Indianapolis Nips St Paul In Ninth In Muncie
In Muncie Indiana June 21 Indianapolis beat St Paul 2 to 1 as O'Brien drove a two base hit in the ninth to score the winning run after Jones lined a single. Kellum pitched well for Indianapolis and Stewart for St Paul. Attendance topped 2,500 at West Side Park amid rough field conditions but fast play prevailed.
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Central League hits record attendance at Fort Wayne doubleheader
Fort Wayne and Marion drew 4150 paid admissions as the two leaders split the doubleheader. Marion won game one 8-2 and Fort Wayne took game two 4-1 with Pickett homering and two doubles highlighted. Evansville beat Wheeling 4-3 in the nightcap.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Easton
Chicago Beats Philadelphia In Slugging Show
Chicago won easily at Canton as Plank struggled. Holmes Green and Callahan starred for the Cubs while Tannehill and Davis produced key plays. Attendance 12,007. Rays of power from St Louis and Washington followed in a separate pitchers duel. Boston topped Cleveland 12 to 3 in Canton with Dougherty Collins O'Brien Freeman and Lachance delivering the runs.
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Local Baseball Scores From Several Cities
Converse Summitville fell 10 to 2 as Hatfield Quinn Miller and Worling starred for the visitors. Laporte beat by 11 to 3 as Stout fanned 12 and Whiting lost. Shelbyville Nation als shut out Indianapolis Reds 11 to 0. Evansville Riversides defeated by locals 4 to 0. Centerville edged Richmond Manhattans 3 to 2. Huntingburg topped Jasper 27 to 6. Seymour beat Jeffersonville 12 to 6.
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Quinn
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Laporte
Evansville
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Jasper
Seymour
Fight at a ball game in Findlay highlights Sunday play
Constable Enoch Johnson was assaulted by George Bell during a ball game between the Eberhards of Cleveland and a local team. Bell allegedly struck the officer and, with others, dragged him 20 feet before surrendering to a deputy. Ball players were arrested but released after fines were paid amid Sunday games debate.
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Enoch Johnson
George Bell
Cleveland
Bell
Johnson
Elwood Narrowly Avoids Shutout In Poor Game
Elwood, Ind on June 21 escaped a shutout amid sloppy play and errors by the visiting team. Final score shows Elwood held to a few late runs while visitors misfielded and misplayed. Key players include Hunt Cole and St. Clair, with Hatterson and others contributing as well.
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Goi
A.B.H.O.A.E
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Gleason
Schaffey
Phyle
Jngland
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Meredith
Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Rhe Kewana
Hatterson Vane
Ete Hunt, Cole
St. C
English Clergyman Syndication Of Sermons
A Philadelphia Record snippet reports a drummer’s tale of a clergyman selling syndicated sermons. Writers publish short sermons for 5 shillings each, offering exclusive use in dozens of towns, with profits pooling across multiple buyers when copies are taken.
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London
Logansport Triumphs With Two Big Fourth and Seventh Runs
Logansport won easily after scoring two runs in the fourth and two more in the seventh. The final score details are unclear due to garbled OCR but involved players Ph Piece, Raat, Wilson Cannon, and McCarty.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Peta Raat
Wilson Cannon
McCarty
Duesseldorfers Beat Tipton At Home In 7-4 Game
Tipton, Ind June 21 The Duesseldorfers defeated the Clippers at the ball park by 7 to 4. Duesseldorfers have defeated Tipton twice this season. Batteries Dean and Roberts Roell and Massing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Tipton
Ind
Duesseldorfers
Clippers
Ball Park
Dean and Roberts
Roell and
Massing
Richmond Defeats Matthews Giants in Extra Time
Richmond defeated the Matthews Giants this afternoon with a final score showing late rally and strong battery work by Derrick Hayworth and Williams. The game featured substitutions and a crowd as West Baden also hosted a reserves matchup, while other score lines include Shreveport 8 and Memphis 6.
Wassons Triumph Over Sentinels In Commercial League Play
In a dominant showing the Wassons defeated the Sentinels 15 to 4 as errors plagued the latter while Wassons connected for timely hits. Kahn Tailoring beat Harmon & Halls 8 to 6 in a close contest, and Y M I and Keller battled to a seven inning tie with no winner. Duesseldorfers also won, 7 to 4, at Tipton with early offense sealing the win.
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Leach
French
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Horne
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Grays Defeat Crawfordsville at Capitol City Park
The Indianapolis Grays beat Crawfordsville 11 to 5 yesterday afternoon at Capitol City Park. Scoring details show Grays with early runs and Crawfordsville effort, batteries Wagner and Orr for the Grays and Ruddell, Fisher and McBride for Crawfordsville.
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Craxfordsville
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Orr
Ruddell
Fisher
McBride
Harmon Hall Reserves Triumph Over Apollo Athletes at Brighton Beach
The Harmon Hall Reserves defeated the Apollo Athletes yesterday afternoon at Brighton Beach by 18 to 2. Whetstine pitched brilliantly, striking out eighteen. For game details contact L Mazur at 1048 Prospect Street.
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Brighton Beach
Whetstine
L. Mazur
Prospect Street
Indianapolis Hoyts Defeat Harlan Stars at Madden's Park
The Indianapolis Hoyts won 18 to 5 over the Harlan Stars yesterday morning at Madden's Park. John Shea and Bud Diver pitched the Hoyts to victory with strong battery work.
