American League comes of age strong next season
The American League enjoyed a highly successful season with strong profits for owners from $10,000 to $25,000 and many players signing for another year. The circuit attracted major patronage, rivaled the National League, and aims to expand with Chicago and St Louis likely joining. Pitchers Clarke Griffith and Cy Young led a close race, while overall stats showed many hitters above .300 and Boston atop batting with Washington top in fielding.
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Clarke Griffith
Cy” Young
Young
Griffith
McGinnity
Baltimore
Wiltse
Tnetigemings
Sage
Buck Freeman
Boston
Washington
Johnson
Shugart
American League
St. Louis
Endless saga of Fisk Stokes and Mansfield across ages
The tale recalls Ed Stokes dying with Jim Fisk dead and Josie Mansfield the lone survivor. It recounts Mansfield’s triumph over Stokes and Fisk in the Erie affair, the ensuing litigation, scandal, and murder that followed, Gould’s peace, and Mansfield’s exile to Paris after years in Boston society.
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Ed” Stokes
Jim” Fisk
Josie” Mansfield
Erie Railroad
Jay Gould
Fisk
Gould
Stokes
the Mansfield
Paris
Boston
Fisk and Stokes Murder Plot of a Turbulent Era
A narrative of Jim Fisk, Josie Mansfield, and Edward S. Stokes centers on Fisk’s rise in New York society, a palace at 329 West Twenty-third Street, and a plan that ended with Fisk shot by Stokes after a confrontation at a hotel. Stokes was later imprisoned, while Fisk died the following day amid headlines of high society scandal. Mansfield’s life intertwined with Fisk and Stokes, ending in exile and wealth drawn from Fisk’s fortune.
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West Twenty-third Street
Edward
S. Stokes
Stokes
Fisk
Grand Cen
Jay Gould
Boss Tweed
Josie’ Mansfield
Jim” Fisk
New York
Tweed
Gould
Lawlor
Grover Cleveland
Sister
Mansfield
Boston
Paris
Robert L. Reade
Minneapolis
Fisk and Stokes
Redmond Tackles Irish Funds Visit to America
John E. Redmond visits the United States seeking money for Ireland’s parliamentary party. The piece argues Americans support Home Rule but reject coercive schemes, praising Redmond as not part of a conspiratorial class and predicting a warm welcome. It also notes William Melville’s appointment as King Edward VII’s Royal Guard and a New York judge’s witty remark on cookery and marriage joining Morris Morgalstein and Rebecca Gross.
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John E. Redmond
United States
Ireland
Great Britain
Redmond
Kilmainham
America
Brooklyn Times
William Melville
Scotland Yard
Edward VII
Royal Guard
Deuel
Essex Market
New York
Morris Morgalstein
Rebecca Gross
Morris
Rebecca
New York Sun
The Crime Of Czolgosz Reconsidered In Official Tone
The article discusses reactions to Czolgosz and his execution, contrasting educated views of him as an insignificant, driven tool of fate with calls for justice. It surveys how officials record Civil War history, praising extensive official reports and contrasting modern wartime documentation with earlier methods.
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Czolgosz
McKinley
Confederate Arcology
United States
Europe
Charles I
England
Chicago Tribune
Pittsburg Pennant Winners Triumph in National League
The National League ends the season with Pittsburg earning the title led by Fred Clarke manager and star left fielder. Clarke is praised as a superior batsman and gifted fielder, while the league faces a hard year with strong competition and high expenses across eight cities.
