Tim Hursts Baseball Troubles and Mound City Tales
Tim Hurst recalls his days with the Browcos and Mound City, describing a week of busy missteps from bold boasts to denials and disputes. He details meetings with editors, owners, and Chris, plus battles over fines and pitching terms as he signed players unable to hit.
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Tim Hurst
Browcos
van der Ahe
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Mound City
Timothy
St. Louis
fTennant
Vuewspapers
Chris
Sugar Price Pressure from Beet Sugar Competition
Senate Document 890 62nd Congress explains that domestic beet sugar competes with foreign raw sugar, forcing four seaboard refiners to cut prices or exit the market during three to five months yearly. Without beet sugar prices would be higher in that period. more beet sugar would lower prices year round.
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Seaboard
Senate
Sidney pharmacist praised for Adler ika remedy
Laune's Pharmacy in Sidney earns praise from residents for introducing Adler ika a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture claimed to cure sour stomach gas and constipation in a single dose. The German remedy is touted as a fast-acting digestive aid bringing relief to local customers.
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Laune
Sidney
Fall Resolution Pushes Foreign Relations Referral
Senator Fall of New Mexico seeks to protect Americans abroad with a resolution on Mexico, urging referral to the Foreign Relations Committee. Bacon and Full clash over expediency while Stone hints at armed intervention. Ambassador Wilson reroutes travel, delaying a Washington meeting with the president and secretary of state until after Saturday.
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Wilson
Washington
Fall
New Mexico
Mexico
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Full
United States
Stone
Senator Fall
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
Havana
New York
Key West
Bryan
Americans Fear Attacks by Mexican Bandits Near Madera
Armed Mexican bandits led by El Mocha Martinez suffered nine dead when repelled by American cowboys at Babscora ranch, William R Hearst properties, near Madera Chihuahua two weeks ago. Now threats loom over remaining Americans in the Madera lumber camp as foreigners and locals arm themselves. Martinez is linked to the Juarez garrison mutiny of January 1912 that sparked the Orozco rebellion.
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el Mocha Martinez
Babscora
William R. Hearst
Madera
Chihuahua
Martinez
Juarez Federal
Orozco
Anthrax Plague Strikes Liman County Men in Pierre Hospital
Simon I F Randsen Homer Cannon and William Geyser of Liman county South Dakota lie in a Pierre hospital in serious condition with anthrax contracted after handling cattle from a herd died near Vivian. Health officials suspect transmission via flies as residents burn carcasses to prevent spread.
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Simon IF. Randsen
Homer Cannon
William Geyser
Liman County
South Dakota
Pierre
Vivian
Norris Moves Against Coffee Trust Reform
Senator Norris adopts a new tactic in dissolving the coffee trust by proposing an amendment to the tariff bill. The measure would authorize a 25 percent ad valorem tax on coffee from any country alleged to conspire to monopolize the product, citing Brazil’s coffee crop as an example.
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Norris
Coffee Trust
Hitchcock
Tobacco Trust
Brazil
Japan disappointed over U S reply on California land bill
Disappointment is felt in Japan regarding the American reply to Japanese notes on the California land ownership legislation. Tokyo says the reply rejects all Japanese contentions that the bill violates the treaty and offers no proposed solution to the dispute.
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Japan
California
Japanese Colonization Plea In Morelos Mexico
A committee of Japanese appealed to the Mexican government to allow colonization of Morelos by Japanese. Negotiations are in progress toward this goal. Mrs. Mary Welsh of Hillsdale Michigan, who has been blind fifty years, saw her eight children for the first time Monday after surgeons removed a double cataract.
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Souht
Mexico
Morelos
Mary Welsh
Hillsdale, Mich
Bulgaria Ready to Treat for Peace
Bulgaria accepts Romanian peace terms and agrees to peace with Servia and Greece, official confirmation.
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Bulgaria
Romania
Servia
Greece
How to Get Cheap Sugar Beet Growing to Cut Prices
W P Willett, noted sugar statistician, states domestic beet sugar lowered wholesale prices by about a half cent per pound in 1912 and that 60 percent of the beet crop carried over into 1913 will keep prices down. He notes beet sugar tends to depress prices until refiners regain control. The Hardwick committee inquiry suggests fostering beet sugar development as the path to sustained cheap sugar for Americans.
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W. P. Willett
Seaboard
Hardwick Committee
Willett
Household Hunt for Water-Proofing Travel Items
Straw matting suitcases and shopping bags can be improved in looks and usefulness by a coat of cheap wagon varnish. It sheds water like a duck after a good wetting, and should be applied once a year to protect them from water damage.
Campaign to Exterminate Prairie Dogs on Rangelands
The Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture uses carbon bisulphide with poisoned grain to eradicate prairie dogs on Arizona and Colorado ranges. It argues the pest harms cattle and horses by reducing grazing and causing injuries. Early 1900s campaigns on Cochetopa and Pike forests restored grazing land, boosting carrying capacity enough to support thousands of cattle and sheep.
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Government
Department of Agriculture
Arizona
Cochelopa National Forest
Colorado
Pike National Forest
Cochetopa
Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble
Plainfield New Jersey resident Mrs G Stengle reports relief from stomach upset after trying Chamberlains Tablets. She says after consuming about three quarters of a package she can eat almost anything and credits the tablets for her improvement. For sale by all dealers.
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G. Stengle
Plainfield
N. J
Chamberlain
Fine Black Stallion for Stud Service in Potter Nebraska
Public notice announces a twelve year old black stallion weighing 1900 pounds offered for the 1913 season at the owner's Potter Nebraska location. Terms require 15 to insure a colt to stand and suck. owner forfeits service fee if more is removed from the county or disposed of. the signer disclaims responsibility for accidents.
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My Place
Potter, Neb
R. K. Jorgenson
Mgr. Sunol
Registered Jack Jim Crow Jr Mule Prospect
A description of a registered jack named Jim Crow Jr. noted as a black jack with white points, favored by mule buyers for quality color and vigor. Terms listed include a 12 to 50 percent entry to insure a live colt.
Ranch Ad Between Jack and Stallion for 1913 Season
The above Jack and Stallion will make the season of 1913 at our ranch two miles north of Sidney. All possible care will be taken but we will not be responsible for accidents that might occur. ZALEBERT & ANDREWS, Owners.
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Sidney
Zalebert & Andrews
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Prince Waldermar
Bronson
P. A. Pultz
Questeur
Palace Barn
Neb
F. Hartway
Ayle & Ericson General Contractors
Sidney, Neb
Sidney Druggist
Yellowstone
Great West
West
Yellowstone Station
Park
U. S
Denver
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
W. J. Shoemaker
Sidney, Nebraska
Standard Oil Company
Jim Crow JR
Leon Detrope
Sunol
S. Sheffer
Chichester’s Pills
Iamond Brand
Zoer Dra Fen Ion Et Theater Lomen Mille
Bu Reggies
PULLA
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