Troubles Hit Eastern League Over Salary Cuts
Eastern League clubs face player revolt as a 20 percent salary reduction inflicts discontent in Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse. High earners Wright and Knight refuse cuts, players seek releases, while Rochester transfers loom and officials evaluate signings and league stability amid mounting financial strain.
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Ling
Rochester
Syracuse
Maetern
Wilkes-Barre
Keenan
Finn
Powers
Ottawa
Finn Flee
Kuntzsch
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Hope for Childless Women
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as remedies for infertility and female organ health. It cites a Georgia clergyman's letter claiming a ten pound son after combined use and touts Dr Pierce's 30 years of practice, the Buffalo institute, and the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser. It also promotes Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative and offers free literature by mail with a small mailing cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Georgia
G. H W. Akridge
Pelham, Mitchell Co
der. Merce
Pieree
Pierce
Buffalo
Theorld
Dispensary Medical Association
N.Y
All Medicine Desiers
Daily baseball scores across leagues yesterday
National League games saw New York 10 St Louis 4 and Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 6 with Boston 6 Louisville 1 and Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 2. Philadelphia also beat Baltimore 6 4 and Chienge 2 Washington 6. Eastern and Atlantic leagues had Rochester 1 Wilkes Barre 6 Syracuse 6 Buffalo 3 Montreal 7 Springfield 6 Reading 4 Newark Allentown 7 Nantonka Richmond 7 Lancaster 2 Paterson Hartford 2.
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New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Louieville
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Philtimore
Cheetonmat
Chienge
Washington
Rochester
Wilkes-Barre
Syracuse
Buffalo
Montreal
Springfield
Reading
Newark
Allentown
Nantonka
Richmond
Lancaster
Paterson
Hartford
No Hit Or Run Games Achieved In National League
Brief mentions two bases being earned on balls during a no hit or run feat by Brief Einstein of Cincinnati and Hughes of Baltimore on the same day. It notes three such games in 12 NL contests and references a Philadelphia occurrence years ago with Ferguson and others cited in connection to the feat.
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Briefenstein
Cincinnai
Hughes
Pallimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Ferguson
Baseball Gossip From The Central Grounds And Local Clubs
Local notes report several games and matchups at Central Grounds and surrounding fields. Alumni base ball team to face Park Hill Stars next week with Marrington captain. earlier Alumni beat North Hind Stars at 2.4 o’clock today. Archbald club vs Bt Thomas College ended to 1 with Shipman, Cummings key for Archbald. Crescents edged Minooka amid wrangling with 6 to 0 final after umpire decision dispute. Priceburg Dashers beat Throop Stars 2 to 1 and challenge Weert Elde Anthracites next Sunday. Park Hill Stars defeated South Washington Avenue Stars 24 to 10. Alumni association team defeated North End Stars at Central Grounds.
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Park Hill Stars
Central Grounds
Tribune
Marrington
North Hind Stars
Main
Limerne Streets
Gallagher
Archbald Baseball Club
Thomas’ College
Archbald Grounds
Latter
St. Thomas’ College
Shipman and Cummings
Swift, Fleming and Flannigan
Crescents
Minooka
Crocns
Crescent
Shipman
O'Neill
Young Men's Christian Association
Hartrivols
Powell
Waoteh
Aisseciiceree
Ctorconta
Tad
Houke
Onan
Lancery
Millar
Ryefield
Central Grorida
Association
Mw, Stars, & Batteries—Association
Ulartington
Smith and Dougherty
Zeigler Edges Ernst In Controversial Brooklyn Bout
Owen Zeigler of Philadelphia defeats Billy Ernst of Brooklyn in a 2 round bout at the Greater New York Athletic Club. The fight was stopped in the seventeenth round after a clash near the ropes. referee Alex Brown awarded the decision to Zeigler amid disputed interference and claims of Ernst advantage in earlier rounds.
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New York
Owen Zeigler
Philadelphia
Billy Ernst
Brooklyn
Greater New York Athletic Club
Cressing
Zeigler
Ernst
Alex Brown
Ziegler
Ebler
Baseball notes and league turmoil spill from newspapers
Reports detail a chaotic baseball week with players like Freemen, McCreery, and Olwell under scrutiny. Umpire changes, delayed returns, and managerial decisions ripple through the New York and Wilkes Barre circuits as teams struggle for pennants and rhythm.
Prize Sharpshooters at Glendale New York News Brief
The biennial National Sharpshooters Union tournament opened in Glendale. Winners include William Hayes Newark for shooting king with 278 points, John Redham Jersey City standard target first prize, Db. W. McLaughtin San Francisco 48 points, John B F Kelly Boston 12 points, Louis Finch New York 0. Vi? points, B I Payne Cincinnati 500 prize, J C Dimin Ardmore 4 degrees prize 300 pounds.
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New York
National
Boston
Louis Finch
Zetter Rifle Club
Vi Pointe
Bert
B. I. Payne
Cincinnati
J C. Dimin
Ardmore
Bowling on the Green Gains Clubs In Boston Post Note
The Boston Post discusses bowling on the green as an old British pastime revived by athletic clubs. It explains equipment a yellow jack and eight lignum vitae bowls, and how players curve throws to approach the jack. The piece notes variations, a captain per side, and parallels to historic English bowling.
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Canada
Labor protest delays city street cleaning contract
Thomas, head of the Building Trades council, denounces contract street cleaning as a cheap labor plan. He says labor should be paid $1.50 daily and warns officials of potential legal action if the contract with Duan Brothers goes ahead. The protest, ignored previously, faces further action unless wages and labor interests are respected.
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P. J. Thomas
Building Trades’ Council
Bailey
Thomas
Building Trades Council
Halley
Duan Brothers
Building Trades
Tribune
Ely
Broome
How a Big Gun Fires Its Hidden Complexities
A historical explainer details the unseen physics of gunpowder explosion. It covers chemical transformation to gases, three stages of ignition inflammation and combustion, and the dangerous shock waves radiating from a cannon. It notes the difficulty in identifying safe firing positions.
Coal Loading Method On Trans Atlantic Liners
An exchange describes the common coal fueling of large steamships. Barges with small capacity are brought alongside, booms rigged, buckets lowered and filled by four men. Buckets and shovels transfer coal to a platform, where two men dump into the port hole, then others stow it in the bunkers.
Coaling Rates for Transatlantic Steamers Revealed
The St Paul carries coal for forty eight crew aboard a liner running at about forty hours to unload and bunkers hold roughly 0,000 tons. A representative notes delivering coal faster has no use if storage keeps pace, as bunkers fill at about one and a half tons per man per hour. The piece contrasts methods in the West Indies and the Mediterranean, where manual labor remains prevalent.
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St. Paul
West Indies
Mediterranean
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Big Telescopes Spotlight Neptune Satellite Studies
Professor F E Barnard of Yerkes Observatory reports in the Astronomical Journal a series of measures on Neptune's satellite. He notes the 40 inch telescope performs well at Willard Bay with eleven Steinheil eye-pieces. At 220 diameters the Moon appears about 1000 miles away and only a small circular lunar area is visible at one time.
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FE. F. Barnard
Yerkes Observatory
Astronomical Journal
Neptune
Barnard
Williame Bay
Steinhell
Munich
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Arthur Irwin
Charles A. Campvel
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A. W. Cameron
W. EF. Draper
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Moston
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Organized Labor
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Connolly & Wallace
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Washington Ave
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Lagkawanna Lumber 60
GANG
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Cross Fork
Potter Co
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Potter County
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Hunt & Connell CO
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