How Big League Stars Got Start
Former captain of the Boston Red Sox recounts his path to the majors from Bates College to Worcester, describing early doubt, a turning trade, and how baseball became a clean but demanding profession. He warns about the travel and hardship and notes the discipline learned from Jesse Burkett.
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Boston Red Sox
Chicago
Boston
Bates College
Worcester Club
Jesse Burkett
Burkett
Tapajoz Rammed by Unknown Schooner in Dense Fog
The Lloyd Brazillaro Line freighter Tapajoz, bound for Pernambuco, Brazil, was rammed and damaged by a three-masted schooner in thick fog fifty miles off Sandy Hook. The collision tore bridges and signaling gear, smashed lifeboats, and left the crew of forty-two fearing for their lives as engines were slowed and the ship lay nine hours awaiting sight of a pursuing vessel or berthed at Plier Peach Brooklyn.
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New York
Lloyd Brazilliaro
Tapajoz
Permambuco
Brazil
Sandy Hook
Gedney
Nto Tenit
Francesco Selve
Barros
Plier Peach Brooklyn
Tyero
Fails In School Girl's Death Attempt Blamed On Exam Glum
Florence Rumph an eighteen year old daughter of Alfred Rumph of Bloomfield New Jersey attempted suicide by carbolic acid after failing to pass Bloomfield High School entrance exams. She showed a changed disposition since the failure and was found in agony by her mother after kissing her good night. She was hospitalized at Mountainside Hospital East Orange with a poor prognosis.
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New York
Florence
Alfred
Fampe
Dodd Street
Bloomfield
N. J
Mountainside Hospital
Ootclair
Bloomfield High School
Miss Rumph
Defends Name of Slain Brother in Virginia Book
Norfolk author J Bunyan Jones brother of Tiberius Jones publishes a 200 page work on the Nansemond county murder of Samuel Hardy. The book argues for Hardy's deserved death penalty, reviews trial and clemency, and includes witness transcripts and courtroom imagery. It notes the cost and sale price of 50 cents and targets both lawyers and general readers.
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Norfolk
J. Bunyan Jones
Tiberius
Racchus Jones
Nansemond County
Samuel Hardy
Hardy
Mann
Jones
Supreme Court of Virginia
Woryers
Electric Shock Kills Boy Spares Another
In Lindernhurst New York Henry Wild eleven was instantly killed while his elder brother escaped unharmed as they tried to free a kite from a loose guy wire. The elder brother fetched a gas pipe and when he touched the wire both boys collapsed. Doctors declared Henry killed instantly and the coroner ordered the electric light company to remove the loose guy wire for investigation.
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New York
Henry Wild
Lindernhurst
Henry
William Fr. Wild
Savage
Electric Ficht Company
Richmond Man Shoots Brother-in-Law at Door
In Richmond at 4 this morning L A Jackson white fifty five fired both barrels of a shotgun at W B Finnegan white forty at Finnegan’s home 1809 Blair Street Finnegan rushed to City Hospital resting easy by afternoon Jackson fled then later arrested for attempted murder in Police Court with hearing set for September 17th
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Richmond
L. A. Jackson
White
W. B. Finnegan
Finnegan
City Hospital
Blair Street
Jackson
M. G. Hacen
City Ambulance Corps
R. W. Allen
W. H. Palmore
Lower Main Street
Narrow escape from rattlesnake near Newport News
William Scott, sixteen, narrowly escaped a rattlesnake strike while hunting in Newport News. A dog died seven minutes after biting the snake, which measured seven feet five inches with twelve rattles and buttons. A second rattlesnake had been found earlier that week by Doug, Clerk of Courts.
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Newport News
William Scott
Virginia Harness Races Open at State Fair Grounds
Labor Day program at the State Fair Grounds featured three harness events on a packed afternoon. Best two of three heats produced Pristile Gem as half-mile winner in 56 seconds, with Dill taking the 2:35 trot and Dr Peter winning the three-year-old trot in straight heats. other top trotters and pace horses are noted along with owners, drivers, and brood mares. The meet expects a rich speed program at the Virginia State Fair with substantial purses and entries from prominent stables. bids include King Cole and multiple named farms and breeders.
