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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1896
Page
6
A lengthy feature notes McGraw Baltimore third baseman scrapping with the idea of judicious kicking, not violence, shaping late 19th century baseball culture. It recalls early National League meetings, league rosters, and the rise of Fred Pfeffer the celebrated Chicago second baseman.
John J. Anderson, born December 14, 1873 in Worcester Massachusetts, rose from Worcester to Haverhill and Brooklyn. He showed speed and skill in the outfield, progressed through 1890s seasons, and earned a starting position with the Brooklyn club after strong minor league performance.
President Hart of Chicago says he has not seen the full text and questions the ruling. He argues the league aimed to curb ruffianism with the fine, notes the decision shows league power, and hints future action may follow if the ruling stands.
The Washington team suffers injuries with Mercer Maul King and MeJames sidelined. Available starters are German Norton and Flynn as Medxean and other stars are noted for their strength. The piece also recalls Jimmy Bannon’s Boston tenure and a rumor about Gus Schmelz’s Giants offer by President Freedman.
R. Isaac B. Potter argues in a magazine excerpt that bicycle use will markedly improve the physical condition of American women and the nation. He says outdoor riding offers healthful exercise, fresh air, and social enjoyments, while warning against overexertion with proper medical guidance.
A vivid prose portrait modeled on Sinbad traces a sailor’s perilous life at sea. He survives three shipwrecks four collisions two fires sun stroke yellow fever frostbite losses and a severed finger before returning home to marry a shopkeeping widow.
Features the vaudeville team ONeill and Sutherland with biographies of Nellie ONeill born 1880 in Hot Springs Arkansas and Lilie Sutherland born 1879 in Chicago. Traces stage beginnings from Leadville to Chicago and New York and notes touring across the country and World’s Fair era.
The Legon Globe laments lethal heat for animals in cities like New York with scarce shade and water. Horses collapse from heat as barns vent poorly and troughs vanish. a vet says mortality among working horses rose about 50 percent in the past week. The piece blames ignorance and poorly equipped authorities for animal suffering. Football in England is noted as a long-standing sport.
The article recounts Kittie Adams, a feared street robber and razor-wielding criminal in Chicago for over a decade. She repeatedly escapes prison through pardons, bribery, and manipulated witness testimony, often aided by her accomplices and sympathetic judges.
The state's attorney Kittle Adams states there are no witnesses and proceeds to nolle prosse the case.
A Rockford woman sues George M. Bennett for breach of promise, seeking $5,000 damages. She will present love songs they sang together as evidence. Bennett denies proposing and claims another engagement. The column mocks the era’s tunes and jokes about marriage proposals and the English language.
A nurse recalls guarding a fever patient abroad when a hooded cobra entered the bungalow. She crushed the snake with her slipper, saving her husband as the doctor reported his recovery and the blue silk slipper as a treasured keepsake.
A Chicago Report item notes actress Martha Ford wife of Herbert Gresham of Augustin Daly's Company. They wed secretly in New York last June, then traveled to London for about two weeks. Gresham, English actor, has long been with Daly's troupe and will play a lead in The Geisha at Daly's Theatre. The note mentions their early postnuptial travels and his stage role.
Ida M Tarbell the McClure's writer is praised for patient thorough work on biographies. The piece notes her background from Titusville Pennsylvania Meadville and Paris as well as recent publications Life of Napoleon Madam Roland and Life of Lincoln.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett entertained Londoners with a witty after dinner speech at the Authors Club dinner. The Chronicle praised her humor but lamented the feathers in her hair. The writeups note her New York years and compare Tennessee style contrasts at the reception.
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