Umpire Phillips Finds Path From Baseball to Priesthood
In Hutchinson Kansas a Kansas State league umpire named Phillips, real name J O Reilly, tests his fitness for the Roman Catholic priesthood by lifelong study and professional baseball scrutiny. He earns praise for fairness and command, with Major League calls possible. His background spans St Benedicts Atchison and Kenilworth College St Louis, and he speaks six languages.
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O'Reilly
St. Benedict’s College
Atchingon
Kan
Blaine Urbin
Chicago Nationals
Kenilworth College
St. Louis
Phillips
Hostatler
Kansas State League
Western Kansas
P. H. Hostatler
Fans and Rooters Differ in Baseball Behavior
Horace Dyer argues that fans and rooters are not the same. He says the fan is a regular, composed and older spectator, while the rooter is an episodic, noisy participant who adds excitement but should not pose as a regular.
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Bt Louis
Horace Dyer
St. Louis
University of Michigan
Dan Fisher
Renewing Acquaintance In A Cleveland Leader Sketch
A humorous Cleveland Leader vignette centers on a casual financial ask and a social pivot. A character hints at debt with You know that ten dollars you lent me turning into a pause for a social introduction. The scene playfully explores etiquette and memory in everyday interactions.
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Cleveland Leader
Clarence King exposes 1872 Salted Diamond Swindle
In a Century article the 1891 San Francisco dinner memory honors Clarence King for saving California’s mining reputation. He investigated a Fort Bridger diamond field swindle, found only raw African stones, exposed the fraud, halted a multi million sale, and refused a million dollar buyout for his information.
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Clarence King
Pacific Union Club
San Francisco
California
King
Fort Bridger
Wye
James T. Gardiner
Corps of Engineers
Ostrich Hunting Tales From Theodore Roosevelt Era
A narrative recounts a hunt for ostriches described by Theodore Roosevelt. The hunter details wary behavior, long necks, swift strides, and nest discovery with 11 eggs. He recounts killing a cock and a hen at various distances and notes the birds’ weight, plumage, and the edible parts of the birds and eggs.
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Theodore Roosevelt Scribner's
Rose
Reindeer Migration Confounds Far North Hunters
Ottawa Citizen reports letters from beyond the Barren Lands describe a dramatic winter migration by Mackenzie river reindeer to Alaska, leaving hunting grounds deserted and Indians near starvation. Musk oxen also shifted northwest toward Hudson Bay territory, a remarkable wildlife pattern.
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Far North
Mackenzie
Hudson Bay Territory
Mary Draper Ingles Pioneer Flight to Ohio River
Mary Ingles and fellow captive Mollie Draper escape from Shawnee captivity in 1750 after long march toward the Ohio. Ingles retrieves her husband, loses her two sons, and later learns her baby died. the Dutch cocaptive survives and returns to Pennsylvania, while Ingles’s descendants spread across the south and Ohio valley.
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Mary W
Harry C. Green
Sioux City Tribune
Mary Draper Ingles
Ohloiver
Alleghenies
Draper
New River
Great
Kanawha
West Virginia
Virginia
Mollie Draper
William Inles
Mollie Per
Braddock
Monongehela
New Rivers
Draper's Meadows
William Ingles
Thomas
George
John Draper
Mollie Ingles
Betty Draper
Ohio
Mrales
Scioto
Ingles
Detroit
Big Bone Lick
Pennsylvania
Mary Ingles
Big Boone Lick
Mrs. Ingles
Odd and Curious Facts From the Denver Republican
A miscellany of notes covers Roman oyster prices, a female candidate's votes in England, March and April counts across centuries, a French navy bill, juvenile labor reforms, King Edward VII and Freemasonry, Ireland's Westminster seats, corporal punishment rules, a Paris airship venture, street boxes, Monte Carlo, roller skates, English ballot history, a large world barometer, rat catchers in Cardiff, St Bartholomew's 1123 dating, telegram totals, Alaska coast cruiser, a charity stock sale idea, Witham Jones-dominated council, Indian rat rabbit exterminator, and gardening motifs with a fashion verse urging garden work for fitness.
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Roman Empire
A. D
Haster
Edward VII
Ireland
Westminster
London County Council
Paris
London
Monte Carlo
Plimpton
England
Pontefract
Hallan
Faenza
Torricelli
Cardiff
St. Bartholomew's Priory
Smithfield
United Kingdom
Federal Court of Alaska
Alaskan
Seward
Unalaska
Bering Sea
Yukon
Witham
Essex
Stock Exchange
Featiniog
Jones
Cadwalader Roberta
Richard Jones
John Cadwalder
Owen Jones
Hugh Jones
Hugh 14
Evan Jones
India
Australia
No Resting Place From the Katlan Reglater
Harper's Round Table cites a line from old cookbooks that tells readers to stir constantly at the front of the stove after mixing and baking. The final clause appears tautological or unnecessary but is noted as part of the instruction.
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Harper's Round Table
Farm humor and a sermon about Joseph and corn
The Washington Star recounts a speech by the secretary of agriculture praising the farmer who loves his work. A humorous tale shows Squire Plowlands asking tenant Hodge about church and a sermon on Joseph buying corn, with a joke about corn prices.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Squire Plowlands
Hodge
Joseph
Reypt
Squire
Fragmentary dialogue hints at marriage motive and lineage
A torn quotation questions why a woman married a certain Evelyn. The fragment suggests speculation about pursuing a family line and loyalty within an unnamed social circle.
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Hertha
Evelyn
The World’s Most Curious Republic Andorra
From the Strand: Andorra, the Republic of the Valleys, dates its foundation to 782 after Charlemagne granted a charter. The isolated microstate curbs modernity through tradition, with no written laws and a wary stance toward technology, accessible only via high passes with limited routes.
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France
Spain
Andorra
Barcelona
Sec d’Urgel
Andorra-la-Villa
Europe
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Anderrang
Sodom
Gomorrah
Pasa of Selden
Having Fun With the Queen's Navee From Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly recounts Paul Boyton in a rubber suit launching a mock torpedo near a ship. He drifts with the tide, cuts a hole in the netting, and slides a cobblestone filled bag along the stern, joking about provoking the British Admiralty.
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Harper's Weekly
Paul Boyton
Jim
Boyton
Anbora
Ft. Bo
Britta Admiralty
Proverb Revised at Kis Ban Jacinto Ranch Luncheon
Nate Goodwin joked about an unhappy marriage during a luncheon at Kis Ban Jacinto ranch. He quipped that the young couple were once ideal, now they have learned the truth of the proverb that two are company and three is a divorce.
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Sow Angelon Times
Nate
Goodwin
Kis Ban Jacinto Ranch
Mr. Goodwin
DR. Heo
Twain Speech Praised by Hartford Girls Graduates
A fragment recalls Mark Twain addressing Hartford girl graduates with humor about higher education and a playful push toward marriage and housekeeping after college. The reminiscence notes Twain’s platform and his jesting remarks on college women.
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Los Angeles
Times
Mark ‘Twain
Hartford
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