DEDICATE AT TWO MEN IN YESTERDAY'S BALL GAMES
In National League action Boston and Brooklyn posted runs in a tense set of innings as RHE tallies reflected a mix of pitchers and batters. Separate Western League games featured tight defenses with close scores and notable player pairings across multiple teams.
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Boston
Brooklyn
leiterPhelj
Cat
R.H
brockett-Sweenes
VU Andes
Morgan
Chicage
Sid-Sullivan
Torn
R.H.E
lark-Towne
Kaufman-Kern Wichit
Coln
Thita c
Nver
eCafferty-Mason
Aitchison
Joke on-Haas
Paton-Gonding
R.h.enver
Roodeo
Aha
Adams
Haley Sande
Cadman
Ballinger Defends Policy Amid Pinchot Charges
Helena Aug 20 Secretary of the Interior Ballinger denounces claims tied to Spokane discussions on reclamation service and public lands policy. He says settlers misread conditions of irrigation projects, stresses ongoing agency policy, and promises to propose law changes while noting more sites were withdrawn under current administration than before.
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Secretary of Interior
Pinchot
Helena
Mont
Department
Cerain
Strikers Fire Futile Shots at River Landing Scene
At MeCes Rocks near Pittsburgh on August 20, three dozen strikers fired on arriving imported workers as guards and state troopers moved in. More than 100 pistol shots were exchanged as a steamer discharged fifty more workers. Troopers maintained order, and some shots reportedly struck the landing boat. No injuries confirmed.
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Sburg
Pitsburg
Hipl
Two Die in Boiler Explosion on Passenger Train
Grend Lodge Michigan August 20. Engineer Bradley and Fireman Graves were killed when the boiler of a westbound Pere Marquette passenger train exploded. Investigators probe cause as railway officials assess damage.
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Grend Lodge
Mich
Enneer Bradley
Graves
West and Pere-Marquette
Desperate fighting in Melilla amid Spanish Moorish drive
The fiercest clashes since the Russia Japan war erupt as Spaniards press to expel Moors from Melilla. In two weeks of fighting about 8,000 Moroccan casualties are reported, with General Del Real leading after General Marina was wounded. Del Real is praised for personal leadership and braving enemy fire.
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Russia
Japan
Melilla
Morocco
General del Real
del Real
Marina
Taft Plays Golf and Talks Navy Plans at Myopia Club
Beverly Mass August 20 President Taft mixed business with recreation meeting Secretary Meyer before and after a round on the Myopia Club course He lost a two ball match to Captain Bull by one up Officials say chauffeur Robinson will not exceed twenty miles per hour to reassure concerned readers about speeding on smooth roads past reports of fatal accidents
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Gohd
Meyer
Captain Bull
Tait
Myr
Robinson
Curtiss Averts Mishap In Aerial Display
Curtiss, the American aviator, made a four minute flight at dusk in Rheims as three planes appeared simultaneously. The crowd cheered when Cur tiss met Demarest at right angles and then smoothly rose above Demarest's aircraft in a controlled maneuver.
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Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curliss
Demarest
Arkansas Sues Insurance Companies Over Trust Violations
Little Rock August 20 Prosecutor Jeffrey of the Third judicial circuit filed suit in the Jackson county circuit court at Newport Ark against sixty five insurance companies doing business in Arkansas asking penalties amounting to 5000000 for alleged violation of Arkansas anti trust laws.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Jeffrey
Third Judicial Circuit
Jackson County
Newport, Ark
Orinoco Capsizes. Eleven Novas Drown Near Gloucester
Gloucester schooner Orinoco capsized off Inginenberg on August 20. Eleven men, all Nova Scotians, drowned in the incident.
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Inginenberg
Five Citizens Vanish In Kansas Town Mystery
Williamsburg Kansas reports the unexplained disappearances of five residents over five weeks. The first missing is Rev Wallace M Stucky, pastor and evangelist, who left a wife and three children in destitution. The others named are Lorena Sutherland at sixteen Harry C Thomas twenty Wilbur Fogel twenty two and Maggie Timmons fifteen.
