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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1912
Page
1
Chicago chants praise for Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers as key to pennant drive. Manager Chance hails the keystone duo as the brightest pairing yet while noting Evers’s sharp hitting and base running. The Caledonia episode shows the athletes stranded after return tickets proved invalid amid amateur status.
In Iowa Falls on Sunday about 20,000 people witnessed the sham battle maneuvers of 4,000 troops at Camp Logan. An estimated 1,600 out of town autos joined residents for the encampment events, with Governor Carroll and staff to review dress parade today. the encampment nears its end as troops prepare to return home.
In St Louis the New York Giants beat the Cardinals to extend their NL lead while Chicago had no game due to rain. In Boston Detroit split a pair with Boston winning 4 3, aided by Detroit errors and a Willett walk with bases loaded. Batteries Crandall and Alex Sallee for New York. Bedient and Carrigan for Detroit.
Fragmented ad claims a cure for catarrh with Hall Catarrh Jr. credits F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and Walding Kessan de Maivan endorsers. Mentions internal cure and mucous membranes, with garbled drug details and price. Lacks coherent facts or verifiable entities beyond scattered names and a Toledo address.
Yesterday's results include Western Teague games in Lincoln and Omaha with scores 3 2 in extra innings and 9 7, Sioux City Denver 13 4, St Joseph 8 4, and Wichita 4. American Association reports Minneapolis Toledo weather delays and scores 8 2 in St Paul, Kansas City 6 2, Milwaukee 6 2. Central Association shows Kewanee Muscatine wet grounds, Ottumwa 2 Galesburg 3, Burlington 7 Okuk 2, Monmouth 1 Hannibal 3.
New York dated Aug 20 reports Mel Sheppard James Meredith and Donald Lippincott, stars of the Stockholm winning American team, stranded in Glasgow with no funds for passage home. They face the need to work abroad unless financial help arrives from friends promptly, relayed by the Caledonia’s purser on arrival.
The report lauds the most successful encampments in Iowa history praising the ideal camp site at Iowa Falls. It commends the maneuver grounds and the warm reception given to soldiers by Iowa Falls citizens.
Manchester Iowa August 20 Severe electrical storm in Delaware county with eight hours of heavy rain. Water gauge records over six inches causing bank-full streams and road and bridge destruction. Telegraph and railroad service disrupted. Lightning struck a barn destroying hay grain and farm equipment. Church steeple and Central school building damaged. Insurance adjusters expect losses to exceed prior records. A. S. Jones endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound.
A house cat attacked the Miller family in their East Sixth Street home at 3:30 AM. The infant, 6 months old, was dragged from bed and scratched head to toe. Mrs. Miller and Mr. Miller were also scratched while rescuing the child. Police and medical staff treated all. the cat, with two kittens, was captured and to be watched for rabies. The baby is expected to recover, hydrophobia unlikely from scratches.
A Waterlo o Sash and Fixture Co wagon loaded with lumber backed into an Illinois Central train engine early this morning on Water street in Waterloo. The collision caused minor wagon damage but the horse escaped injury as the engineer halted the No. 7 passenger train.
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