Early 1902 Baseball Spring Training Across Teams
The 1902 season opens with major league teams already at spring drills. Connie Mack's pitchers train in Chapel Hill and Charlotte, while Cleveland and Philadelphia head South. Boston, New York, Chicago and St Louis also set training plans across the South and North with playoffs and rosters shaping for April. Peoria Western League names 14 players and orders report by April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mackhee
Chapel Hill
South
Washington
N. C
New Orleans
Cleveland Bunch
Bonner
Chicago
Boston
Buckenbergers Bunch
Thomasville
Connie Mack
Charlotte
Athletics
Andy” Freedman
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Excelpior Springs
Philadelphia
Poston
Augusta
Baltimore
Savannah
Norfolk
St. Louis
Wear Baton
Ind
Detroit
French Lick Springs
Ypsilanti
Mich
Cleveland
Champaign
New York
St. Louie
Louis
Cincknati
Vicksburg
Miss
Brooklyn
Columbia
Wisconsin State League heads for new leadership
The Wisconsin State League replaces Milwaukee as the circuit's base and A. G. Grunison becomes president. Grunison has long baseball roots, playing with semi pro teams in Boston and Massachusetts cities and later guiding players to Hoanmont, Adking, Walters, Kivinow, Kaoge and Bobuatale.
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Guunlon
Milwaukee
W. F. Stein
A. G.grunison
Alwys
Boston
Lynn
Newton
Massachuertts
Wappin
Bee
Belen
Claiwe
Wink
Adh
Hoanmont
Adking
Walters
Kivinow
Kaoge
Bobuatale
Elrulon
Fragmented sports note from cryptic 18th scattered lines
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a baseball or ball game with names like Galvio and references to Allegheny and Depsball. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent events or outcomes. No clear date team or score can be determined from the readable portions.
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Galvio
Cantillon Turns Railroading Pledge Into High Railway Rank
In 1878 William D Cantillon starred at third base for Omaha and drew interest from eastern clubs. He declined offers, played in California over winter, then retired to railroading, later rising to assistant general superintendent of the Northwestern Railroad in Chicago.
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Willem DB. Cantino
William D. Cantillon
Omaha
Cantillon
Cali
Basebell
Northwestern Railroad
Chicago
Tribute to Ban Johnson Elevates AL President Salary
The American League grants Ban Johnson a larger salary as a tribute to his leadership. The executive's routine work and contributions are cited for transforming the AL into the leading major league in the world.
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Ban Johnson
Johnson
Funeral for Thomas Marne Burns Draws Huge Springfield Crowds
The funeral for Thomas Jr. Burns, famed basketball player and manager, drew two thousand attendees at Sacred Heart Church in Jersey City. Many others were turned away as the service became one of Springfield's most notable memorials.
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Thomas Marne
Thomas Jr. Burns
Jersey City
Springfield
Sacred Heart Church
Baseball and football signings and appointments listed
A garbled roster of signings and hirings across multiple teams and leagues. Players Dickey Pat Conroy Nick Wise and Derwin Columbus are noted along with umpires and executives such as George Borchers and Johhenn in various cities including Decatur Portland Salt Lake City Cleveland and Hopkinsville.
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Snaetall Gaaip
Manecer Pfeffer
Decatur
Dickey
George Tebeaut
Fink
Pat Conroy
Portland
Lawrence
Baltimore
Smith
Red Lion
Petar Childs
Kaymer
Gus Moran
Whitfield
George Borchers
Salt Lake City
McGee
Bratford
Manhattan
Haverhill
Nick Wise
Derwin Columbus
Marion
Christy Matthewves
Hingtiey Jeanine
Mernel
Hoffalo
Tadianapella
Pyar and
Marshall
Dirminghem Hae
Elened
Witchors
Wawely Tein MeKen
Chicago
John Morrie
Hopkinsville
Woot Tiling
Montane League
Holono
Miah
Neleon Long
Maceo Laerow
Prhiwetou
Coane
Harvard
Railways shaping towns by location and rails
The Century notes railways create and locate towns ahead of populations. Chicago and St. Louis are cited as transportation hubs where lines lay out sites for dozens of new towns and regions before inhabitants arrive, dictating future growth and development.
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Lea
Chicagota
St. Louis
Fattest Children in the World Linger Near Budapest
The two fattest children in the world live near Budapest Hungary Therese Santo age seven and her cousin Marissa Juhasz age nine. Therese weighs 120 pounds surpassing typical peers while Marissa weighs ten pounds less. Both girls are healthy according to state medical professors and have only appeared in exhibitions in Budapest.
