Harvard Yale football season opens with forecasts and plans
Harvard prepares for a tougher season with extended pre season training. Captain Cumnock emphasizes shared responsibility and team depth while Yale aims to rebuild after losses. Princeton work begins with Captain Poe guiding tryouts, and Ames Cowan depart. Local clubs start practice and plans for a new track at Exposition Park take shape.
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Harvard
University
Cambridge
Cummnock
Cumnock
Sears
Holden
Porter
Harvards
Yale
McBride
Harvard Bors
Met
Cumarock
Princeton
Thursdes
Pos
Scbhampions
Poe
Jerry Hinck
Jesse Riggs
Warren
Ames
Cowan
Mew Attlete
Hani
Tenet
Exposition Park
Athletics Rout Athletics In Twin Bill At LotIsville
First game saw Lowlevine lead the Athletics to a 5 to 0 victory as pitchers held firm and errors hindered the opposition. Second game featured Lewteritie with Easton and McMahon guiding St Louis to a 7 to 3 win amid multiple errors and strong hitting from Baltimore and Columbus players.
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Telelo— Telods
Simmany
Pitchera, Goodall
Atuielifn
Das Welbecker
Loulevitle
Athlietics
Easton
Osie
Ana Orton
McMahon
Kotinsom
Baltimore
Errors
Columbtte
Balsimeore
Ummanyy
Stivetts
van Miller
NeKeogh
St. Loteis
St. Lewis
Moohester
St. Louis
Lochreter
Summany
Ora
Stine
Piasers Leegoe and Pitchers Across League Scores
Column of fragmented baseball results lists pitchers and teams across cities such as Cleveland Pittsburg Philadelphia and Chicago. Mentions Leward Sonders Hemsuing Kilng Gumbert Anderson Sharret Nichols Goodman Lovett and others. Includes batters and game pairings with league notes and a day’s schedule of games and starts.
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Pitteborg
Pigobuzz
Ednerenaseeeneos
Anderson
Sharret
al Feveland
Rene
Asl
Pichersieaite
Clarkson
Cleveland
Aves Bse
Necestira Rede
Prebers Visu Aid Nichols
al Goodman
Serraeta
Lovett
Greensburg Loss to Jeannette Grey in Saturday Game
Greensburg was beaten by Jeannette Greys as McMellen's curves and Grey running defense overwhelmed them. The Grey team showcased sharp fielding and aggressive hose running, with standout players listed among the Greys and Greens.
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Greensburg
Greensburgs
Jeasunette Greys
McMellen
Emrnent Werrence
Josniette Gress
Macans
Thomas
Rail dispute at local depot stirs tensions
Fragmentary telegrams describe a railway issue at a depot on September 21. Reports from Jacob M of Pitburg indicate shifts in local sentiment and an outcome leaning in favor of certain parties as events unfold.
Great Kentucky Trotting Meet Draws Big Interest
Lexington reports a busy week of Kentucky trotters with Cynthiana and Richmond races and a walkover for Dr Sparks in the three year old stakes. The Lexington event under Colored Fair Association auspices attracts a $5,000 stake with a strong field including Prince Regent, Pamlico, Mambrino Main and many others. Strong entries and potential heats promise a lively meet ahead as the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders set October races and a 2:30 list expands with mares and sires shipped to Europe.
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Lexington
LexixorTex
Kentucky
Cynthiana
Richmond
Dr. Sparks
Colored Fair Association
Rene PF
Alwin
Mary Marshall
McDoel
Pixtey
Brown
Walter E
Leopard Rose
Diamond
J. Shed
Jean Waljean
Hinder Wilkes
Stevie
Acolyte
Seeeemaeny
Bellman
B. c
Indiaman
Cresar
Waldermer
B. S
Crescent
Jrote Cuyler
Oh. G
Cyclone
Cyrus R. Bik
Gilbird
Incesert van Cott
Pacer
von Hemmont
Bik. S
I Ben Kenney
Dean Brothers
Folly
Happy Medium
C. M. Clay, Jr
Marchmont
Mandy
James Hakill
Boston Letters on Baseball Strife and Player Moves
In Boston September 2, columnist Charles J. Foey notes stockholders of failing clubs suffer as rain halts games. The Boston Nationals and Anson’s men battle Western teams while shifts rumor toward Kelly and Johnson in Cleveland. Bostons face Pittsburgh and Cleveland before Chicago, with Long possibly out for the season.
