Rich Men of Baseball Across Generations
An aging roster of stars and veterans shows wealth levels among early baseball greats. Cy Young sits atop a list valued around $40,000 to $50,000, with several others like Lew Criger, Doc Powers, Nap Lajoie, Frans Wagner, and Jimmy Collins named for substantial fortunes from salaries, real estate, and investments. The piece catalogs players by position and team, notes their property and earnings, and hints at a future Oshkosh club leveraging its money and leadership for the season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D's
National League
Cy Young
Cleveland
Zimmer
Lew Criger
Boston
Billy Sullivan
White Sox
Kling
Cubs
Criger
Lew
Indiana
Doc ‘Powers
Athletics
Fred Tenney
Fred
Nap Lajoie
Phillies
Larry
Frans Wagner
Pittsburg
Bobby Wallace
Claude Ritchey
Cross
Collins
Lave Cross
Jimmy Collins
Lave
Delaware
Jimmy Collings
Buffalo
Willis Keeler
Fielder Jones
Pennsylvania
Wiley
Clarke
Fred Clarke
Kansas
Ilmer Flick
Elmer
Harry Davis
Monte Cross
Lopsy
Hartsel
Frank Isbell
Tommy Leach
Joe Kelley
Jerry Turner
Oshkosh Team Eyeing Spring Training Moves and Signings
Johnson joins as right fielder with A Bourgeois as infield, while Do lan Converse Caldwell Johnson Warren White Bourgeois and Bub ser sign contracts. Sage Lewis Sullivan and Safford hold reservations with Safford claiming release from Oshkosh to join Fort Wayne, a move Oshkosh disputes. Scarlet Ogden from Indiana and players from Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland leagues join as Oshkosh plans Rockford spring training in Illinois and Indiana to secure games and cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
A. Bourgeois
C. P. Scarlet
Dolan
Converse
Caldwell
Warren
White
Bourgeois
Bubser
Sage
Lewis
Sullivan
Safford
Oshkosh
Fort Wayne
Milwaukee
Cream City
Fitzporter
St. Louis Nationals
J. H. Farrell
National Association
Scarlet
Ogden
Indiana
Carroll
Wise
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Rockford
Ilinois
Tennant marital rumor cleared by Reed statement
Springfield Journal reports manager Reed rejects claims that Tennant married after a home run, citing a Chicago story about a four-bagger and asserting no such misdemeanor occurred. Jeffries backs the explanation, saying the event happened after a upper when Tennant hit the home run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Reed
Tennant
Chicago
Commodore
Jeffries
Old Vessels to Junk Heap From Navy Sale
Washington reports bids opened at the navy department for two obsolete Civil War era ships to be sold for scrap. The Canonicus, a Boston built 1862 monitor of 2100 tons, with 15 inch and 12 pounder guns, served in the Civil War and Spanish War and now valued at about 15000 after refitting for Jamestown exhibition. The Pinta, at Mare Island, is a pre ironclad relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
United States Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mare Island
Boston
EB. S. Parrott
Dutch Gap
Howlett’s Point
Cuba
Jason
Montauk
Lehigh
Nahant
Canonicus
Jamestown
Economic Condition of Jews in Russia and Italian Immigrants in U S
A bureau study analyzes Jewish demographics and occupation in Russia, noting 4 percent of the population in 1897 and heavy urban concentration within the Pale. It details literacy, farming, and manufacturing shares, while examining Italian laborers in the United States who favor separate meals, savings, and seasonal returns to Italy amid housing and commissary systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Labor
Russia
M. Rubinov
Jewish Colonization Society
Pate
United States
Sneho
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Illnois Central stock battle heads to judge’s ruling
Leaders of Harriman and Fish factions await Judge Ball's decision due tomorrow in the Stuyvesant Fish suit to bar the Ularkman faction from voting 25,000 shares at the adjourned Illinois Central annual meeting set for March 2. The case centers the control struggle over the railway's future as the stock showdown nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illnois Central Company
Judge Ball
Stuyvesant Fish
Ularkman
Harriman
Pineules Promise Pain Relief With 30 Day Trial
A vintage ad promises relief from rheumatism backache and kidney trouble with 30 days of Pineules for one dollar. It claims a single bedtime dose proves merit and urges purchase from H. J. Moogk and C. P Guenther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Moogk
C. P Guenther
A Little Cold Death Lays Quiet In Sunday Best
A fragmentary verse recalls a man felled by a simple cold that grew worse. Family gathers around his bed as temperatures rise and a doctor arrives. The mood is somber, with a focus on an expected quiet farewell.
