Irwin glove changed baseball fielding forever in 1880s
The article recounts Arthur Irwin’s 1883 finger injury and his padded buckskin glove fix that let him throw faster and meet balls solidly. John Ward copies the approach and a surge in glove use spreads through professional baseball, shaping late 19th century defense and pitching.
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Arthur Irwin
Providence
Gays
Gays Collier's
Irwin
John Montgomery Ward
New York
Ward
Denny
Jim White
Iinflelder
What kind of trail have you had
In the Yukon winter highways are mere trails for dog-sledges says Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart in the Boston Transcript. Bishop Rowe of Alaska, fond of that travel, asks a miner about his road and gets the reply. The miner’s biting line ends the anecdote.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
Boston Transcript
Yukon Valley
Bishop Rowe
Alaska
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The fragment discusses a claim about degree of burden between individuals, stating that one person can show others impose on him more than he imposes on others. No identifiable names, places, or organizations are present.
Corozo Trees Abound in Tabasco Forests
The corozo tree flourishes across Tabasco, especially in virgin forests, needing shade and humidity to thrive as reports on weather via wireless telegraph reach the British Bureau from Atlantic ships. The ocean is divided into numbered zones for locating reports. There are 1,100 Congregational Churches across fourteen states and territories between Kansas City’s north-south line and California’s eastern border.
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Tabasco
Atlantic
Territories
Kansas City
California
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised by Foster Milburn Co
An old ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney irregularities, with one testimonial from Mrs. John B. Whittaker of Madison Indiana. The notice also mentions free Texas real estate guides and various insurance and historical notes.
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Dean
John B. Whittaker
Jefferson St
Madison
Ind
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Munyon’s Free Medical Diagnosis Service Ad
A Philadelphia advertisement offers free medical diagnosis by Munyon's eminent doctors. Readers can request a medical examination blank, mail it back, and receive a non binding opinion on cureability without obligation. The notice cites Munyon's address at 53d and Jefferson streets.
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Munyon
Munyon’s
53D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Cigars From the Philippines Reach Unusual Lengths
Some of the cigars from the Philippines measure two and a half feet, an extraordinary length for a tobacco product. This unusual size draws attention amid standard cigar dimensions and prompts curiosity about production and display.
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The
Philippines
Land and irrigation prospect and historical notes
Perpetual water right and fertile soil offered by Linwood Land Company of Rock Springs Wyoming. Also a collage of misc items: 1478 first musical notes. Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething priced 25c. Japan telegraph and railroad stats. U.S. wealth growth from 1850 to 1904. Europe ostrich farm near Nice. Manchuria crop praise. Alaska rail length. Dr William Geil’s China wall expedition and golf quip. anecdotes about Assouan dam. South American newspapers since 1594. U.S. cattle hay value. Kansas City midshipman ranking. Dr Barth death.
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Pew Linwood Land Company
Rock Springs
Japan
United States
Europe
Nice
Riviera
Africa
Manchuria
The New Woman Made Over by Quitting Coffee
A Richmond Virginia woman details health improvement after quitting coffee and adopting Postum and Grape-Nuts. She describes relief from headaches and nervousness, weight gain, restored vision in one eye, and improved walking and reading ability. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and claims ongoing public interest.
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Richmond
Wellville
Thaw Case Hearing Sees Doctors Testify on Sanity
Alienists testified that Thaw is mentally sound and not paranoid as the trial moves toward his own testimony. District Attorney Jerome led the state’s case while Thaw remained unshaken and prepared to take the stand. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw remains subpoenaed for cross examination.
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White Plains
Sanford White
Matteawan Asylum
Charles Morehauser
Thaw
Jerome
New York
Henry Ernst Schmidt
William J. Meyer
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evans
Big Four Train Wreck Injures Forty-Two in Indiana
In Zionsville Indiana a south bound Big Four passenger train derailed at fifty miles per hour. The baggage car and the coaches left the track while the locomotive stayed on rails. Several coaches overturned and forty two people were injured, six later hospital bound while others continued to their destinations.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Zionsville
Club Encouraging Death by Own Action Found in Cleveland
A Cleveland club of disheartened factory workers advocates death by own action as a path to peace of mind. The claim follows the death of Rebecca Bosecheck, eighteen, found in Gordon Park, with relatives fearing another girl may soon end her life. The group reportedly includes six girls four young men and a couple, many employed in cloak factories.
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Cleveland
Rebecca Bosecheck
Gordon Park
Miss Bosecheck
Cholera and Plague Deaths Reported in Amoy China
Amoy officials report two weeks of plague and cholera deaths with 135 bubonic and 35 cholera fatalities. In northern interiors bubonic plague declines while southern areas rise. Kangbe village of 800 people records 58 deaths in a month.
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China
Amoy
Kangbe
Senators Split Over Taft Endorsement at Lincoln Convention
Washington report notes Burkett and Brown express satisfaction with the Lincoln platform while wary over whether endorsement directs votes on future tariff bills. Norris and Hinshaw undecided as Nebraska senators seen as likely to support eventual conference bill, with other senators claiming enough votes to block free hides.
