Opening Game Shows Curved Pitching Sparking English Debut
An English baseball opening day at Birmingham on June 21 featured four clubs Birmingham Stoke Derby and Preston in the National Baseball League of Great Britain. The match drew a small crowd under threatening weather as American pitching faced local expectations and early curbs on curve balls sparked lively spectator remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BreMinoname
England
United States
Birmingham
National Baseball League of
Great Britain
Stoke
Derby
Preston
Astoniiis
Appleore
Epectatora
Felding
Mee
Prior
Bartolett
Tain
Boston Brotherhood under fire as League clash looms
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TITER DISPATOR describes Boston Brotherhood turmoil, poor discipline, and crowd woes. It notes King Kelly led issues against Pittsburg and Buffalo, Holly misplayed grounders, and Buffalo exhibitions by Deacon White's team. The piece chronicles League crowds, player moves, and early season struggles as Boston vies with Cincinnati and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Brotherhood
Kelly
Pittsburg
al Johnson
Cleveland
Cleveland P. L
King Kelly
Gee
Buffalo
Pittebure
Brotherhood
Philadelphia
Died July 20 1890 Captain N J Bigtey
Fragments recount a Civil War era memorial for Captain N J Bigtey with mournful verses on peace, patient grace, and honoring his life and service as a community grieves and contemplates his resting place among wheat and blossoms in a rural obituary note. Also notes a Montgomery County Indiana diarrhea remedy claim by J A Burnison praising Chamberlains remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Bigtey
Excursion to Atlantic City with Pullman Cars and Dress Patterns
Excursion on July 17 via B O EB BR offers a ten dollar round trip ticket valid ten days with stopovers at Washington D C. Special trains run 8 A M day train and 9 20 P M night train. Pullman parlor cars on day service and Pullman sleeping cars on night service. Also a combination dress patterns sale at six dollars each, valued at fifteen, featuring this season's styles and colorings by Hueus and HackE Tissu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Washington, D. C
Pullman
Hueus & Hacke
Tissu
Retail Sale Ad Mix From 1900s Newspaper
An assorted advertisement fragment lists 20 cent goods at 9 percent yardage, curtains in Nottingham and Clunly Ince, dress fabrics half price, and excursion tickets to Chicago by the Pittsburg and Western Railroad for ten days at $9. Other sellers include Eyas Le Suuster, Scot Bemine & Winps, and Bold felt alters at 55 Fifth Ave, with various fabrics and garments offered at reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
Clunly
Ussa Hucvus & Bacee
Chicago
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Vesta
Eyas_Le & Suuster
Fifth Ave
Inventions of a trifling nature that made men rich
A survey of small yet lucrative inventions highlights the pen shade colors, rubber pencil tips, rivets for coat pockets, and shoe plate protectors. It notes vast profits from inventors of roller skates, gimlet screws, copper tips for children's shoes, and popular toys like the return ball and dancing jimcrow, illustrating broad opportunity regardless of age or status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilpin
Ammonia and Turpentine Clean Fabrics and More
Ammonia mixed with equal parts turpentine removes paint from clothing and restores faded fabrics. Soak spots, wash with soapsuds. A teaspoonful of ammonia in a quart of water cleans brushes and combs. Ammonia in daily bath water freshens skin. Flannel care: soak in water with one tablespoon ammonia and mild suds to prevent shrinkage and keep fabric white.
Practical machine divides milk into skim and butter in one operation
A separator spinning at 6000 rpm creates skim milk at the rim while cream gathers in a vertical inner chamber. A conical inner vessel houses a light paddle wheel that presses into the cream wall, splitting cream and skim milk, yielding pure butter globules that coalesce and exit through a spout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makera
Luminous Paint Goes Global at One Sixth English Price
An Austrian firm brings luminous paint to market far cheaper than England. It absorbs daylight to glow at night and is used on keyholes stairways and signboards. A railway car ceiling painted with it reportedly shone so brightly darkness was unnecessary. Application includes a wallpaper like paper primed with lime water and a two coat luminous finish for gar nishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Elevator Sickness Solution From Simple Precaution
A reader notes that many people feel nausea when elevators stop suddenly. The remedy is to stop the body uniformly with the car, suggesting a simple precaution to prevent dizziness by aligning head and shoulders with the car’s stop.
Swift Elevators Rise and Descend With Impunity
A fragment notes elevators moving swiftly up and down the car frame with no apparent consequences. The text hints at careful adoption of pasties to ensure safe operation, suggesting a focus on mechanism and safety. Entities and concrete details are scarce in the readable portion.
