Scores on the Diamonds and Rain We Want Here
SCORES ON THE DIAMONDS Chicago Aug 30 Following are baseball scores League At Boston Cincinnati 8 8 eight innings catch train at Brooklyn Chicago 5 Brooklyn at Philadelphia Wittsburg 2 Philadelph eenwan At Detroit St. Lois B Detroit 4 at New York Philadelphia 2 New York 5 at Cleveland Chicago 1 Cleveland 4 at Washington Boston 1 Washington 2 Association At St Paul Minneapolis 2 St Paul 1 twelve innings at Indianapolis Toledo 0 Indianapolis 2 at Louieville Columbus 3 Louisville 1 second game Columbus 5 Louisville 8 seven innings at Milwaukee Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 8 Western At Des Moines Sioux City 5 Des Moines 3 second games Sioux City 5 Des Moines 8 Rain Is Badly Needed Here Vascar Mich Aug 30 The drought in this section has reached a level where corn potatoes chicory and cucumbers suffer for want moisture and not more than a third a crop will be harvested unless rain es Forest fires are raging in many facilities and meadows and miles of fences have burned Many farmers are already feeding their stock hay and green corn
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Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
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Philadeleenwan
Detroit
St. Lois
New York
Cleveland
Washington
St. Paul
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Louieville
Columbus
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Artificial Pearls How A French Beadmaker Found Pearl Paint
A 17th century French beadmaker Moise Jaquin discovered a method to create artificial pearls by using scales from crushed albettes, small silver fish. After six years of work he scraped scales washed and rubbed them to extract a pearly fluid used to coat glass beads, yielding a lustrous pearl paint that required 1000 fish breaks per batch.
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Moise Jaquin
Jaquin
New Or- Times-Democrat
Vienna Bakery News and Opening Night at Graham
Fresh nut fingers and macaroons tempt customers at the Vienna bakery with coffee cakes rusks rolls and fruit loaves. Prof Tom Davis rode a Milwaukee to Crawfordsville on a brief business trip. The Thoroughbred Tramp Company arrives by Rock Island and plans the Graham opening tonight drawing a large crowd.
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Vienna
Tom Davis
Crawfordsville
Edna Dempsey
Washington
Mae
Grace Mottet
Oak Grove
Johnson County
Riverside Leader
Rock Island
Graham
Warning on Foley’s Kidney Cure claims for kidney and bladder disease
An advertisement warns that kidney and bladder trouble will worsen without Foley’s Kidney Cure. It claims the product positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
All
Families Headed to Columbus Junction Fair
A list of local residents including Harley Gallagher and relatives travel this morning to attend the Columbus Junction fair. An advertisement offers a free trial package of Dr. Shoop’s Headache Tablets for various pains, claiming to alleviate pain by reducing blood pressure.
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Harley Gallagher
Raleigh Gallagher
Irv Gallagher
Daniel Rohrer
Fred Stewart
Hazel
George
John Smeltzer
John Hopengardner
Cecil Phillips
Minnie Williams
Maude Chilcote
J. A. Jones
Norwood
Hanna
Matt Casey
Columbus Junction
Dr. Shoop
Christianity by Mail Novel Idea Proposed by Clergy
A historic column outlines a plan dubbed Christianity by Mail, suggesting clergy promote religious outreach via correspondence and printed matter to spread faith beyond church walls. The concept envisions clergy and congregations engaging communities through mailed messages and literature.
