Old Time Baseball Talk From YWCH
President Lynch and veteran players are recalled in a reflection on early baseball days. The piece recounts famed moments, player banter with umpires, and rival teams Cleveland Baltimore and Boston, focusing on personalities like Burkett Zimmer and Tim Hurst, with anecdotes of dramatic near-hits and crowd antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Club
Burkett
Fellera
Cleveland
Chariie Zimmer
Tim Hurat
Hurst
Sam
Tim
Baltimores
Orioles
Jake Stenzel
Jake
Baltimore
Tebeau
Joe Kelley
Joe
Pat
Sheridan
Jack Sheridan
St. Louis
Missouri
Unwritten law of divorce critiqued by columnist
The piece discusses mutual consent divorces and the so called unwritten law. It argues that legal systems do not recognize mutual consent and that collusion can invalidate cases. It notes the social pressure on husbands and wives and includes a dramatic dialogue about separation and the difficulty of divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul ‘Thieman
New York American
Theatrica
Eusband
Dellomey
Roosevelts Shelf of Books in Africa From Africa Game Trails
In Ja Roosevelt’s African Game Trails, he notes a pigskin library carried for travel. The lightweight case weighed under 60 pounds and included Bible, Apocrypha, and a varied mix of classics and poetry chosen for the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Africa
Ja Roosevelt
Scribner's
Gregorovius
Kermit
Spain
Carsuits the Great
Damenese _Lowell
Popular Music Boom Fueled by Song Mills and Big Profits
The article explains how popular music spreads nationwide through theater audiences and sheet music sales. It cites major publishers in New York and Boston and notes hits like Bedelia and In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree each earning about 60 000 dollars and hundreds of thousands of copies sold, highlighting royalties and the rise of lyric writers and composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theopular Music Enterprise
New York
Boston
Bedelia
Mr. Dooley
Fragmented User Note on Speech and Parrot
A garbled user note mentions a person hdc a 6 Bose and a line about a parrot and hollering. The readable bits suggest a stray comment rather than a coherent event or report. No clear individuals, organizations, or dates are present.
Witchcraft and superstitions with something in them
The column notes that meaningless syllables in songs once formed spells used by witches and Indians. Felix Grendon’s collection of Anglo Saxon spells is cited as a near complete source. a modernized version counts swelling away by reciting a nine to one sequence while singing. It argues superstition has a tangible pull and even dentists profit from curing toothache with such spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Felix Grendon
Journal of American Folk Lore
DR. Beetle
Little Ethel
Brouse
Mrs. Frog
Mr. Frog
Dr. Reelle
An Observant Child
From Success Magazine, a moral anecdote about Little Adelaide who fears nothing except her mother. Her father tries to explain bravery through simple questions about cows dogs thunder and danger, prompting a humorous line of inquiry from the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Adelaide
Adalaide
Spelling Bees Revival Planned by Indiana Officials
State Superintendent R J Aley outlines a revived old time spelling bee as part of a new Indiana school curriculum to be distributed to about 15 000 teachers after August 20. He argues it could boost spelling, engage families, and strengthen school community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Indiana
R. J. Aley
Dr. Aley
Fertilizer of the Future in Chemists’ Demonstration
London Correspondence notes at an international congress where Professor Bernthsen showcased Otto Schonherr’s method to produce calcium nitrate from air. The process uses high voltage and a copper spiral to combine nitrogen and oxygen, yielding air saltpeter as a rich nitrogen manure for crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Chile
William Crookes
Bernthsen
Untangled fragment evokes theater jingle and performance
The text presents a garbled fragment from a Chicago Tribune piece with stray lines about a theater jingle and a performer remarking on sales and reception. It reads as a misshapen quote about a scene of selling shares and a catchy tune without clear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Gengyeon
Holt
Walt
Katie Fly and Dinah Tales in a Big New York Resturant
In a father daughter reading, Katie Fly travels through a restaurant world with sugar grains like sand and a banana, a mustard burn, and a wooden handle pot. Sonny's pancake hole caution and Dinah the cook's tales unfold in child friendly fables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Fly
Ethel
New York
Katie
Her Mild Complaint Parental Musings From Harper Magratie
The fragment notes a patient asking what was found in a bed last night and mentions a train and a fire engine. It adds a aside about hard knocks following a college education, reflecting campus life and parental observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Magratie
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Ywch
Lynch
Ad West
Ward
York
Chicago
Colts
Gix
Addison Gum
Jack
Gumbart
Ite
Gumbert
Anson
Nushand
Clumally
Anon
Henry Peck
Brown
Jones
Grace
Emerson
Longfellow
Carlyle
Olmnes
Tearet Harte
Brownlreat
Finn
Murray
Hacchac
Revine
Rome
Warane Meen
Montrose
Guying
Waverley
Fob Roy
Jey
Reliqu Ray
Vanity Fair
Pendenni Sdickens
van Norden Magazine
Puck
Daddy
Farmer Smith
Sonny
Miss
Honey
Dinah
Frogo
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