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Boston
Boston Tramvirs
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Anson
Stig
Bostons
Terman
Long
Ganzel
Bennett
Hardie
West
Pittsburg
Wuleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
Hoss
King Kelly
al Johnson
Cleveland
Kelly
Cleveland Brotherhood
Johnson
Abe Bostons
Iwell
Kilroy
Madden
Wen
Benson Charlie Radvourne
Hie
Brouthers
Charles J. Foey
Cincinnati Deal Rumor Still Haunts Baseball Club
St Louis dispatch quotes Cincinnati President A. S. Stern denying any sale to the Players' League while stressing the club would stay in the National League. Stern asserts terms must be agreed upon and joining the Brotherhood remains off the table, with further rumors already circulating.
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Cincinnati Baseball Club
Players’ League
St Louisa
Stern
St. Louis
A.S. Stern
Cincinnati League Club
Cincinnat Club
Nai League
Odds on McAuliffe in Slavin bout attract bets
In the Slavin McAuliffe fight McAuliffe is the favorite with odds of 5 to 4. Sporting notes mention ASC Brooklys clubd with iyrne set to jump level. Several named figures including Weil Staley and Ulley are listed as alternates or observers. attendance noted with about 600 people in Louisville.
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McAuliffe
Lerpon
Slavin-McAuuliffe
ASC Brooklys
Iyrne
Weil
Staley
U'ilay
Altebori
Cereral
Sonal P L
pMaia
Louisvills
La Bianche to fight Dempsey in Wheeling game
A San Francisco dispatch notes La Bianche agrees to fight Dempsey in a match today at Wheeling. Mentions Pittsburg and New York N L teams facing each other and a Cincinnati deal as a topic for guesswork amid dull days. Also references a Tarentum Driving Park fall meet on October 10 with seven races.
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Hall
San Francisco
la Bianche
Dempsey
Wheeling
Pittsburg
New York
N. L
Cincinnati
A. G. Pratt & Co
NS. L
Griffin
St. Louis
Lost Opportunity in Africa’s Colonial Map
Natal merchant Mr. Arthur Butcher visits Washington and argues that England missed a chance to claim vast African interior two decades ago. He cites England’s later gains from Cape Town to Alexandria, Natal’s port potential, and Natal’s six months trade totaling £3,352,452.
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Wasurscoton
Washington
Arthur
Butcher
Natal
Africa
Shoreham
England
Portugal
France
Congo
Zanzibar
Germany
Congo Free State
Italy
East Africa
Victoria Nyanti
Uganda
Nile
Egypt
Cape Town
Alexandria
South Atlantic
Mediterranean
Durban
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Allegheny County Clubs Arrive for Philadelphia Convention
In Philadelphia on September 21, Secretary Lindsay of the State League of Republican Clubs received word that multiple Allegheny county clubs Tariff Americus Eleventh Ward Homemarket Etna Sharpsburg Lincoln Sewickley Allegheny Central Delamater Guards will travel to the Girard House arriving at 7:45 Am. Alfred Hyams notes a large delegate turnout for the big meeting Tuesday night with tickets in high demand and a welcoming program including access to old city houses and a hearty Philadelphia reception.
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Philadelphia
Robert H.lindsay
Bob
Pittsburg
State League of Republican Clubs
George H. Trnesch
Homemarket
Allegheny County
Tariff Club
Americus Club
Eleventh Ward Club
Homemarket Club
Etna
Sharpsburg
Lincoln Club
Sewickley Republicans
Allegheny Central Republican Club
Delamater Guards
Girard House
Alfred Hyams
Lindsay
Alleheny County
Stuart
Blaine
Union League
Howels Plans Stars for Warwick Campaign in Massillon
In Massillon on September 21 Senator Anthony Howels, commander for John G. Werwick’s congressional bid, outlined a high profile canvass with speakers Free D. Eyer Larry T. Neal Charles W. Baker and others. He predicted Warwick’s margin over McKinley would range from 1500 to 2100 after reviewing county vote trends and anticipated voter shifts.
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Massillon
Anthony Howels
John G. Werwick
Congress
D. Eyer
Ae Ian
Larry T. Neal
Carlisle
Charles W. Baker
Cincinnati
Roger Q. Mills
Orrville
McKinley
Warwick
Morrell commuted from death to life imprisonment
The Governor commuted Whitfield Morrell to life at hard labor, sparing him from execution. Morrell, 18, and accomplice William Reena killed Paul Vance in Edgfield when intoxicated, were condemned to hang, bribed guards to escape, and Morrell later hid in swamps before recapture with military pursuit.