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Buda-Pesth
Hungary
Therese Santo
Nagy Koros
Therese
Marissa Juhasz
Fleas Declared Wild Animals in Swiss Ruling
A Swiss court labeled a shipment of trained fleas as wild animals and menagerie after a long inquiry. The case progressed from local offices to Berne, where officials concluded the fleas fell under animal and exhibition status.
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Switzerland
Geneva
Edihlea
Berne
Remarkable Elephant Trunk Elm In Worcester City
A strange growth on a Worcester elm resembles an elephant trunk and has drawn curiosity for centuries. The tree stands near the city hall beside the common and is described as an aged landmark in local lore.
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Worcester
Massachusetto
Mass
Agele
Unclear text fragment from Teapa New York report
Fragmentary OCR text from a Teapa area page mentions a teacher of pramdvit and a late figure, with garbled phrases about actions at midnight and a potential procedure. Names and places are indistinct, rendering a coherent event impossible.
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Abeer Metiniers
Aliee Mieidey
Pramdvit
New York
Taney
Avery Empertiolty
Elien Alanen E
Veterans Memories and Battles Across Civil War Lines
The article recalls Warren A. and Edward A. Peabody of Nashua and Danversport, veterans of the Ninth New Hampshire and Massachusetts regiments. It recounts battles from South Mountain to Vicksburg, details their postwar lives, and notes GA R membership. It also describes the Twenty-third Minnesota regiment’s controversial movement and Union fortunes at Petersburg and the crater battle, highlighting heroism and heavy losses.
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Nashua
N. H
Warren A. Peabody
Edward A. Peabody
Danversport
Mass
Warren
Lydia Dale Peabody
Wenham
Ninth
New Hampshire Regiment
South Mountain
Antettata
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg
Neely
Mina
Edward
Massachusetts
Gloucester
Quincey
Hannibal
Col. Grant
William Calderwood
Perking
Twenty-third Minnots
Twenty-third Regiment
Springfield
Quincy
Helmont
Columbus
Grant
Appomattox
Milwaukee Sentinel
Petersburg
Fifty-eighth
Burnside
Union
Denen
Grant's chance debated in Platteville recollection
A reminiscence from Platteville Wisconsin recalls General Grant era and a salesman named J H Bvana who claims he knew Grant before during and after the war. The fragment mentions a struggle in business and a family letter from Jesse Grant, with rumors of position and pay for Alywres Grant, plus scattered notes on soldiers and assignments.
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Kien
Grant
J. H. Bvana
Platteville
Wis
Gen. Grant
Mr. Bvana
Galena
Perkins
Jesse Grant
St. Louis
Alywres Grant
Porkina
Jeane Grant
Leila
John A. Rawiling
Yvonne Jane
Gil
Maphraed
Alam
Bortoguid
After Gettysburg A Cavalry Doctor Enters Battle
A Civil War scene shows a young private leading a hospital detail to tend the wounded. A doctor attempts care amid gunfire before a knotted interruption reveals power and peril on the battlefield.
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Gettysburg
Balidler
Health dept warns on alum baking powders scandal
Old New York report warns that dangerous cheap baking powders containing alum and pulverized rock were dumped into offal and river. advises consumers to buy only reputable brands and beware unscrupulous grocers selling alum under unknown names.
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New York
Health Department of
Sixth Ave
England
York
Jean
Notable French Writers Celebrated Across Centuries
Announcement notes the centenary commemorations for Victor Hugo and Alexander Dumas born in the same year. It promotes Aller powder for foot comfort, claims ease for new shoes, and lists a sample address in Lakoy.
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Alexander Damas
Ture
Victor Hugo
Alexandras
France
All Druggsn
Addreas Allen
Olmsted
Lakoy
First Mention of Shaving in Genesis Record
The fragment notes Genesis chapter eleven verse fourteen mentions Joseph shaving when summoned before the king. It highlights early biblical grooming practice as an incidental detail in ancient prose.
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Peoria
Billy Hart
Schafetall
Simonton
Konkalek
Hart
Reading
Hanford
Buithinfelders
Vaughn
Mahoney
Telmid
Gilligan
Outfelders
Erickson
Dashane
Croft
Allegheny
Buffalo
Galvin and Miller
Dan Brouthers
Deacon" White
Jack Rowe
Hardy” Richardson
Haseball
Pittsburg
Bt. Louis
FOR Veterans
Erie
Edward W. and
G. A. R. and
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Henri
Pilin
Etedrapoll
Bayer
the Doctor Cae
Raed
Cala Alanartis
Purine
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Grand Rapids
Mlc
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