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W. J. Carter
State Fair Grounds
John H. Chaffin
P. A. S&s Brine
Morgan R. Mille
William Newsome
R. Ellyson Ewell
Dr. Peter
Peter the Great
Emma T
Dr. Sparks
Nasmyth
Jaridorf
Serpentine
Mambreno Boy
Remembrance
Virginia Jem
J. A. Patteson
Petersburg
Nasmyt
Acces Stock Farm
Ecard RK. C. Beavers’ Bay
Dr. Marvin
KR. T. Edwards
Victor
Bedworth
Richmond
J. L. Lodge
Orangeburg
N. Y
King Cole
White Maral Stock Farm
Roanes
Val
Walton Stock Farm Pails Mills
Flord Stock
Bridgetown
Alliewood Stock Farm
Baltimoore
W. L
Metra
George T. Mapp
Keller, Va
American Aviator Ends Great Trip To London
American aviator John B. Moissant, after three weeks since leaving Paris with Albert Pileux, resumed his bid to fly from Kemsing near Seven Oaks to Crystal Palace London. He circled Crystal Palace eight times before choosing a landing spot a mile away as storms and a damaged plane delayed him a week.
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Seven Oaks
Eng
Paris
London
John 8
Molesant
Crystal Palace
Kemsing
Albert Pileux
Moissant
Boy Stops Runaway Stopping Horse Saves Friends
Eight year old Jimmie Braun of East 100th Street risked his life to halt a runaway horse a scant ten feet from a group of children blowing bubbles on East 100th Street and Third Avenue. A steep downgrade heightened the danger as bystanders watched. A local grocer’s soap bubble pipe giveaway triggered a rush of children while the horse and wagon veered toward the crowd, but Braun intervened to avert disaster.
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New York
Jimmie Braun
East One Hundredth Street
Third Avenue
Fourth
Jimmie
Brave Boy Saves Children From Runaway Horse in City Scene
H Stern furniture dealer on 1842 Third Avenue watched as a horse ran toward children near Fourth Avenue. Jimmie Braun grabbed the reins and dragged the horse away, preventing harm. Mothers crowded him in gratitude, but he joked about his name on the ballot. Political notes mention La Follette, McGovern, Lewis, and a congressman race in the Fifth District. Democratic party fortunes in the state appear bleak.
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H. Stern
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Jimmie Braun
Jimmie
la Follette
McGovern
Lewis
Henry F. Cochems
W. H. Stafford
Taft
Democratic Party
Four More Witnesses in Beef Trust Case
Chicago special report says four more witnesses finish the beef trust inquiry after a month of testimony. The Federal jury is expected to complete the hearing and then hand down indictments against individual packers. Meanwhile the grand jury indicted eleven in the Brandy frauds case, involving alleged retail and wholesale moonshiners.
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Chicago
Ill
Beef Trust
Richmond Exchange to Visit Washington Interchange Set
The Richmond Builders' Exchange will visit Washington on Saturday September 17 with Washington hosting Norfolk and Baltimore Exchanges. An event program includes a baseball game automobile rides and a reception. The Richmond group expects a large crowd and sees potential future visits by Baltimore and Richmond as part of a growing four city exchange.
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Richmond
Richmond Builders’ Exchange
Washington Exchange
Norfolk
Baltimore
Washington
Roosevelt Visitor Demanded Audience at Island Park
A rough man in a derby disrupted Roosevelt’s Island Park speech and shouted, asking who paid for the trip. Roosevelt accused the intruder of being a demented Socialist, grabbed his arm, and pushed him away as onlookers gaped and no police intervened until an officer appeared.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Outlook Magazine
Mis Astor Visits Beechwood Villa of Ex Husband
Special Society notes Mrs Alva Willing Astor visits Beechwood the villa of her divorced husband now in Bar Harbor with John Jacob Astor aboard. Their son Vincent once called daily, Muriel stays with her mother but hopes to visit Colonel Astor this month. Muriel owns a car from her father and has driven her mother to the Astor property recently.
