National League Notes Show Pirates Resting Ro Sertaille
National League notes report Pittsburgs left at home Ro Sertaille while Fred Tenney searches minor leagues for a catcher. Tommy Leach shows daily versatility and Huggins shines for Cincinnati. Young Howard of the Pirates bats well. Ed Phelps trade talk resurfaces. Red Ames records strikeouts. Homer Hillebrand eyed as southpaw. Peltz fined and suspended.
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National League News
Pittsburgs
Ro Sertaille
Fred Tenney
Tommy Leach
Huggins
Cincinnati
Young Howard
Pirates
Hanlon
McGinnity
Giants
Phelps
St. Louis
Jack Warner
Mike Donnin
Sammy Strang
Red” Ames
Rube” Waddell
Fred Clarke
Homer Hillebrand
Young Goodwin
Carters
Lynns
Boston Nationals
Peltz
Pulliam
Polo Grounds
Peitz
Boston
Making of Church Bells by Philadelphia Founder
Philadelphia Bulletin reports on bell making methods. A bell founder rejects silver usage, preferring old cannon as alloy for purity. He describes two molds the core and cope shaping inside and outside forms, and notes tuning requires removing small metal chips by a skilled tuner who is also a musician.
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Philadelphia
Spain
Philadelphia Bulletin
Canton Signs King and Other League Moves
Central League notes Canton signs Infield er King of Mattoon Illinois. George Carey, ex Eastern League, now at first base for Grand Rapids. Willis emerges as Canton’s steady pitcher, while Chapman excels with the Hottentots. Vincennes Kitty League ties Fort Wayne bid. Terre Haute and Evansville considered for mileage cuts. Mautner denied buying Louie Smith interests in Terre Haute. only unpaid notes from J Gan zel to Grand Rapids due September.
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Canton
King
Mattoon
Ill
George Carey
Grand Rapids
Willis
Springfield
Chapman
Hottentots
Detroit Agricultural School
Vincennes
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Terre Haute
Isadore Mautner
Louie Smith
Mautner
John Ganzel
Sporting Life
Western League salary cuts and player notes
The St Joseph salary list is reduced by about $500 a month. The Omaha Bee disputes Shipke’s equal at third base. Herman Long, ex Tigers, leads a Des Moines hitting surge with six regulars above .300. Car ter of Omaha touted as league’s greatest right fielder, while Bill Hoffer signs to play with Des Moines after early season salary disputes. Arthur Hoelskoetter was sent back to Denver by Cincinnati after a claimed win of the extra infielder job.
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St. Joseph
Omaha Bee
Shipke
Omaha
Herman Long
Tiger
Des Moines
Carter
Bill Hoffer
Hoffer
Arthur Hoelskoetter
Denver
Cincinnati
No Rime For Them Words To Be Avoided By Poets
A humorous note discusses unrhymable words in English. It cites Tom Hood list including bilge chimney calf crimson culm cusp fugue gulf have kiln microcosm mouth mouth oblige rhomb scarce scarf silver widow and window. Some can be rhymed by two words but none by a single word.
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Tom Hood
Live Day by Day Poem Reflection by Julia Harris May
A reflective verse urges leaving yesterday's sorrows behind and facing the present. It counsels bearing burdens as they come, taking one step at a time, and doing the next duty to move forward. The speaker, Julia Harris May, emphasizes steady progress and staying true to conscience.
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Julia Harris May
Over the Hills A Romantic Tribute to a Beloved Queen
Poem evokes a narrator chasing a distant beloved, described as a queen in a garden among bees and clover. Refrains of hills, sea, and summer weather frame a devoted journey toward the ideal partner, with references to Eros and a silken tether guiding the heart.
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Eros
God
Rover
Chinese Wedding Ceremony Silent Solemn Union
A Chinese wedding is a solemn rite with no talk or levity. The meal remains untouched as the bride is led to a table by five friends, then silent tears begin from the mother and bridesmaids before the bride joins in. The bridegroom appears with four friends and carries the bride around while guests shower rice.
The Sun's Heat Theme in an Astronomer Dialogue
A dialogue discusses the sun's heat value at 25 million dollars, noting Earth receives only two cents worth while most heat is wasted in space. It uses coal as a comparison, stating Earth’s coal could sustain solar warmth for one tenth of a second if Earth contracted to heat the sun.
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Earth
Durn Fool Hen Stirs Nest Trouble in Widow Skinner’s Coop
In Boston Post style notes from the Bingville Bugle report Widow Skinner’s hen causes ongoing trouble by attempting to set on nests. The tale reflects local rural humor with a farmer’s humorous lament about the persistently meddling hen and what owners might do in frustration.
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Widow Skinner
Widow Hay
Bingyille
Boston Post
Sacred animals and eastern reverence across lands
The piece notes that India is not alone in venerating animals. in many eastern regions, animals are regarded with reverence or superstition. It cites Siam's sacred white elephant as a well known example and suggests many other cases exist beyond Islam.
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India
Siam
Smallest British bird the golden crest wren
The golden crested wren is the smallest European bird. Its average weight is about seventy two grains Troy, needing seventy two birds to weigh a pound. Feathers measure about 314 m in length with a wing span around 2 inches, though body length without feathers is under 1 inch.
