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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1911

Page

6

Washington Wedy Liberty 4 Washington Wedy Liberty 4

Washington defeated West Liberty 8 to 4 at Columbus Junction in front of a large crowd. Thompson collected four hits in five trips, Rebek added three walks and a hit, Engman and Lund made key plays, and Lund, Holm, Wallenbeck, and McNeely scored or advanced bases as Washington pulled away after the fourth inning.

Washington West Liberty Columbus Junction Wheeler Thompson Rebek Lund Eneman Anderson Holm Wallenbeck McNeely Engman Land Wally

Burke the sailor a top rated fighter despite critics

The Brooklyn middleweight Burke earns praise for defeating Papke Sullivan and McMahon and besting Nelson twice. Writers question his ranking, but Burke consistently fights hard, stays in shape, and pushes opponents around the ring, proving his heart and conditioning.

Brooklyn Sailor Burke Willys Papke Montana Dan Sullivan Tom McMahon Pittsburg Ted Nelson Mr. Burke New York Papke Burke Dempsey Tommy Ryan

Automobiles and racing headlines from early 20th century sports pages

The article notes over 200000 cars to be built next year, the twelfth New York auto show at Madison Square Garden, and the New York Bermuda ocean race under Motorboat Club of America and Bermuda Yacht Club. It also mentions Quaker City 200 mile auto race date, Billy Sunday earnings, Pirates pennant talk, and upcoming college football opening. Crime and minor sports snippets follow, including no hitter stats, Cy Young, Joss, Detroit auto show timing, and local horse show cancellation.

New York Madison Square Garden New York-Bermuda The Motorboat Club of America Bermuda Yacht Club

Baseball Pointers and Player Traits Highlight Season Talk

Umpire Johnstone notes only three games in nine years used a single ball. Barry of the Athletics shines at getting in front of batted balls and converting them. Titus wears a toothpick. Johnstone would call a foul if it is struck. Bowerman praises Larry Cheney as the top spitball pitcher. Cheney and Bowerman once worked together with Indianapolis. George Jackson debuts with the Boston Rustlers, unrelated to Joe Jackson, and both are in swat brotherhood. Nick Maddox shines for Kansas City. Pirates plan recall. three two hit games mark his Missouri Valley record.

Johnstone Barry Athletics Titus Philly Rank Bowerman Larry Cheney Louisville Bowerman Cheney Indianapolis George Jackson Boston Rustlers Joe Jackson Brotherhood of Swat Nick Maddox Kansas City Pirates Maddox Missouri Valley O'Toole

Ramsdell's Athletic Feat and Bush Changes Batting Style

Tex Ramsdell, Penn sprinter, finished college and just returned from Europe. He claims to be the only man to win the English 100 and 220 yard dashes twice, with Polley Kerr of Canada the other to have done the double in 1908. Ramsdell won in 1910 and this year. Also notes Detroit Vigers shortstop Ownie Bush bats right handed against left-handed pitchers and hits better from that side.

Tex Ramsdell Texas Bush Ownie Bush Detroit Vigers

Baseball Box Scores From Early Season Games

Scores from games across St Louis Chicago Cincinnati New York Brooklyn and Philadelphia with pitching lines and batting outcomes. Notable pitchers Hendricks Simon Gasper Clark Fromme McLean and others plus batters such as Bliss Needham Mathewson Meyers Wilson and Carter.

W.L. Pet. Wa lI, Pet. N St. L Pitts Brook St. Louis H.B. Pittebure Hendricks Simon Geyer Bliss Chicago R. HE Cincinnati Gasper Clark Reusbach Needham Fromme McLean Cole Brown and Archer New York Brooklyn Barger Bergen Erwin Mathewson Meyers Wilson Beeston R. H. EB Philadelphia Esee Chambers Carter Mattern Weaver Khling Boston Alexander Young Rariden

Baseball Standings and Box Scores From Earliest Season Play

The record shows team scores and player lineups with abbreviations for wins losses and runs batted in. Boxing style entries list teams Boston Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis and New York with performances in games at Washington Philadelphia and Cleveland including player pairings Warhop Vaughn Blair Johnson Street Pape Williams Coombs Lapp Curry Hark Krichell Krapp Fisher.