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Williamsburg
Kan
Wallace M. Stucky
The
Christian Church
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Lorena Sutherland
Harry C. Thomas
Wilbur Fogel
Maggie Timmons
What Not store burglar trap tragedy in Kentucky
James Mc Curdy, a negra, dies in a Kentucky highlands store burglary trap after disregarding a warning in the window. A shotgun loaded with buckshot fired when the cash register pull triggered the gun, the body found on the store floor across the river from Cincinnati.
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Kentucky
Cincinnati
Kentucky Highlands
James McCurdy
Gas firm pays claim in Orchard perjury case
San Francisco’s gas company paid $13,904 in damages to Walter H. Linforth after accepting Harry Orchard’s confession as perjured. Orchard, jailed for murder linked to ex-Governor Steunenberg case, claimed attempting to kill Fred W. Bradley, a Western Federation of Miners foe, by dynamite in Idaho. Explosion blamed on faulty gas fixtures. Linforth won $10,800.
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Orchard
San Francisco
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Walter H. Linforth
Washington Street
Idaho
Fred W. Bradley
Western Federation of Miners
Bradley
Linforth
Corpn Ation
War game ends with doubt on Boston capture outcome
Boston report describes a week long war game in southeastern Massachusetts near Assonet and Hanover Four Corners. Both sides claim advantage at close of hostilities as Blue and Red forces contest Boston. troops from New York and New Jersey head home amid uncertainty over verdict.
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Pew
Blue
Army of Red
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Massachusetts
Tusker H. Bliss
William A. Pew
Bliss
General Pew
Assonet
Hanover
The
Red
New Yok
Greek Flag Again Hoisted at Candia Crete
In Candia Crete August 20 armed inhabitants hoisted the Greek flag before militiamen who could not stop the act. The metropolitan interceded to confine soldiers to barracks. Consuls demand a written guarantee the flag will not be hoisted after the international squadron leaves. Crete government says it will promise once order is restored.
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Canea
Crete
Candia
Barge Shawmont Lost Off Shinnecock In Disaster
Saunderstown August 20 The barge Shawmont with five crew members drifted from the tug Valley Forge off Shinnecock and is feared to have sunk with all hands. Five other barges broke away and floated for ten hours before rescue. One injured man was brought ashore for treatment when the Valley Forge reached port with news of the disaster.
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Saunderstown
R. L
Shawmont
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
N.hl
Valley Forge
Shinnecock
L. L
Crisis in Chicago rail workers as peace terms rejected
In Chicago on August 20, street railway employees of the Chicago Railways company rejected peace terms offered by the company after a reported settlement over a new wage scale. The vote was by an overwhelming majority and signals a new crisis in the street railway situation following a recent near-strike.
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Chicago
Chicago Railways Company
Navy officials praise bids for Wyoming and Arkansas battleships
Navy officials say the bids from major shipyards for the battleships Wyoming and Arkansas are reasonable. They also find the proposed delivery times satisfactory, with construction figures deemed affordable.
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Navy
Washington
Naval
Wyoming
Arkansas
Pleasantville Mills Burned in Major Fire
Pleasantville Ia Aug 20 The Mammoth Pleasantville roller mill burned to the ground causing about 15000 in damage with partial insurance coverage.
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Pleasantville Mills
sPleasantville
Mammoth
Pleasantville Roller Mail
More Cloudbursts Hit Colorado Flooded Region
More cloudbursts in Colorado near Trinidad cause renewed damage as floods worsen. The Aug 20 report notes the downpour near Trinidad as the worst since 1904, prompting ongoing relief and closure assessments.
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Colorado
Denver
Trinidad
Nutritional View of Eggs Warns Against Overfeeding
A 1909 physician notes eggs contain all nutrients but in improper ratios for humans. He warns albumen can putrefy and harm stomach patients, advocating bread nuts or cottage cheese for protein. Slightly poached or whipped eggs are preferred, with toasted white bread for convalescents.
Chicago Market Report 1909 August 20
The Markets Chicago report lists estimated receipts at 14 000 with leftovers 3 28. Market steady at yesterday's best. Light hogs 7 70 to 8 20, mixed packers 7 0 to 8 25, heavy shipping grades 7 25 to 7 60. Cattle 25 000, weak. sheep 10 000, weak.