Correction on Rockey sewer frontage assessments
The paper corrects the Monday night city council action on Thomas Rockey’s list of unpaid frontage for sewers. The filing was to enable the city to collect sewer construction assessments from property owners before connections are made. The suberdepute is presented in a different light and is clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rockey
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Advertised
Take DeWitts Kidney and Blad der Pills. They promptly relieve backache and weak back. Sold by Wm F Jungkunz, druggist 85 Stephenson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Wm.f. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Taxes Due This Month At Office Opposite Post Office
Public notice from W. T. Rockey, Collector, reminding that personal taxes must be paid this month at the office opposite the post office. The record preserves the official action and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Rockey
Hindipo Nerve Tonic Promises Free Trial at Local Drugstore
Every Hour of the Day Co. P. Guenther & Co. advertises Hindipo, a new nerve tonic sold at the Galena corner, claiming to cure nervous debility and insomnia. The store guarantees full refund if it does not benefit the customer, inviting try today.
Prohibition County Convention Set For Next Saturday
The Prohibition party will hold its regular county convention in the Blast building next Saturday at 2 PM with prominent speakers. All supporters are invited to attend and aid the cause. Includes a note to read the Journal's want column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Friends of the Cause
Local Option Debate Spurs Census Saloon Signatures
Civic League reports seven cities near Freeport show 6 507 signatures for local option while critics fear intimidation. The piece cites Phillips Brooks on courage of opinion and references Taft on local control. Data from the 1900 census is cited to compare prison populations in dry and wet states. (Concluded on Page 4.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League
Freeport
The
Phillips Brooks
Vermont
Berger
Linois
Taft
National Temperance Almanac
19Ac
Maine
New Hampshire
Bae Vlas
North Carolina
POE
Vtec
Local Woman's Club Urges Civic Action and Reform
Mrs C F B Gregory presides as Freeport Woman's Club receives guidance from the Ulingis Federation urging public health work. Proposals include ventilating schools and libraries, removing unsightly ads, creating playgrounds, cleaning days, curbing cigarette smoking and decoy theatres, improving vacant lots, and supporting juvenile protection leagues and school penny savings. The Emma M Henderson led committee asks clubs to adopt these suggestions this year and promote civic knowledge. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised for children with claims of quick relief and gentle action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma M. Henderson
Ciientar
Clihba
Transportation of Liquors Protests in Senate
Washington February 18 Senator Hopkins presents memorials from Chicago Joliet Freeport Kankakee Mt Olive Rockford Rock Island Decatur Springfield remonstrating against interstate regulation of intoxicating liquor transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hopkins
Senate
Chicago
Moline
Freeport
Kankakee
Mt. Olive
Rockford
Rock Island
Decatur
Springfield
Real Estate Transfers from Lawhorn to Lutz
William L Lawhorn transfers part of lot 6 and all of lot 6 block 4 Kimball's addition Leva SNOT to Abraham A Lutz. Transaction details include parcel descriptions and party names for public record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Lawhorn
Abraham A. Lutz
Hlock
Kimball
Leva
Snot
Publication Notice to Mary Cuddeback in Salt Case
Notice to Mary Cuddeback that Irving Cuddeback is the complainant in a salt case in the circuit court of Stephenson County Illinois. A summons has been issued returnable to the March term at the Stephenson County Courthouse in Freeport on the first Monday of March. Dated January 21. Abd. J. Al Crand. Complt’s Sal. William Al Stevens, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cuddeback
Cuddeback
Stephenson County
Hitneis
Mreeport
Canaty
Mareh A
Jaimary A. DD
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Ay Young
Boston NA
Tionals
Sions
Tenney
Y Young
Boston Americans Atelier Law Guaper
Boston Americans
N.Y. Nationitts
Pajolett’ Leveland Ateerttis
Whiener
Pittsburg Nationals
Pittsburgy Nationals
Venter Field
Prelder Jones
Aterican
Au Oshkosh
Ed. Patliam
Wiliam Geiger
George Bubser
Leroy Converse
Geo. B. Ogden
BP. Carroll
Italean
I. C
Saga
Prohibition County Convention
Journal
Civile League
Ayer
Woman's Club
Illinois Federation
Hl. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
J. AL Cradn
Complt
Sal
Wiliam AL Stevens
Ziosen Sone
Per
Rights and Liberty League
Hassmans
Meariam
Laura Bennett
Schlott
S. Galena Avenue
Cca
Ask Ridgways
van Buren St
California
Northwest
Hackey
Grand Opera House
Wedsday
Henry B. Harris
Lion and
Charles Klein
the Music Master
N. Y. City
C. P. Guenthes
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