Baseball Firsts From The World Book Encyclopedia
Baseball statistics thrill fans, but this tally of historical firsts lists milestones such as the Knickerbocker club’s 1846 clash with the New York Baseball Club at Hoboken, the first team uniform, the first paid player Al Reach, first salaried team in 1869, early glove use in 1875, catcher’s mask in 1878, and Billy Schriver’s 1892 ball drop from the Washington Monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Mantle
Ted Williams
Washington Monument
World Book Encyclopedia
Knickerbocker Club
New York
New York Baseball Club
Elysian Fields
Hoboken
N. J
Davis
Alexander Cartwright
Knicks
Reach
Brooklyn Atlantics
Philadelphia Athetics
Charles Waite
Boston
A. G. Spalding
Harvard
Billy “Pop” Schriver
Chicago
Idaho State Choir Tracks Franklin County Tour Dates
Idaho State College's concert choir launches its 18th annual spring tour April 27 to 29, touring southeast Idaho for the Jake circuit including American Falls Aberdeen and Moreland before visiting Dayton Preston and Marsh Valley. Under Prof. Wesley M. Harris the group has performed before 100000 listeners across ten tours and broadcast on multiple networks. Featured ensembles The Tunesmiths Coeds and Collegians join the program offering four sections of choral works from faith to America and opera.
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Idaho State College
Idaho
Jake
American Falls
Aberdeen
Moreland
Dayton
Preston
Marsh Valley
Wesley M. Harris
Mutual Broadcasting System
Tunesmiths
Coeds
Collegians
Harris
ASC Urges Wool Growers to File Wool Payment Applications
Charman A G Condie of the county ASC urged wool growers who marketed their clip April 1 1958 to March 31 1959 to file for payment under the national wool program by the April 30 deadline. The payment rate will be announced soon after. Prompt filing speeds payment and provides data the U S Department of Agriculture needs to compute the 1958 average wool price.
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Charman A G Condie
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wool program incentive payments tied to 62 cent price
The wool program sets payments to growers as an incentive to raise wool production. The rate is the percentage needed to lift the national average price to 62 cents per pound. High prices yield higher payments for top-wage wool sellers and marketing effort. The county ASC notes conservation reserve contracts begin April 15 and restrict grazing or harvesting once in effect.
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ASC
Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank
Soil Bank
Women Drivers Are Poorer, Report Shows
A commerce department study based on 290000 drivers and 10000 accidents across 11 states finds men safer drivers. The Idaho State Automobile Association notes women have an 18 percent higher daytime and 38 percent higher nighttime involvement in traffic mishaps, contradicting common beliefs.
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Commerce Department
Idaho State Automobile Assn
Bureau of Public Roads
AAA Club
AAA
Motor Club
Preston Citizen at No 8 item reads aloud
A fragment from a Preston Citizen notice mentions location No 8 and an unspecified item. The readable text provides little context on action or party involved, requiring cautious interpretation of the event.
Sun-baked clay structures reveal early apartment dwellers
Archaeologists report discoveries of sun baked clay dwellings from the 1500s linked to Spanish exploration. The sites in New Mexico suggest early communal housing patterns and urban organization. Nearby artifacts include domestic tools and pottery shards shedding light on daily life.
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New Mexico
America
Lincoln's Assassin Was Brought to Bay Says Executive
Fort Wayne Indiana April 15 Dr R Gerald McMurtry director of The Lincoln National Life Foundation challenged the notion that John Wilkes Booth escaped capture. He recalled the death of Lincoln and said intelligent men pursued myths about Booth being never apprehended in the 84 years since.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham _ Lincoln
R. Gerald McMurtry
Lincoln National Life Foundation
Lincoln
Identification of Booth body cited by autopsy and marks
Dr McMurtry notes Booth's body bore more identifying marks than the suspect, including a pin inscription from Dan Bryant to J W Booth, a diary, a check in Booths name, and initials tattooed on the right hand. Local physicians and townspeople confirm the body as John Wilkes Booth.
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Booth
Washington
J W.B
John Wilkes Booth
A L Barnes Named Idaho State Chamber President
A L Barnes of Lewiston, head of Eric Hardware Co., is chosen as the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce president succeeding H B Soulen. Roach of Boise becomes first vice president with Harris of Burley as second vice president and John Dahl of Boise as treasurer. Soulen remains on the board. Dahl replaces Harry W Marsh as treasurer. Barnes is the eighth president since the chamber’s 1926 founding and previously worked with Erb Hardware after education at Lewiston High School and Washington State College.
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A. L. Barnes
Lewiston
Eric Hardware Co
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Soulen
Welser
Barnes
T. E. Roach
Boise
I. H. Harris
Burley
John Dahl
Soulen
Dahl
Harry W. Marsh
Idaho Mining Assn
Idaho State Chamber
Robert S. Erb
Erb Hardware Co
Anatone
Wash
Lewiston High School
Washington State College
Erb M Hardware
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Cincinnati Red Stockings
Knickerbockers
Kraft Kitchen
Glenn's Electric Motor Service
North Main Street
Logan, Utah
PTO
North State
Rulon Owen
Royce Fahriman
Garrett
Freightlines, Int
Allen Dunn
Norrasn
Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Bennett
Clmrier
Foss Furniture
East
Idaho State Choir
Franklin County
Fae
Wamichigan Resort
Aeris
Florida
Calh Preston Citizen
Th.s
New York City
Abbas IV
Morine Co
West Motor CO
New State
Chamber of Commerce
Fader Iewtng Co
Sol Labe City
Utah
American Cancer Society
THE
Pruston Citizen
Mountain States
Ansa
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