Brown Is Signed By Cubs For Two Years Of Saliva
New York report lists contracts and releases by the National League president. Players tied to Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh receive deals. Notable names include Mordecai Brown James Archer Hummel Weimer and Beebe with multiple clubs releasing others to towns including St Paul Syracuse Hannibal Louisville.
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Brown
CUBS
New York
Lynch
National League
Boston
Fred Lake
Brooklyn
William Bergen
William A. Burch, Jr
Jake Daubert
A. C. Downey
Fletcher
John E. Hummel
T. J. Jordan
Elmer F. Knetzer
H. C. Lumiey
Thomas McMillan
Otto Miller
G. M. Rucker
W. D. Scanlan
George W. Schirm
Fred W. Ulrich
Chicago
James P. Archer
Mordecai Brown
Clyde Geist
Floyd Kroh
Fred Luderus
R. Cc. Schwenck
Tony Smith
F.weaver
C. F. Willis
Cincinnati
Fred L. Beebe
Roy Castleton
Arthur Fromme
Frank Roth
J. Pauxuis
Collins
J. Murray
A. L. Ktaymond
J. B. Seymour
W. T. Temple
Jake Weimer
Ed Williams
Philadelphia
L. H. Heron
Louis Schank, Jr
T. Prank Sparks
Pittsburg
E. J. Abbaticchio
Charles B. Adama
Chester M. Brandon
Edward Bridges
Robert Byrne
Harry C. Cammite
A. Vincent Campbell
Ralph Cutting
John A. Flynn
Michael U. Simon
H. J. Hyatt
Wits Humphries
Thomas W. Leach
Nicholas Maddox
John B. Miller
Eugene Moore
William B. McKechnie
Pat F. O’conner
Charles Phillippe
William D. Powell
Bayard H. Sharp
George Gibson
Co. L. Webb
J. Owen Wilson
John EB. Wrigley
St. Paul
A. A
Wm. A. Autrey
Syracuse
Lee Meyer
Lawrence
N. EB. L
P. Finlayson
T. H. Catterson
Hannibal
J. A. Tenjies
Rochester
E. L
George Starnagle
Louisville
Joseph Stanley
George E. Howard
Indians and Dallas Fort Worth practice games arranged
Waco Texas March 8 Manager Carr of the Indians met with Manager Gardner of Dallas to arrange dates with Dallas and Fort Worth. McGraw of the New York Giants also seeks practice games. Indianapolis will play Baylor university. Training under hot sun continues both morning and afternoon.
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Tex
Carr
Indians
Gardner
Dallas
Fort Worth
McGraw
New York Giants
Indianapolis
Baylor University
Outlaw League Forms United States Baseball League
Plans for a new outlaw baseball league to include Boston Providence Brooklyn Newark Paterson Trenton Philadelphia and Baltimore were announced with a holding company name The United States Baseball League association incorporated The league has signed over 100 players and secured ballparks in six cities with two others in view It will run May 1 to Labor Day for a 126 game schedule Colored players will be admitted with three signed per team Dr G H A Lawson of Wilmington Delaware is president
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March
Providence
Brooklyn
Newark
Paterson
Trenton
Philadelphia
Baltimore
United States Baseball League Association, Incorporated
G. H. A. Lawson
Wilmington
Del
Preacher named umpire in Illinois and Michigan league
Rev George Schroeder pastor of the First Congregational Church at Elmwood has been signed as umpire in the Illinois and Michigan league. His acceptance of the umpire post led him to resign from his pulpit.
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Peoria
George Schroeder
First Congregational Church
Elmwood
Michigan
United States to Defend Davis Cup For Seventh Time
New York March report states the United States National Lawn Tennis Association again challenges Australia for the Dwight F. Davis international cup, with the American team attempting to reclaim the trophy for the third consecutive year. Gardner in Training in Chicago prepares for a ten round bout against Jimmy Clabby in Milwaukee, with Gardner weighing about 150 pounds and training at OConnell's gymnasium.
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New York
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
Gardner
Chicago
Jimmy Gardner
Lowell, Mags
Jimmy Clabby
Milwaukee
O’connell
Bagger Athletic Club
Regular air line in Hamilton plans passenger flights
Walter Colling of Cincinnati visited Hamilton to arrange with the Hamilton Gas and Electric Light Co for artificial gas to power an aerial navigation route between Hamilton and Cincinnati. Cincinnati cannot supply the gas yet. First flight expected from Hamilton in early April with flights continuing at regular intervals. Fare set at $50 per passenger.
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Hamilton
Walter Colling
Cincinnati
Hamilton Gas and Electric Light Company
Collins
Fisher Still Leads In Bowling Showdown
Wayne Garden Detroit March 8 W Peters Chicago rolled high yesterday in individual bowling with B29 This did not worry Glenn Fisher of Chicago who has a 600 for first place Work yesterday was mediocre as a rule C Knoll Cleveland showed well with 633 The two men event topped by Shaw and Rivest Chicago with 1185
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Detroit
W. Peters
Chicago
Glenn Fisher
C. Knoll
Cleveland
Shaw and Rivest
May Reinstate Kling Amid King Case Delays
Report suggests Kling may be reinstated as decision in Johnny King case postponed to next week. Evidence indicates Kling possessed a letter granting leave for private business and that he formed an amateur team in Kansas City while advertising, allegedly diverting patronage from the Kansas City institution.