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Washington
Burkett
Brown
Nebraska
Lincoln
Mr. Taft
Norris
Messrs
Hinshaw
Senate
Lincoln Conventions Forge Platforms for Fall Campaign
In Lincoln five parties meet to form platforms and select state committees. Republicans name Will Hayward as chairman, Democrats clash briefly over leadership, while Populists Prohibitionists and Socialists hold smaller gatherings.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
State House
Representative Hall
Senate
Republican State Committee
Will Hayward
State Central Committee
Chris Grunther
Cholera Feared in Polotsk as City Struggles
Dispatches from Polotsk report a cholera outbreak causing panic in the government city beside St. Petersburg. Forty cases daily with five overwhelmed doctors. chaotic offices, closed stores, and many well-to-do residents fleeing.
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Rssia
ST. Petersburg
Polotsk
Vitebisk
Russia
Grandstand Collapse Injures Fans After Local Game
In Jackson Michigan a grandstand railing collapsed after a dispute with umpire C E Eldridge during the Jackson vs Adrian game. About eighty injuries occurred as spectators fell twelve feet to the ground and were piled atop one another in the crowd.
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Jackson
Mich
C.E. Eldridge
Southern Michigan League
Adrian
Farmers Hiring Railroad Help In Lincoln
Lincoln dispatch reports railroad officials along the grain belts complain farmers hire many railway laborers for harvest. Farmers pay higher wages, sometimes up to five cents a day, to secure workers and hasten the crop release.
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Lincoln
Neb
China Faces Famine Threat After Drought Ravages Nanking Area
American Consul J C Mc Nally warns to the state department that famine and pestilence may afflict parts of China around Nanking where rice crops were wiped out by a prolonged drought. Fields near water sources were revived by tread mill pumping, but distant plots face a grim outlook due to poor crops and past floods.
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China
Nanking
J. C. McNally
State Department
Missouri Farmer Suspected in Ambush Murder
In Richmond Missouri George Glasscock a farmer and Etta Swofford sister-in-law were arrested for the murder of Clyde Hatfield at Tausville July 18. Hatfield was shot from ambush while working in his field and the case is tied to a local family feud.
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Missouri
Richmond
George Glasscock
Etta Swofford
Clyde Hatfield
Tausville
This County
Glasscock
Hatfield
Sifdas
Bleriot Wizard of the Air
London reports Louis Bleriot completing the famed Channel crossing in under thirty minutes. He lands near London with a prize check for 5000 dollars and his monoplane on display for the public.
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Bleriot
London
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Les Paragues
Dover
Glidden Tourists Reach Mount McClellan by Narrow Gauge
Denver explorers on the Glidden tour rode the Georgetown loop to Gray's Peak summit, about 14 500 feet above sea level. Snow lay three to eight feet deep as eastern visitors enjoyed the high country novelty.
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Denver
Georgetown
Georgetown Loop
Mount McClellan
Gray’s Peak
Tragedy on Webster Township Bridge Involving Thresher
An 80 year old man, John Head, was fatally injured when a traction engine and thresher plunged through a Webster township bridge near Fremont. Frederick Dunker escaped injury. rescue took about thirty minutes. The heavy threshing outfit belonged to a farmers association and was unusually large. Chester Sheley and Miss Martha Weekley of Newton Kansas married by Judge Spafford at Beatrice. They left home without parental consent and asked the judge to withhold their names from newspapers. They departed west that evening.
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China
Germany
Kirk
New York Central
Adirondack
Maine Central Railroad
Webster Township
Fremont
John Head
Frederick Dunker
Head
North Bend
Chester Sheley
Martha Weekley
Newton, Kan
Spafford
Beatrice
West
Sudden Death of Larry Lyman Sparks Tragic News
Larry Lyman 20 son of Valentine Roadmaster died from heart failure after a swim and abrupt collapse. In Sutton Burlington yards a collision between Freight trains 170 and 171 derailed the 170 engine and forced its crew to jump. If 171 had moved forward the accident would have been far worse.
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Larry Lyman
Lyman
Valentine
Bunlington
Sutton
Runaway injuries and accidents claim several lives near Sutton
Pennis Lyhenne, 67, dies at home southwest of Sutton from injuries from a runaway. Harry Campbell, 19, at Fullerton Roller Mills, crushes right arm, risks infection after freeing himself. Otis Parvin home near Fullerton reports a near fatal water tank incident to his children. John Dopf daughter’s son, 8, is injured when thrown from a pony and kicked. arm and side muscles torn.
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Pennis Lyhenne
Sutton
Mr. Lyhenne
Harry Campbell
Fullerton
W. ¥. Johnson
Otis Parvin
John Dopf
The
Fullerton Post
Syracuse youth injured in scaffold fall
George, 15, son of G. West of Syracuse, fell from a twelve foot scaffold injuring his wrist and breaking the bone above the elbow.
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George
G. West
Syracuse
Missing boys flee industrial school at Kearney
Two boys from the Kearney industrial school ran away while serving as kitchen helpers and were sent there ahead of an officer. The officer arrived to find them missing and extensive search efforts failed to locate them.
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Kearney
Nebraska City Family Quarrel Ends With Biscuit Incident
Mrs. Andrew Lingle and her husband and children live in southern Nebraska City. After a family quarrel she secured rat biscuit and ate it, leading to a notable domestic incident.
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Andrew Lingle
Nebraska City
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