Field Hockey Growth Across Americas and England
Field hockey gains popularity in the United States with collegiate and club participation expanding rapidly. Miss Constance Melk Applebee introduced the sport to American colleges, inspiring teams at Vassar Bryn Mawr and others, while both men and women show growing interest and mixed competitions gain traction. The article traces field hockey origins in England and France, notes major associations formed from 1875 onward, and outlines standard field dimensions and markings.
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Constance Melk
Appleben
England
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Wellesley
Massachusetts
Radcliffe
Casubriek
Sanith
Northampton
Aattercollegiate Association
Enylaid
America
France
All England Women's Hockey Association
Great Britain
English Field Hockey For Women Rules and Play
A detailed early guide explains field setup with posts and a striking circle, ground care, stick weights from 19 to 25 ounces, and typical player roles. It covers equipment such as nets, ball size, and the American association stick, plus a play sequence from starting bully to striking circle and goal scoring with positions and passing flow.
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B&le
Miss Applebee
Enalisu
Twenuty
Iach
Wien
Taraaks
Shiand
Newark Names John J. O'Brien as Captain and Second Baseman
Newark New Jersey club announces 1903 lineup with John J. O'Brien of Lewiston Maine signed to captain the team and play second base under manager W. W. Burnham.
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Newark
W. W. Burnham
N. J
John J. O'Brien
Lewiston
New Orleans Club Names Backer and Manager
Frank Bishop will back the New Orleans team and Charley Frank will manage the club in the new Southern league.
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New Orleans Baseball
Frank Bishop
Charley Frank
New Orleans
Boy Wonder bowler hits 267 in speed for teens era
Willie Gehman, a sixteen year old Philadelphia prodigy, thrills bowlers across the nation with remarkable scores. His best 300 possible frame totals include a 267 on Imperial alleys with seven consecutive strikes. Despite his small stature and light weight, he maintains precise aim and strong spare play.
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Chicago
St. Louisa
San Francisco
Philadelphia
New York
Willie Geh- Inan
Willie
Boy Wonder
Suba's New Railroad Opens Cuba Line to Santiago
Cuba's new standard gauge railway from Santa Clara through Santo Espirito Junction to Santiago just opened. Through sleepers will link Havana and Santiago in 24 hours, replacing 3–4 days by steamer. The 450 mile trunk line crosses plateaus, rivers and forests with steel and masonry bridges. Branch lines will reach Jacaro, San Fernando and Santo Espirito City.
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Cuba
Santa Clara
Santo Espirito
Puerto Principe
Santiago
Havana
New York World
Piedras
The
Cuba Railway Company
Bay of Nipe
Jacaro
San Fernando
Santo Esperito City
Nounced
Seaboard
Commierce
Island
United States
William van Verne
Willie's Bowling Rise Sparks Baseball Talk of Phenom Slump
Willie Genman shows extraordinary skill after only eight months of bowling, excelling in tenpins, duckpins, and other forms. Tom Loftus touts a “wonder” pitcher from Gearevia named Clark, claimed to outpace legends. Patsy Donovan praises Jack O’Neil as top catcher, while Barney Dreyfuss adds Frederick W. Neil to the Pirates. Cincinnati stock changes loom as Ellison deal prompts reorganization.
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Willie Genman
Tom Loftus
Washington
Clark
Cy Young
Euobe Waddell
Patsy Donovan
Jack O'Neil
O'Neil
London Society's Latest Fad in Vilage Concave Craze
London society embraces a new craze called the Vilage Concave practiced by a Swedish specialist, highlighted by a New York se the Lina Scientist Waorkl 4. The trend draws attention from social circles and headlines as enthusiasts test the method.
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London Society
New York
Erist Elas
Vibrationism Draws Crowds From Fashionable Classes
The passage claims a healer cures nerve trouble pneumonia and endicitis through vibration therapy, replacing palmings faith healing and crystal gazing. Adelina Patt and others support the claim as parlors fill with fashionable women seeking the method.
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Adelina Patt
Flying Boat Plan by Gustav Koch of Berlin
Gustav Koch, a Berlin inventor, proposes a motor boat capable of flight. He says experiments will occur on water to avoid cross country trials. The craft is a low, flat, light boat that floats, with adjustable steering and horizontal sails.
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Err Gustav Koch
Berlin
Philadelphia
German Society For Aerial Navigation
Girls will say Fudge in place of profane words
Professor Clark of Northwestern University says heavens and great heavens are profanity equivalent to damn. A Chicago dispatch to the New York World reports the university lecture where coeds learned to replace said words with Judge to relieve their feelings.
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Clark
Northwestern University
Chicago
New York
Sea Captain Delivers Mysterious White Animal to Bronx Zoo
British captain Captain Golding aboard the Afridi reports a rare five foot white creature from Yokohama, described as a fox raccoon mix with a black mask. Hornaday of the Bronx Zoo confirms uncertainty about its identity as Golding expands his global specimen hunt for the zoo.
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Bronx
United States
Golding
Afridi
New York
Amercan
Mr. Hornaday
Captain Golding
Yokohama
Bronx Zoo
Blood Written Pact Revealed in Grewsome Philippine Trial
A gruesome document reveals methods of insurgent leaders in the Philippines. The Inter Ocean reports the Pasqueval Pasis trial and four others for branding a native and signing a blood pact to defend their country. Details show natives branded on the chest with signs and references to a dreaded secret order. Basilac, April 27, 1900.
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Philippines
Corbin
Washington Dispatch
Chicago
Basilac
de Tal
Pas
Mitchies
IL Punan
Homeseekers' Cheap Excars to the West and Northwest
Advertisement for low rate homeseekers trips via Chicago and North Western from Chicago with multiple November and December dates to Northern Iowa Western Minnesota Dakotas Nebraska Wyoming. Include request for 3 cent stamp for copy of North Western Homeseeker and to contact ticket agents or A F Cleveland in Cleveland for details.
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Chicago
North
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
Classic ad copy touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. Claims include soothing the child softening the gum alleviating pain curing wind colic and being the best diarrhea remedy. Priced at twenty five cents for two bottles.
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