Ball-Batters Return From World Tour Of Baseball
The Oklahoma Boomers and All Americans return after a six month world tour covering 32000 miles with stops in Australia England India Egypt Rome Paris London and more. The group reports lively receptions in Sydney Cairo and London and notes strong interest in bas eball abroad The voyage cost about 50000 dollars with most expenses in Australia and England Williamson’s injury kept him out temporarily but is expected to heal.
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Ioan
Williamson
Spalding
Australia
England
India
Scotland
Ireland
Europe
Anson
Chicagos
America
Rome
Coliseum
Villa Borghese
Chicago
All-Amer
All Americans
Senate
Washington
Everbody
Ed Williamson
N. Williamson
Auckland
Sydney
Spalding Arty
Melbourne
Adelaide
Ballarat
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Simpson
New Zealand
Wellington
Brisbane
Suez
Colombo
Calcutta
Bombay
Ceylon
Aden
Cairo
Ghizeb
Desert
Pyramids
Egypt
Alexandria
Brindisi
College of the Propaganda
Humbert
Florence
Nice
Paris
Channel
London
Marylebone Cricket Club
Kensington Oval
Prince of Wales
Buccleuch
Beaufort
Londesborough
Coventry
Sheffield
Bessborough
Randolph Churchill
Lord's Ground
Crystal Palace
Leyton’s
East Enda
Provinces
Great Britain
Bristol
Manchester
Liverpool
The Trip Abroad A Baseball Tour to Australia and Europe
An 1888 American baseball tour extended from Australia to Europe after a Marylebone Club invitation. Two teams of ten left Chicago October 20 and reached San Francisco November 3, sailing November 18 aboard the Alameda for Auckland and Sydney. A Honolulu stop drew Hawaiian admiration, with Tutuila later noted for its fame.
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Australia
New Zealand
Antipodes
Marylebone Cricket Club
Europe
Pacific
Co - Spalding
England
Marylebone Club
Cuba
California
Chicago
San Francisco
Alameda
Auckland
Sydney
Honolulu
Tutuila
Town site establishment in Oklahoma held until legal setup
A Department of the Interior memo explains that town sites in Oklahoma cannot be established before April 22 and outlines who may enter land under sections 2387 and 2388. It notes lack of incorporation laws in Oklahoma and reserves settlement lands from homestead disposal until proper town and county governance is created.
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General Land Office
Stockslager
Department OF the Interior
Washington
G. G. West
United States Senate
H. G. Wicks
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Indiana Territory
Wicks
District Land Office
Department Land Offices
Kansas
Dassler
M. Sroexexaczr
Grand Army post anniversary and governor proclamation in Illinois
The article recalls Decatur’s twenty sixth anniversary of the Grand Army post with speeches and a camp-fire, notes the post’s origins led by Dr. Stephenson, and records a governor’s proclamation designating April 30 1839 as a day of thanksgiving and patriotic instruction with lessons for youth and immigrants. It also mentions a lead ore discovery near Warren in Davis County and other state news including legal cases, vandalism, and weather-driven farming prospects.
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Grand Army
Decatur
Grand Army of the Republic
B. F. Stephenson
Fourteenth
Illinois Infantry
Petersburg
Springfield
M. F. Kanan
George R. Steele
John T. Bishop
Bradford
Chris Ricbsame
Bloomington
J. N. Coltin
B. F. Sibley
Isaac C. Pugh
John H. Nale
James W. Routh
George H. During
Joseph Brier
Aquilla Toland
George H. Durning
Chris Riebsame
J. T. Bishop
J. W. Routh
Treasuer Steele
Macon County
Stephenson
St. Louis
Steele
Dunham Postal
Bishop
State OF
Illinois
George Washington
Republic
Republic of Washington
Lincoln
Oseph W. Fifer
I. N. Pearson
Charter Farm
Warren
Daviess County
Chicago
Galena
de Vry
Clayton
Masonic Relief Association
Masonic Hall
McDowell
Henry Achtemait
Paloma
Adams County
Achtemait
Atchemait
Illinois Senate approves non resident college trustee bill
The Illinois Senate tackled multiple measures including a non resident college trustee bill advancing to third reading after House passage. Other actions included executive confirmations, various appropriation bills, and new first readings on wind storm insurance and a library fund tax for cities under 100000.
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Ray
Chapman
Senate
Thomas
Cook
House
Reinhardt
Griswold
Stoskopf
Crafts
Fisher
Elgin
Woodford County
State Institution For the Education of the
N. W. Branson
Menard County
Illinois Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Normal
Duncan M. Funk
McLean County
Asylum For
Lincoln
Aaron B. Nicholson
Logan County
E. D. Blinn
Central Hospital For the Insane
Jacksonville
David E. Beatty
Jersey County
Senator Frisbee
Fuller
Lehman
Karraker
Yeas
Hamer
Leeper
Humphrey
Douglas
Bacon
Joliet Penitentiary
Dean
Illinois
Evans
Burke
United States
Eckhart
Hadley
Cooley
State Board of Health
Boards of Trustees
Committee On Municipal Corporations
Martin
General Assembly
Neys
Senator Berry
Chicago
Jones-Hurst
Lacey
State of
Iinois Dairymen's Association
Illinois Asylum For
The Judge's Rhymes Anecdote From a Trial
The anecdote centers on Judge Noah Davis who presided over a trial with two witnesses William True and John A. Ditto. After testimony, the judge handed a quip to the plaintiff, playing on swears and ditto to illustrate legal irony.
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Noah Davis
William True
John A. Ditto
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Hurt
Supreme Court
Dupee
Bradley & Peden
Illiopolis
Louis Heffner
Mike Hurley
Chauncey Ladd
Quincy
New York State
Barney McCann
Larry Larkin
Denver
Morgan and Boyd
T. St. Peter
Port Street
Montreal
Canada
Clayton Masonic Relief Association
Illinois Law-Makers
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