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Kling
Johnny King
Kansas City
K. c
Jury Too Generous To Suit A Judge
New York March 8 Unless Julius Baumann through his father Leopold Baumann of Mount Vernon agrees to accept a reduction of a verdict from 3000 to 2000 for injuries after being struck by an automobile owned by Tully Estes a New York broker Justice Mills set aside the verdict and granted a new trial He was run down on the White Plains road near Mount Vernon where his mother was killed saving him A jury recently awarded 2500 to Baumann for the death of his wife Justice Mills says the child was not seriously hurt and received no permanent injury.
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New York
Julius &. Baumann
Leopold Baumann
Mount Vernon
Tully C. Estes
Justice Millis
White Plains
Mr. Baumann
Mr. Estes
Justice Mills
Treasure found by foster son in old Memphis home
A foster son of a late Memphis widow uncovered a stash of wealth totaling 184000 dollars after a week long search for hidden cash. A. Halley and Ed Harper found 30000 dollars in gold and silver hidden behind carpets and pictures, with the rest deposited in Commercial Savings bank. Halley plans a world trip with Harper as reward.
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Memphis
A. Halley
J. W. Madden
Halley
Ed Harper
Commercial Savings Bank
Harper
Hog raising craze hits Meyersdale town council repeal
Meyersdale Pennsylvania town swells with hog farms after a town council repeals the hog ordinance. Many pigsties rise as half-grown pigs are secured from country districts while state health authorities threaten enforcement. Meyersdale, a mountain town of 6000 in Somerset County, is noted for buckwheat cakes and sausage. Prices rise. farmer William Johnson pays 2 1/2 cents more for a quarter year than for a whole calf sale.
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Connellsville
Meyersdate
Meyersdale
Somerset County
William Johnson
Meeting Heard By County Business Men At Jail
Judge A Z Wiley spoke at a county jail meeting Sunday afternoon. The event was led by the Business Men’s Bible class of Central Christian church and drew more than 50 businessmen. M E Elston was organist and Joseph Stacy led a male choir during the song service.
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A. Z. Wiley
Central Christian Church
M. E. Elston
Joseph Stacy
Traction Co Timetable In Effect November 1900
The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company timetable in effect November 1 1900 lists routes to Rushville Connersville Shelbyville Greensburg and Acton with limited trains. It notes 52 percent maybe fare or occupancy and that dispatch stops are restricted to Rushville and Connersville while Greensburg Express serves Shelbyville and Greensburg only.
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Rushville
Connersville
Shelbyville
Greensburg
tActon
Insane pauper Klamm left large estate in Kansas City
After Peters Klamm died he was kept as an insane pauper. Kansas sued his estate for $3 weekly keep for years and received $2,502.27 of $3,000. Park development west of Kansas City involved 32 acres bought from Klamm which yielded $20,000. A compromise reduced weekly support to $2. This is the largest claim allowed to a state institution in such a suit.
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Kansas City
Peter Klamm
State of
Kansas
Klimm
Kiam
Park Board of Kansas City
Kas
Quiurdaroa
Kansas City University
Klamm
Dead Man Remains on Train for 80 Blocks
New York passengers on a Ninth Avenue elevated express rode for about 80 blocks with a dead man on board, believing he had fainted. Conductor John Kegan kept the body moving to avoid delays. Joseph Irving, 55, of 2055 Amsterdam Avenue, died earlier. hospital staff later confirmed death.
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New York, March
Ninth Avenue
John Kegan
Joseph Irving
Amsterdam Avenue
Seventy Eighth Street
Kegan
Fell Forty Feet And Walked Home In Stamford
Edward Pendergast, a father, fell forty feet inside a house and landed on sand but walked a quarter mile home with a priest and brother supporting him. Physicians found him sitting in sand holding his head and he refused hospital care despite the fall.
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Stamford
Conn
Edward Pendergast
Pendergast
Fragmentary OCR Item With Time Codes and Folders
A garbled OCR snippet appears with time codes 7:10 and 11:10 and references to folders in all. The text shows numbers 9200 and 12200 and unclear formation details. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable from the fragment.
Tuberculosis Hope Booklet Offered By Indiana Agent
Local notice invites interested readers at 212 Harris Avenue Indianapolis to obtain a booklet with photos and letters on TB recoveries. Nature's Creation is sold by M L Haymann agent at 412 State Life Bldg Indianapolis with hours 9am to 5pm except Sundays.
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Harris Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Nature
M. L. Haymann
State Life
Council Delays Probe Report as Deadlock Persists
The council did not read the investigating committee report and kept to routine business. A Board of Works letter requesting 2.25 for a car was read, but the board says it wrote the letter without instruction. An ordinance placed tree trimming under park supervision and several appropriations were approved: 2500 for plat books, 2275 for a board car, 25000 for street lights, 38831.50 for 50 police officers.
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Geo. L. Denny
Shank
Board of Works
Frank J. Noll, Jr
Board of Park Commissioners
Seven High School Boys Expelled in Logansport Incident
In Logansport Indiana on Sunday night seven high school boys were expelled by Superintendent Douglass, one student even being his son Albert. The punishment bars them from re entering the school for a year after they broke into the building and placed class cameras on stairs to the assembly rooms and on hallway walls.
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Logansport
Ind
Douglass
Albert
Quote about a gale in a river mouth from Baltimore American
A Baltimore American quip wonders where a vessel would meet the teeth of a gale. The wry line suggests only in the mouth of a river, playfully contrasting rough seas with inland dangers.
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Baltimore American
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