The Disintegrator Machine and Its Awe Inspiring Work
A disintegrator is a machine that excites wonder by taking in coal, quartz, stone, bones, ropes, earths and other materials and reducing them to fine powder. It emits a fearful noise as it converts substances, and iron can challenge it unless guarded. Operators notice its presence by sound and must stop the mill to avoid jamming the mechanism. The device breaks up many solid materials including cement, clinkers, coal, bones, dyes, manures and even refuse from flesh and vegetables.
Weight and adaptability of aluminium
Aluminium is extraordinarily light yet strong, weighing about a tenth of a pound per cubic inch. It can be worked by rolling, spinning, stamping, engraving, burnishing, and soldering similarly to other metals. Despite abundance, it occurs widely yet is not found in animals or plants, suggesting nonessential growth. Some compounds are dull, while others shine brilliantly as if precious stones such as ruby or sapphire.
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America
Smithereens
Maurice Barr
Devy
Pla
Birmingham
Emeis
Uaspure
Stoke
Jam Plasere
Spectatora
England
Grace
Senate
Criket
Greenfield
Dispatch
Tukespatch
Sullivan
Burke
Mitchell
Youngstera
Faery
Jack Burke
Dempsey
Fogarty
la Blanche
Chicago
Ita
Lam Pol
Pottett
Reneev
Grist mills and farm efficiency pause for steam power
The passage explains how grist mills shift labor from animals to steam engines, allowing more nervous energy to support growth. It notes for busy horses grinding food consumes time that should be spent resting, and that beans or maize require little effort to grind in an animal’s mouth.
Triangular wheeled fruit picker aids packing and moving
An improved fruit picking stand in California uses a tri angular base with three wheels for easy movement among trees. A central post supports a triangular platform that shifts up and down via a ratchet mechanism. A short ladder aids reach. parts disassemble for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Notable Patents Highlight Practical Inventions
Among recent patents are a knife for separating the loin from the back of pork. A band rest for penmen uses a wire cushion coil attached to the wrist to reduce writing fatigue. Also described is a skirt elevator to lift a lady's skirt with ease and elegance and a music rest that brings music to the singer’s face, reducing throat strain.
Noiseless Bucket Patent Promises Gentle Handling
A new patent features a noiseless bucket with India rubber fest eyelets and handle guards to eliminate handling noise. Enlarged eyelets ease rubber insertion and free handling, enabling quick two to three minute fitting. The design prevents ring marks on food or table and minimizes ticket wear and tear.
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Ihs
Weighing Machine for Milk Sellers
A new self registering weighing machine for milk sellers uses a loose platform linked to a tipping hoist to lift the churn into a refrigerator. The can sits on the device, weight is registered on a ticket, milk is discharged, and tare is impressed on the ticket, reducing mistakes and speeding the process.
New Farm Cart With Forward Foot Braking System
A novel farm cart uses a forward leg ending in a slipper foot, mounted on a screw linked by a chain to a handwheel. As the cart nears a descent, turning the screw lowers the foot to the road, acting as a brake and lifting weight off the horse’s back.
Pennsylvania Grocer excursion to Laray Caverns and Atlantic City
The Pennsylvania Grocer excursion departs Thursday July 17 for Laray Caverns and Atlantic City. Round trip fare includes Pullman parlor and sleeping car space and caverns admission. Tickets and sleeping space available at the Pennsylvania Grocer office. Early call advised to secure accommodations. Also notices of Monday sale events and reductions at ENABLE & SHUSTER, 85 Fifth Ave, with lower coat room prices and a Chicago round trip offer.
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Laray Caverns
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Grocer
Pullman
Office of Pennsylvania Grocer
Enable & Shuster
Fifth Ave
White Goods and Linens Sale at Kuasie SHUSTER
Victoria lawns India linens and embroideries reduced. Sule begins Monday at 35 Fifth Ave. Kuasie and SHUSTER continue a sale of white goods with reduced prices on home textiles and embroideries, inviting shoppers to visit starting Monday.
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India
Exasie & Savsrer
Fifth Ave
Sasias
ExaBie & Suusten
Ewable & Shusteer
Victoria
Sule
Kuasie & Shuster
Auction Ad for Cabinet Photos and Crayons at Local Gallery
An old ad offers 12 cabinet photos for $1 or a 1 size crayon for $360. It lists Antfrecht's Elite Gallery on Eis Marketst in Pitsburg and mentions best fast colors. It invites bringing children and notes sales across 1914¢ ABLE & BitustEn, 35 Fifth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antfrecht
Eis Marketst
Pitsburg
Tor
du Norp Ginghams
Able & BitustEn
Fifth Ave
Sea-bathing Fashion and Health in American Beaches
Jenny June argues sea-bathing should remain a natural healthful activity rather than a fashion show. She urges sensible dress in navy blue heavy flannel, argues against showy costumes, and favors practical design to preserve health and dignity at resorts like Newport and Coney Island.
