Review of Baseball Half and Live Pigeon Shooting
The piece surveys the first half of the baseball season noting uneven play, salary disputes, and the 13 rule’s impact. It discusses team form from Boston to Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, and the Reds’ captain Comiskey, plus umpire issues. It also covers live pigeon shooting court outcomes and amateur and pugilistic topics with Sullivan and Corbett looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostons
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Reds
Comiskey
Snow in Summer Time Delays Long-Distance Signals
Prof Davidson of the Coast Survey camps on Mount Diablo to catch heliotrope signals from Mount Conness over 140 miles away. heavy snow at the foot of Conness blocks ascent, with Edmonds and Johnson delaying ascent due to ten foot snowdrifts. A second heliotroping station exists on Mount Mocho near Mount Hamilton run by James Van Karger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
San Francisco Bulletin
Prof. Davidson
Coast Survey
Mount Diablo
Mount Conness
Diablo
Conness
Frank Edmonds
Peter Johnson
William Argens
Soda Springs
Mr. Edmonds
Mount Mocho
Mount Hamilton
James van Karger
Sultan of Johore to visit World’s Fair with Malay village
The Sultan Aboukar of Johore will visit Chicago with his suite for the World’s Fair and send a complete Malay village exhibit. The ruler, rich and educated, is praised by The Times of Ceylon as noble and intelligent, with high prospects for East Asian leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johore
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Rounseville Wildman
United States
Straits Settlements
Borneo
Aboukar
Asia
Times of Ceylon
Rivalry Among the Military During Civil War
A Youth’s Companion reminiscence sketches capers between cavalry and infantry amid the Civil War. Jokes over walking and running reveal ingrained scorn, while service life shows troopers serving horses and infantry taunts, highlighting enduring arm tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Membranoid Bindery Move Sparks Literary Satire
A writer notes a Newark New Jersey company forming to produce membranoid for bookbindings using animal membranes. The spoof piece imagines bound volumes, ghastly culinary puns, and future scholarly life, hinting at satire of legal and literary culture.
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Newark
N. J
Harvard
New York
Blackstone
Justinian
Inns of Court
London
England
Presen
Panacea for the Book Worm’s Hunger Soliloquy
A florid tribute praises a political figure with grand imagery and theatrical rhetoric. The piece mocks rival leaders and media, imagining an elaborate regalia for public service while deriding Cleveland and Jefferson era figures in a satirical voice.
Explaining Away the Libel Aims at World Fair Topics
An author analyzes a Swedish Nordstjernan paragraph referencing Bill Nye and a Saratoga incident, disputing misread or libelous claims. He notes misuse of names, describes the World’s Columbian Exposition exhibit on wagon roads, and plans a talk with illustrations titled Wagon Roads With Whom I Have Met Up With.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star
Nordstjernan
New York
Bill Nye
Stortbaden
Hans Fot
Ram
Chicago
Brit Nyvze
Cat nursing Skye Terrier puppies surprises Harlem
Enlisted janitor Enoch Edwards of 239 West 124th Street in Harlem keeps a black cat nursing four Skye Terrier puppies. The owner improvised a cesarean birth, and the cat accepted the role, nursing the pups who remain healthy and normal in size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Edwards
West One Hundred and Twentyfourth Street
Harlem
Edwards
Windy City Barber Rejects 15 Cent Shave Plan
Chicago barber protests 15 cent shave price as unwarranted wartime profiteering. He asserts years of 10 cent shaves and notes many West Side shops still charge 10 cents for a shave while 15 cents for a haircut spreads. He reports customers switching to his shop and joins public opposition to the higher rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windy City
Chicago
West Side
Cross Streets
Halstead
Fett Journal Circulation Booms in Paris Paper War
An Enterprising Newspaper reports the Fett Journal in Paris has reached a vast circulation of 1,250,000. It is printed on wood pulp from fir trees sourced in Norway and Austria, consuming 120,000 fir trees yearly. Each tree stands about 66 feet tall, equating to the annual clear ing of a forest 25,000 acres in area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fett Journal
Paris
Norway
Austria
Little Journal
Notes and Queries on Holidays and Isle of Man Power
The article explores July feast days Saint Swithin's Day and others, noting traditions and historical details about saints and weather lore. It also covers the Isle of Man’s history from Norse and Scottish rulers to its current status within Great Britain and the Manx Parliament, the House of Keys. It closes by recounting Dred Scott defenses with Montgomery Blair and George Ticknor Curtis assisting pro bono.
