Happy Jack Goes Smiling to the Chair
John Mulraney known as Happy Jack was executed at Sing Sing after a 60 day reprieve. He had claimed loyalty to a criminal code of honor and denied the murder confession attributed to him. The murder victim was Patrick McBreen, aka Paddy the Priest, a New York saloon keeper shot in 1911. Also named were Charles Beck and other gang figures connected to the case.
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Sing Sing @rinson
Happy Jack
Charles Beck
New York
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Patrick McBreen
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John J.dowling
International Switchmen Convene in Houston Biennial Session
In Houston 193 year, the grand lodge of International Switchmen hosts about 1,000 delegates and visitors. St. Louis, Denver and Buffalo are named as future hosts. A plan to meet quadriennially or biennially is advancing. Cardinal Farley dedicated a $75,000 chapel for consumptives on Blackwell’s Island. Emperor William pardoned three spies, each with several years left to serve, two for photographing fortifications.
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Grand “Lodge of International Switchmen
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Denver
Hauffalo
Loor
Cardinal Farley
Blackwell's Island
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Dusty Phillips Leads Mechanics In Batting Mark
Dusty Phillips tops Bridgeport regulars with a .321 average after two hits yesterday, while Buster Bowman rises to .284 and Captain MacGamwell reaches .260. Others slip as slumps hit Russell, Silzer, and Stow. full stats show Phillips 28 of 87 at bats, Bowman 27 of 95, Blum 7 of 25, Stow 23 of 35, Wallace 16 of 88, Russell 17 of 73, McGamowell 0 of 68, and Sager with sparse data.
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Dusty Phillips
Buster Bowman
Capt. MacGamwell
Jake Bouktes
Wallace
Russell
Silzer
Stow
Robertaille
Phillips
Bowman
Blum
Silver
Boultes
Ep McGamowell
Teed Wallace
Mae Russell
Tuckey
Snyder
Samt Sager
Atta Vandesrift
Fans Prefer Aggressive Ball But Frown On Rowdy Stamps
By T. S. Andrews. The article argues modern managers favor players who focus on the game rather than umpires, noting recent fights between Cleveland and Boston players and between Harry Clark and Dave Altizer. It urges players to control temper, stop nagging umpires, and promote clean, aggressive baseball acceptable to all spectators including women in stands.
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S. Andrews
Cleveland
Boston
Milwaukee
Harry Clark
Brewers
Dave Attizer
Minneapolis
Clark
Altizer
Harry
Unips
Scorers Face Debate Over Errors and Judgments
Baseball writer Ernest J. Lanigan criticizes scoring rules in Sporting News for undercounting errors. He recalls Jim McAleer’s complaints about misjudged fly balls and two-error plays, noting a shortstop wild throw with bases loaded could yield three runs and a batter advancing.
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Ernest J. Lanigan
Sporting News
Jim McAleer
Sunny Jim
Bill Snifkins
Jim Jenkins
McAleer
Mason
Buffalo
Waiter C
Hats and savings at Dillon's wholesale prices
The store promotes bulk purchasing for five large outlets, offering customers financial advantages not available elsewhere. It claims to buy in large quantities to enable retailing goods at wholesale prices and highlights White Chip Hats, White Hemp Straw Hats, Natural Leghorni Hats, and Genuine Panama Hats at Dillon's.
Eight bases and a charged hit in old guard debate
The passage discusses bases on errors in Jersey City and a Seley piece arguing players should get credit for five bases on a double that scores a man from first. It notes a proposed RBI measure inspired by Chadwick but argues it still fails to reflect a batter's true ability beyond batting averages.
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Jersey City
Seley Peice
Chadwick
Cobb Back in Form Leads AL Batting Pace
Detroit slugger Tye Cobb tops the American League with a .488 average over 12 games. Henriksen Boston .471. Schaefer Washington .444. Collins Philadelphia .432. Jackson Cleveland .423. Catchers of St Louis at .381 over ten games lead NL. Cleveland and Pittsburgh top their leagues at .275 and .265.
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Chicago
Tye Cobb
Detroit
Pedestrianism as Olympic Aim and Early Walking Feats Chronicle
A survey of 19th and early 20th century walking competitions describes the rise and decline of long distance pedestrian contests, noting pioneers like Miss Richards Bella St Clair Captain Barclay and Edward Weston, and recounting six day matches, the Astley belt, and notable bouts in London New York and Philadelphia with Ed Walsh highlighted as a famed baseball pitcher born in 1881.
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Atlantic
Bella St. Clair
Barclay
Thomas Standen
Edward Pau
Weston
Newark
N. J
England
William Perkins
Great Britain
O'Leary
O’leary
Astley
London
Death of ex Union Pacific road head Burt
Horace Greeley Burt former president of the Union Pacific Railroad and later chief engineer for the Chicago Association of Commerce and Smoke Abatement died in Chicago at 64 after an operation for a malignant growth and complications three weeks ago. Also in St Louis the National Retail Grocers Association met with hundreds attending and will elect officers as sessions proceed. Census Bureau revises land figures showing cotton planted area at about twenty four million and a half acres, down by roughly six hundred sixty nine thousand acres.
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Chicago
Horace Greeley Burt
Union Pacific Railroad System
Chicago Association of Commerce and
St. Louis
National Retail Grocers’ Association
Reilly Delivers Memorial Oration at Eagle Service
The New Haven Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles held its first memorial service for departed members with Congressman Thomas L. Reilly and Yale professor William Lyon Phelps as speakers. Reilly gave the memorial oration, praising Liberty, Truth, and Justice as the order’s core, and stressing liberty under law for all.
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New Haven
Order of Eagles
Eagles’ Hall
Thomas L. Reilly
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Reilly
Phelps
Peter J. Conlin
America
Lawyers Special at Plaza Premier for Butterfly on the Wheel
The Plaza Theatre presents A Butterfly on the Wheel with a distinguished jury in the third act. Local notables including a judge three attorneys two politicians two city officials and a minister sit in the jury box. Almost every city lawyer attends. sixty attorneys hold seats for a first local stock production in America.
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Plaza Theatre
Plaza
America
Lineman Suffered 11000 Volt Shock Near Station
Stamford May 19. Thomas Hoar, a lineman for the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad, was severely burned yesterday afternoon while servicing overhead wires carrying 11,000 volts near the east bound station side track. He fell about 26 feet from the anchor bridge, landing on his shoulder. His arms and hands were badly burned and bruised. He was hospitalized.
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Stamford
Thomas Hoar
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Clergyman J E Turner Found Dead in Mount Carmel
The Rev J E Turner of Rossmyne Ohio a Methodist clergyman organizing Bible classes in Pennsylvania Methodist Conference districts was found dead in bed at Mount Carmel Penn. death attributed to heart disease.
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Mount Carmel
J. E. Turner
Rossmyne, O
Olive Tablets promise color and vitality
Ad promoting Olive Tablets claim to improve skin tone and energy by stimulating liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous effects. Text touts 10¢ and 25¢ boxes and urges nightly use, noting millions sold yearly. Promotional language highlights pink skin, bright eyes, and buoyancy.
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Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Adv
Remarkable upholstery values at The Smith Murray Co
The Smith Murray Co Upholstery Dept unveils seasonally lower prices on curtains couches and covers. Special lots include Scotch Lace Curtains Irish Point Curtains and Oriental tapestry covers with prices from 26c to 2.25 each and a Wool and Fibre Rug batch at $8.00. Childrens clothing also offered in dresses rompers and gingham pieces in assorted sizes.
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Wales
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