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Columbia, & C
Whitfield Morrell
White
Morrell
William ~Eeeana
Edgenfeld
Paul Vance
Teyata
Murrell
Unknown fragmentary notice from misread text
Fragmentary OCR text shows misread names and numbers, unclear event. No coherent details of people, places, or actions emerge to summarize into a valid news item.
President Harrison Fatigued After Coal Region Visit
Cresson Pennsylvania September 21 The President felt tired after a busy day in the coal regions and declined a service invitation at Ebensburg. He walked with Mrs Dimmick and rode with Mrs Harrison and Mrs McKee. Mr J ER McKee, his son in law, stays with them at Executive Cottage and will depart for Indianapolis Tuesday night. The executive office moves to cottage B on Pittsburg avenue pending better weather.
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Cresson Springs
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
Ebensburg
Cresson
Halford
Sanger
F. N._Barksdale
HSS
Mountain House
Pittsburg Avenue
Ford
Barksdale
Washington
Death on the Rail at Banning Station Wreck
Special telegram reports one of Pittsburg division’s worst Baltimore and Ohio wrecks near Banning station two miles west of Connellsville. An eastbound freight rear-ended a second, demolishing its engine. Conductor Pickles alerted Layton, then returned. a misread flagman order caused a second collision near Hageman's rock. Engineer James Shields died. injuries listed include Harry Cyphers and others.
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Layton
Lagman
Farman
Connellsville
Hageman's Rock
James Shields
Harry Cyphers
Jotnolds
Frank Coughenour
James Deets
Charles Hood
Union Plan for Federal Synod of Reformed Churches
Rev Dr T G Apple reports from a conference in the Catskills where the German Reformed Church discussed a federal union. A plan proposes a Federal Synod chosen by the General Synod to oversee education and religious work, to be adopted by the classes of both Reformed bodies.
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PCE
Everett
T. G. Apple
German Reformed Church
United States
Catskilln
Tates
Catsh
Ciosambenton
Federal Synod of the Reformed Churches
General Synod
Uelosion
Suna
Reforhe
Federation
Murdered at a Dance Stabs Victim to Death in Barn Fight
Special telegram from Charleston West Virginia reports George Welch killed James Hicks at a dance in a barn on Robert Simms farm opposite Poca. An altercation led to Hicks being knocked down. Hicks questioned the aggressor as a coward, Welch then stabbed him in the groin severing the femoral artery. Hicks staggered a few steps and died as Welch escaped.
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Diaratem
Charleston
W.va
George Welch
James Hicks
Robert Simms
Hicks
Welch
Jury awards Campbell 7000 to damages against Ohio Iron and Steel
In Youncsrows on September 21 the jury awarded Robert Campbell seven thousand dollars in damages against the Ohio Iron and Steel Company for injuries from an insecure guava rail that gave way as a train entered the company's yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Campbell
Ohio Iron and Steel Company
Help for the Miners Families in Dunbar Telegram
A special telegram reports $2110 paid out to Hill farm sufferers by Jane Taylor. Each recipient received $84. Sixty dollars of the total money came from Johnstown.
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Dunbar
Hill Farm
Jaane Taylor
Johnstown
Tri-State Brevities Report of Local Incidents
Derver Joux Porter in the Standard mine sustained a thigh fracture. Henry O Neill's Lima hotel was robbed of silverware and clothing worth several hundred dollars. Four youths in a rowboat capsized on Myers Lake, one, De Av midnight albert tee, drowned. George Brady later arrested for assault and robbery at Youngstown. McKeesport officers found Martin O'Toole gravely wounded on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks after a drunken mishap.
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Derver Joux
Scott@ale
Henry O'Neill
Lima
Wil
Myers Lake
Albert Tee
George Brady
Youngstown
Brady
McKeesport
Martin O'Toole
Baltimore and Ohio
Cheaper Than Gas Becomes Rolling Mills Topic
McKeesport news reports the National Rolling Mill will fire twenty four furnaces in the No 2 puddling department with coal starting Monday. Portions of the plant switch to coal as current gas supply proves costly. Other plants like Boston Iron and Steel and United States Iron and Tin Plate are making coal ready changes.
