Great National Game in Scotland and Ireland Tour
The All-Americas baseball team tours Britain and Ireland playing matches in Scotland England and Ireland. Highlights include a seven inning win 8 to 4 in Glasgow a 7 to 6 loss in Manchester and a 4 to 2 win in Dublin plus an 18 to 0 rounders rout and a 28 game tally across Europe. The narrative also covers the 1890s Brotherhood revolt and Players League upheaval shaping early professional baseball.
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Ireland
Emerald Isle
Scotland
Land O' Cakes
Mr. Spalding
Maister Anson
Scotjand Cricket Club
Manchester
Tenet
England
Collie Athletic
Liverpool
Fleetwood
Irish Channel
Princess of Wales
Land of the Saints
Albion
Belfast
Irreland Cricket Club
America
Chicago
Wood
Healy
Harle
Hmit
Dublin
Dubln
Baldwin
Crane
Hanlon
Burns
Brown
Carroll
San Francisco
Chicagos
Williamson
Paris
Pfeffer
Tener
Willamson
Brotherhood
Players’ League
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Cleveland
Pittsburg
National League
Cincinnati
Ancient Oracles and Delphic Fame in Herodotus
The piece notes Herodotus citing seven to eighty oracles of various sorts with Delphi and Dodona as chief. It argues oracles offered only predictions from secret information or vagueness, sustained by public faith rather than infallibility, amid Egypt’s peaceful rise and trade under royal trusteeships authoring wealth.
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Herodotus
Delphi
Dodona
Egypt
Cambyses
Phoenicia
Greece
Charles Winelow Hall
National
Home ownership advice boosts readers’ thrift and plans
The article promotes free counsel from William A. Radford on building topics and home ownership. It urges readers to save, invest in a modest house, and avoid overextending finances while outlining the value of a home as a life anchor. It notes a starter payment of one hundred dollars and stresses thrift and prudent spending.
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William A. Radford
Idstor
William A. Headford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Til
Aung
United States
Cozy six room bungalow plans show practical home cost
The article describes a single story six room cottage with three bedrooms, living room with bay window, dining room, kitchen pantry and rear porch. It notes lighted rooms, storage spaces, and a front porch for outdoor gatherings. It cites bungalow popularity and estimates built cost from 2300 to 2500 dollars.
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Thia
Treasures of Lost Dunwich Coast Coin Hoard Unearthed
A major high tide on the Suffolk coast reveals gold silver and bronze coins from early Saxon times, plus antique rings and a bronze bag clasp with a silver inscription. The shoreline near Dunwich and Thorpess shows dramatic erosion exposing relics from a once great port and bishopric.
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Suffolk
England
Thorpness
Aldeburgh
John
Dunwich
Dummoceastre
Sigeberht
East Anglia
Honorius
Henry I
Iceland
Edward III
Am Loyal to the League Opens 1889 Baseball Season
A memoir fragment recounts returning to "God's country" just in time for the 1889 opening of the base ball season, noting the lack of a usual early spring trip to Hot Springs before play began. The tone reflects local pride and a sense of unfinished routine as the season starts.
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God's Country
Hot Springs
Tall women and short men catch the eye in witty quip
The Houston Post quotes a remark about tall women marrying short men and playful musings on why this trend exists, noting the contrast with duck-legged men and their speed.
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Houston Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Britain
Harleng
Battery
Fogerty
Manning
Sullivan
Rounders
Rounders’ Association
Ark
San Antonio
Tex
Toner
Dwyer
Hutchinson
Gumbert
Farrell
Darling
Sommers
Flint
Urns
Rastian
van Haltren
Ryan
Duffy
Indianapolis
Washington
John M. Ward
Seceders
Ward
John Ward
Joluing
Young
Spalding
Caplacanson
Mi Maing
Chicago Tional League
Coperight
McClure
Cenunia
William
Radford
Soure
Livine Room
Sokifo
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