Growth of Baseball Outside the Major Leagues
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues expands across more than 225 cities from Manchester New Hampshire to San Francisco and Winnipeg to New Orleans. In 1905 it handled 4200 contracts 9600 letters 250 suspensions 637 releases and 491 players traded, transforming minor leagues into a unified governance under the association.
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John.h.farrell
National ‘Association
Manchester
N. H
San’ Francisco
New Orleans
Winnipeg
National Association of Professional Baseball
National Association
California
Mexico
Yucatan
American League
National League
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
St. Nicholas Hotel
Cincinnati
United States
Poverty and vagrants restricted at local home patrol
A fragment lists penalties and fines for vagrancy and loitering with police intent to deter wandering people. It mentions fines of five pounds and committee attention to strangers, plus restricted hours and warnings about improper conduct. The passage notes penalties for acts described as poverty and idle behavior and ends with a warning about stay until bedtime.
Poison warning and label requirements for patent medicines
A discussion urges laws to require clear labeling on patent medicines and cough syrups that contain narcotics. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as pure and safe, claiming it builds strength and prevents illnesses, and notes a price offer for a larger bottle. The passage lists Joseph Emmert as a local seller in Freeport, Illinois.
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Father John
John
Joseph Emmert
Stephenson Street
Freeport
Conductors Fired Over Color Blind Cash Handling
Ft Dodge reports thirteen Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway conductors were dismissed after tests showed color blindness they could not distinguish the color of company money from their own. Spotters flagged cash fare slips, prompting bondholders to withdraw bonds and company officials to remove the men from service. One man to be reinstated due to a misunderstanding.
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Waterloo
Ft. Dodge
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company
Fort Dodge
Coal Shed Collapse at Hart & Albright Laundry
A large brick coal shed behind the Hart & Albright laundry on Galena street in Galena collapsed yesterday afternoon at about three o'clock. About fifty tons of coal fell into the alley between Stephenson and Galena streets, with a carload of coal stored inside. No one was in the alley at the time, averting possible serious injuries from flying bricks.
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Hart & Albright
Galena Street
Stephenson
Galena Streets
Bargains in Medicine
A reader argues against cheaper emulsions, noting Scott's Emulsion costs more but is worth it as the standard cod liver oil preparation. The firm Scott & Bowne explains higher cost reflects quality and manufacturing care. Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott
Penny Wise
Pound
Scott & Bowne
Say
Pearl Street, New York
Illinois Plans July Indianapolis Camp Maneuvers
War department advances mobilization plans for regulars and National Guards at Indianapolis during July August and September with Illinois to supply regiments for field maneuvers. Brigadier General Carter to command. units from Fort Sheridan Fort Thomas Fort Brady and Jefferson barracks. Funding eyed at 1 200 000 with state aid and government transport and rations provided.
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War Department
Regular Army
National Guards
Indianapolis
Illinois
State Guards
Indiana
W. H. Carter
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Twenty-seventh
Fort Sheridan
Fort Thomas
Fort Brady
Fort Wayne
Mich
Ninth Cavalry
Jefferson Barracks, Jr
Senate
House
Middle West
Port Riley
Congress
Sam
Manassas
Tlinois
Deneen
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Opening Sale Highlights Local Merchants and Remedies
Advertisements tout Hallisters Rocky Mountain Tea at 38½ cents and 386 cents for tea or tablets by Jos Emmert. Promoters Schlidt Wachlin Pfeiffer announce a shoe sale with items down to 2.98 and 2.00 pair discounts, Braver & Co clearing bargains allure shoppers.
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Hollister
Jos
Emmert
Schlidt, Wachlin & Pfeiffer
Braver & Co's
Foll Funeral Attended by Large Crowd in Lena
The funeral of the late A B Foll was held yesterday at 2 30 P M at the family residence, Rev H L Moore of Freeport officiating. Foll, a long time Lena resident since 1860, was a successful grain dealer and founder and longtime vice president of Lena Bank. Bearers included J A Steinmetz Geo Atlas M F Halladay G M Holley Geo Shoesmith and F F Crotzer. Freeport friends attended and Misses Gertrude and Lela Windecker visited relatives. Various locals visited, social events and visits noted, including a Queen Esther circle social and a Phidian Art club gathering.
