A Novem ber Night of Bridge and Gossip
Nelly joins a house party and plays bridge with a subaltern and others. Her frank no trump defense and cheerful talk spark row and scandal as gossip about Lady Faljohnson and the major erupts, ending with a party-wide warning about future invitations.
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Antiline
Nelly
Faljohnson
Rex
Mas
Dalsey
Vhce
Falcohnson
Subaltern
Major
Allence
Birla
Shortstop Career Longevity Outlasts Other Infielders
The article examines why shortstops remain with clubs longer than other infielders, citing players like Dahlen Tinker and Irwin and noting long tenures with the Chicago Nationals, where shortstops dominated 14 of 19 seasons. It also mentions numerous second basemen and third basemen through the era, and Billy Papke joining his home team as he trains for boxing.
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Glasscock
Ward
Herman Long
Dahlen
Davis
Chicago
Ed. Williamson
Cooney
Irwin
Tinker
Magoon
Gene Bemontreville
Chicago Nationals
Fred Raymer
Tom Byrne
Bill Dahlen
Jiggs Parrott
Charlie Irwin
Bill Everett
Jimmy Connor
Harry Wolverton
Bill Bradley
Jimmy Casey
Barry McCormick
Annual Baseball Commission Report Details Finances and World Series
The fourth annual report covers finances from 105,500.16 in receipts to 106,348.06 in disbursements, with Cubs and Tigers receiving major shares. It includes full box scores from the 1907 World Series, notes on left handed pitching, and new pitches like a so called pusher by Big Ed Walsh of the White Sox.
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National Commission
Messrs. Pulliam
Johnson and Herrmann
Detroit
Chicago Nationals
Cubs
Tigers
Chicago
Big Ed
Walah
White Sox
Feud Between Families Over Ducks Mules and a Fence
In Belleville a long running feud between the Grossman and Conrad families centers on ducks from Richland Creek, a spite fence on the triangular lot, and a mule that ate peach buds. Court actions include detaining a mule, disturbing the peace charges, and ongoing lawsuits.
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St. Louis
Maude
Jacob Grossman
Franz Conrad
Belleville
Conrads
Grossmans
Richland Street
Caseyville Avenue
Richland Creek
Grossman
Conrad
Mis souri Point school closed after pupil dents teacher nose
At Missouri Point across the river from Alton a pupil named Anna Hart attacked and beat her teacher Mary E. Roberta after the teacher announced a whipping. Directors ordered the school closed due to low attendance and the incident.
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Anna
Fragmentary Dialogue Reveals Domestic Banter
The brief text presents a playful exchange between a husband boasting of a large head and a wife urging him not to worry, noting there is nothing more to the scene. The fragment hints at domestic humor within a reading context.
Girl Acquitted of Bathing in Kitchen Scandal
In Alton Illinois justice Ford acquitted 20 year old Marie Tisius who was accused of bathing in Mrs Randolph Smith’s kitchen with the window open and disturbing neighbors Mr and Mrs Herman Herrin. Herrins testified to seeing the act. Mrs Herrin called her husband to witness and the defense argued it was not a crime. The judge noted mid January cold and discharged the defendant.
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Alton
Ill
Marie Tisius
Auto breaks into house in Trenton farmstead crash
In Trenton New Jersey a heavy touring car owned by Karl G Roebling crashed into the W J Chinnick farmhouse wrecking parlor furniture. Occupants included Karl G Roebling wife Emily Roebling and driver John Roupp who was injured. The crash followed a herd of cows crossing the road and the car plowed through a hedge into the parlor.
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Trenton
N. J
Springlake
Karl G. Roebling
W. J. Chinnick
Mra
Emily Roebling
John Roupp
Chinnicok
Tickle Grass and Oddities From The Nation
A 1908 collage of light verse and quips notes a Colorado man’s luck via a horseshoe on his mother-in-law’s wall, jokes about Jud. Lewis’s appendix, Easter fashion contrasts, streetcar pancake conundrums, roller skates, family meals, a Michigan hen experiment, and a Chicago Tribune riddle about morning noise.
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Colorado
Jud. Lewis
The
Houston Post
Jud
California
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
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Cross
Mrs. Rex
Tke
Jabez Marks
Maj. Dalsey
Bridge
Ataira
Cohn P. Ay
Mecloskey
John J. McCloskey
Dan McGinty
McCloskey
Cardinals
Louisville
Jimmy Collins
Fred Clarke
Vancouver
Pugiliat
Billy Papke
Kewanee (III
Papke
Smalaht Uae
Baseball Commission
Giants
John McGraw
Ann
McGraw
Tenny
Doyle
Donlin
Hindwell
Mule
Canrrds
Judge
Auto
Jersey
Opyright
Byron Williams
Indiana
Father
Hope
Michigan
Wee
Arma
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