Bats of Great Players Show Varied Styles and Heights
The article details famous bats used by top players in Louisville's factory era. It notes Pete O'Brien's 28 inch freak bat, Cy Seymour's medium wood, Ty Cobb and Wagner's heavier sticks, Parrot's 42 inch long bat, and Hickman’s 34 ounce light model. It describes how bats are shaped, weighted, and sourced, with emphasis on the north-slope ash from Kentucky and the custom care players seek in choosing their sticks. It also tangentially mentions Queen Jeanie of the Chehalis Indians in a historical aside.
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Hill Spargo
Rune
Orga
Louisville
Hillerich
J. A. Hillerich & Son
Preston Street
Express
Pete O'Brien
Minneapolis
Cy Seymour
New York Giants
McGraw
Hans Wagner
Wagner
Louteville
Larry Lajole
Pirate
Lajole
Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Lajoie
Parrot
Galveston
Charles Hickman
Toledo
Walloper
St. Paul
Kentucky
Doans Kidney Pills Proclaimed Cure by Oregon Resident
Residents in Pendleton hear about Doan s Kidney Pills claimed to cure backache from sick kidneys. Mrs Gertrude Hid of Ia Grande Ore endorses the product noting relief from backache and heavy lifting pains after using Doan s Kidney Pills. Sold by dealers nationwide 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for US Remember the name Doan s and take no other.
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Pendleton
Reisure
Dean
Gertrude Hid
T Street
Ia Grande
Ore
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Old Indian Goes to Happy Hunting Grounds
Victoria B C news item reports the death of an elderly Indigenous woman at the home of her grand-niece Mrs. [name unreadable]. The obituary notes her passing in Victoria with mention of family ties and location.
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William Vionen
New Wealminater
Harriton Lake
Queen Jeanie
Jeanie
Simon Frager
New Westminster City
William Vianen
Bill
Friaser
Joanie
Victoria
B. C
The Mad Princess Calls Pathers Bluff In Brussels
Berlin reports Louise the mad princess aged 51 confronts King Leopold demanding her share of the Belgian wealth. She offers to relinquish Mattasich Keglevich if he abandons Baroness Vaughan. The exchange ends with no accord as both cling to their plans.
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Berlin
Germany
Leopold
Louise
Brussels
Mattasich Keglevich
Mattasich Keklevich
Vaughan
Bloodhounds Find Little Girl In Mountains Chase
Margaret Hale, age 1, of 605 Sixth Street, strayed toward a distant house after stories of fairies. Mrs Hale notified her husband, who summoned Detective Andy Vaughn. Bloodhounds led Walter B Kidmore to the trail and the child was found returning home for supper.
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Margaret
Ofc. T. Hale
Sixth Street
Andy Vaughn
Walter B. Bkidmore
Many Marriages in Marion County Record
Deputy Max Gehlar of the county clerk's office tracks marriages in Marion County since establishment. A total of 8450 weddings are on file with about 300 marriages per year recently and roughly 40 divorces, a ratio of one divorcee per seven or eight marriages. Officials note a gradual decline in divorce percentages over the years. In Prineville a Crook county farmer will thresh acres of alfalfa seed retailing at 25 cents a pound.
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Marion
Max Gehlar
Lerk
Salem Statesman
Crook County
Prineville
Ivory Soap Soap Ad Boasts Pure 100 Percent Claim
A vintage advertisement touts Ivory Soap as purer than other brands. It claims the soap weighs three times as much for five cents and features the boast Ivory Soap 99 4 100 Per Cent Pure and that it floats.
Will dictated by spirits admitted in probate
Los Angeles judge Rives grants probate to the will of Robert Crawford Smith. The will largely leaves the estate to associates linked to his late life belief in spiritual manifestations. Chief beneficiary Dora Barnett receives 10000 dollars. Leaotta Ewilling 2000. Lot tie Livington 5900. Heirs contest alleging undue influence by fake mediums.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rives
Robert Crawford Smith
Dora Barnett
Léeotta Ewilling
Lottie Livington
Pasadena
Smith
Night on Bald Mountain Hero Brings Cure to Neighbor
Benton of Fort Edward New York climbed Bald Mountain to a neighbor's home on a lonely night bent on curing asthma with Dr King's New Discovery. The medicine relieved the neighbor quickly and later cured his son's wife. It is advertised as a universal lung cure. A bottle is offered with a trial bottle free and a Tallman & Co guarantee.
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Bald Mountain
Alex. Benton
Fort Edward
N. Y
Tallman & Co
Automobile stage to Lehman springs inquiry
Pendileon Auto Co seeks details on a movable car stage bound for Lehman. Who is Jolly and what is his role in the arrangement remains unclear.
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Lehman Springs
Inquire
Pendileon Auto Co
Idaho mining town is caving in
Murrey Idaho sits atop honeycombed ground from placer miners twenty five years ago. A tunnel under the main street collapsed recently, upsetting dynamite but causing no damage. Attempts to locate old work have failed and entrances remain closed and forgotten.
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Idaho
Spokane
Murrey
Russian government employs about a thousand in aeronautical work
About a thousand people are employed by the Russian government on aeronautical work. The figure reflects state activity in aircraft research and development amid ongoing defense projects and strategic programs.
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F. A. Olise
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John
Schmidt Building
Pendleton, Ore
EBUS
Land of Fortune
Yellowstone Park
W. Adams
Empire Meat
Pather
Sox
Oregon State Fair
W. F. Matlock
Salem
F. A. Welch
Oregon
Koeppen & Brothers
Eastern Oregon District Agricultural Society
Pendleton, Or
Morrow and
Umatilla Counties
C. E. Roosevelt
Pres
Thos. Fitzgerald
Sec
S. Pendleton
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