Discoveries of Gold in Transvaal Spark Johannesburg Rise
The June St. Nicholas recounts Elyda R. Steege on Transvaal gold discovery and Johannesburg growth. German Georg Mauch first hinted at gold, but lack of interest stalled mining until Englishman Stroben publicized it, drawing twenty thousand prospectors within a year. Peter Frank, sixteen, was fatally shot in a St. Louis riot.
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Elyda R. Steege
South Africa
St. Nicholas
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Mauch
Stroben
Peter Frank
St. Louis
Manila
Agriculttral Implement
Jiecrereariner Avenues
Minneapolis
Minn
Hall's Catarrh Cure Honored As Constitutional Remedy
Advertisements note various medicines and travel fares alongside political notes. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure as constitutional, Piso's Cure for throat and lungs, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Also cites freight on Union Pacific travel with scenic routes and dates for excursions from Utah, Idaho, and Nevada to Chicago, Omaha, and Kansas City.
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Utah
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Charleston
Oseearle Ciocinns
St. Paul
Colorado Common Points
Chicago
St. Louis
St Paul
Detroit
Idaho
Desee
Montana
Omaha
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Union Pacific
Nevada
Devil's Slide
Witches Rocks
Green River Bluffs
Pulpit Rock
Devil's Gate
Salt Lake
Denver
H. M. Clay
Salt Lake City
Everett Fined for Kicking Umpire at Cincinnati
Chicago first baseman Everett was fined and benched by umpire O Day after a disputed play in Cincinnati. The incident sparks calls for strict discipline to protect the game s reputation and to back umpires in enforcing rules. Spalding prepares to go to Paris to support the exposition sport program while Commissioner Peck lauds his selection.
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Everett
Chicago
Cincinnati
O'Day
Chance
Reds
Sporting News
O’day
Day
President Young
Mr. Day
Amercans
Spalding
Paris
New York
Broadway
Avenue Rapp
France
Peck
Umpiring Debates and Baseball News of the Era
A discussion favors two umpires per game over single officials to protect the game’s integrity and spectator enjoyment. The Pittsburg club notably resisted the double system, while others backed it. The piece also profiles pitcher Charles W. Harper of St. Louis and notes A. G. Spalding’s Paris Exposition athletic leadership appointment.
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National League
Pittsburg
Left-handed pitcher Willie McGill faced reserve rule pressure
Willie McGill, reserve to Comiskey's AL team, received a $1,250 offer from Cleveland manager Jimmy McAleer to pitch for the season. He lamented that Comiskey would force him to pay $250 to buy his release or accept $800 for the season, calling the reserve rule unjust and likening it to being treated like a dog.
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Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Tebeau
Perfectos
Willie McGill
Comiskey
Jimmy McAleer
McGill
Umpires in Jealous Row Over Giants Reds Boston ties
William Dahlen discusses Umpires Hurst and Swartwood amid disputes between President Young and club magnates. The National League-backed officials face bans and scheduling clashes as Freedman pressures Polo Grounds gates while Young assigns games to balance umpiring.
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Hurst
Swartwood
Young
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Ioon
Giants
Reds
National League
Cincinnati
John T. Brush
Freedman
Polo Grounds
Mr. Young
Baseball Notes from the Era Tell of Moves and Mirth
Pitcher Billy Rhines works the rivers to pass time as other players shift teams. Joe Sugden signs with Charley Comiskey for the Chicago White Stockings after a Cleveland release. Clayton Fauver trains with the Clevelands for fun while exasperated leagues miss Washington’s absence. umpire Haskell leaves baseball for a Kansas City hotel, Will Terry succeeding. Loftus says Chicago will carry seven pitchers early, names Callahan through Menafee. Milwaukee releases Gray Stafford Weaver Nichol. Nichol to Rochester. Pittsburg trims roster with Ketcham to Wilkes-Barre and Gould Wilhelm freed.
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Billy Rhines
Clarion
Allegheny
Joe Sugden
Cleveland
Charley Comiskey
Chicago White Stockings
Clayton Fauver
Oberlin
Clevelands
Washington
Haskell
Kansas City
Will Terry
Loftus
Chicago
Callahan
Griffith
Cunningham
Garvin
Taylor
Killen
Menafee
Milwaukee
Billy Gray
Stafford
Weaver
Nichol
Rochester
Pittsburg
Ketcham
Wilkesbarre
Gray
Gould
Wilhelm
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Ayer
Haswell Drug Co
Estero Aventis
Cula
Osankoco
Rootheer
D's Hine
T. M. Roberts
Florida
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Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Lord Roberts
Friends’ Gats
Muscatine, Iowa
Government of
China
T. M. Roberts’ Supply House
Hall
Price
Japan
Piso
We. O. EnDsley
Vanburen, Ind
Senate
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Menton
Sydney
Australia
Corino
Aguinaldo
Patson
Via
Union Pacific Railroad
Territory of
Hawaii
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
R Bill Everett
Diamond Gilinta
Lili Everett
Harper
Charles W. Harper
Franklin
A. G. Spalding
William Dahlen
Brooklyn Club
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