Tarantula In Ohio Prison Captivates Guards
An unusual pet named Mexico Pete, a large red hairy tarantula, arrived from the south in a banana bunch at the Ohio State Penitentiary. Guards placed him in solitary after sizing up his ferocious appearance. He sleeps in a milk bottle, spins banana bunches and files, and awaits larger quarters as he exercises.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Tabby
Ohio Penitentiary
South
Mexico
Pete
Senator Daniel and the Holmes Like Exchange in Philadelphia
A reporter interviews Senator Daniel of Virginia in a Philadelphia hotel. He humorously compares a youth’s deductions to Sherlock Holmes and to a Lynchburg friend, noting a servant Hoskin’s carelessness and a misplaced dollar in a white vest pocket lingering from yesterday.
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Senator Daniel
Virginia
Philadelphia
Sherlock Holmes
Lynchburg
Kengrich
Hoskin
Makeup of Norway's Army in Peace Time
The article explains Norway's defense structure with 25,000 peace time troops including the seventh year Landvarn course. It outlines compulsory service for all Norwegians from age 22 for sixteen years across six years in the line, six in Landvarn, and four in Landstorm, with partial service during the first four years in line and a year in Landvarn. Mobilization would total 72,000 across the three forces, though previously only the line could go beyond frontiers.
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Norway
Ilne
Ine
Sandvarn
Tandstorm
Congressman in Washington quoted by Illinois official
The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois likens a congressman in Washington to a boy with a torn shirt and half a pair of suspenders peering through a knothole at a baseball game. The Boston Herald notes the crowd and a police figure will tell the boy to move on, urging readers to fling away ambition.
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Washington
Illinois
Ike
Hages
Boston Herald
Social Upheaval In England Narrative
Social upheaval in England reshapes class dynamics as the upper class loses wealth status and luxury. The London Graphic notes that old distinctions vanish with diminished properties portraits jewels libraries and even titles, leaving a hollow identity like a knife without a bind.
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England
Tiis
London Graphic
Cab Poker: Americans in London Introduce Public Gambling Route
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes Americans in London creating cab poker as a public, low-risk gambling fad. Cab numbers serve as cards with zeros valued as tens or jacks, and players compare hands to determine winners.
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London
Cleveland
Alaska mining heiress Lena Walton journeys from Seattle to New York
Miss Lena F Walton of Bridgeton New Jersey once a Seattle milliner now travels from Seattle to New York and Liverpool. She owns valuable mining property in Alaska including mines at Cook Inlet and along the York River, becoming the era’s most extensive individual mining holder as gold rush interests surged in 1896.
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Lena F. Walton
Alaska
Seattle
New York
Liverpool
Miss Walton
Bridgeton
N. J
Cook's Inlet
York River
Shipbuilders Leave England for United States
Many British skilled shipbuilders recently employed in English naval yards are emigrating to the United States where they seek work as the American navy expands.
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England
United States
Oldest Italian Actor Francesco Zoceh Dies at Ninety
Francesco Zoceh, aged ninety, an uncle of Salvini, was described as the oldest actor on the Italian stage at the time of his death.
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Francesco Zoceh
Salvini
Oku's General Orders to Oku's Army on Manchuria Warfare
The Corriere de la Sera reports Gen. Oku, commander of the Japanese second army, issued on February 20 general orders stressing artillery support with coordinated infantry advances, holding positions, preparing for counterattacks with machine guns and grenades, carrying sandbags for defenses, using mountain guns without horses, reporting enemy dispositions, and moving rapidly while discarding unnecessary gear to ensure victory.
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Corriere de la Sera
Milan
Oku
Manchuria
Stackelberg
Vafangon
Monetary System of China in Emile Bard’s Book
A summary of Emile Bard’s chapter on Chinese money noting the tael as a weight of silver, various city taels and their values, and the use of Spanish dollars and silver ingots in commerce. It covers the cash copper coin with a square hole, the differing cash values, and practices of using genuine or counterfeit money in Henan markets.
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Emile Bard
China
Canton
Shanghai
South China
M. Bard
Henan
In Defense of Missionaries and Religious Labor
A defense of missionaries and preachers against claims of poverty amid suffering communities. The piece argues benevolent ministers deserve fair pay, notes their often quiet charity, and likens ministerial remuneration to other respected professions. It cites global revival movements and asserts true progress rests on humane, dignified service.
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Restarick
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Wales
Christendom
West
Barricade in Street Riots Across Time and Cities
The piece traces barricades as a recurring response to authority from 15th century Paris to Louis Philippe era and Paris revolutions, noting 16,000 killed or wounded in one uprising, $6 million in damage, and later measures like Paris boulevards to deter barricades, with London’s 1821 Queen Caroline funeral traffic barrier noted.
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Louis Philippe
Louis Napoleon
London
Caroline
Kindness Wasted on Mules in Extraordinary Scene
A mule driver, using graphic language, argues with an elderly matron who urges gentleness with the animals. He urges Bellatrix and Betelguese to quicken their pace, threatens a beating, and the caravan departs at an accelerated speed, leaving onlookers aghast in Chicago.
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Bellatiie
Asha Cie
Chicago Trine
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