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McKesport
Distatch
McKeesport
No. 2 Puddling Department
National Rolling Mill
Boston Iron and Steel Company
United States Iron and Tin Plate Company
Indians Avenging Slain Scalp Near Sand Point Idaho
A telegram from Denver reports Misoula tribe members with paddled ponies and a young girl near Sand Point Idaho for four months. An English speaking Indian warned Black foreman after a dispute over an incident on the railroad. A scalp was taken and the body grievously mutilated last Thursday, prompting threats of further vengeance.
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Misoula
Diararon
Denver
Sand Point
Idaho
Black
Standard Oil monopoly faces challenge from independent pipelines
Industry insiders debate the impact of independent pipelines and refineries on crude and refined oil prices. Outside producers fear landowner royalties and consumer costs rise if the monopoly’s pricing persists. A New York conference gathers shrewd players to discuss a possible formidable competitor to the Standard.
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New York
Standard
Dispatch
Independent oil men form pipeline plan to Pittsboro
At a Vogely Hotel meeting oil producers organized to back an independent pipeline to the Ohio river near Pittsburg. A $100,000 initial investment is targeted with nontransferable stock and broad producer representation. A five man committee was named to organize a countywide gathering by Friday evening.
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Standard
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Clarence Walker
Christie
Fve
Messrs
William A. Clark
Charles Haslett
C. D. Greenlee
Thomas Alexander
Fred Leidecker
Brighter outlook as canal sale hearings advance
Washington dispatch reports ongoing court actions over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Attorneys for 1844 bondholders press for trustees to take charge of sale and operation, while 1878 trustees oppose. Judge Alvey foresees a decision soon with April 1891 as target for canal in operation.
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Washington
Alvey
Hagerstown
Messrs
Bernard Carter
William P. White
John P. Poe
S. Teackle Wallis
Mr. Bond
Bradley Johnson
Maryland
John K. Cowen
Teackle Wallis
Wallis
White
Hereneral Johnson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Joseph Bryan
Richmond
Mr. Bryan
General Johnson
Mr. White
Tig of Public Works Oaryland Uestin
Gale Ietee Ania
Cowen
Boston Table of Gross Exchanges and Rates for Last Week
Boston dispatch tables show gross exchanges for the prior week with percentage changes versus the same week in 1889, compiled from Clearing House reports across several cities. The figures compare total exchanges and the rate of increase or decrease for each location.
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Boston
Local Items From Two Cities Condensed Report
TEMPERANCE meetings were held in Moorhead and Ohio street Allegheny by the Good Towplars. The Southside Water Investigating Committee met Saturday. Seinenen heard complaints but took no action.
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Moorhead Caucieg
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Southside Water Investigating Committee
Seinenen
Chicago World’s Fair site debate favors lake-adjacent plan
The World’s Fair Commission debated Chicago’s Exposition site, endorsing a single lake-adjacent site. Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance, and lakefront options were reviewed, with plans to press directors to present a final lakefront site. President Palmer announced the selection of nine Chicago lady managers, with eight at large and two from each state and territory, names not yet announced.
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Chicago
CuHicaGco
World's Fair Commission
Jackson Park
Midway Plaisance
Lake Front Park
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Lake Pront
Martindale
Yeas
Ween Park
Mi Plaisance
Midway Laisance
Washon Park Club
Palmer
Man charged with mayhem after bite at plant
Peter Burge of 3182 Peon Avenue is jailed on mayhem charges after a drunken dispute with Peter Kornely, a watchman at Carbon Iron Works. Burge allegedly bit Kornely, injuring his finger and causing severe blood loss. Kornely remains in danger as he fights for his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Burge
Peon Avenue
Peter Kornely
Carbon Iron Works
Kornely
Insane Asylum Seeks Help for Old Murder Witness
EpigourG reports that September 21 an aged cook named Oaks was sent to the asylum after being involved with the Ivory Cutsinger fishing party. The group was tied to Mollie Howell’s murder near Columbus two years ago, a case once a test for acquittal, with one member allegedly brainning Howell with a beer keg before tossing her into the river. Oaks knew the killer but feared death if he spoke, and the burden drove him to madness.
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Epigourg, Inc
Andrew Oaks
Insane Asylum
Oaks
Ivory Cutsinger
Mollie Howell
Columbus
Cutsie
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