Hogs Market Report Chicago August 2 1909
Second Report from Chicago notes estimated receipts today at 16 000 with official receipts yesterday 12 104 and shipments 4 186. Leftover yesterday 3 31. Estimated receipts tomorrow 10 000. Market prices show bulk hogs 755 to 8090, light 760 to 810, heavies 710 to 815, rough 719 to 735, porkers 795 to 800, pigs 690 to 790.
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Chicago
Market Cattle Receipts Tell of Steady Demand in 2000 Trade
Estimated receipts at the market show steady demand with Beeves bringing 4.40 to 7.60 per hundredweight and cows and heifers from 2.00 to 6.49. Texas steers range 4.00 to 5.40, stockers and feeders 3.15 to 5.25, Western cattle 4.00 to 6.55.
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Texas
Market Receipts and Prices for Sheep and Lambs
Estimated receipts show weak demand across markets. Native sheep bring 275 to 480, Western sheep 290 to 480 earings. Lambs priced 0 to 530, Western lambs 425 to 750, with lamb earnings steady.
Chicago Market Closing Report August 20 1909
Closing Chicago trade shows mixed results with declines across several sectors. Bulk materials traded 755 to 80, Light at 760 to 819, Mixed at 74 to 8 15, Weenyakin'g grades 710 to 815, Rough 710 to 735, with Cattle slow and Sheep weak.
Beach-Wickham Grain Company Furnishing
Grain company Beach-Wickham, located at 544 and 545 Postal Telegraph Building in Chicago, provides furnishings or supplies.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Supervisors Plan Cedar Rapids Meeting and Salary Debate
Sioux City reports the county clerks association hearings urging judges appoint district clerks for life tenure. Auditors attack lawmakers over salary refusals as Iowa supervisors set next annual Cedar Rapids convention. Treasurers elect new officers including Bills, Palen, Halgrims, and Wads to lead county offices.
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Rap
Ellis Montgomery County
Sioux City
W. Sargent
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Maso City
Fort Dodge
Spirit Lake
Des Moines
W. S. Bills
Ronfery County
James Palen
Dubuque County
Colonel Halgrims
Hum County
W. S. Wads
Winnebago County
Seize Government Flour at Fort Des Moines
Deputy U S Marshal Frank W I with a warrant obtained by United States Attorney Temple at the instigation of Food Inspector Sue Brown seized a carload of bleached flour at Fort Des Moines. The shipment weighed 30 pounds per sack across 100 sacks and was produced by the Updike Milling Company of Omaha. The case questions whether bleaching flour violates the pure food law and will be tested at the next term of court.
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Des Moines
Frank WI
United States
Temple
Sue Brown
Fort Des Moines
Updike Mil Company of
Omaha
Girl's Reformatory
Mitchellville
Muscatine
Dike
Manning Firm Bankruptcy Sought in Referee Action
Judge McPherson in Council Bluffs Iowa orders the firm Gretek and Manning declared bankrupt and refers the case to referee W S Mayne for further action. Creditors' petitions are sustained and the receiver is instructed to dispose of stock and fixtures and report by August 30 with proposals for court approval.
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McPherson
Greteck @ Fonken
Council Bluffs
J Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Gretek & Or Manning
Mayne
Grelck
Untary
Rabies CaseLinked to Snake Bite Mystery
Dubuque Iowa August 20 Ed Christy a Waukon operator who sought Pasteur Institute treatment in Chicago for hydrophobia after being bitten by a dog two weeks earlier. Doctors say dog likely bitten by a rattlesnake or poison transmitted unusually, a remarkable case in medical history.
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Dubuque
Christy Waukon
Buque
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Christ
Engineer of Wrecked Train Arrested on Charge of Manpower
Denver August 20 Engineer William Hollingworth, driver of the Denver Rio Grande passenger train wrecked at Husted last Saturday, was arrested here on a charge of manslaughter filed at Colorado Springs. Eleven persons were killed in the crash and several others injured.
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Denver
William Hollingworth
Denver Rio Grande
Husted
Colorado Springs
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Curtiss
Kansas Town
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General Bliss
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T. J. Allien
Joseph B. Bowles
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
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Chicago, Ill
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