Ten Thousand Dollar Beauty and the World Tour
Chapter XVI recounts the 1887 sale of Mike Kelly for 10000 to Boston, the Chicago club's rise and fall, and the plan for a world tour with the All-America squad. It covers player shifts, batting leaders, Spalding’s sponsorship, and the White House receptions with Presidents Cleveland and Harrison, plus the farewell game and financial gamble yielding large publicity losses.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Mike Kelly
Boston
Mike
Phiz
Nelly
Beaneaters
Mark Baldwin
Clarkson
van Haltren
Anson
Pfeffer
Burns
Teheau
Sullivan
Ryan
Pettit
van Halren
Darling
Mike Melly
Avril
Detroit
Borton
New York
Lonybody
Philadelphia
Quaker
John
Beckley
Pittsburg
Australia
New Zealand
A. G. Spalding
Aly, Spalding
Leigh S. Lynch
Lynch
Tory
Mr. Spalding
Aubk
Sone
Bostons
Mike Tiernan
New Yorks
Chicases
Goa
Ned Williamson
Tom Burns
Tom Naly
Jimmy Ryan
Fred Pfeffer
John Tener
Mark Sullivan
Bob Pettit
Ven
Wolk
Aoman
Grover Cleveland
America
Benjamin Harrison Hinl
White House
Cleveland
Heninmin
Chapter XVII 1-Army Tours Global Publicity Rise
Chapter XVII describes 1-Army meeting President Cleveland and planning a world tour before 1888. Publicity exploded as posters were removed by a wagon lord, newspapers buzzed about the troupe, and enthusiasm grew for an overseas venture sparked by Mr. Yneh’s trip to Australia.
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Army
Cleveland
I. Yolk
Mr.yneh
Australia
Ancient carreta with 200 year history on display in Los Angeles
The old Texas and New Mexico carreta, said to be over two centuries old, owned by Alfonso a Tesuque Indian, traveled 60 miles from Redlands to Los Angeles with Captain Newton Chittenden guiding it. The wagon features cross section sycamore wheels about 38 inches wide, a cotton wood body, and four foot long mes tongue, oxen driven by rawhide thongs.
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Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Alfonso
Newton Chittenden
Pomona
Cal
Redlands
Los Angeles
Chittenden
Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
Reason for Prayer Saying in Sun Day Class
A day school teacher asks Tommy why he does not say his prayers at night. He replies that he did so when he slept in a folding bed, but not anymore.
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Tommy
Portable Colony House Gains Popularity in Poultry Farming
The portable colony chicken house depicted in Town and Country Journal gains appeal for poultrymen and renters alike. It stresses light air and vermin protection, notes open front shed coops with ventilation, and details sturdy construction using redwood or cedar framing, tongued and grooved pine floors, and matched boards with four corner fasteners.
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E. F. Barry
Town and Country Journal
Colony House
Royal Stock Show in Hongland nets large premiums and turnout
At the last Royal Stock Show in Hongland, all 2,000 head of stock entered were judged on the first day, with $60,000 in cash premiums awarded and an attendance of 52,000 people. No horse races or side attractions are allowed at these shows.
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Hongland
Farms of United States valued at about thirty million
An estimate places the value of all U S farms including livestock and improvements at around 30 million dollars reflecting the substantial land and agricultural assets across the nation.
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United States
German Farmers at Labor on Eastern Farm
An illustration shows workers in eastern Germany harvesting corn. They transfer ears from a wagon to a large compact pile built in shelf like layers to keep grain dry and secure from rain. The laborers take pride in making durable storage piles on the vast farm.
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Germany
Setzen Eine
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Khlistory
Acanson
PURGO
Fergie Keane
Britain
Ture
John Fener
Pennsylvania
Frank Lawler
Pye
Benjamin
Carreta