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Newport
Alva Willing Astor
Beechwood
John Jacob Astor
Bar Harbor
Vincent Astor
Noma
Muriel
Colonel Astor
William Astor
William Boyd
Indicted big men common these days in New York
In a Waldorf cafe discussion, two well connected men note a wave of indictments among prominent financiers and industry leaders. A crowd passes by as they tally about fifty guests, counting eighteen indicted, including trust figures, cotton promoters, oil men, bankers, and fraudsters accused under federal law.
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New York
the Waldorf
Oklahoma
Days Win in Fredericksburg
In Fredericksburg Virginia the local option vote on prohibition proceeds orderly. Church bells toll at six as saloons are seen doomed with prayer meetings in progress. All indications point to a large dry majority and saloonmen concede defeat.
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Fredericksburg
Roosevelt and Taft Clash Over Conservation Views
Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft clashed on resource control in a speech at St Paul. Roosevelt urged federal oversight of water power lands and river boat lines, criticizing unrestricted individualism and predatory corporations. He backed the Lakes to Gulf waterway plan, forest protection, and measures backed by the National Conservation Association.
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Paul
Minn
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Cntrol
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Conservation Association
Congress
Story of Cinderella Comes True in New York
In New York Miss Mildred Mermelstein, a stenographer from 215 East 113th Street, loses a glass slipper like the fairy tale. Shoe manufacturer Samuel Newman, 410 Wendover Avenue, finds it and later courts her. They announce engagement. marriage planned next week with the slipper to be enshrined in a glass case.
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New York
Cinderella
New York City
Mildred Mermelstein
East One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Madison Avenue
Miss Mildred
Mildred
Samuel Newman
Wendover Avenue
Mann to Speak at Yorktown Historic Exercises
Governor William Hodges Mann accepted an invitation to address Yorktown Historical Society exercises on October 19 in Yorktown. Secretary William Shields McKean arranged the invitation and will extend it to M. Jusserand, the French ambassador, in Washington.
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Richmond
William Hodges Mann
Board of Governors
The
Yorktown
Thomas Nelson, Jr
Virginia
Lord Cornwallis
Washington
United States
National Guard Training for Riot Duty Emphasized
The piece argues that National Guard units need systematic study and practical training for domestic disturbances. It calls for riot duty expertise, including suitable troops, attack and defense formations, and detailed city maps with critical infrastructure data on file at state headquarters for study by commanders.
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National Guard
Regular Army
Planta
National Guard needs readiness for domestic unrest
An editorial excerpt stresses preparing for internal disorder and mob suppression alongside guarding against invasion. It urges maintaining high National Guard efficiency and ensuring officers and men possess proficient knowledge of quelling disturbances through systematic study and training.
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National Guard
Harry Albert Austin
Harper’s Weekly
Night Court Beating Claims Brother in New York
Meyer Cellowich seventeen of East Ninth Street attacked his brother Louis in front of Magistrate Appleton at the Men's Night Court after being sentenced to the reform school. The incident followed a dispute over living on the roof and alleged persecution, with Meyer striking Louis on the bridge and kicking him as he fell.
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New York
Louis
Meyer Cellowich
East Ninth Street
Appleton
Meyer
Guilfoyle
Appleton Meyer
Hobble Ladies Lead Creekside Gymkhana At Cedarhurst
New York society highlights a Rockaway Hunt Club gymkhana where ten women raced a hundred yards in seconds. Mrs Wyckoff won the sprint with others placing in novelty events including potato sticking, thread and needle, Lochinvar mount, and apple race. Cheever Cowdin topped several events, while notables like Rene La Montagne and Raymond Chauncey appear.
