Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1913 — Blames Chewing Gum For Near-Drowning at Edgewater. [ARTICLE]

Blames Chewing Gum For Near-Drowning at Edgewater.

Monticello Journal—The crowd from Brook that has been at Edge water the past few days left for home Thursday morning and a party from Fowler arrived to take the cottage. The out going people had a very happy time. One crowd of two girls and a young man thought to do a little fancy boating and borrowed a canoe of the local lads on Second Island. They were not any more than nicely away from shore until over went the boat spilling the occupants Into the river. The young man vows the ladies both shifted their Spearmint chewing wax to the same side at the same time and left their tongues on that side also or he would have had no trouble.

Although there are still close to fifty games to be played In the regular championship season of the major leagues, the date, for the opening of the world’s seiles games this fall was announced by President Johnson of the American League. The opening game of the title classes will be staged Oct. 6, a Monday, and on each succeeding day thereafter until one club has won four out of seven games.