Airship Captain Claims First Baseball Umpire Trick
Captain MacManus recalls 1920s era mixing airships with baseball. He tells how New York beat Chicago 10 to 0, aided by an invisible ray from Professor Ignatz to bias bat and ball, enabling a dramatic league outcome and his later funding of a school for cubs.
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MacManus
New York
Hong Kong
Washington Express
M. A's
Washington
Bill Flinger
New Yorks
Bill
Fanning
Chicago
Chi
Alligator
New York City
Atlantic City
Jan Ruesell
Mexico
Bil Finger
Ty Cobb
Mac
Tye
Morgan
Fate
Mike
Ellis Island
Jersey Shore
Yonkers
Ignatz
Bill Wee
Blinker
Plate
Chicagos
Captain MacManus
W. G. Chanman
Finding Names for Novels and the Eponymous Title
A London Chronicle meditation on how classic authors chose strong titles. It contrasts Dickens twelve options for Bleak House with modern authors failing to use eponymous titles and argues for simplicity and memorable hero names like Tristram Shandy or David Copperfield.
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Dickens
Forster
Fielding
Smollett
Sterne
Thackeray
Meredith
Tristram Shandy
Pendennis
David Copperfield
Richard
Mr. Pugh
Tony Drum
London Chronicle
Enterprising Young Man in Hea Town Noted by Sister
A clipped exchange hints at Mr Staylate being viewed as an ambitious figure. Miss Prettyface praises him and quotes her brother's positive opinion praising the town’s rising entrepreneurs. The dialogue suggests social circles and local reputation.
Carden Removed as British Minister to Mexico
Washington reports that Sir Lionel Carden, British Minister to Mexico, is reassigned to Rio de Janeiro after sharp U S representations. officials say his conduct in Mexico City and anti American stance prompted the Foreign Office decision amid Huerta tensions and Pearson Syndicate concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Foreign Office
American State Department
Mexico City
Carden
Huerta
Wilson
State Department
Sir Lionel Carden
Edward Grey
Lord Cowdray
United States
Pearson Syndicate
Tampico
Campeche
Tehuantepec
British Foreign Office
Department
Rebels Routed as They Retreat From Ojinaga
Major McNamiee at Presidio reports rebels split into three sections harrying US forces from Ojinaga. After a week of attack they likely withdraw for rest and reinforcements awaiting Villa. Rebel losses are heavier overall, but Federal casualties include more officers. Total killed and wounded likely under 600.
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Marfa
Tex
McNamiee
United States Army
Presidio
Ojinaga
Villa
Oklahoma Tanker Sinks Off Sandy Hook. 32 Dead
News wires report the tank steamer Oklahoma sank about fifty miles southeast of Sandy Hook. Thirty two men perished with eight survivors rescued by lifeboats from the Hamburg American steamship Bavaria under Captain Graalfs. Bavaria’s commander noted seeing a lifeboat with ten from the Oklahoma, suggesting more survivors. The vessel broke in two amid mountainous seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oklahoma
Sandy Hook
Alfred Gunter
Bavaria
Graalfs
Rev Billy Sunday Declines Bar Tenders Debate Challenge
In Pittsburgh, Rev Billy Sunday refused an offered $5,000 to have the bar union's secretary debate him on who controls the coin. The union proposed the public discussion to challenge the evangelist during his visit to "clean up Pittsburg."
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Pittsburgh
Billy Sunday
Pittsburg
Bar Tenders' Union
Child Dies Despite Radium Treatment in Baltimore
The eleven year old daughter of B J Hayman died after radium therapy for cancer failed to save her. Parents sought Dr Kelly and saw initial improvement but the girl worsened after returning home, her constitution undermined by earlier treatment.
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Baltimore
B. J. Hayman
Kelly
News of the State and Local Incidents Across New Jersey
A week’s digest reports fires and illnesses, thefts, and accidents across New Jersey. Scald injuries to two children in Palmyra. a Jersey City chicken coop burglary. a fatal fall on a Union Hill steps. a baby’s death in Jersey City. and a mysterious Paterson car fire near Enrico Caruso kin. Also notes civil health inspections, school hiring near Philadelphia, and a March start for Perth Amboy steel plant by Western Electric.
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Perth Amboy
Pittsburgh
Wetherbee, Sherman & Co
Boynton Beach
Wonderful Growth of the Garadian West
Long excerpt extols Western Canada from Winnipeg through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It cites wheat as a vast flow to the lakes, notes capacity for expansion, and praises prairie farmers and urban migration. It discusses Chicago banquet remarks by Winnipeg Mayor Deacon and the influx of American farmers supporting a growing Anglo-Saxon alliance.
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Sue
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Chicago
Deacon
Prairie Provinces
Prairie
Europe
Enemies of Household Pest Studied in Corvallis
Entomological News reports a strange parasite attached to the central body wall of the house fly. The parasite belongs to the gamasid family and, as it feeds, it clings to the fly in a manner that disrupts its balance in flight.
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H. H., Ewing
Corvallis
Ore
Castoria Safe Remedy Endorsed for Infants and Children
Notification urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the guaranteed signature and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. It states children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria, emphasizing trusted female care in child health.
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Fletcher
Natural Leanings Florist Elephants Ears Transport Joke
A humorous exchange features a florist asked to place elephants ears for transport. The reply jokes they would feel more at home in a trunk, underscoring lighthearted natural humor.
Pneumonia cough remedy and dubious claims headline
An OCR fragment touts Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops for relief and mentions Pneumonia and beef costs. It oddly blends drugstore ad language with sensational claims about pain relief and cold breaks.
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Dean
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Prof. Ignatz
U. S. Ay
New Jersey
James Frabitoi
Palmyra
Wenonah
New Building Association
Woodbury
William A. Fisher
Harry Rudditch
Gloucester
Honard Eades
Burlington
David Schimmel
Jersey City
Trenton
Steven Schickwolf
Wood Iron Foundries
Florence
Holland
New Brunswick
Marconi Wireless
Harold Martens
Arlington
Bishop
North Broad Street
Elizabeth
Hia Eather
Boulevard Loop
West Shore
Rae Tuiseppe
Union Hill
Rose Heeney
William Wilson
Lillian
John J. Coughtin
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Mr. Coughlin
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Board of Education
William Caruso
Paterson
Enrico Caruso
Standard Oil Company
South Street
New York Avenue
Charles Bawsch
West Hoboken
Garadian West
Western
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