Color Schemes and Odd Plays Helped Orioles Win Pennants
A Chicago game tale shows Bil Lange's ninth inning sprint scoring on a ball lost in a ground hole. The piece credits a forty five cent white paint patch on center field to lifting the Orioles to back to back pennants by improving their batting, aided by color schemes at ballparks and eye training tips from players like Walter Thornton.
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West Side Grounds
Chicago
New York
Alcons
Bil Lange
Janet Meekin
Raimnpeed
Lange
Vanaltren
van Haltren
Van
Baltimore
Orioles
Foel
Willie Keeler
Polo Grounds
Coogan
Walter Thornton
National League
Pietro Gladiator Browning
Hugh
Fullerton
Washington Star
Winter blooming cyclamen as ready potted plants
The cyclamen makes a strong winter display and is best bought ready potted from florists to ensure bloom. Degm varieties bloom from December through May with each flower lasting about one month. Some varieties show variegated foliage and are noted for ornamental value.
Reunion News From Hughesville Details Local Family Gathering
A Christmas day reunion at Jacob Bardo’s home in Hughesville R F 10 No 2 drew relatives from Hughesville and beyond. Notable guests included Henry Bardo of Washington Iowa and John G Bardo, with four elderly attendees totaling 310 years. A nine minute sleigh ride behind red oxen capped the day after a turkey dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bardo
Hughesville
Jacob Bardo
Hughesville R. F. 10
John G. Bardo
Charlotte Speary
Washington
Iowa
BE. L. McCarty
D. L. Swank
F. M. Bardo
George
M. KE. Horne
Leota
Emory Boyer
Brady MceCarty
Raymond McCarty
Misses Trella
Hazel McCarty
G. A. Horne
A. Horne
Albert Fiemming
Philadelphia
P. M. Bardo
William
Mi o na stomach tablets promise lasting digestion relief
An advertising pitch for Mi o Na stomach tablets claims they strengthen the stomach to revive appetite and allow a wood dinner with no distress. Columbia Pharmacy offers a two 50c box guarantee refund if the remedy fails to cure. Teeter and Lathrop auctioneers license a farm sale with extensive household goods and farm implements scheduled near Washington on a January date.
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Columbia
Teeter & Lathrop
Washington
Ohio
Newark
Washington County Atlas
J. H. Kelley
Local people noted in city visits and travel updates
Miss Besse Dicken returned Friday night from Burl ing ton after a week away. Numerous residents and visitors from Silverside, West Chester, Crawfordsville, Ainsworth, Tipton, Morning Sun, and other nearby areas were seen in town for brief visits, with several returning home Saturday evening. An advertisement promotes Panhandle Texas land for sale or trade with Washington county property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Cummings
M. Steele
Silverside
Jennie Cook
West Chester
G. F. Ross
Mt. Union
Stella Zook
Crawfordsville
City
Wilson Lemon
Mills Taylor
Xenia
Ohio
Mae Robb
Charley Needham
Sivourney
N. M. Anderson
Ainsworth
Gertrude Smith
Tipton
H. W. Gipple
Arkansas
Wyman
Panhandle
Texas
Washington County
Washington Land Co
City trip ends for Crawfordsville quartet
Frank McCoy John Mulhern Prof Geo Weber and Elmer McFadden returned to their Crawfordsville homes Saturday evening after a day spent in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCoy
John Mulhern
Prof
Geo. Weber
Elmer McFadden
Crawfordsville
Dangers of a Cold and How to Avoid It
A warning that colds cause more fatalities than any other illness when untreated. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the prompt effective treatment, describing how it loosens the cough relieves the lungs and aids recovery. Available from Cook & Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Cook & Sherman and
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Inexpensive Smokehouse For Curing Meat Demonstrated
A New England Homestead writer details a simple smokehouse using four ground stakes cross walls and heavy building paper. A bottom opening allows smoldering fire under a kettle while a movable board permits meat inspection. A seven by three by three foot size suits most needs.
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New England Homestead
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsed by Fort Madison Official
Mr August Sherpe, overseer of the poor at Fort Madison Iowa, praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as rightly named and superior to other laxatives. The pills claim to cure biliousness and constipation and cost 25 cents at Stewart’s pharmacy.
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August Sherpe
Fort Madison
Iowa
Frosted comb and wattles threaten winter poultry
The article warns poultrymen about frost ed combs and wattles in cold weather. Large single combs are most at risk, with wetting from drinking a key cause. Remedies include limiting drinking, vaseline on the combs, and keeping birds warm with straw bedding. It notes San Jose scale lives mainly on rosaceae plants.
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San Jose
Plats For Seed Sowing
The flats, convenient for sowing seed in frames and hotbeds, can be secured through a grocer who saves your used meat cans. The boxes are the right depth and handy in size for winter use.
Selecting Fruit Tree Varieties For Local Success
A Good Plan. In selecting varieties of fruit trees it pays to determine which varieties have done best in your neighborhood and stick rather closely to them. Life is too short for one to do much experimenting with trees.
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Iowa Homestead
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Ball Field Stories
J. A. McCoy
S’. A. Donaldson
Mrs
Matt Miller
Della Brookhbart
Will Robb
Pittsburg
Covenanter Church
Chas, McCcreedy
Helen
S. A. Berry
Oskaloosa
Fred Spalcing
Night Central
Roscoe
McCartney
J. W. Patton
D. A. Chalmers
Smokehouse
Work & Meek
West Side
Mason
Transfer & Storage Co
Lasey’s
Sale
Hotel Coloneo
Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman's
Washington, Iowa
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