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Thomas Becket
Canterbury
Chaucer
Swithin
Winchester
Margaret
Antioch
Olybius
Juno
Lucina
St. James
St. Christopher
England
St. Anne
Mary
Matthew
Joachim
Galilee
Rome
St. Ignatius Loyola
Society of Jesus
Magnus
Magnus VI
Norway
Alexander III
Scotland
Edward I
William
Earl of Salisbury
Man
Earl of Wiltshire
Henry IV
Sir John Stanley
House of
Kingdom of Man
Great Britain
House of Keys
Isle of Man
Dred Scott
Manova
Missouri
Scott
Supreme Court of the United States
Montgomery Blair
Counse
George Ticknor Curtis
New York City
Delaware Slavery Ended With Johnson Proclamation
The article notes Delaware was a slave state and remained so until President Johnson's December 18, 1865 proclamation accepting the fifteenth amendment, ending slavery in the United States. About 1,798 enslaved people were emancipated then, while Lincoln’s proclamation excluded some areas like parts of Louisiana and counties in Vimn from its reach.
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Delaware
Vermont
Andrew Johnson
United States
Lincoln
Louisiana
Fragmented study notes discuss elections and celestial comparisons
The passage debates whether the president and vice president can hail from the same state under the Constitution. It also covers lunar and Martian sizes, Earth and Moon distances, and notes on universal suffrage in Europe including Spain Denmark France and Germany.
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P. P
Eta
Spain
Denmark
France
Germany
Mule Intelligence On Kansas Farm Demonstrated By Fence Barbs
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat writer recalls mules on a Topeka area farm that learned from barbed wire incidents. After breaking a plank fence to reach oats, they avoided crossing a future wire barrier. Later, when a line of posts stood where wire would go, they avoided the unseen obstacle, fearful of scratch injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Webster Opposed Railroads See Critics in 1840
The Old Statesman and Youth's Companion recount Daniel Webster arguing that early railroads were weak slow and unreliable. He described two stringers with iron straps prone to detachment and past accidents between Elizabeth and New York, undermining confidence in railroad success.
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Daniel Webster
Elizabeth
New York
Ballet Girls in Japan
Japanese dancing girls described as rosy lipped and black eyed with delicate features and modest demeanor. Maiko wear scarlet and blue robes with gold accents, elaborate coiffures, coral jewelry, and use fans as a key gesture in performance.
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Sullivan and Corbett
Indianapolis
Jones
Brown
Pittsburg
Hanlon
Baltimore
Burns
Stricker
Terry
McMahon
Ebret
Ifs Lock
Baldwin
Baldwi
Lovett Baldwin
Hemarks
Toston
Lick
Taoelsim
Brooklyns
Nce Iipstone
Mostons
Ward
Failares
Cleveland
Washington
Arthur Irwin
Anson
Colts
Pfeffer
Bss
I'feffer
Louisville
Sss
Caaeiee
Manacer Powers
Giants
New Yorks
The
Humane Society
Messrs
Shaner
Dixon
Keone
Memage Humane Societies
der Ewing
Mesara Shaner
Supreme Court
Amatecura
Page
A's
Flower
Taylor
Mr. Flower
John T. Taylor
Corbett
Sullivan
Olympic Club
George Dixon
Johnnie Murphy
Diron
Murphy
Ed Smith
Choynski
Smith
Godfrey
Pringle
Bultah
FOOD
Thought
Winston
St. Anthony's Falls
Graham Geme
North Carolina
Joseph Jefferson
Buzzard
Mr. Cleveland
Lyon & Healy
Mr. Jefferson
Mr. van Winkle
Buzzard's Bay
Saratoga
Congress Hall
Mr. Keeley
Dappel Gancer
Ohio
M Rman
Jag Bar Ivekats Fa Rompa
Grand Pacific Hotels
der Cleveland Demokraterna Hafva Sitt
Bufvudqvarter Redan Ordnadt
Ledning
Join Tracy
Hvadan
Jag Esomes
Tillfalle
Theie
New York Recorder
Sacha
W. A
L. C. KE
Harvard College
Earth
Mars
Moon
Joshua
David
Judas Maccabeus
Arthur
Charlemagne
Godfrey de Bouillon
Hector
Alexander
Julius César
Webster
Ballet Girls
Japan
Emina
Carter
Pyrter
Medical
Whittlar
Penn Avenue
Pitteburg
Wood
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Mich Pield
du, Fleming
Panese Ile
Marsonep. Co
P. O
Boxdal
St. Louis
Widress &M. Co
Broadway
Nye
SAN Mates Ed.co
Olive Street
St. Louis, Mo
DR. Sanden
Sodays
Sanden Electric CO
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