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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1912

Page

6

Washington Takes Second Encounter in Center Ville Series

Washington rallied with a ninth inning four-run burst to beat Centerville 8 to 7 in Saturday’s Center ville game. Lorenzen started for Washington with five innings, Frazier debuted, and Miller of Centerville collected four hits while Schliebner, Stanley, and Wheeler keyed late Washington offense. The next home game features Richland visiting tomorrow afternoon.

Stanley Bowie Wheeler Lehen Lorenzen Eoler Thompson Holm Sullivan Noel Schliebner Free Frazier Brown Lorenzen Washington Wrazier Heaver Miller Centerville Richland

Rock Island at Centerville baseball summary June 4

Centerville faced Rock Island Independents at Howe with final lines 34 812 211 for Centerville and 21 0 0 0 0 for Rock Island. Freeland had two base hits and scored twice. Miller, Freeland, Harris, Wheeler, and Lorenzen all doubled or tripled in a tight game. Lorenzen earned the win over Bowie with 7 strikeouts to Bowie’s 6.

Freeland Miller Harris Wheeler Lorenzen Bowiie Stanley Brown Bowie Thompson Sullivan Schliebner Frazier Price Noel Adams Centerville Washington Helm Lewis

Night Six Months Long Tramps Dream of Alaska

A dialogue imagines enduring long nights as a tramp questions living in Alaska. The first tramp jokes about six months of sleep while the second ponders the appeal of endless winter darkness.

Alaska

Could Guarantee These Men

An employer asked another employer to recommend two steady sober workers. The reply stated, I know two men the steadiest you could meet, I watched them for a solid hour and neither of them moved.

Look Below the Surface on Matrimony and Virtue

The passage cautions future spouses to judge beyond appearance and wealth, seeking inner virtue. It compares virtue to a flower that blooms best in shade, warning that pleasant manners at a ball do not guarantee a lasting, amiable life partner.

Japanese Dentists Use Wood Teeth With Malay Color

Japanese dentists replace porcelain and ivory with wood teeth. The teeth show a natural appearance and a bluish Malay-like hue. A secret process secures the fittings, guarded by the inventor.

Harper's Weekly

Cure for Dime Novel Reading Debate

A reader suggested teaching dime novels like school English to curb the habit. The comment notes Ivanhoe became popular when it was studied in schools, implying formal instruction reduces interest in dime fiction.

Ivanhoe

Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proves Beneficial

The text extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a time tested remedy from roots and herbs for female ills. Promoted as beneficial to women across America, it claims decades of proven success in relieving various female diseases.

Lydia KE. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham Lynn Maas America

Baseball Standings Leaders in Major Leagues and Associations

A compact snapshot shows American League leaders with Chicago and Washington atop the standings, and Boston Cleveland New York Detroit and St Louis trailing. National League features New York Chicago Brooklyn St Louis and Pittsburgh in pursuit, followed by American Association Western and Central leagues with multiple clubs listed by wins losses and games behind.

Baseball scores from multiple leagues dated play results

American League Chicago 1 Philadelphia 2 Washington 6 St Teutis New York 3 Detroit 3 Boston 5 Cleveland 4 National League no games. American Association Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 4 Minneapolis 1 St Paul 2 (first) Minneapolis 9 St Paul 5 (second) Columbia 4 Louisville 2 Toledo 2 Indianapolis 1 Western League Omaha 12 Denver 6 Wichita 6 Bronx City L St Joe Lincoln 6 Des Moines 4 Topeka 8 Three Eye League Danville 0 Bloomington 1 Decatur 3 Springfield 0 Quincy 2 Peoria 3 Davenport 3 Dubuque 4 (first) Davenport 6 Dubuque 4 (second) Central League Zanesville 1 South Bend 8 Wheeling Terre Haute 7 Akron 4 Dayton 3 Springfield 8 Canton 4 Other games postponed rain Burlington 6 Keokuk Monmouth 1 Hannibal 2 Muscatine 2 Galesburg 1 Ottumwa 5 Kewanee 3

