British Efforts To Popularize Baseball In London
English promoters Cook and McSween push baseball with an organized British Baseball Association of ten clubs. American players may join London teams while Oxford Rhodes scholars and London prospects show early skills. W C J Kelly stars at shortstop as 1,890 spectators sample the sport and a first score card draws attention to baseball in England.
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London
America
Cook
McSwee
British Baseball Association
Oxford Rhodes Scholars
Oxford Boys
W. C. J. Kelly
London Nine
Kelly
James E. Sullivan
England
Sherring’s Athens Marathon win leaves funds tight but hopeful
Canadian runner Sherring from Hamilton is “likely to come out about $6,000 to the good” after friends in Toronto and Hamilton contributed. He started with $405, spent $75 on passage to Athens and $2.50 daily for two months, with meals mostly rolls and coffee. After the Campania voyage and a $100 Hamilton fund gift, he faced real danger of starving if he had not won.
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Hamilton
Sherring
Athens
Toronto
Campania
New York
Express Company
T. M. Wright
Knieff
Schlosselburg
Argentina Grain Exports Fall in Red Quarter of 1906
Argentina’s grain shipments drop in the 1906 red quarter with wheat at 70 000 tons and linseed at 70 000 tons amid lower exports from 1905. Corn figures are unavailable in the fragment.
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Argentina
Tragic Tshuktobee Tribe Dies by Own Hand in Famine
A stark tale from St. Petersburg reports the Tshuktobees, a 2000 strong nomadic people in Yakutsk, starving after a deer plague wiped out their herd in 1905. Facing famine, elders resolved that each father kill his family then himself, a mass self-destruction enacted in a public assembly barring only a few elderly men who survived.
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St. Petersburg
Yaktusk
Regicides Retired Officers Involved In Belgrade Tragedy
Five regicide officers who were recalled from retirement to restore relations with Great Britain are named for their roles in the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga. Col Popovitch drew the plot, Col Mashin led troops to the palace, Lieut Col Mishitch aided at the death scene, Lieut Col Lazarovitch stabbed the king and queen, and Capt Kostitich commanded the royal guard.
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Belgrade
Peter
Great Britain
Col
Popovitch
Alexander
Draga
Nish
Mashin
Queen Draga
Petrovitch
Mishitch
Lazarovitch
West Indian Domestic Servants In Demand By Eastern Society
The article notes ongoing immigration from the West Indies of male and female domestic workers who are predominantly Black or mulatto. Eastern society women seek them for their refined English speech, education, and manners, often viewing them as superior to American Black workers. It mentions the heartbreak of a girl who saves the broken pieces of her heart.
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West Indies
Knieff
Prughishevt
Kneiff
Beautiful Woman Fraud Ends in Parisian Creditor Settlement
A Vienna beauty drew attention with luxury living and varied misrepresentations. She vanished after racking up debts, sent a death notice, then traveled to the south of France where she became wife to a Mohammedan potentate, later settling debts in Paris and Vienna.
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Vienna
France
Adventuress
Russian Prisoners in Schlosselburg Endure Brutal Long Terms
The article describes harsh confinement in Schlosselburg fortress, detailing extreme darkness, restricted food, and forced inactivity. It recounts individual stories including a one-armed worker Liudomiroff, Bakunin’s cell, and Knieff’s wife near him, illustrating mental and physical decay after years of imprisonment.
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Ebkunin
Schlossourg
Dresden
Michael Bakunin
Czar Nichols
Paunin
Liudomiroff
Woman and man argue over heart condition in Tit Bits
A fragment from Tit-Bits shows a couple in a tense exchange about a possible heart issue. The woman examines the man’s chest and concludes there is no organic lesion, only slight palpitation perhaps from cigarettes. The scene ends with a joke about future lovers and medical students.
Cigar Maker Promotes Product With Self Delusion
A Philadelphia Press exchange notes a cigar manufacturer who claims never to smoke while admitting his own advertisements lure him to light up. The humor centers on the clash between personal habit and marketing appeal.
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Philadelphia Press
Silent Love Under Moonlit Sea Breeze
A seaside maiden and her summer loves share a wordless, blissful moment beneath a quiet moon, their happiness unspoken yet clear in the still night. The scene centers on a fleeting romance observed by a judge figure.
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Summer
Unclear Fragment Sparks Speculation on Labor Motive
A readable fragment discusses labor efforts driven by money, noting relentless work hours and the pursuit of wealth. The lines imply a female figure's motivation is financial gain and accumulation.
The New Girl in Yonkers Statesman
A witty exchange in Yonkers Statesman about alarms and early rising. The new girl asks for a clock and the mistress replies that no alarm clocks are needed as both are early risers. The humor centers on knocking at the door for wake up.
Falling Out Between Mr and Mrs Blank
A reported domestic dispute notes a fallout between Mr Blank and Mrs Blank last night. The piece comments on their current communication and mentions Blank's need to apologize before heading to his office.
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Blank
Detroit Free Press
Parlor Quip On Parliamentary Rhetoric Cited In Milwaukee Sentinel
A mid 20th century Milwaukee Sentinel snippet recalls a humorous exchange about parliamentary law at a women's club. The jab notes one wife’s long tenure as speaker of the house, prompting wry commentary on expertise.
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Scott
Milwaukee Sentinel
Helping It Along
Oldham declares plans to place his fortune at Miss Dimpleton's feet. Yourgun comments that it would ease her burden. The exchange appears in the Chicago Daily News.
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Oldham
Miss Dimpleton
Chicago Daily News
His Spring Togs: A Law Suit Joke On The Avenue
On the avenue Galley remarks on a friend’s new outfit. The friend explains he bought it with money earned from seeing a man, calling the ensemble his law suit in a joking exchange reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Galley
Detroit Free Press
Not Yearning in a Farm Memory Quote
A Washington Star quote contrasts nostalgia with harsh farm life. The speaker rejects carefree boyhood cites stone bruises and prickly heat as reminders of hard labor on the farm. The exchange features a prosaic character and a lingering sense of practical hardship.
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Washington Star
Old Friend of Family and Humorous Exchange
A humorous exchange frames a family scene with Bobbie aged five or six and a line about dollars. A cartoonish quip references a book on swimming that advises turning to pi 57 for drowning, and a joke about a woman losing interest after marriage is noted.
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Little Bobbie
Bobbie
Puck
Milwaukee Sentinel
His Appropriate Name Hawkley-I wonder why a dentist calls his office a dental parlor
A brief humorous exchange notes a dentist calling his office a dental parlor and questions whether drawing-room would be more fitting, with a witty punchline attributed to Tit-E.
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