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Newport
Long Branch
Coney Island
Communications Mail Instructions For The DisPat ch
All communications should be mailed to reach The DisPat ch on or before Saturday morning. Reasonable space will be freely given to organizations classified under this heading.
Heptasophs Plan August Day Events and Visits
Active leaders of the Heptasophs announce missionary visits by Jacob Mots and planned inspections by Supreme Archon Will, with district and conclave meetings across Mifflin, Connellsville, Sharpsburg, and North Side. A private August 25 Heptasophs Day at Silver Lake Grove, its fourteenth anniversary, will feature limited invitations and a high-profile program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Mots
Fifth Avenue
Lawrence
Moorhead
Itu Lant
Supreme Archon
Alterme
M. P. Pichooley
Rothers McCune
Allers
Mifflin
Will
Brother
Silver Lake Grove
M. G. Cohen
A. Duncan
Supreme Committee On Laws and Appeals
A. H. Mercer
Pittsburg
Sharpsburg
J. B. Berlin
North Side
Order of Heptasophs
Ita
Muc
Alleny County
Solons Lodge News Shows Growth and Initiations
The German lodges unite for an excursion while Robertson No. 66 shows six initiates and more to come. Duquesne No. 1s initiates four ladies and six gentlemen, Ball No. 6 adds three new members with several applications pending. Supreme officers plan to found lodges in Alabama area. Frank Over boosts investments in Westmoreland county. The first biennial Supreme Lodge proceedings report released as a complete history. John A. Elsenrath reports applicants for next meeting. Salzeburg lodge planned. Buccem No. 102 initiates 18. five more filed. EB L McMillen tours Ohio to establish Zanesville lodge and visits Dresden and Newark for Solon interests.
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Robertson Lodge No
Duquesne Lodge No
Duquesne
Ball Lodge No. 6
Millvalle
Ite
Supreme Reere
B. F. Beatty
Ee Ww. Davis
Guluubos
Frank
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Supreme Lodge
John A. Elsenrath
Taentum Lodge
Elsenrath
Salzeburg
Buccem Lodge No
Mra
State Council reaches 483 councils and meets in Parkersburg
The State Council of West Virginia will hold its meeting in Parkersburg next month as leaders plan reunion events in Cleveland. Delegates from Pittsburg and vicinity expect over 600 attending. Changes include Deemer resigning as Secretary and editor, and school principals taking council roles. A large Pennsylvania session in Williamsport anticipates the largest turnout, with 145 new councils and membership near 5,000, amid many constitutional amendments likely to fail. A public meeting is planned with EB Lindsay Grier delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Council of
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. BR. Covert
Warden Council
Stoner
Findlay
C. Edwards
Deemer
Jour
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Greensburg
Paul Revere
Haverhill
Main
Thomas A. Ashford
Grandview
Castle Shanna
Mya Parnes
State Council of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
Williamsport
Mornie
Stephen Uollina
J. P. Winnower
Lancaster
EB. Lindsay Grier
Grand Commander Alfred 3 Smith Elected Representative
Alfred Smith is elected as representative for the Meade Legion. Joe acts as his on the floor surrogate if needed, voicing support for parade coordination amid negligence perceived by parade organizers. First Regiment officers met and decided not to participate to ensure proper notification to ten legions. Colonel Lewis laments lack of timely information on parade formation and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Smith
Merchant Taare
Merchant Tail National
Egmot L. Bhie
Seemes Orator
Meade Legion
Tacaante
Joe
Grand Legion
Allegheny
Impowbie
Lewis
Hubely
Elated Master Joe Stewart Tours Chicago Lodges
Past Master Workman Joe Stewart reports enthusiasm after visiting Chicago where cream efforts impressed him as surpassing prior others. W H Boyd of Industry Lodges praised the visit and a strong member of the U A M is to represent his council at the upcoming session in Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind Sdustry Lodge
Iyustry
Allegheny City
Joe Stewart
Chicago
W. H. Boyd
Industry
Williamsport
Fraternal Proceedings and Charters Planned in Uniontown Area
Reports detail Branch 64 activities including charter applications led by John Collins, a projected visit by Deputy P J Connellsville, and a presentation of a watch charm by M J Maxwell. Grand Deputy James A Horns to address members while Scranton visitors were hosted in style by local lodge members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Albrecht
Uniontown
M. H. Hagar
Stoneboro
Branch Braddock
Herger
Marraddock
Scranton
Jen
Connelly
Erowa
John Collins
M. J. Maxwell
James A. Horns
Branch
T. M. Mrophy
Roa
Bran W. Sullivan
Brower D
General Lodge Notes From Various Orders on Thursday Meetings
Lady Gladstone Lodge No 0 and other groups report opportune business and officer changes. Grand Chief Davis Casselberry plans three week trips in August to castes in Pennsylvania, while Pennsylvania Castles show gains in semi annual reports at Grand Castle office. Brigadier General Louis St Walters named United States Treasurer at Philadelphia. Emmanuel Lodge No WW elects Distros Deputy Grand Master for term. Unity Council No 60 American Legion of Honor reports officers elected led by H M Gituwre and Frank Zuzman. council prosperous. Captain Thomas McMaster's Council No 278 Y C A at Turtle Creek lists six month term officers. council chartered in November with 123 active members.
