Atsessed Now Denies At Standing Of The Clubs
The brief fragments report standings in the National and American Leagues with teams such as Philadelphia Chicago St Louis York Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Detroit New York Cleveland and Washington. Scores and records show relative gaps and positions, reflecting standings and games played.
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Ww. Ts
Trad
Phila
Chicago
St. Liis
York
B’klyn
In’nati
Boston
American League
Etroit
New Y’k
Hila
Clevel’d
Oston
St. Louis
Wash'n
Yesterday's Ball Games At Chicago And Cincinnati
Baseball scores from yesterday show Chicago and Cincinnati matchups with scattered runs. Key players include Archer Leifield Simons for Chicago and J Louis Fromme Clark Beebe Bliss for Cincinnati across two games.
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Chicago
R.H.E. Kienago
Oro Cues
Grifith-Renwick
Higgins-Bliss
R.H.E. Go
Mhurns-Payne
Lelivett-Beckendorf
St. Louis
R.H.E. . Louis
Bailey-Criger
Winchell-Easterly
R.H.E. i
Graham-Stephens
Mitchell-Higgins
Germans Hit Prohibition At National German Alliance Meet
Cincinnati reports 42 states represented as delegates gather for a National German Alliance meeting. Dr J Haximer of Philadelphia presides and denounces prohibition as an oppression of liberty while urging local option to curb fanaticism and defend temperance and home values.
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Cincinnati
J. Haximer
Philadelphia
Alliance
Haximer Lid
Iowa Asked to Contribute Corn for Mexican Flood Victims
Washington October 4 The campaign to aid Mexican flood victims has begun and relief work continues under Mexican consuls. Consul General Hanna at Monterey says Iowa and other corn states should ship a carload of corn in bags. Frost has affected several districts injuring corn crops by about fifty percent.
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Iowa
Washington
Hanna
Onterey
K. Hanna
Centennial Week In St Louis Opens With Cathedral Bells
In St Louis during Centennial Week on October 4, crowds rush to view a torpedo launch after church bells toll. The surge of spectators overwhelms crowd control as officials struggle to manage the throng and time.
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St. Louis
Thomas H. Swope Dies After Stroke at 84
Kansas City reports the death of Thomas H. Swope, wealthy philanthropist, at his home after a stroke. He was eighty four years old.
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Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
Thomas Whwope
Curtiss Forced to Abandon Flight in Troubled Wind
In New York Harbor Glenn H. Curtiss attempted a flight from Governor's Island but battled treacherous wind. The aeroplane pitched at dangerous angles and he landed safely. Curtiss planned to stay another day in case conditions improve. Wilbur Wright did not fly on schedule.
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New York
Glenn H. Curtiss
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Wilbur Wright
Curtiss
Seventeen Balloons Start Gordon Bennett Cup Race
In Zurich on October 4 an international balloon race began for the Gordon Bennett cup. Seventeen balloons rose as 200000 spectators watched a sunny autumn start, with Edward Mix of Columbus, CO, among the entrants. The southwest wind promised a test of endurance as pilots aim for great distance rather than an ocean descent.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Edward Mix
Columbus, CO
Russia
Latham Makes High Flight in Germany Week
In Johannisthal Germany on October 4 Hubert Latham delivered a sensational aviation display before a large crowd. He started easily then rose past sunset to a height claimed at twenty feet above Rougier's record but was disqualified. He hovered with stability and completed a rapid landing after a brief ascent and descent.
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Germany
Johannisthal
Hubert Latham
Rougier
Latham
Manes
Bers
Eight Killed in Roslyn Washington Mine Disaster
Eight men died and three were fatally injured in a gas explosion at Northwest Improvement Co. mine No. 4 near Roslyn. A column of fire shot up hundreds of feet, igniting the shaft plant and nearby buildings as the mine burned fiercely.
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Roslyn
Wash
Northwestern Improvement Company
William Arundell
Dominick Partotero
Dan Hardy
Philip Pozarich
Tom Marsolyn
Jonn J. Jones
Carl Berger
A. Isaacson
Otto Newhouse
James Gurrell
John X. Jones
Shaftis
Two Killed Eight Injured In Pittsburg Street Car Crash
Two men died and eight others were seriously injured when an axle broke on a Pittsburg Railway street car in the fashionable west end. The accident happened on the Butler and Negley avenue line as the car rounded a corner at speed, tipping and trapping passengers. The conductor and motorman escaped unharmed.
