Baseball legend Wee Willie Keeler retires from play
The notes recount Wee Willie Keeler, famed Orioles and Yankees outfielder, retiring from baseball after a storied career with a . over 300 career average and a single season hits record of 242 in 1897. The feature spans Keeler's teams, championships, and notable batting marks. It also touches on Hamilton Fish Jr and Ad Wolgast in separate sports vignettes.
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William Keeler
Wee Willie Heeler
Eeen
New York
Keeler
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Yankees
Kesler
Samson
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Percy of Mississippi Named to Succeed McLaurin
The Mississippi selectee is Ve ra Leroy Percy of Greenville a noted lawyer and businessman. Born November 9 1861 in Washington county he is a graduate of the University of the South and the University of Virginia law school with postgraduate work at Princeton He married Camille Bourger of Louisiana in 1883 and is known for advocating education of the Negro as a solution to race questions.
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Mississippi Bar Association
Roosevelt
Percy
Mississippi
Washington County
Miss
William Percy
Alabama
University of the South
Law Department
University of Virginia
Princeton University
Misa Camille F F. Bourger
Louisiana
Calhoun Statue Joins National Hall of Fame
New addition in Statuary Hall features South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun sculpted by F Wellington Ruckstuhl of New York. The figure is a fine heroic marble work joining recent Virginia and Indiana tributes to Washington and Lee and General Lew Wallace.
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South Carolina
Statuary Hall
Ruckstuhl
Washington
John C. Calhoun
United States
Calhoun
F. Wellington Ruckstuhl
New York
Higginsville, Mo
Ure
Metropolitan Museum
Washington and Lee
Virginia
Lew Wallace
Ben- Hur
Indiana
Andréw O'Connor
Paris
Europe
Luxury in Prison in Switzerland Provokes Debate
A Lausanne correspondent reports at Sarnen that Swiss convicts from a nearby cantonal prison enjoy liberty and comfort. They work or stroll in town unescorted, paying nothing for lodging or food, with earnings kept or sent home. a few early escapes ended in punishment and return to the cells. London Express.
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Switzerland
Thornburg
Sarnen
Oswald
Lausanne
Sarneu
London Express
Philosophy. What is that which is able to conduct Joan
A concise epigraph asks for a single guiding philosophy. The line attributes a lone, defining principle to steer Joan, reflecting a mystery of virtue and method, attributed to Marenus Aureling.
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Joan
Marenus Aureling
Up In the World Stella Society Question
In a social scene exchange Stella is praised for a change in style, Bella notes she used to style her hair and now coils it as part of her evolving look.
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Stella
Bella
Paris
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Ad Wolgast
Battling Nelson
Penaeskey
Elgarntaking
Qadillae
Leroy Percy
XEW Calhoun
Burnham’s
W. F. Dittig
Chestnut ST
Nutley
N. J
Our Optical Department
Chas. Greeme& Son
Main Avenue
Passaic, N. J
Barker
Newark
Dashir
New India Sik
Charmi Exqusite
Smart
Broad St
Newark-Paterson
Passaic ‘Avenue
Chestnut Street
Hay
Belleville
Orrick
Scheuer Bldg
Sendmuiel
Urer
Fred Tench
Conyrichay
United Later Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Wasmington
Agi
Natley
Avondale Hillier & CO
Decker
Market St
N.J
Allan B. Stirratt
Chestnust
Nutley Noj
Pidnos
General ‘Trucking
Chambers Stree
Chestnut
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