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Pittsburg
Fred Clarke
Louisville
Strang and Strang's Rise Highlight Early Baseball Moves
Samuel Strang Nicklin known as Sam Strang rose from Southern college to New York National League star. Felder Jones played fourth season with a champion Chicago club, with Springfield in 1898 and Brooklyn 1899 1900 and Chicago 1901. Hanlon of the Brooklyn club recalls passing on Bill Lange in favor of George Treadway after a scout advised Treadway's superiority.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Knoxville
Asheville
N. C
Madisonville
Louisville
Lynchburg
Nicklin
Anniston
Ala
Tennessee National
Cedar Rapids
Wheeling Club
Keeler
New Yorks
Felder Jones
Springfield
Brooklyn
Chicago
Hanlon
Brooklyns
George Treadway
Bill Lange
Eva
Treadway
Lange
A Memorable Cabinet From the Civil War Era
The article recalls Jefferson Davis's Confederate cabinet members from 1861 to 1865 and notes deaths, survivorship, and later roles of men like Judah P. Benjamin and John C. Reagan. It also references Reagan's civil rights advocacy and long public career, ending with commentary on religious and church matters.
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Jefferson Davis
Robert Toombs
Charles G. Memminger
Treasury
L. Pope Walker
S. R. Mallory
Navy
John H. Reagan
Judah P. Benjamin
R. M. T. Hunter
Toombs
Walker
Benjamin
James A. Seddon
Thomas H. Watts
George Davis
George A. Trenholm
Memminger
John C. Breckinridge
Seddon
Virginia
Reagan
Hunter
Breckinridge
Mr. Davis
Mallory
Paris
Daily Press
Davis
Cleveland
Texas
Congress
United States Senate
The Rich Man and the Church Sermon
President Blanchard of Wheaton College delivered a Chicago ministers’ meeting address urging equal treatment of all parishioners. He argued the rich possess more of the root of evil and should be urged to obey the apostolic command by going to church and supporting the poor.
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Presdent Blancherd
Wheaton College
Congregational
Chicago
Women’s Municipal League funds drive against Tammany fusion
The Women’s Municipal League of New York raises funds to support the fusion campaign opposing Tammany. They distribute pamphlets accusing Tammany rule of protecting vice, using the money chiefly to back their political effort.
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Women’s Municipal League of New York
Occupation distribution in Norway in 1900s
Norway's population by sector: sixty percent in agriculture, fifteen percent in manufacturing and lumbering, ten percent in commerce and trade, five percent in mining, with the rest in the professions and the armed forces in varied employments.
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Norway
Professor Gibbs Named Leader At New Hampshire College
Professor W. D. Gibbs of Ohio State University has been elected professor of agriculture and director of the experiment station at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Durham New Hampshire.
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W. D. Gibbs
Ohio State University
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Durham
N. H
World-spanning postal card travels eighty days
A postal card mailed from Paris reached Paris after a global circuit via Moscow Vladivostok and San Francisco completing the journey in eighty days at a cost of two cents.
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Paris
Moscow
Vladivostock
San Francisco
Grandma of the stage still acts at 80 in A Royal Family
Mrs Anne Hartley Gilbert at age 80 remains active in acting with Annie Russell in A Royal Family. Once a girl on stage she debuted with the old school, now she performs with a modern company. Her career spans eras, outliving former managers and youth associations, yet she stays young at heart.
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Anne Hartley Gilbert
Unique Banquet for Carnegie at Stevens Institute
In December in Hoboken New Jersey Andrew Carnegie will receive a one of a kind banquet on the lab of engineering completion at Stevens Institute. He contributed sixty five thousand dollars. Molds are being made for bread shaped as railroad spikes. Ice cream will be rail shaped. Fried oysters will come from a miniature locomotive. When the blast furnace is tapped punch will flow instead of iron.
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Carnegie
Hoboken
N. J
Andrew Carnegie
Laboratory of Engineering of Stevens Institute
German Naval Threat Angles at Central America Decline
The piece argues German threats are hollow and not aligned with official aims. It cites Colonel Bryan in Brazil, noting about a quarter million German immigrants who are loyal Brazilian citizens and not a tool of empire. The reader is urged to view immigrant loyalty as key in shaping German influence.
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America
Central America
United States
Brazil
Bryan
German Empire
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St. Joseph
Sam Strang Nicklin
St. Josephs
James Fisx Jo
Edward Stokes
MR. Redmond
League For Peace With Honor
South
Lincoln
Tennessee
the Treasury
Blanchard
Women In New York
South America
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