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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1911
Page
8
NO NUTMEG MINERS startford, Conn., Sept. 26. Connecticut is among few states not represented at the American Mining congress opening in Chicago. After a vain search by Governor Baldwin, it was decided Connecticut has no wilting industry to be represented.
The Galveston News quotes a sentiment that a man should marry a woman who is his superior because otherwise he will have no option if he marries at all. The remark frames marriage as a social norm reinforcing hierarchy.
An economical range burns any fuel and includes a patented broiler attachment. It claims to lock in flavor and juices while broiling at home, with smoke and odor drawn into the unit and up the chimney. Demonstrations are offered.
An ad promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a simple inexpensive solution to gray hair. It claims the product banishes gray hairs in days and also removes dandruff aids hair growth and relieves itching and dryness. Available at fifty cents a bottle from Mcinhinney Drug Co through druggists.
In the early days of training football players endure summer heat as they harden for contests three months away. Teams split into varsity and second squads, practice tackling, formations, and scrimmage, with mornings added for drop kicks and tackling to sharpen key players ahead of decisive games.
Washington Nationals manager Jim McAleer names an all star lineup to face the Athletics in the world series. The roster includes players like Speaker Milan and Chase, with pitchers Walsh Johnson Ford White and catchers Street Sullivan.
Robert C. Motherwell Jr former Moyamensing Prison warden returns home after nearly a year away and, after ringing the front doorbell, shoots himself through the brain. The tragedy occurred in Philadelphia on September 26.
Charley Street of the Washington Americans praises Walter Johnson as the best pitcher of his career after early season illness. Street notes Johnson regained form, possesses speed and control, and gains batters every game. Brooklyn’s rise in the race is hindered by strong pitching elsewhere and a tight league battle. Also mentions Sam Crawford’s home run record set in 1902 by an Athletics star.
National League results logged with teams Boston Chicago Pittsburg St. Louis Cincinnati and New York. Wet grounds hinder first game at Chicago Boston doubleheader mix results noted with players Rucker Meyers and Crandall contributing. Rain hampers action across venues including Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with line scores and batter details.
Fragmentary OCR shows betting codes and pairings with cities like New York Chicago Boston and Philadelphia. Names such as Scott and Block Fisher and Wil Hames Mullin and Stanage Morgan and Livingston appear alongside venue markers Incomplete lines mix odds percentages and identifiers for races or bets, lacking coherent narrative or date context.
Fifty years ago on September 26 General Fremont ordered the second arrest of Colonel F. P. Blair of the First Missouri Light Artillery and Blair was sent to Washington on charges against Fremont. Lincoln’s proclamation marked the day as one of humiliation prayer and fasting across the Union. Twenty five years ago a Hull England paper published a London postmarked letter alleging Fenians planned to burn Hull.
Kutina, former Saginaw first baseman now with the St. Louis Browns, also wrestles with Gotch in winter and owns a farm near Humboldt IA. He is a local boxing figure and may rise to heavyweight status. The piece notes Zapata’s Mexican bandit manifest and a Cleveland murder near East Eighty-Ninth Street.
Raymond Green thirteen employed on local roadwork near Princeton Indiana was kicked on the heel by a mule and died from his injuries. The incident occurred on Sept 26 as the construction force labored on nearby roads.
Champ Clark spoke at the Kansas semi centennial celebration in Hutchinson and was introduced as the next president. He jokingly said he hoped the prediction might prove true.
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