Philadelphia Leads After Week Three as Philly Tops Pitchers
Philadelphia increased its lead after the third week of the baseball season. Brooklyn slipped to third while Pittsburgh swapped places with the Bridegrooms. New York faltered in the third, Philadelphia tallied 12 runs in a late surge, and Mugsy McGraw debuted for St. Louis with an error that cost them. Cincinnati saw four first-inning runs on four hits, including two triplets and a double. Wisconsin rain interrupted play as Ludovic Patton pitched for Kansas City, and Buffalo lost at home to the new pitcher.
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Pittsburg
Boston
New York
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Scott
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
Comiskys Orphans
Buffalo
Dirst
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Bianager Wilmot
Patton
Kansas City
Detroit
Sopmer
Western Association baseball recap from Chicago game
In Chicago Indianapolis split a doubleheader with the White Sox staff. Watkins used four of his seven pitchers, three lefties, as Chicago earned six tallies to win. Detroit fell to Kansas City as Cronin and Shaw pitched for the visitors. Buffalo beat Minneapolis 11-6 with Grey and Kern in the battery.
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Indianapolis
Mar
Watkins
Chicago
Western Association College Games Recap
Sioux City defeats Des Moines players in a close contest amid listed scorers and teams. Scores mention 4 6 12 16 point outputs for St. Joseph, Iowa College, Notre Dame, Iowa, Princeton, Cambridge and more. The snippet notes Notre Dame, Nebraska, Iowa College, and Princeton among others with scattered figures.
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Des Moines
Cornell
University Pennsylvania
Madison—University Wisconsin
Nostheesiem Cairassy
Notre Dame
Braska University
al Replds
Iowa College
Boer Commissioners Visit Iowa Aims At Sympathy
Des Moines May 12 Boer peace commissioners plan to visit Des Moines to solicit sympathy for the South African Republic. They arrived in New York and will tour the state, with a reception committee and press agent to be arranged. Also reports of jail escape capture, swamp-land indemnities, and various Iowa news items including Ames business failure and Villisca fire.
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Des Moines
South African Republic
New York
Slayer Hartenhower
National Beer Relief Fund Association
Envors
Fischer
Orange Free State
Wolmarans
Volshaad
South African
Geo. W. Vansiclen
Ames
S. E. Brislow
Divorces and trials in Des Moines and Burlington
Des Moines May 12 Judge Prouit granted two divorces to Minnie Mulligan wife of Albert Milligan who was found guilty of forgers in district court. A letter introduced shows Milligan offering to divide plunder from a successful burglary. Victory For Iowa Debaters Ioza City May 12 The State University debate defeated Wistoncia University by two to one on direct action to elect a substantial interface for merchant manne. Burlington May 12 T F Stockdale traveling salesman for Columbia Live Stock Commission Company Chicago was found dead in a room at the Uzien Hotel
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Bert Hallam
Burlington Railroad
Entty
Sherif Black
Tex
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
Nebraska
Giten
Waterman
Ladd
Prouit
Minnie Mulligan
Albert Milligan
Milnicsen
Ahnigan
Towa
Ioza City
Iebsting
State University of
Wistoncia University
United States
Lowa
Fletcher.s, McCarthy
Wisy
W. F Adams
Burlington
T. F. Stockdale
Actresses Who Smoke in Early Newspaper Feature
Giga Nethersole admits smoking 25d with others like Julia Mazione and Bianche Walsa. Gilian Russell enjoys smoking. first cigarette from the Princess of Wales. Mme Modjeska and Verona Jarbeau praised for smoking, though some prefer others to light. Mary Manacting Viola Allen Johnstqne Bernnett Annis Russell and Georma Cayton appear in smoking scenes. Bessie Tyree also depicted smoking in recent roles.
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Giga Nethersole
Julia Mazione
Bianche Walsa
Gilian Russell
Princess of Wales
Mary Manacting
Viola Allen
Johnstqne
Bcernett
Annis Russell
Mr. Pugie
Georma Cayton
Paris
Bessie Tyree Mace
Escape Failures In A London Curate Tale
A London East End curate recounts a bizarre escape attempt involving a carpenter who shows a photograph claiming it is his boy to an amused audience. The exchange spirals into confusion as the curate mistakenly celebrates a remembrance while learning the boy is dead, revealing a twist in perception.
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London East End
The Irish Sergeant Major And The Surgeon General S Gold
Surgeon General Sternberg recalled a Civil War tale of a sergeant major carrying a bag of gold to send to the old folks at home. He kept the gold through two brutal days of battle, was captured with it, and wore the coins as a belt to protect the treasure. Back in Washington the sergeant major learned the money was squandered in a drunken gamble.