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Harlan Stars
Madden's Park
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Bud" Diver
Hoyts
Ferris Wheel Sells For 1800 In Chicago Court Auction
In Judge Chytraus court the Ferris wheel failed to draw bids beyond 1800 with the only competitive offer from a junk dealer. The process required a written bid with a 10 percent deposit. a Chicago House Wrecking Company representative bid 800, H M Seligman 1800, and the wheel appeared doomed despite its $362,000 original cost and status as a World’s Fair wonder.
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Chicago Post
Chytraus
H. M. Seligman
Rice
Victor Elting
Seligman
Chicago House Wrecking Company
Mr. Seligman
Carter Edges Sharpe In Twenty Holes Golf Match
W W Carter defeats P Sharpe in a dramatic twenty hole finish to win the spring Riverside golf championship match. O C Maurer sets an amateur eighteen hole course scoring mark with 87. Yesterday’s results include Layton Walker, Ernest Arnold, Hall, Garber, and Ogle securing victories as second round pairings are listed for today.
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W. W. Carter
P. Sharpe
Mr. Sharpe
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Sharpe
Mr. Carter
O. C. Maurer
R. L. Wilson
Layton Walker
George Rockwood
Ernest Arnold
Charles Rauh
A. F. Hall
Theodore Layman
Thomas Garber
A. C. Dunn
E. M. Ogle
C. G. Cameron
Prceee Hause
Willeroy
Robert Rawles
Dr. Rawles
Thomas Hause
Joseph McCrea
E. L. Lennox
J. A. Chambers
Asa
Mothers Club Meeting Delivers Lessons On Child Rearing
The New York Evening Sun reports the annual mothers clubs convention with speakers advising parents to engage with their children’s work, guiding aspir ations, and avoiding mere praise. Tales include a nurse struck by a child and Nero’s early cruelty, prompting remarks on discipline and parental involvement.
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Marion B. B. Langzettel
Betty
Froebel
Knights
Mr. Felton
Girls’ High School
Nero
Spoonerisms Spark as Oxford Warden Named
Philadelphia Press notes the appointment of Rev. William A. Spooner as warden of New College Oxford sparks a flood of Spoonerisms in the English press. The absent minded scholar is famed for transposing consonants and syllables in speech.
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Philadelphia Press
William A. Spooner
New College, Oxford
Spooner
Oxford
Green
Schmidt of Milwaukee Wins King Medal in Sharpshooters Meet
J E Schmidt of Milwaukee won the King medal and first honors in the man target at the Central Sharpshooters Union tournament in St Louis. H B Schurz of Chicago took first in the world's fair target. Schmidt placed second overall. G C Ross of Chicopee Falls finished third. Other top scores included Ross 460 on the point target and W A Koopes best on the Stitch target. The next national tournament will be at Davenport in two years.
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J. E. Schmidt
Milwaukee
Central Sharpshooters’ Union of North America
Schurz
Chicago
Schmidt
Suir P . J. E. Schmidt
G. C. Ross
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Harry Pope
Ross
G. Dorman
William Roessler
A. Lipinski
E. C. Stendel
W. A. Koope
Wausau
Wis
Sharpshooters’ Union
Davenport
Gibson’s Men and Women as Gibsonian Ideals
A New York Sun piece muses on Charles Dana Gibson’s tall feminine ideal and a corresponding giant male type. It notes widespread admiration for Gibsonian figures, the era’s trend toward height, and the challenge for men to fit the style without excessive facial hair.
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New York Sun
Charles Dana Gibson
Naniel Lainert
Mr. Gibson
Lebanon
Babel
Gibsonian
M. Bartholdi
United States
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Camilla
Hercules
Phoebus
Apollo
Gibson
Time and mirror folly remark in New Orleans
An observant man notes that men and women alike are foolish about mirrors. Sam Jones once quipped about women owning many shoes but lacking a looking glass, and the sentiment is echoed as outdated vanity persists.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Sam Jones
Silass
Men and mirrors in everyday life and vanity
The excerpt argues that men spend more time than women on grooming and self-admiration, noting mirrors in cigar shops and saloons. It claims men constantly judge themselves yet seldom truly see their own reflection, contrasting behavior with women and invoking a biblical sting about self-awareness.
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Judas
Emerson as Humorist in New England Centenary Eats
A New York Mail and Express meditation on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s humor, citing Collyer reminiscences of a Boston Saturday Club gathering where Lowell Holmes and Fields surrounded Emerson like Indians, and a Philadelphia lecture anecdote ending with his quip about a purse. The piece stresses Emerson's subtle, philosophical wit and enduring serene smile in portraits.
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Hamatreya
Christian Register
Robert Collyer
Church of the Messiah
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Holmes
James T. Fields
Sage of Concord
Dr. Collyer
Dr. Furness
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Chicago
Charles Dickens
Illinois Central
Mr. Emerson
Buttermilk Revival Sweeps New York Salons
In Buttermilk, New York a revived summer beverage gains popularity at soda fountains and fruit stands. The drink, plain buttermilk, is promoted as cooling without intoxication. Reports cite physicians recommending it for stomach and liver issues, with some drinkers consuming two to three quarts daily while eating little. A notable actress recovered from indigestion after a two week course, highlighting the unusual surge in buttermilk demand across hotels and larger saloons.
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New York
Sixth-avenue
Sun
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Im Boy s Attire Dressed as Man at Kew Gardens
A young woman named Miss Smith works as a gardener at Kew Gardens in London dressed in men's clothing on a graduate staff permit. She earns 1 shilling weekly and tends the herbaceous and Alpine plant department, soon mastering all tasks and hoeing a plot to root out rare orchids.
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