Dan Boone and East West Baseball Rivalry Rise in 1802 Scene
The piece surveys Louisville's baseball fever with Dan Boone as emblem of frontier pride. It notes East versus West power balance, key players like Tom Dowse and Ned Bligh, and the shift toward college pitchers joining pro teams, plus the rise of sacrifice hitting and backstop Morgan Murphy’s dominance in Cincinnati.
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Ruckerbocker
Metropolis
Unele Samat
Une
Daniel Boone
Dan
Louisville
Falls City
Farmer Weaver
Old Commonwealth
Weaver
Grant
Tom Dowse
Ned Bligh
Charley Briody
Clarence Bayne
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
University of Pennsylvania
Bayne
William Peon
U.P
Bethlehem
Lehigh
Senators
Pat Powers
New Yorks
Leb
Hastern
Buffalos
Pittsburg
Red Woodcock
Brown University
Ben Sanders
Vanderbilt University
Woodcock
Nutchison
Vian
Dartmouth
Tom Brown
Arlie Latham
Billy Hamilton
Curt Welch
Sons
Cincinnati
Morgan Murphy
Porkopolis
Charley
Boston
Lowell
Brotherhood
Murphy
S.b
Artie Latham
Duffy
van Haltren
Pfeffer
Burkett
Dahlen
Ward
Thompson
Bierbauer
Carroll
Ewing
Donavan
Growth of Chicago and early town life in 1884 Gazetteer
The 1884 Gazetteer of Illinois notes Chicago’s rapid growth with five stores and 250 inhabitants five years earlier. It describes three churches, an academy, schools, 25 to 30 stores, taverns, various trades, a printing office for the Chicago Democrat and 1 000 to 1 200 inhabitants. It also discusses the origin of the name Shamrock and broader linguistic claims.
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Ilinois
Chicago
Chicago Democrat
Furniture eras and decorative styles contrasted
The piece questions reader knowledge of Louis XV and Louis XVI chair differences and Rococo versus Empire and Marqueterie styles. It notes shell and scroll motifs, brass inlays, and multi wood tones, then humorously references Columbus and a Broadway gossip line.
Destructive Flood Ravages Iowa Illinois Towns
Across the Midwest a catastrophic flood inundates Lincoln and Avtox with two thousand homeless in Lincoln Neb and thousands more displaced in nearby towns. Severe river rises flood rail lines depots and bridges while fires add to the devastation and property losses climb into the millions.
First steamboat from Little Rock reaches Burr Arkansas
The Anna B. Adame arrived on May 23 on a relief run to Burr. The boat carried aid and supplied fifty families. The region reports extensive flooding with every farm on the river between Burr and Little Rock submerged.
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Ing Burr
Ark
Little Rock
Anna B. Adame
Nine Bodies Recovered From St Louis Southwestern Wreck
New Orleans May 23 nine bodies have been recovered from the wreck on the St Louis Southwestern railway near Goldman. Names listed include William Curistan of Denton Texas and R D Crompton of Nashville Tennessee.
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St. Louis Southwestern
New Orleans
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Goldman
William Curistan
Denton
Texas
R. D. Crompton
Nashville, Tenn
Local Names Listed In Brief Civic Notice
A fragmented list from Amarillo Texas to Memphis Tennessee shows individuals: Mrs Octave ANprrson of Amarillo. J. T. SANDERSON of Pierce City Missouri. Mrs R. B. Clark of Winchester Tennessee. A. M. Munson of Fisher Arkansas. Mrs Mupains of Alabama. Frank NICHOLS, a fireman. and James Morgan of Memphis.
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Octave Anprrson
Amarillo
Texas
J. T. Sanderson
Pierce City
R. B. Clark
Winchester
Tenn
A. M. Munson
Fisher
Ark
Mupains
Alabama
Frank Nichols
James Morgan
Memphis
Brazilian Monitor Solimoes Sinks With Heavy Loss
A Brazilian monitor Solimoes foundered in a storm off the Uruguay coast with heavy loss of life. Between 125 and 140 aboard are reported drowned. The incident is confirmed by reports from Montevideo dated May 23.
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Montevideo
Solimoes
Uruguay
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