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New York
Rockaway
Customs House
Isle of Wight
Wyckoff
Raymond FP
R. Nelson
Johnston Livingstone, Jr
Edward Stevens
Albert Francke
D. C. Miller
W. Bryce
O. H. Gruner
P. Slade
J. P. Langdon
Lochinvar
Miss Potter
William Bolton
W. B. Bolton, Jr
A. W. Pearce
C. W. Wickersham
Blues Battalion Names Squads for Richmond to Petersburg March
The Blues Battalion assigns three squads to compete for the prize cup in a march from Richmond to Petersburg. Each eight man unit departs armory at 30 minute intervals with alternates listed for Companies A B and C under leaders Hor ton Bass McGraw James Hewitt and others.
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Richmond
Blues Battalion
Petersburg
R. E. Horton
I. C. Knowles
W. F. Drummelier
J. J. Burke
C. J. Donahoe
John T
H. A. Taylor
C. H. Hoppe
F. G. Mason
G. W. Whitcomb
All Republicans Win in Vermont Governor Victory Claimed
In Montpelier Vermont Lieutenant Governor John A Mead of Rutland won the governorship over Democrat Charles D Watson of St Albans. Republican managers claimed broad victories by the party with only a few Senators and Representatives differing on the margin.
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Montpelier
John A. Mead
Rutland
Charles D. Watson
St. Albans
An Unexplored Field With Witty Domestic Exchange
A wife laments the lack of news while her husband confirms finishing weather and bargain probabilities and proposes a glance at the news text. The exchange paints a domestic moment with implied curiosity about information outside routine forecasts.
May oust former forrester Pinchot report brewing in Congress
In St Paul Minnesota the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee sees a pro Ballinger majority report opposed by Democrats and progressive Republicans led by Madison. With Root Flint and Olmstead absent the panel faces a split vote and possible publication before the fall elections as Nelson sails hope for a majority report to oust Pinchot.
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ST. Paul
Minn
The
Conservation Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger-Pinchot
Ballinger
Root
Flint
Representative Olmstead
Representative Madison
Nelson
Steamship Company
California
Pinchot
Senator Nelson
Pinchot- Allinger
Psychology of Dreams in the August Progress Magazine
Carl A. Nowak reviews investigations into dream life, noting bodily influences and sense stimulations as dream causes. He discusses dreams as an early stage of somnambulism and parallels between sane dreams and insane hallucinations with auditory and visual phenomena common. Active brain regions during sleep and partial regional sleep explain dreaming as localized brain activity.
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Carl A. Nowak
The
Progress Magazine
Maury
MISS LE NEVE TURNS AGAINST CRIPPEN
London special says Ethel Neve has confessed to details on Belle Elmore’s death and will be the chief witness against Dr Hawley Crippen. The confession, in affidavit form, reportedly released if a bondsman is found, could spare her death or long prison time as an accessory after the fact.
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London
Ethel
Neve
Belle Elmore
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Vihn
Miss le Neve
Humphrey
Eman
Pendleton Exonerated In Death Of Spence
Richmond Virginia. Special report states Virginius Pendleton Jr the seventeen year old son of Policeman Virginius Pendleton was exonerated in Police Court this morning from all blame for the death of Spence a fifty two year old painter. Spence was forcibly ejected from the Pendleton grocery store after cursing and acting disorderly. An earlier verdict placed responsibility on Pendleton for Spence death. Spence was a member of the local Painters and Paperhangers Union.
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Richmond
Virginius Pendleton, Jr
Virginius Pendleton
Spence
Pendleton
Willam H. Taylor
Painters’ and Paperhangers’ Union
Truck by train injures Leesburg woman at Sterling station
A Leesburg resident, the wife of Dr. Ma Sterling, was severely injured Monday evening at Sterling station when an eastbound local train struck her as she stood near the platform saying goodbye to friends bound for Wilmington. The injury is reported as serious but not fatal, and recovery is expected.
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Leesburg
Vvaa
C. H. MacLean
Ma Sterling
Sterling Station
Wiington
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