Presbyterian correspondence school aids Des Moines churches
Des Moines officials report a new education method in the Presbyterian church. Seven Des Moines congregations will benefit from a correspondence based minister training program overseen by Rev. Charles Stelzle. Each minister will consult with church heads and use his own church as a laboratory for instruction. Stelzle, known for lectures and sermons in Des Moines, helped organize the Presbyterian general assembly in May 1906.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Charles Stelzle
Department of Labor
Winona Lake
Stelzle
Trades Assembly
Presbyterian General Assembly
Big Gift Supports Bible College Scholarships
President Hill M. Bell of Iyrake University announces a $5,500 gift this week for ministerial student scholarships at the Bible college. Mrs. J. B. Vawter provides $3,000 and Mrs. Martha B. Johnston adds $2,500, continuing a series of large donations including Theodore P Shantz’sJune foundation of fifty scholarships. Drake University expects to open its school year September 15 with the largest enrollment in its history as Boyd Stevens and Will McCall attend the state events in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hill M. Bell
Iyrake University
The
Bible College
J. B. Vawter
Martha B. Johnston
Burton
Theodore P Shantz
Drake
Des Moines Fairgrounds Hit by Wind Storm Devastation
A violent wind storm at the Des Moines state fairgrounds caused extensive damage, destroying Knabenshue’s airship and balloon after the tent snagged on an electric wire. The loss nears 11,060 for the Knabenshue outfit with 40,000 in season contracts, plus unknown damage to the International Harvester tent and many other stands. Two men were seriously injured as spectators fled into the rain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Fair Grounds
Knabenshue
International Harvester Company
Fairgrounds
Circus Riders Pay and Perils for Frontline Performers
The article details circus rider earnings from $75 to $125 weekly for men and $150 to $200 for women with finishes, noting a ten year career span. It explains dangers, family duties, and high costs including horse care, feeding, and transportation, leaving clothing as the main personal expense.
French Rags Fetch High Prices From Boarding House
A rag dealer offered a boarding house manager a price for worn linen. The landlord, noting his French clientele, claimed higher value as French rags sell well due to better linen and demand from paper manufacturers and collectors. The dealer raised his price, able to profit even more.
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New York Press
Counsel of Pulpit Exchange Sparks Amused Congregation
A country clergyman announced to his congregation on the Sabbath prior to a pulpit exchange that Rev Zachariah B Day would preach next Sunday morning and led the singing of hymn No 489 That Awful Day Will Surely Come, noting the smiles over the error before realization sank in.
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Zachariah
Mars and Saturn as political satire in Philadelphia Press
A short exchange uses planetary imagery to lampoon politicians and ownership. The Philadelphia Press hints at Saturn owning rings as a metaphor for political power and entanglements.
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Philadelphia Press
Weather Snapshot With Rainfall Details
At 2 30 this afternoon the thermometer marked 89 degrees in the shade as reported by W A Cook who keeps the official record. The high yesterday was 8 percent. At noon yesterday it was 80 8515 at noon today. Last night between 8 and 9 o clock 3 inches of rain fell with a little hail to enliven matters. Rain was not widespread as none fell a few miles north.
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W. A. Cook
Local social notes and upcoming teacher arrivals
Miss Vera Alberson returns home from a Des Moines visit while L. Coulter arrives from Des Moines after attending the state fair. West Liberty Miss Ethel Nichols and Cedar Falls Miss Mary Feltus plan to start teaching in city schools Monday. Parrish from Washington gave a piano recital at Joe Duncan’s with 23 numbers and broad attendance. Also mentions a Washington Chautauqua, Ada Allen visiting Kalona, and an ad for Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy with free trial size.
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Hk. L. Coulter
Des Moines
Ethel Nichols
West Liberty
Mary Feltus
Cedar Falls
Parrish
Washington
Joe Duncan
Winfield Beacon
John Carris
Ed Carris
Keota Eagle
Denial on Shiloh Hornets Nest speeches in report
In Des Moines at the final Shilohy battlefield commission meeting a claim was denied that Col. W. B. Bell of the Eighth and Co. W. T. Shaw of the Fourteenth Iowa spoke would be included in the battlefield monuments dedication report. The commission voted five to one to remove all Shiloh honors from the records, with W. B. Bell as chairman announcing the decision.
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Des Moines
W. B. Bell
Eighth
W. T. Shaw
Iowa
Shiloh
Keokuk Gate City
Commission
Hornets’ Nest
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H. F. Steck
Graham Opera House
Elmer Walters
Maan Anaa
Columbia Pharmacy
Richard Mansfield
Presbyterian Church For
age—Airship
Boyd Stevens
Will McCall
State Fair Surfers
Mars
Vera Alberson
Washington Chautauqua
U.S. Cavalry
Ada Allen
Mauck
Kalona News
Smith
J. GC. Smiths Cash Grocery
Eadin’ Tin’ Ithmetic
Sol Rich cd Co
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