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Lady Gladstone Lodge No
Order Daughters of St. George
Davis Casselberry
Pennsylvania
Grand Castle
Louis St Walters
KGEL
Morrison
United States
Philadelphia
A. P.A
Wood Street
Virgin Alley
Iftonry EL Smith
Maser
Emmanuel Lodge No
Distros
Unity Council No. 60
American Legion of Honor
H. M. Gituwre
Frank 2Uzman
William A. Early
W. C. Snowden
Vork
James L. Early
W. PF. Edwinson
C Samuel Hinck
J. P. Hauch
E. P. Newlin
W. A. Hal
Thomas McMaster
Turtle Creek
Haa
J. ©. McClintock
M. H. Hamilton
J. Gruber
V.v
HK. Bowman
J. FP. Roberta
A. B.S
Mustered camps and a summer lawn fete announced
Tax following new camps have been mustered since the last announcement at Camp No. 87 Middletown Dauphin County recruits Captain Isaac Camp No 74 Lemont Centra County recruits Sergeant Carney Camp No West Chester Chester County recruits Mayflower Camp No TU to meet at New Brighton tomorrow evening mustering officer Lieutenant Colonel H M Rebb members of Camps 3162 and others will attend Some will leave over the Fure even a o clock in the afternoon midway of the Pittsby and Lake Erie Railroad An entertainment of unsurpassing brilliancy is to be given by Harper Camp No 162 Is will be a lawn fete at Windsor Park Bellevue The date Wednesday August 18 The pretty program to be enhanced by decorations and social gaiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Dauphin County
Isaac
Lemont
Centra
Carney
West Chester
Chester County
Mayflower
New Brightom
H. M. Rebb
Pittsby and Lake Erie
Harper Camp
Windsor Park
Bellevue
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Air, Greenfield
Gomlp
Preston North End
Cumner
Contac
Hart
Bealde Lee Spalding Brothers
Lay
John Bull
Liverpool
J. Spalding
W. J. Barr
Mr. Spalding
Beavers
Baseboll
Spalding
National League
A. G. Spalding
Alf. Greenfield
Rome
Sam
Radllivan
Slavic and McAuliffe
Slavin
McAuliffe
Mila
Baseball
Curry Foley
Boston Brotherhood Club
Holly
Deacon White
Buffalo Herd
Buffs
Bouffalo
White
Charles
Cincinnatis
Selee
Anson
Pac Hines
Brodie
Lowe
Whale
Ever Cet Fouer
McKeefront
Las
J.A. Burnison
Colburg, Montgomery Co
EwasLe & Shousttee
Filth Ave
Ress Srimmings
Scot Bemine & Winps
Penn Ave
Guear
Erase & Suuster
Ginghamas Oaks
Hueys & Hacke
Jenny Juno
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Jenny June
the Secret Societies
Order of Solons
Supreme
EB. L. McMillen
Ohio
Brother Millen
Zaneaville
Dresden
Newark
Solon
Belect Knighte
John Rowan
Mt. d
Recoifeer
Benton Patterson
George Draher
Meade
Robert
No. 25
W.A. Geissenbainer
Bethel Lodge
No. 40
Hilly
P. A. McCarthy
Morris Lod
Morris, Mion
Vinits Totes
Elmer McLaughlin
Order
Jackson Street
H. K. Beatty
J. al. Lunn
Ites Bead
B. A
General Lodge
Smoky City Castle No
A. Uv. K
M. C
D. D. Mase
W. E. Dickenson
William Shaw
William Tummons
W. H. Dickenson
Thomas Higgins
L. Williams
Sons of Veterans
BR. & W. Peas
Poun Ave
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