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Pittsburg
Janes Duffy
Martin O'Rourke
J Insurance
West End
Butler and Negley Avenue
Wilson At Work On Report For Agriculture Dept
Secretary Wilson prepares his annual report after attending the irrigation congress in Denver. He expects the document to show the greatest work in a single year for the agriculture department as government offices resume full activity.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Navy
Meyer
Agriculture
Wilson
Wickersham
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Department of Agriculture
Denver
Taft Invades California at East Port Cornerstone Laying
President Taft arrives in Sacramento by special train after a Willamette Valley trip. He handles a silver trowel at the East Portland First Universalist church cornerstone ceremony and voices support for humble churches. Arthur Wright faces weapons charges after being nabbed near Taft.
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Sacramento
Cal
Taft
Willamette Valley
Oregon City
Woodburn
Chemawa
Salem
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake
First Universalist
East Portland
Arthur Wright
Portland
Industrial activity grows as grain and coal shipments rise
Washington reports August 1909 shows improvement in the US industrial scene. Coal, coke, iron shipments and lumber exports are higher, railcar use increased, and primary grain markets reach 77,390,860 bushels versus 70,329,449 a year earlier. Grain receipts for the crop year end August total 753,820,514 bushels, down slightly from 759,882,331 in 1908.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Soils Not Wearing Out Professor Whitney Declares They Are More Fertile
Washington report quotes Professor Milton Whitney chief of the soils bureau in the agriculture department asserting soils today are a greater storehouse of fertility than ever. He cites forty year records showing crops rising especially in older states with longer cultivation and notes wheat up two bushels while corn shows a half bushel decline. New England soils lead in increased corn and wheat yields, surpassing Mississippi valley soils.
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Whitney
Washington
Milton Whitney
Soils Bureau
Department of Agriculture
New England
Mississippi River
Cannibal Eskimo Slays Neighbors Then Flees North
A starving Eskimo, driven to cannibalism, ate his child after the Dundee whaler Paradox crew were lost. He shot several neighbors who tried to punish him and fled into the Arctic wilderness.
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St. Johns
N. F
North
Adventure
Iowa crops valued near 400 million dollars this year
Des Moines reports estimate Iowa’s year crops will total about 400 million dollars based on crop bureau data. Last year’s figure was 376 million. Corn acreage shrinkage and drought effects drive the slight decline while yields for oats winter wheat and rye show mixed changes.
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Des Moines
John Downie
George M. Chappel
Iowa Crop Bureau
George A. Wells
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Iowa
Chappel
Local loco weed in hay from Kansas worries Iowa stockmen
A Burlington horse showed signs of loco weed poisoning after eating hay from Kansas. A veterinarian diagnosed insanity-like behavior and self harm. Investigations found the hay fed to the horse contained loco weed and was distributed widely in the area, raising fears of further stock losses.
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Kansas
Burlington
Chicago Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Opening Oct 4 1909
Opening market for hogs shows receipts around 25 000 with prices from 7 65 to 8 40 and heavy shipping grades 7 50 to 8 40. Cattle and sheep receipts about 2 700 and 35 000 respectively with generally steady to easy tone at opening. Grain section notes prices from Beach Wickham Grain Co. in Chicago.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A. Babcock North American Livestock Commission
John A. Babcock of the North American Livestock Commission Company based at U S Stock Yards Chicago reports on the market activity and conditions.
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NORTH
American Livestock Commission Company
U.S. Stock Yards
Chicago
Tll
Cook Accepts Simultaneous Review of Polar Data
Dr. Frederick A. Cook proposed that the University of Copenhagen waive prior record review to allow American geographical societies and other scientific bodies to examine his data, with all tribunal decisions announced at once. He said he favors no new South Pole expedition and recalled fellow explorers, amid a bustling reception in Washington.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
New York
University of Copenhagen
American Geographical Societies
Cook
Men
South Pole
Dr. Cook
North Pole
the Union
Polar Trust
Comibaneae Peary
Fete Moves Up Hudson as Ships Sail Northward
The Hudson-Patton celebration advances up the river with Half Moon and Clermont sailing toward Kingston Catskill Hudson Albany and Troy where local festivities are planned. IRT reports 13 000 000 riders on Manhattan subway and elevated lines during the week.
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Half Moon
Clermont
New York
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Catskil
Albany
Troy
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan
Wealthy Texan slain by son in family dispute
A. B. Bryant aged 61, described as one of the wealthiest men in the area, was killed by his son Burr Bryant with a shotgun after a quarrel over the use of the son's property at Ferris Texas.
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Ferris
Tex
A. B. Bryant
Burr Bryant
Mivree
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atessed
National League
Prohibition
Rome
Thomas H. Hubbard
Peary
The
Arctic Club
Robert F. Peary
Hubbard
Aviator
Shaft
California
President
Cornerstone of
Universalist
East Port
Llogs
John A. Babcock
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