W. 1 Pet W. L. Pet Det Chi N. Y St. L Washington R. H. B. New York Warhop Vaughn Blair Johnson and Street Philadelphia Boston Pape Williams Coombs Lapp Cleveland St. Louis Curry Hark Krichell Krapp Fisher

Weather-Driven Postponement Hits Louisville-Columbus Match

In a rain affected schedule, the Louisville Columbus game was postponed. The A A group notes standings and results across St Paul St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Milwaukee cities with team scores and records impacted by the weather.

W. L. Pet W. L. Pes Minn St. P T’ldo Louis St. Paul Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee Louisville

Maryland Nominees Show Gorman For Governor

The Democratic state convention unanimously nominated Senator Gorman for governor. Emerson C. Harrington was chosen comptroller and Edgar Allan Poe for attorney general. Republicans named Phillips Lee Goldsborough for governor, John H. Cunningham for comptroller and Morris A. Soper for attorney general. A Phillies travel idea proposes an ambulance surgeon and nurse to reduce expenses next year.

Baltimore Gorman Emerson CC. Harrington Edgar Allan Poe Phillips Lee Goldsborough John H. Cunningham Morris A. Soper Phillies

Foley Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Maple

A Steubenville resident J A Maple testifies that Foley Kidney Pills cured years of weak kidneys and bladder trouble. He reports backache relief and normal kidney function, noting improved ability to work as an expressman. Sold by all druggists.

J. A. Maple 7Th St Steuben- Ville Expressman Foley

Ty Cobb’s Georgia Peach Claim Sparks North Carolina Buzz

Ty Cobb stirs majors by declaring not a Georgia peach but a North Carolina presence. The Tar Heels claim bragging rights as Cobb’s remark echoes through baseball circles. A sprained ankle typically lasts three to four weeks, yet Chamberlain’s Liniment used promptly and as directed can shorten recovery to two to four days. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers the product for sale.

Ty Cobb Georgia Peach North Carolina Tarheels Chamberlain Lemmon's

Oklahoma City Fans Push for Western League Berth

Oklahoma City fans press Texas league for a move to the Western league while the Pueblo franchise may relocate to Oklahoma City, stirring local hopes and tensions.

Oklahoma City Pueblo Oklahoma Metropolis

Foley Kidney Pills Promote Relief for Kidney Bladder Ailments

Foley Kidney Pills will reach your individual case if you have any form of kidney and bladder trouble or urinary irregularities. Try them, For sale by All Druggists.

Foley

Public sale of live stock at Milwaukee stock yards Iowa

Sale notice for Thursday September 21 1911 at 1 30 p m at Milwaukee stock yards Washington Iowa listing twelve head of horses and colts including brood mares draft geldings road mare and other stock bred to draft or road sires with weights and ages mentioned for each animal.

Milwaukee Stock Yards Washington Iowa Chapel Livingston's

Livestock Auction at Washington Iowa Includes Horses Cattle Sheep

J H Taylor and D F Macon as auctioneers will sell 1 saddle pony weight 750 sound broke single double and saddle trained, 1 span black yearling road fillies sired by David Wentworth standard bred road horse at Brighton, 3 good draft colts sound. Two year old steers 800 to 1000 pounds dehorned in carload lots of 20. Six hundred head of sheep includes 200 young Shropshire ewes 100 yearling wethers 250 lambs feeders 50 extra Shropshire bucks. Ewes sold in lots of 20 feeders in 100s bucks one with privilege. Cash or 6 month notes at 7 percent. Auctioneers and clerk listed, Washington Iowa. 1 8 12 15 19

Sound David Wentworth Brighton Shropshire

Referees Sell Washington County Farm and Lots at Public Auction

Referees announce a sale of Washington County real estate including a 420 acre farm near Pilotsburg with house barn cattle shed and water system plus an unimproved 135 acre tract north of Pilotsburg and city lots in Ashby’s Addition Washington Iowa Prices and details available from the undersigned referees in Washington Iowa.

