Clever Tricks by Which Dalrymple and Others Won Games
A historical survey lists Chicago Dalrymple and players like Mike Kelly and Johnny Evers among masters of baseball tricks that misled umpires and opponents. It recounts Dalrymple’s extra inning ruse against Philadelphia and Clarke’s running bluff against Chicago, noting the fame of baserunning feints and pantomime plays used to win crucial games.
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Mike Kelly
Jimmy McAleer
Pat Tebean
Billy Hamilton
Comiskey
Tip O'Neil
Tommy McCarthy
Dalrymple
Chicago
Philadelphia
Quakers
Cal
Johnny Evers
Evers
Slagle
Fred Clarke
Pittsburg
Gunes
Wagner
Dahien
Clarke
Dahlen
Kel
New York
Kelly
Jong
As Good as Married
A humorous London Answers quip about sailors and life at sea. The exchange features two sailors debating marriage and listing extreme sea experiences from fever and cholera to frostbite, drowning, shark attacks, explosions, and surgery as measures of a life well lived.
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Bill
London
Love Letters Between Bagsocoyne Figures Disclosed
In a Cleveland Leader exchange a clerk questions the value of a package while references to love letters from old Bagsocoyne are discussed. The letters are being sent to a lawyer.
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Express Clerk
Express
Bagsocoyne
Cleveland Leader
Precocious Defined as Children With Above-Average Knowledge
Johnny and Papa discuss the term precocious. Papa explains it describes children who know more than typical for their age. Johnny counters with a tease calling such a child fresh.
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Johnny
Papa
Johnnny
Awfully Slow and the Mind Reader Banter
A humorous exchange frames a modern ribbing about expectation and communication. The speakers quip on truth and effort, contrasting patience with promptness in a playful dialogue style.
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Darling
Utility and beauty in civil art as a practical ideal
The Century argues that utility and beauty should not be separate. Commonplace ugliness dulls taste for beauty. modern practice should make the whole house美 as beautiful, not confine finest things to a single room. Regular exposure to beauty in ordinary things deepens appreciation for art in public spaces.
Quick action gambling as described by two Detroiters
Two Detroiters warn of a gambling instinct that tempts victims to bet with odd or even coins and with greenback bills. They describe a quick 50 cent gamble using coins dated 1879 and 1880 and a dollar bill game called greenback poker with series numbers and hands like full house or two pairs. The piece cautions that high wins and quick losses can follow such play.
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Washington
Detroit News
Origin of Alcohol Story From Ancient Cave Dwellers
A scientist proposes that early cave dwellers' diet of roots and fruits led to stored foods. Fermentation converted fruit sugars into alcohol, and consumption grew from there. This narrative marks the supposed start of alcohol use in human history.
Dissipation of Elements and Energy in Radium Decay
A discussion on radium disintegration notes that one gram releases about 1,000,000,000 great calories as helium is emitted. Reversing this loss to reconstruct the elements would require that same enormous energy, making synthesis appear hopeless. The question of initial element construction is posed to students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Meizen
Egg production tips from bone and meat mix
An Eas Producer notes bone is superior to grain for egg production and easy bone cutting makes use practical. The minister remarks on a Scottish scene. The Weex Esp. Excursion lists round trip tickets from Big Timber to Springdale at 45 cents until Oct 1906, with child fare at 2 1/2 cents, trains 43,5, return 44,4 on weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eas
Weex
Springdale
Notice to Stockholders Pioneer Printing and Publishing Co
Notice to stockholders of Pioneer Printing and Publishing Co. a meeting will be held at the corporation's Big Timber office on Saturday afternoon June 23 at 4 o clock for election of officers and other business. J W Geiger secretary.
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Pioneer Printing and Publishing Co
Big Timber
Loveliest Ho Biscuits With Bridger Coal
Advertises Bridger Coal as a high grade article ideal for biscuits. Claims quick hot steady heat and purity for better cooking results. Emphasizes heat value and cleanliness of the coal.
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Bridger
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