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Letis
Marah
Othe
A.B. Foll
H. L. Moore
Freeport
Lena Bank
J. A. Steinmetz
Geo, Atus
M. F. Halladay
G. M. Holley
Geo. Shoésmaith
FF. Crotzer
Gertrude
Lela Windecker
Amos Stamm
Warren
Sara Marquette
Independence
John Lobdell
Queen Esther Circle
Methodist Church
John Divan
Geneseo
Ill
I. H. Shank
Beile Waite
Phidian Art Club
Mabel Mease
Cherokee
Iowa
Mease
George ‘Mansfield
Nunda
T. R. Allinson
S. K. Johnson
Milwaukee
J.B. Klontz
Lydia Staderman
Eleroy
A. E. Seise
Waterloo
Sullivan to headline Grand Opera House sparring week
John Li Sullivan, world lightweight champion, will perform daily sparring at the Grand Opera House next week with partner Kid Outler. Avaddsville company of artists accompanies the show with evenings performances amid the grand event.
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Hite
John Li Sullivan
Fdrtifer
Avaddsville
Grand Opera Hose
Wintifiee
Sullivan
Breath of Life and Cough Remedy Claim
An author praises Dr King’s Discovery for curing a two year cough described as consumption by Mrs Ora Stephens of Port Williams Ohio. The advertisement touts powerful lungs and breathing as vital, with a trial bottle free and prices 60 cents and 1.00. It guarantees the drugstore remedy by Joseph Emmiert, druggist.
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Ora ‘A. Stephens
Port Williams
Dr. King’s
Discovery
Joséph Emmiert
Eighteen Cars of Radiators To Aid Home Heating Boom
Amid coal strike fears and a long winter, the American Radiator company ships a large consignment of heating outfits. A solid eighteen-car train, each car carrying 60,000 pounds, departs Litchfield bound for Minneapolis, while another twenty-five car train heads to Omaha, signaling strong demand for steam and hot water heating in homes, stores, and schools.
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American
Illinois Central Railroad
Minneapolis
Minn
Litchfield
Wabash Railroad
Omaha
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An old advertisement extols Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe pleasant laxative to relieve overcrowding of the system by digesting undigested foods and poisons. It claims rapid improvement, treats headache and biliousness, and guarantees money back if it fails. Sold by all druggists for 60 cents and 1 dollar.
Frays and socials arranged for regular evenings
Fragmented note describes friends and patrons meeting Fridays under a pavilion. Mentions a schedule of ongoing gatherings, a planned short interim, and a cryptic line about RED Ripee 3-284.
The Mettle of Matthews Features Billy Sunday Figure
Walter Barr, Keokuk journalist, crafts a fiction piece in Lippincott's April issue titled The Mettle of Matthews. The story casts Rev Billy Sunday in a central role with realistic tabernacle scenes and a bank cashier subplot influenced by Sunday revival fervor.
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Keokuk
Tabernacle
Sunday
Barr
Billy Sunday
West
Chicago Market Report Patchwork of Closing Quotations
Closing board of trade quotes show May wheat at 7 7 7, May corn 4 44, May oats 30 percent, May pork 8 16. Union stock yards figures list cattle 7 000 head at 84.00 to 85.16, hogs 16 000 with mixed packers at 6.80 to 6.40, sheep 7 000 at 3.75 to 6.25. Board of Trade quotes include corn 44 portion, oats 45, hogs 8.70 to 9.05, rib prices 8.70 to 9.05. notes on receipts and western market movements accompany the report.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union
Chicago Board of Trade
A. B. Kennedy & Co
North Western
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