Washington County Real Estate Towit Pilotsburg Range & West Ashby Washington Iowa

Notice of Public Sale in Washington County Estate

Public sale of real estate in Washington County Iowa estate of Phillip H Richardson authorized by district court. Auction September 11 1911 from 9 am to 4 pm at residence on described land one mile southeast from Grace Hill two miles southwest from Titus. Sale terms to be announced day of sale.

Milton Denison J. C. Richardson Sarilla Jane Dunbar Gregg Richardson Ada Richardson Lloyd Hayes Cloyce McClelland Keith McClelland F. G. McClelland Hermina R. Richardson Joseph Kenry M. Richardson A. D Phillip H. Richardson District Court of Washington County Iowa Grace Hill Titus

Closing Out Sale at Thompson Farm Near Crawfordsville

A public sale at the late R C Thompson residence nine miles southeast of Washington and six miles northeast of Wayland starts at 10 am on Tuesday September 12. Included are five head of horses and mules a span of four and five year old mules a three year old gelding weight 1200 a single driver and a lady broke mule. Fourteen head of cattle consisting of etcent.

R. C. Thompson Crawfordsville Havre Washington Wayland

Sale Notices for Cattle Hogs Farm Tools and Household Odds

Four good milch cows bred three yearling steers and five yearling heifers are offered with fifty one hogs including brood sows and spring shoats. Additional farm forage grain wood posts lumber and equipment listed with terms of 10 months credit on items over ten dollars and cash for ten dollars or less. Mrs Eva Thompson D Macon Auctioneer Arthur Therion clerk. 5-8-9

Wisconsin drained lands offered near Iowa for sale

Advertises level drained Wisconsin lands in Monroe Juneau Jackson counties near Davenport buyers can pay small down payments and $2 00 to 30 00 per acre with future tiling optional. Claims high timothy hay yields two to three tons per acre and strong drought resistance with railroad access and references First National Bank Davenport Iowa. Ex Congressmen Dawson cites drainage benefits.

Iowa Lowa Illinois Chicago & Northwestern Chicago & Milwaukee Munroe Juneau Jackson Wisconsin Timothy First National Bank Davenport Edenburn Farnam Street Wisconsin River Valley Dawson Monroe County Monroe Clark Davenport Democrat

Old Time Remedy Darkens the Hair

An article on hair darkening tonics cites a historic mix of sage and sulphur once brewed at home and now sold as Wyeth's Sage Sulphur Hair Remedy. The Wyeth Chemical Company markets it in New York with a money back guarantee and druggists like McElbinney Drug Co as agents selling it for fifty cents per bottle.

Wyeth Chemical Company New York Wyeth Secial Agent McElbinney Drug Co

Peter the Great Son of Custer Show Jack Prospect

Description of a prize-winning stallion named Peter the Great Son of Custer. He weighs 1050 pounds, brown with white points, large boned, and a strong foal getter from renowned male producers.

Jack Custer

Percheron Greton 58358 advertised for sale at Ainsworth farm

This 1911 era colt sired by Vaillant 56873 lines to Vail lant and Lisette 29285. Bred on a historic Feudal estate in France, raised for years on Percheron stock, with show pedigree and description of conformation. Sale terms insure colt for 14 dollars. owner J A Kolosick advertises near Ainsworth Nebraska with telephones listed.

Vaillant Lisette France M. Fullard Paris Europe America My Farm Ainsworth

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Liberty Muscatine Bi Rebek Wit Ottumwa Central Association Oskaloosa Bailor Durkee American Press Association An Automobile Authority United States Quaker City Motor Club Billy Sunday Gospel League Pittsburgh Ken Cy Young Addie Joss Joss Detroit Wayne Gardens Louisville Horse Show Association Kentucky Judge Moore Vanderbilt Chicago White Sox Joe Kelley St. Joseph Middleton Davis Clemens Berger Pueblo, Cole Wichita Kan Frank Isbell Charter Oak Park Hartford A. A. A. Contest Board American Association Maryland J. H. Taylor D. F. Macon Ralph Dougherty W. B. Ingham Ae Sale Eva Thompson Arthur Therion Peter the Great Peter Condar Princess Mies Emily Percheron Greton J. A. Kolosick Washington Telephone Co Ainsworth-Miller Lines Stali Onima
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