Eastern Colleges Shape 1909 Baseball Prospects
College baseball outlooks for Harvard Yale and Princeton in 1909 show Harvard with a strong nucleus and coach Christy Mathewson guiding pitching. Yale and Princeton face heavier graduations but offer promising material and returning arms as coaches assemble spring squads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegians
Southland
Harvard
Cambridge
C. KR. Leonard
Harding
The
Crimson
Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
Yale
Princeton
Johnnies
Graduation
Elis
Tigers
Old Nassau
Clark
IR Leyniger
Heyniger
New Jerseyites
Drew
W. C. Wilson
Clark and Weyniger
Fish
E. C. Selby
Phillips
Warwick
Harlan
Wister
G. C. Feis
H. Philbin
Co. BE. van Vieck
R. S. Rose
F. J. Murphy
H. M. Wheaton
J. H. Mallory
New Baseball League Formed in Chicago
A six team semi professional league launches in Chicago with five local clubs and one Milwaukee team. Cubs president Murphy attended the announcement and backed the plan while protection by the national commission is sought. Members include Gunthers Logins Squares West Ends Leland Giants Anson's Colts and Milwaukee White Sox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
Murphy
Cubs
National Commission
Gunthers
Logins Squares
West Ends
Leland Giants
Anson's Colts
Milwaukee White Sox
Six Day Race for Pedestrians in Madison Square
Thirty six of the world’s greatest pedestrians will start a six day race in Madison Square Garden New York a few minutes after midnight March 7. Eighteen teams compete for five thousand dollars in prize money as nations across the globe are represented by endurance runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
New York
United States
Brazil
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Italy
Germany
France
Russia
Belgium
Holland
Africa
Canada
Spain
Austria
Japan
China
Philippines
Europe
Seattle Indoor Meet Set By Pacific Northwest Association
Officials of the Pacific Northwest Association plan the largest indoor meet ever held in Seattle Washington for a date in March. The event will precede the national championships to be held in Seattle during the exposition. The meet will be under A A U rules, sanctioned and amateur in character. A rare indoor big-meet in Seattle is noted except for the Coliseum event two years ago featuring Dan Kelly world 100 yard record holder and Seattle marathon on a seven mile course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Northwest Association
Seattle
Wilsh
Coliseum
Orpheum
Dan Kelly
Miss Sutton Plans Return to Major Tennis Contests
Miss May Sutton world champion woman tennis player maps a season of events including the national championships at Wissahickon Heights Pennsylvania in June the Canadian Niagara on the Lake tournament and the coast championships at Del Monte. She may visit Wimbledon England for the world championships while skipping the Cincinnati tri state meeting. Sutton has twice held the world title and holds tri state honors plus a $350 silver trophy from Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Sutton
Miss Sutton
Wissahickon Heights
Niagara-on
Lake
Delmonte
Cincinnati
England
United States
Australians to Play Cal and Stanford Teams in California
The Australian rugby squad, returning from England, will meet the University of California at Berkeley on February 13 and Leland Stanford at Palo Alto on February 17. Selection of the All American team to face the visitors is expected soon, with training already underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
University of California
Berkeley
Cal
Leland Stanford
Palo Alto
Antipodes
Advertising Talks Mail Order Trade Strategy in 1900
A 1900 discussion urges home merchants to compete with mail order houses through robust advertising and cash pricing. It argues against attacks on catalogue sellers, promotes price comparisons with transportation costs, and stresses that loyalty should be earned with proof of low prices rather than slander. The piece highlights advertising as the key to winning customers and strengthening local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Cheerful Resolve Tested in Everyday Courtesy
A Detroit Free Press verse warns of daily tests that try our promises to be cheerful patient and pleasant. It questions whether small slights like cold coffee or a rude remark in public undo vows to spread smiles and kindness.
The American Abroad pageant in London grows
Louis N. Park joined the lord mayor's show turning a circus procession into a vivid pageant. Shakespeare Chaucer Spenser and Marlowe figures marched in sequence. William Caxton appeared with printers around an ancient press. The pageants will be continued in future shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis N. Park
Americian
London
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Spenser
Marlowe
William Caxton
Endurance Bouquet Inventor Secures Star’s Order
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes a tall, long haired young man named Wharles visiting a movie star. Wharles is praised as the inventor of an endurance stage bouquet guaranteed with sponging and varnishing to last the season. The star plans to order four dozen bouquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharles
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stobbs Invents New Style Life Preserver
Commentary notes Stobbs struggles to stay afloat financially but claims he has devised a new life preserver style. Quotation from Chicago Tribune praises the invention amid his difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Chicago Tribune
A Bashful Wooer Seeks Love Through a Ring Twist
A playful verse from Bohemian Magazine depicts a shy suitor who longs for his beloved hand. He hesitates to confess until an eye catching a ring gesture reveals his affection in a roundabout, humorous manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemian Magazine
Simple Kidney Remedy Promoted By Expert Authority
Reader's note a home made mix praised by a kidney disease expert as capable of relieving many kidney troubles before Bright's disease. It lists Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsparilla with doses and directions to take after meals and at bedtime. The formula claims to cleanse uric acid and waste, relieve back pain and urinary issues, and even aid rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Boy questions limits of photography after iron frame remark
An eight year old asks his scientist father why photographers can capture comets meteors and moving images yet cannot photograph a boy without placing his head in an iron frame. The exchange appears in the New York Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elis and
Madison Square
Crack Athletes
Northwest
May Button
Henry Herbert Huff
American Press Association
Detroit
Ree Press
Maude
Harry
Mena
Barnapto
Barnatto Diamond Co
Girard Bldg
Sirs
P. O. Box
East
Hume St
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
C.E. Murray
FAREY
A. W. Barkley
South
Eeeeeete
Dr. W. J
Dabn
Aberdeen Meat Market
Tel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!