Baseball Alum Spawns Legendary Spitball Tale
A colorful tale recalls Cy Priest of the Roarers reusing a spitball in 1884 against the Lightfoot Lilies. Slugger Burrows devises an antidote with powdered alum, triggering a dramatic ninth inning and a chaotic clubhouse restraint before a 4-3 finish for the Roarers.
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All Corporation
Cy Priest
Ringtall Roarers
Lightfoot Lilies
Capt
Slugger
Slugger Barrows
Sun
The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket
Compact ad copy promoting Cascarets in a vest pocket box. Claims six candy tablets act like exercise for bowel and liver muscles, with gentle, non purgative relief. Ends by urging genuine CCC stamped tablets from Sterling Remedy Company for ten cents.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Free gold-plated trinket box offer from Sterling Remedy
Readers are invited to mail ten cents in stamps to receive a hard-enameled gold-plated trinket box. The offer, described as the most liberal ever made, asks readers to mention the paper and send their address to Sterling Remedy Company in Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ddress Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Civil engineers depart for Philippines railroad project
Kansas City notes the first corps of civil engineers leaves for Seattle en route to the Philippines to build a 400 mile railroad across Panay Negros and Cebu. The project costing about 12000000 will use Philippine native labor for construction with cement from China and timber ties from local sources. A second group of 106 men will follow.
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Kansas City
Corps of
Civil Engineers
United States
Panay
Negros
Cebu
Seattle
Philippines
Luzon
China
Billings
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Very Best Remedy For Bowel Trouble
Bluffton resident M F Burroughs endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best for bowel trouble after years of use. He warns the remedy will be needed before summer ends and urges purchase from J L Wikle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Burroughs
Bluffton
Ind
J L Wikle
Bullet for French Duels in Paris Training Club
Parisians use a hollow bullet to train for duels at La Societe lAssaut au Pistolet. In a Jardin de Paris session forty top shooters fired 272 shots with 202 hits, two men each landing full peepres as they faced each other.
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Paris
Deiillers
la Societe l'Assaut Au Pistolet
Jardin de Paris
New Cure For Epilepsy Advertised by Waterman
J B Waterman of Watertown writes that his daughter cured of epilepsy by Dr Kings New Life Pills has not had an attack for over two years. Best body cleansers and life giving tonie pills on earth 25 cents at West End Drug Co and Miller Drug.
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J. B. Waterman
Watertown
Unclear court exchange mentions King George III and an apple
Fragmentary text shows a court remark about the king and an apple in a dumpling. It mentions George III and a curious line about a 26 being tacked on. The source is highly garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
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George III
Penitence by Cedar Tree Immigration? Bad Men in Nevada
A Sacramento Bee Manhattan correspondence reports Nevada lawmen lack a jail and fail to expel unwelcome visitors. Deputies reportedly handcuff offenders to cedar trees, leaving them bound daily until punishment matches their offences.
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Nevada
Manhattan
Sacramento Bee
Cattle Fire Claims Dozens After Dipping Incident
Two cowboys on the Matador ranch near Channing dip cattle in oil and uncover an unbranded steer. The brand heat ignites the soaked hair, causing a flash fire that spreads to a nearby herd. Forty cattle die in the blaze amid the oil slick and flames.
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Matador Ranch
Channing
Fextey
How to Break Up a Cold
A severe cold may be halted in one or two days by taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy hourly at first symptoms. Early signs include a dry loud cough a watery nasal discharge and a thin white coating on the tongue. The remedy is sold by J L Wikle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wikle
Atlantic fisheries drive New England fishing economy
The New England fisheries form the most important branch of the American fishing industry, with annual catch valued at about 16 million dollars, roughly one quarter of the nation's total catch value.
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New England
Witiustry
African Delicacy Among Indigenous Peoples
The article notes that the aborigines of South America and Africa prize the guana, a large lizard, as a great delicacy. It compares the guana to the smaller orodie, remarking the former is more unsightly in appearance.
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South America
Africa
Foley's Honey and Tar Warns Against Imitations
Foley & Co. of Chicago promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted throat and lung remedy. They warn that many imitations with similar names exist, urging buyers to insist on the genuine product in a yellow wrapper and refuse substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Boundary between Alaska and Canada to be set by astronomy
A treaty between the United States and Great Britain uses astronomy and telegraphy to fix the 141st meridian as the boundary line. Commission members O H Tittman and a British scientist will oversee synchronized observations with transit telescopes to determine exact time and place.
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Alaska
Canada
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Yukon
O. H. Tittman
Chicago
Greenwich
England
Tittman
Sitka
Seattle
Valdez
Fort Egbert
Pointe
Ingine
Russia
Tranalt
Foley's Kidney Cure Proves Worth in Willimantic Case
Alvin H. son of Willimantic Conn faced severe kidney trouble after many failed remedies. He tried Foley's Kidney Cure and reports being cured after four bottles, now fully well. Elam Ordway & Houser endorse the remedy.
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Foley
Alvin H. Son
Willimantic
Conn
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Administrator's Sale of Zimri Henderson Estate Lands
Court ordered sale in Calhoun County Alabama to settle the Henderson estate. The sale, June 30 1904 in Anniston, offers parcels described as fractions of sections 13 23 26 township 1 east with undivided interests. Proceeds go to heirs per the probate decree issued April 1906 by Judge W For man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. &. Forman
Ta Clair County
Alabama
Zimri Henderson
Anniston
Cal
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Business Directory
T. M. Henderson
Noble Street
INGS
J. L. Murphy
J. T. Hodge
Anniston City Furniture
H. H. Webb & Co
West 15Th St
City Grocery Company
East Tenth Street
F. J. Ulbricht’s
Mad
DA Doe
Painter
National Lead Company
Freeman
7Th St
Cincinnati, O
Slugger Burrows
Jingo
Big Bull Thompson
Sammy Salmon
Sammie Salmon
Sammie
Priest
Stefimboat
Ness
City National
Anniston, Ala
The
Atlantic Fisheries
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