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William Jennings Bryan
United States
Philippines
Mr. Bryan
Hawkere
Sternberg
Bull Run
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Washington
Chicago
Rip Van Winkle in Africa Portrays Colonial Trade Scene
The London Leader paints a bleak picture of Portuguese Africa under white rule. A Ca binda bay trader operates a tiny shop trading rum for kernels amid crowds of natives, with daytime drunkenness and quarrels. The piece notes malaria and sleeping sickness as enduring curses, contrasting with civilization.
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Rip van Winkle
da Gama
Cabinda Bay
Voor
Rum
West Africa
London Leader
Chermside Cat Scandal and Morristown GOP Victory
General Sir Herbert Chermside once sent Angora cats as gifts to a Constantinople recipient. A servant grew fat handling funds for cats until infuriated locals accused him of stealing all the cats. In Morristown New Jersey Rev Dr Norman Fox is elected mayor by Republicans signaling church influence in local politics.
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Asia Minor
Crestantinopk
Herbert
Busta
Mohammed
Norman Fox
Morristown
N.J
Color Photography and Three-Color Visual Theory
Professor R. W. Wood explains color photography as an imitation of eye color perception. Three negatives through red green and violet screens form color transparencies that, when viewed together, reproduce the original hues. He notes practical limits and future progress toward simple color transparencies.
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Jom
R. W. Wood
University of Wisconsin
Pioneer Press
The 618 Shinplasters and Civil War Currency
The article notes the vast profits from shinplasters during the Civil War, totaling 63 724 078 with 1 990 559 never redeemed. Many pieces are kept by collectors or offered for redemption. It also includes a stray literary fragment and a cue to watch classified Want columns in the Republican.
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Indianapolis News
The
Republican
Diet for the corpulent in 19th century health advice
The text prescribes eating mutton lamb fish and white fleshed varieties while avoiding fattening foods. It bans potatoes onions beets and carrots for fatties, endorses crust bread and freely eaten fruits though warns against vinegars citric acids and sour juices. It warns fats cause visceral harm and describes symptoms of poor digestion and wasting if misfed.
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Dragulsa
How to Make Cottage Cheese and French Charlotte
Instructions describe making cottage cheese from sour milk including scalding curdling draining and pressing then flavoring with butter cream and salt. Also outlines recipe for French Charlotte using apples lemon butter sugar bread mold and baking with cream or marmalade as serving options.
How to Bake Cranberries and a British Secretary
The text explains a slow oven method to bake cranberries with a sugar syrup, detailing preparation of the syrup, boiling steps, and baking until the fruit is translucent. It also notes Beurr C Norman, a British legation official in Washington, arriving with 22 trunks of clothing and presenting as a highly tailored figure.
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Beurr C. Norman
Washington
Epparel
Modern Woodmen Beneficiary Changes and Convention Plans
Modern Woodmen notes changes to beneficiary designations via new bylaws and forms. Members are urged to update certificates promptly. old certificates remain valid until updated. Northcott cites a positive financial outlook for 1900 with a net increase of 135,000. Organizing efforts aim to bring the national convention to Indianapolis in 1903, with the next national meeting in St. Paul in 1901.
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Ust
Northcott
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Knights of Pythias Endowment Insurance Offer
Endowment insurance plans for members of the Knights of Pythias are advertised with options from 93 008 coverage at 36 per year to 2000 protection for wives and families at 2 per month. Detroit uniform rank formation noted and the New York Grand Lodge annual convention slated for Rochester in July. Michigan brigade commander Loomis reports most of 36 active companies preparing for Detroit.
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Detroit
Grand Lodge of New York
Rochester
W. A. Loomis
Michigan Brigade
National Union Expands Members and Low Cost Insurance
The order gained 2,100 new members in January and February. Low premiums stem from barring men in hazardous or doubtful occupations and those in epidemical districts, plus strict medical exams. At age 25, cost is $5 per year per thousand of insurance in the National Union.
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Nationsl Union
National Union
Guion
Red Men Plan Saratoga Sale To Support Home
Reports from California say the Red Men Brome association will back the Saratoga home by selling ReMeHo spring product while shipments of water are being made. Lieutenant Ernest L. Bennett is assigned to continue Roy C. Smiths lectures on military and naval science at Harvard after a pneumonia scare.
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California
New York
Red Men's Brome Association
Saratoga
ReMeHo Spring
Ernest L. Bennett
Sampson
Roy C. Smith
Harvard
Smith
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