farm institute work widen its scope and stay outside politics. He warned many workers are theorists and need practical farm experience. Professor G A Putnam of Toronto spoke on Institute Organization, saying institutes fail to reach farmers enough because meetings are in towns and farmers must be convinced from platforms.
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Ellsworth
Portland
Ore
National Associate of Farmers’ Institute Workers
G. A. Putnam
Torontont
Institute Organizion
Ancient Boulder Inscription Honors Indian Killed in 1779
A granite boulder found near Clinton Iowa bears an inscription for an Indian named Tom killed by Big Elk on May 10, 1779. A nearby footstone reads rest in peace, and the monument is considered authentic. Freight handlers in St Paul threaten a 5,000-strong strike over a 10 percent wage increase.
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Clinton
W. H. Dunn
Tom
Big Elk
St. Paul
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Galigano
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Triggs
New York Press
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Totes
Joseph RB. Bowles
Prison Congress
North American Live Stock Commission Company
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