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!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
7
The National League season began with about 15 000 fans in St Louis and New York witnessing the opener as eight clubs start the pennant race. The circuit’s reduced size promises a fierce, potentially profitable season with stronger teams and a hard fought title chase ahead.
Chicago beat Cincinnati 13 to 10 in a season opener before about 1200 fans. Cincinnati led early but could not sustain hits as Chicago pulled away in the later innings. Batteries Pletz Phillips Scott Crawford and Mene tee Umpire O Day Time 20.
St Louis beat Pittsburg 3 to 0 as Cy Young stifled the visitors. He allowed five hits, struck out nine, and fielded brilliantly. Attendance was about 1,500. Batteries: Young and O Connor for St Louis. Wad dell Leeser and Zimmer for Pittsburg. Umpire Hurst. Time 15.
Brooklyn won 3 to 2 over New York at the Polo Grounds in the opening game of the season attended by about fifteen thousand. The Brooklyn team showed strong pitching and defense while New York’s lineup featured Batterle Kennedy McGuire and Grady with Umpire Emslle calling the game. Time 5.
The American League opener saw Amole shut out Detroit 9 or 0 with a no hit no run effort. Detroit managed only five men reach first base during the nine innings. A parade of teams preceded the game through downtown Detroit.
At the ball grounds the Elks headed by 200 members hosted a game where Charley Bennett, the ex Boston catcher who lost both of his legs, was center stage as Mayor Maybury pitched the first ball. Detroit's Ray advanced to third on an error and a wild pitch, the only local to reach beyond second. Also noted: postponement of the Indianapolis Cleveland game due to soggy grounds. Kansas City beat Minneapolis 8 to 9, New Orleans beat Selma 6 to 3 with Delaney and Piper on the New Orleans battery. Attendance 2,000.
American jockeys dominated the Craven meeting second day at New Market with Sloan Relff and Martin among the winners or placers. Eileen Violet with L Reiff was second. Clayton won the Column Produce stakes for E C Clayton. Melton with Sloan rode Victor Hugo to win the two year old Plate. Little Girl ridden by L Reiff finished third. Irresistible won the forty first sale stakes for R G Drew with J Muska g Downham. Felicita with Sloan second. Galveston with Rigby placed third in a five furlong event. Assisted by L Reiff on Victor Hugo and Sloan on Irresistible in the sales stake, fourteen starters took part.
Wisconsin is famed for its cool summer resorts and the best of them are reached by the Wisconsin Central Railway. Burlington Lake Beulah Mukwonago Waukesha offer inducements to the tourist and sportsman. For illustrated descriptive booklets address Jax & Font Geal Pass Agent Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Black Patti and her troubadours greet Atlanta with ragtime ballads cakewalk and operatic kaléidoscope plus The Jolly Pathfinders three nights and Wednesday matinee starting April 8. DeWole Slopper at Grind Opera House opens next Tuesday with two performances on April 28. Mr Hopper’s company led by Nelle Bergen and Sousa presents The Charlatan with lavish scenery and a large chorus.
The article argues that Crab Orchard attr provides greatest benefits when taken in small doses regularly. Small doses stimulate stomach and bowel secretions and restore them to normal function, restoring normal digestion and bowel activity.
A benefit concert for the Sunday school organ fund will be held tonight in the church Sunday schoolroom. Tickets sold by children. Programme includes overture, chorus Holy God We Praise Thy Name, recitations by Mrs Vance Hunter, vocal duets, cornet and organ solos, and whistling solo. Parents urged to bring children by 7 45 PM for opening numbers.
In the Lumbermen’s Stakes at four and a half furlongs at Montgomery Park, Farmer Bennett an odds-on favorite loses to Odner in a driving stretch finish. Sard and Odner trailed early as Gold Standard faltered in the opener. Belle of Memphis and other long shots contested the program with Odner tipping the scales at ten to one for a notable upset.
New York April 19 Acqueduct featured Educate winning the Rose Stakes by a head in a contested drive. Four favorites prevailed in six races as Jamaica and Aqueduct entries repeated strong showings with tight finishes and notable odds across six events.
Celebrated organist Clarence Eddy, renowned worldwide, gives a recital at Trinity Church tonight drawing great local interest. The program features works by Wagner, Schubert, Buck, and Weber with orchestral arrangements, reflecting Eddy’s storied career and international acclaim.
Rev Benjamin J Kelley formerly pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in this city and late vicar general of this state was formally made bishop of the diocese of Georgia by the Pope in a secret consistory at St Peters Rome. The see is at Bavanna and Atlanta Catholics may see Bishop Kelley frequently.
Miss Bella Kearney renowned temperance lecturer and organizer of the Woman Christian Temperance Union will lecture next Sunday at 3 PM in Tabernacle Baptist Church on The Reforms of the Day. A Mississippi native and educator, she has taught six years and rallied support across the United States and England, drawing a large congregation.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.