Review of Sports and Local Baseball News
A lengthy sports review surveys boxing debates between Maher and Fitzsimmons, the role of managers, and possible future opponents. It also covers baseball scheduling, the Western Pennsylvania football title, and rising amateur athletic activity in Pittsburgh, with notes on local gyms, club houses, and upcoming indoor events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three A's
Tor Distarce
A's
Manhattan Club
Aes
ATS
East End
West End
Pittsburg
Wilkinsburg
Names and hyphenated fame in a Arkansas world
A nostalgic essay on names and spelling, arguing the social power of hyphenated and elaborate naming. It blends humor with reflections on literary taste, American presidents, and the need for a distinctive signature, ending with a wartime bugle call verse about horses and duty.
A Railway Adventure The Mistake a Husband Made on Journey
A traveling wife recounts a Italian train incident where a stranger in her compartment draws a knife and knots blinds cords. The panic ends when the husband, in a different car, rejoins at the next station and finds his wife near hysteria from the fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Theusband
Des Moines chemist touts Erauso Headache Capsules
An advertisement proclaims Srasne's and Erauso's Headache Capsules as the quickest cure for headaches of any cause. It credits Norman Lichty, a Des Moines chemist, with manufacturing the Srasne product and urges retailers to stock both remedies promptly through druggists and wholesale channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srasne
Norman Lichty
Des Moines
Erauso
Agiste’ Record
Baltimore
A Hustling Emperor in Berlin Weather and Museum Tales
The piece portrays Emperor William II in a windy Berlin winter, walking through Tier Garten with vigor, and details his health, arm differences, and strong personality. It notes Bismarck’s place, the imperial museum display, and Berlin as a musical and educational hub for Americans, especially young women studying music.
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Berlin
Chicago
William
Tier Garten
Uch
American Girls in Europe and Taxation in Germany
Maurat Halstead reports on American women abroad noting their independence and talents while detailing German income tax reforms and the broader cost of travel. He contrasts sleeping cars, tobacco customs in Berlin and Paris, and living conditions, highlighting high rail costs, strict tobacco checks, and cold climates in Paris versus Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Germany
United States
Berlin
Ron
Paris
Pittsburg
France
Maurat Halstead
Cetewayo’s Washing Day in London
Cetewayo visits London and buys soap after seeing posters of a black man washing white. He spends the day in a tub as chiefs scrub him, leaving him raw and black. He flings soap at his attendants and vows not to trust posters again.
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Ryan
Xeedham
Frank Howson
Needham
Howson
Dick Burge
Chicago
Choynski
Zoo
Jim Hall
Hall
San Francisco
Tom O'Rourke
George Dixon
Red Johnson
O'Rourke
England
Maher-Fitzsimmons
Ed Smith
Slavin
Sullivan
Jackson
Smith
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri
Interior Department
Dynamite Express
Cetefrayo
London
Cetewayo
Where Electricity Isn't Popular Ball Scene Reveals Secrets
A Boston Herald note describes electric illumination at a ballroom causing fear and shame among partygoers. It claims a belle appeared unusually made up, sparking others to check their own appearance and prompting whispers about beauty and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Boston
Whisky and Snakebite Cures in Early Science Notes
Late 19th century science column debunks whisky as snakebite cure and outlines Dr. Amos W. Barber’s cautions. It describes incisions, potassium magnesia applications, tourniquets, laxatives, and diet, plus a separate note on military telecommunication methods and field wiring with rapid laying of lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos W. Barber
American engineers favor English fast-running locomotives
G R Deacon discusses rapid train travel and says American lines will likely keep the distinctive two-driver locomotive while adopting the English fast-running compound engine for straight runs with light trains. He cites weight control, wider cars, and safer speeds, arguing faster trains are not inherently dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Deacon
Deacon
Electric rock tester aids alluvial gold digging progress
A portable electrical rock tester now applied to gold mining signals when a steel probe touches metal. The device uses a steel tube with an inner rod linked to a battery through a wire. contact with metallic obstruction triggers an audible alert, detecting even a pinhead metal mash.
Machine for Measuring Fabrics Patent A Handy Device
A patented fabric measuring machine measures fabrics in rolls or folds without unrolling. It can be mounted on a bracket or used as a hand measurer. An index dial shows exact length drawn under a measuring wheel, enabling about 100 yards in three minutes. It works across most fabric types and speeds stock-taking when used as a hand measure.
An Electrical Reminder Alarm System for Daily Scheduling
An early alarm device uses a 12 hour dial and plug holes to set multiple alarms for day or night. Switch board calls reach any room. plugs ensure appointments are kept, wake routines, and domestic use may spread to household staff.
The Telephone in Time of War Overview
A fragmented note discusses wartime communications with references to French efforts, unusable batteries, and the use of magnetic telephones, ending with a remark about reliance on a good earth.
Making Pearls to Order by a French Inventor
A French innovator, M. Bouchon Brandely, claims a practicable method to produce pearls artificially. By boring pearl oyster shells and inserting glass balls, hermetically sealed, the mollusk forms a nacre layer over four weeks, thickens to permanence in six months, and yields pearls whose color varies with the nucleus location and oyster type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bouchon Brandely
Carlsbad Sprudel Salts Promised Cure for Bad Breath
A bar to happiness is a bad breath, often from a disordered stomach. Ninety nine of one hundred cases stem from digestion, and the remedy is to regulate the stomach. Carlsbad Sprudel Salts, sold by Eisner & Mendelson Co. of New York, are claimed to be the quick permanent fix, with imitators to beware.
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Eisner & Mendelson Co
N. Y
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Maher
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Fitzsimmon
Dempsey
Mather
Lilly Meyer
Mawer
Wade
Fitz
Ned Waldwin
O'Baldwin
Immons
Imoeon
Ted Pritchard
Fitasimmo
Lilet
William Madden
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Mitchbell
Savin
Madden
Alhough
M. Deen
Mitchel and Sullivan
Mitchell
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Iety
John L. Sullivan
John L
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Wall
Lane
Corbett
New York
Washington
Messrs
Byrnes
von der Abe
von der Ale
National League
Richardson
Western Pennsylvania
New Castle
Pittsburgers
Pitthburgers
Mares
Aoreeman
Paixe.e
Burdette
Arkansas
Dispatch
Michaelangelo Buonarotti
Hhis
Mickel
Angela
Mick
William Henry Harrison
John Quincy Adams
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johnjonesesy
Tiglath Pileser
Assyrbanipul
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Johnsmith
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G.de W. Edward Estabrooke
Senobet Hill
Meyer
Anne D'Irons
George
Bugle
Robert J. Burperre
Murat Halstead
Wilhelm
Bismarck
Caprivi
Suseum
Hohenzollern
Willam
Spain
Austria
Russia
East
European Association
Scott
Bowe
Chemis
South Sth Avenue
Such & E
Wolff & Randolph
Philadelphia
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