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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1909

Page

6

Clarke Homer Beats Detroit as Pirates Win Fifth Game

Pittsburg defeats Detroit 8 to 4 at Forbes Field in the fifth game of the series. Fred Clarke homered to turn the tide in the seventh, Adams outpitched Summers, and Cobb and Wagner each had a hit. The series moves to Detroit for Game Six with Detroit needing a win to force a seventh. Crowd of 21,706 witnesses receipts totaling $32,173.

Tigers Clarke Pirates Detroit Pittsburg Forbes’ Field Troit Pedance Mtional Commission Fred Clarke Byrne Leach Jones Owford Theburg Tommy Leach Crawford Adams Summers Wagner Cobb Gibson Wilfett Stanage Schmidt

Beware of Ointments That Contain Mercury

Warning against using mercury containing ointments or catarrh remedies as mercury damages smell and the body. Recommends Hall's Catarr Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio which contains no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists. Price 75 cents per bottle. Includes a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio Hall

Proposal notices for cement walks in Washington Iowa 1909

Notice to contractors invites sealed proposals by the City Clerk of Washington Iowa for cement walks in several blocks and subdivisions. Bids due October 18 1909 with $100 certified check and $150 bond. work begins by October 25 and must finish by May 1 1910. governed by Ordinance 39 and subject to weather restrictions and bid rejection.

Madison Street Crandall Washington Iowa South Ninth Street City of Cloux

Clemency Plea for Banker Morse Moves in New York

A petition to President Taft for clemency for Charles W. Morse is being prepared by Morse’s lawyers and circulated among prominent financiers. They seek a new trial in the U.S. Supreme Court, and if denied, an executive pardon would be Morse’s only chance to escape a fifteen year prison term. Morse has shown some improvement after illness in the Tombs.

Mississippi Tolland Orlegus Louisiana Taft Mark Twain Mark Memphis Roosevelt Perhay Morse New York Charlies W. Morse United States Supreme Court

Bullock Seen Boarding Freight Train Near Lawrence

A boy named Bullock, reportedly robbed a back idGra and shot a policeman near Lawrence, Kansas, was seen boarding a freight train two miles out of town. James Higgins, a carpenter who knows the boy, told police of the sighting prompting Chief Hurd and others to search the Wakarusa valley by car.

Bullock Lawrence Kan idGra Esping James Higgins Hurd Wakarusa Valley

Disciples of Christ Centennial in Pittsburg

Pittsburg hosts a three day centennial celebration of the Disciples of Christ with 35000 delegates attending large meetings in Carnegie Music Hall and the christening of the missionary boat Oregon to serve missionaries on the Congo river.

Disciples of Christ Pittsburg Carnegie Muhall Oregon Congo River

Woman's Home Missionary Society to Meet Next at Buffalo

The next annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be held in Buffalo. The decision was made at the closing session of the 1909 convention here in Los Angeles on October 14.

Buffalo Los Angeles Woman's Home Fissionary Society The Methodist Episcopal Church Bufalo

Devil Fish of Great Size in Japan

The article notes octopuses weighing up to 200 pounds appear in Japan. They are described as amphibious and moving on their tentacles in search of food like sweet potatoes. Natives kill them with clubs and capture them using jars lowered to the bottom.

Japan

Taft to Attend Deep Waterways Convention in New Orleans

President Taft will attend the National Deep Waterway Convention in New Orleans along with other officials. The meeting will discuss widening river routes and major river projects deemed vital to the United States.

New Orleans Taft United States

Notice for proposals to build house in Rubio Iowa

Notice is hereby given that proposals for the erection of a house in Rubio town in Washington County Iowa will be received by the undersigned at Rubio Savings Bank where plats and specifications may be seen. Proposals close at 12 o clock noon.

Rubio Tn Township Washington

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