Chicago Boston Cleveland Hilevia New York Troit Louta St. Tavois Cinei Philelia Brooklyn Pittsburg American Association Min‘ag'lia MG Pao Numbus Milwaukee Toledo Indap'ts Kan Loomisville Western St. Joe Sioux City Art Penver Wichita Omaha Topeka D. Moines Molincom Central League Ygstown FF. Wayne Quincy Decatur Danville Peoria Dav'np'rt Nmouth Hannibal Tumwa Philadelphia Washington St. Teutis Detroit Kansas City Minneapolis St. Paul Columbia Louisville Indianapolis Denver Bronx City Lincoln Des Moines Bloomington Springfield Davenport Dubuque Zanesville South Bend Wheeling Terre Hiaute Akron Dayton Canton Central Association Burlington Keokuk Monmouth Muscatine Galesburg Ottumwa Kewanee

Money Back MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets Deal

Lemmon's Pharmacy offers fifty cent MI-O-NA stomach tablets with a money back guarantee if it does not end indigestion or stomach distress. The guarantee covers gas acidity heaviness distress after eating fermentation heartburn belching sourness pain biliousness dizziness nervousness sleeplessness headache foul breath coated tongue seasickness morning sickness and related symptoms. MI-DNA tablets are also sold for fifty cents a box at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists everywhere.

Lemmon Lemmon’s

Rapid Journey for That Age and Wolsey’s Travel Speed

The article notes Cardinal Wolsey’s swift travel method enabling rapid access to power. It describes a feat where he carried a royal message from Henry VI to the Emperor Maximilian, using boat to Gravesend, a horse to Dover, another boat to Calais, and returning to the King in just over two days from departure.

Cardinal Wolsey Wolsey Henry VI Maximilian Low Countries London Gravesend Dover Calais

Browning anecdote in Lilian Whiting's The Brownings

In Venice Browning reads to his son and daughter in law from Epilogue, admitting the verse about never turning his back and marching forward which he says sounds like praising himself though he deems it true and simple.

Lilian Whiting Brownings Venice Browning

Dainty blotters for a girl’s desk described

The article explains making blotters for a girl’s desk by cutting and coloring a cardboard figure. The colonial hoop-skirted Indies are highlighted as the best designs with blotting paper facing the back and an easel-back card to stand the figure beside the ink bottle.

Reasoning by Deduction Dressmaker Bite in NZ Tale

A young English woman planning marriage to New Zealand travels to a dressmaker for a gown. The dressmaker recommends warm material. The bride questions the climate of New Zealand being mild. The dressmaker replies that it is from there that frozen meat comes, implying cold supply.

New Zealand Trousseau

Fooled ’Em Ruyter and Scribble A Lott Exchange Barbs

In a humorous quip two writers spar over spellings and dialect in a lively exchange. Ruyter mocks Kramp as a poor speller while Scribble A Lott notes editors favor dialect tales.

Ruyter

Dr Shallenberger to Visit Washington for One Day

Chicago specialist Dr Shall enberger will visit Washington at the Colenso Hotel on Wednesday June 1 1912 for a one day only consultation. He promises permanent cures for many chronic and organ diseases and offers eye ear nose and throat services plus guaranteed glasses and cataract treatment. He markets his reach to treat stomach liver kidneys skin and rheumatic conditions and notes a return price every twenty eight days.

Sa.r I P Br Shailenberger Bright

Nervous Debility Cure Claims by Chicago Clinic

An old ad claims to cure nervous debility and sexual health issues including syphilis gonorrhea and impotence. It promises confidential, free consultation from 8 a m to 6 p m at 8866 Lake Avenue Chicago Illinois and references a Drexel State Bank.

Lake Avenue Chicago Ills Drexel State Bank

Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Quick Results

Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy blends sage with sulphur to darken hair, revive color, and treat dandruff and itching. Sold by druggists in fifty cent bottles with a money back guarantee, via Special Agent McHininney Drug Co.

Wyeth McHininney Drug Co

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