Baseball Gossip and Uncertainty Besets 1900s Team Plans
News and gossip detail unsettled rosters for a Cleveland and Philadelphia tilt as stars like Davis Lajoie and Bernhardt face questions. Speculation centers on which veterans will play, who could be weakened by age, and how peace and penalties affect Philadelphia’s lineup and the season outlook.
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Ike George Davis
Delehanty
Kid” Gleason
Davis
Alorence
Petes
Caim Him
Michis Sheen
Cleveland Cub
Philadelphia
Lajoie
Piet
Bernhardt
Manger Armour
Capt. Lajoie
Puck
Bernhard
Ban Johnson and Umpires Stir In Early Baseball Reform
The text discusses Ban Johnson and umpires shaping the baseball game, noting the umpire’s need for time and support to improve, and the president and field officials’ roles in reform. It references Tim Murnane and changes in season authority, with focus on players, managers, and leadership dynamics.
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Ban Johnson
Anc
Tim Murnane
Ho Weldom
Johnson
Baseball Notes on Pitching and Batsmen from Early Era
FIPS and JOPICS discuss pitching styles and batsmen adjustments. Dan Brothers praises swift pitching while Chicago’s W J Hanlon debuts as first baseman. Tim Murnane and Charley Cominkey weigh foul strike rules, college trends, and public reaction. John Ganzel leads American Association hitters. Dunkle tops pitchers with thirty wins.
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Tim Murnane
Charley Cominkey
Hart-Hanson
John Ganzel
Thomas Hickey Haw
American Association
Ust
Big John Ganzel
Chicago
New York
Grifith
Greater New York
Shannon
St Paul
Billy Hallman
Cominkey
Dunkle
White Sox
Flaherty
Louieville Iast
Jack Kutoll
St. Paul
Font
New York City Lays Groundwork for South American Revolutions
A vivid portrait of Manhattan as the hub of regional upheaval with hotels, patrons, and agents fueling revolutions across the Americas. The piece centers on Santo Domingo envoy and Mexican general Francisco Lal Sandoval amid two rival New York revolution houses, Muro and America, where emigres and mercenaries plot, wait, and gamble on fate, money, and political shifts.
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New York City
Tropics
Manhattan
Italand
Fifteenth Street
Thirteenth Street
Republica
New York
Eia
Bouth Gerlea
Capy 95
Jim'nez
Mito
Weat Fourteenth Street
United States
F. Leonte Vasques
Santo Domingo
Juan Jeliico Jiminess
Muro
West Fourteenth Street
Sedor Muro
Eny
Hhs
Senor Muro
Potes
Jimlex
Yasquez
America
Francisco Lal Sandoval
Sandoval
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Mexco
South America
Pacifico
Orphans Benefit Bequeathed By St Paul Heaper
John Summers an elderly hotel keeper of St Paul died recently and left two thirds of his estate about £100 000 to the Protestant orphan asylum without condition the remaining third goes to his widow.
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Wii
John Summers
St. Paul
Protestant Orphan Asylum
Car Conductor John F. Hoar Praised by Passengers
In the Statesman a description praises Car Conductor John F. Hoar for politeness to riders on his street car. Passengers discuss sending him to the Legislature, noting his courteous conduct during trips. The piece highlights civic respect and potential political ambitions.
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Statesman
Heston
John F. Hoar
Common Council
Get Off the Wagon Saves Wedding Guests
A witty usher at a wedding averted tragedy when guests tried to enter a dark house through a porch window. A burglar alarmed him as he spotted a revolver. He yelled Levy get off the wagon, prompting the host to unlock the door and avoid danger. The moment ended with hushed relief and a sober reflection on the event.
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Levy
New York
About the Red-Haired Girl Champion of Auburn Hal
A fragmentary feature extols the red headed girl as a champion of her sex. It claims she can detect odors, spot lies with piercing eyes, perform tasks quickly, rouse a man from sleep to work, endure back talk, and throw a missile with accurate aim without harming bystanders.
March On World-Planters Aim For Universal Liberty
Samuel A. Wood writes in the New York Sun about a grand, utopian vision urging freedom for all faiths and creeds. The piece calls for dialogue beyond religious barriers, promotes human progress, and imagines distant fleets and explorers spreading liberty worldwide.
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Samuel A. Wood
New York Sun
Senatorial Story Tellers Go Quiet in Retirement
The fifty seventh Congress ends as two top Senate storytellers retire. George G. West of Missouri, famed for wit in the smoking room, and John P. Jones of Nevada, serious in debate but breezy in cloakroom chats, leave large shoes for present colleagues.
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Senate
George G. West
Missouri
John P. Jones
Nevada
Senator West
Senator Jones
The Real Thing in a Quip by a Wise Parent
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a quartermaster and a child Floramay with a playful exchange. The parent notes a porter on a leaping car as a metaphor or allegorical detail within a compact, whimsical exchange.
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Papat
Floramay
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Baseballtans
Siant
GDA
Big Dan McGann
Aldo Bie
Fips
Jopics
Brothers
Dan Brothers
W. J. Hanlon
Cileaso
D. Hanton
Los Angeles
Gen. Sandoval
Bsen
Tyraint
Tce
Mosco3so
Usher
Towton
Heaven
Hell
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