All Star All College Nine Would Be Strong Team
An imagined all time college baseball nine, unbound by era, would draw top pros and standout non pros. Pitchers Coombs White Bender Mathewson Barry Devlin Chase, Collins, with Fleming, Fultz, Thomas and others in the outfield, creating a formidable, era spanning squad.
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Posbut
tEere
Carter
Yate
Lby
Plank
Gettysburg
Bender
Brushe
Mathewson
Bucknell
Catt Ys
Meyers
Dartmouth
Jones
Uke
Eteid
Harvard
Yater
Princeton
Chase
St. Mary's
Collins
Columbia
Heid
Wafer
Coombs
White
Barry
Devlin
Cree
Fultz
Thomas
Siiders
Thomas Covereidl
Hugh Jennings
Brom Judge Agreement Over Wife Interference Reported
A terse note references a Brom judge and Tepper in a dispute over spousal interference. The quote suggests a deal to prevent her from meddling with stenographers if it would stop interference with his chauffeur.
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Tepper
Tsaritsa Improves in Health and Rubber Breakthrough
St. Petersburg reports the czarina is in better health and more engaged with state affairs, with plans to visit German baths. Separately, chemist Ostromislensky claims a synthetic rubber substitute using ultraviolet rags, priced at 46 shillings a pood, drawing major industry attention and rights deals. The Chinese legation faces troubles tied to the nation’s flag symbol issues.
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St. Petersburg
M. Ostrom
Islensky
Imperial Technical School of Moscow
Count Tatistheff
United Bank
Bogatir Rubber Company
Comte de Chambord
France
McConnell Star Pitched for Wolverton’s Yankees
Steve Brodin recalls George McConnell a native of Anderson Indiana who rose from Rochester Eastern League first base to be a top pitcher for Wolverton’s Yankees. He later joined New York and became a leading pitcher noted for his warmth and tall stature. Groundkeeper Gillespie fights wet fields at Poncey Park as rains delay work and avoid field damage while fans await spring cheers.
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Jake Stahk
Illinois
Fred Tenney
Brown
Chase
W . Georgetown
Plank
Walter Carter
Teagues
Bill Reid
Harvard
Tad Jones
Yale
Red Kafer
Princeton
Chief Meyers
Steve
McConnell
Steve Brodin
George McConnell
Wolverton
Yankees
Anderson
Rochester
George
Rodestrians
New York
Gillespie
Jupe
Ponce de Leon
Poncey Park
Hemphill
Doc Mitchell
Flag changes and uniforms stir Chinese legation hopes and doubts
In the Chinese legation, officials publicly praised the republican move after the republic’s proclamation while the staff removed the new flag amid diplomatic caution. Russian guidance noted recognition should wait, and questions arose about what uniforms diplomats should wear at foreign courts, balancing American simplicity with imperial elegance.
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Legation
Yuan Shi Kai
United States
The Books You Love and the Library’s Gift
A boy in a western town copes with a traveling library and scarce funds. He saves to buy a book, only to have the library forget its promise and sell the extra copy. The tale ends with the idea that longing for a book can be richer than owning many.
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Hildegarde Hawthorne
St. Nicholas
Ibraalan
Agonla
Iké Nathan
Bald
Dhéroghiy
Theo Proposes as He Dances in New York Event
An unclear account describes Theo making a proposal during a dance in New York. The moment is recalled as heartfelt, with a positive reception and a jump of joy when the proposal was accepted.
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Theo
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Mitchell
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MKS
WES Motor Company
Racine
Wisconsin
Mitchell Motor CO
Atlanta
J. A. Gumm
Peachtree Street
Tsaritsa
OT and Distillers
Louisville, K
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eReee
le Ppa
Ree
aCee
Bock Beer
Ther
Goodrich
TIRES
B. F. Goodrich CO
Akron
Altasta
Houston St
the Globe-Clothing CO
Whitehall
Oeddie
Mr. Markley
Miss Summers
Miss Wise
Misa
Luckie Street
Piedmont
Bell Phone
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