Dictionary of baseball slang and terms from early era
A reflective excerpt tracing a slang dictionary for baseball language, noting how terms origin, usage, and players like Roie, Reilly, and Mathewson shaped the sport. It links volatile phrases such as beanball and spitter to pitchers, batters, and fielders, illustrating the game's evolving vocabulary.
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Abmont
Civil War Fifty Years Ago This Week
A recap of June to July 1863 battles including Lee near Gettysburg and manipulations around Harrisburg and Hanover. Highlights: Burned Susquehanna bridge, Sickles wounded, Buford on McPherson’s ridge, Reynolds and Howard in action, Pickett’s charge, Grant’s siege at Vicksburg, Lincoln’s proclamations and visits to Sickles, Vallandigham’s status.
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Lee
Meade
Paneer
Booth Mountain
Gettyebure
Suequehanna
Columbia
Philadelphia Custom
Sickles
Twentieth
Pennsylvania
Wrightaville
Tod
Ohio
Carlisle
Gettysburg
Longstreet
A. P. Mui
Chambersburg
Pierce
Imboden
McConnelleburg
Stuart
Washington
Lincoln
Vallandingham
Ohio Democratic Committee
New York
Mannheim
Germany
Pleasanton
Hanover
York
Buford
McPherson's Ridge
Cemetery Ridge
Gultysburg
Couch
Susquehanna
Baltimore
Army of the Cumberland
Hoswerans
Duck River
Manchester
Tenn
Admiral Foote
New Haven
Conn
Heth
Hill
Haford
Huford
Reynolds
Howard
Ewell
Mancock
Culp’s Hill
Neynolde
Exeh
Cemetery Midge
Round Top
Weed
Maslent
Vincent
Bickles
Karly
Johnson
Early
Cemetery HU
Owar Rmolog Wiedrich
Kickelt
Johpeog
Culp
Wight Pickett
Henry J Buat
Feders
Cannister
Pettigrew
Wilcow
Prelett
Pickett
Matcock
Grege
Farneworth
Potomac River
Franklin Pierce
Concord
N. H
Vallandigham
Prentisa
Holmes
Price
Helena
Ark
Johnston
Vicksburg
Jackson, Mins
Grant
Sherman
Wallington Hospital
Gattynburg
Wallandingham
Halifax
N. 8
Self Reliant City Woman Redefines Everyday Work
The piece portrays a resourceful woman who handles household needs and repairs, coordinates with neighbors, and purchases clothes with shrewd bargaining. It highlights dignity in ordinary tasks, cleanliness, and practical self sufficiency as daily life.
Anger’s effect on health and the body warned
A Woman's Home Companion passage links anger and fear to bodily disorders and disease. It argues the mind’s thoughts shape health through positive or negative energy, detailing impacts on blood, nerves, digestion, and heart, with extreme cases ending in exhaustion and death.
Experiment in Hereford Delves Into Old Tale Deed
Dr Herbert Spearings conducts a provocative experiment near Hereford using a charge placed in deep holes to study soil disturbance and air uplift. The setting near a garden and glass houses sparks safety concerns as the plan unfolds with rapid ground movement and possible wider impact on surrounding land.
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Hereford
Herbert Spearings
Crane
Quile
Lelehous
Fragmented OCR excerpt hints at a dialogue scene
Readable text shows a chaotic dialogue with phrases about care and admiration. Mentions of a national game and a character named Heston are glimpsed amid garbled lines. No clear event or outcome emerges from the fragment.
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Heston
Changed Mind About Mule Miscreant
A Confederate lieutenant in a dated account seeks to prove mules are misjudged by treating one with kindness. He leads the temperamental mule before the tent, pats its neck, and rides it through a comical sequence before the animal throws him into a thorn bush. The men capture the mule rather than kill it, and the mule proves no worse than any other.
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Tanehall
Lme
Eport
Joe Campbell
Miteratura
The
Washington Mont
Etralelt Enanoh
Charlie Reilly
Rowie
Reilly
Lennie Wichburn
Bean
Wee Lima
Bean Hall
Giant
Bard
Miuke
Onowda
Tutler
Ners
Ture
Wurprine
Agiinat
Christy Mathewson
Irown
Joe Corbett
Tom Rameay
Dil Donovan
HN Terry
Detroit
Eldearm
Uyderhand
Witchor
Manipur
Cuba
Alwaye
Colleen
Walah
Ford
Himer Stricklett
al Orth
Tom Bond
New Bedford
Ted Sullivan
Magnate
Hospital Corps
Ringworm Cleared by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Milas Helen Magee of Denver describes a four year battle with ringworm on face and arms. She reports relief and disappearance after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, recommended by a friend, with free samples offered through Cuticura Department L in Boston.
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Ogden &J
Denver
Colo
Milas Helen Magee
Cutieura
Dept. L
Boston
McSweeney Defense Vivid Appeal in Murder Case
A famed barrister named McSweeney, defending a man with little evidence, changes strategy. He abandons legal points and paints a home scene to elicit mercy, telling the jury to send the defendant home to his wife and children, prompting a juror to voice agreement.
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McSweeney
George
London
Complication of Woman's Ills in Athens Texas
A testimonial from Athens Texas praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for alleviating long standing female illnesses. The letter claims the writer feels younger and healthier and notes neighbors observing improvement after using the remedy. It asserts widespread satisfaction among women in the community.
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Athens
Texas
Igns Tg Pinkham
Mr. Banan BR Wuarier
K.P. D
No & Box
Lydia
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