Calve Adopts Edna Darch as Fairy Godmother Plan
Edna Darch, a poor Los Angeles girl, is chosen by Calve to receive vocal training and a path to opera. Calve pledges to educate and support Edna for three years, with lessons in German Italian and French, then Paris and the world.
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Edna Darch
Los Angeles
Calve
Hans Christian Andersen
Darbog
Edna
Mme. Calve
Pasadena
Edna Darcb
Mana Dardh
Calvo
Paris
Ellizabeth Carrick
Miss Carrick
Hdna
Sodmother
Micaela
Marguerite
le Bon Dieu
World News on Marriage Ages Across Nations and A New Book Review
An article surveys marriage ages in various countries from Austria to Bulgaria and Turkey, noting 14 for boys in several regions and 12 for girls in others, with exceptions for Catholics and Protestants. It contrasts youthful weddings with Swiss norms and cites a new book, Helen Parker, by Charles Homer Steele, lauding its earnest portrayal of urban life and social themes.
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Austria
Germany
France
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Hungary
Switzerland
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Servia
America
Helen Parker
Charles Homer Steele
Salvation Army
Great Singer Seeks Fortune Nordica hires Reed for suit against government
Lillian Nordica the famed singer navigates a high profile suit against the U S government seeking 4 000 000. She travels from Sioux City where she met Norton descendants and recounts ancestral wealth and romance connected to colonial figures.
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Lillian Nordica
Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
New York
Mme. Nordica
Sioux City
Norton
Sam
Ichabod Norton
Mr. Reed
Nordica Seeks Millions in Long Running Suit
The case centers on Lilian Nordica and her claims tied to the estate of Fred C. Gower. Complications arise from a 1832 Paris marriage, separations in 1885, and multiple payments claimed by Nordica across 1893 and 1894. Reports place Gower alive at times in India or Boston, with fortunes transferred or diverted.
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Mme
Noriica
Fred ¢. Gower
Paris
English Channel
Nordica
Gower
Brookline
Mass
Country Club
Fred C. Gower
India
Boston
Painted Dinner Brings Vivid Paris Bespoke Table
A woman hosting a painted dinner creates a Paris inspired, highly colored table setting. The centerpiece features zinnias and silk, with painted menu leaves and candle shades that shift from etching to color as light changes. The piece recounts Mme Nordica’s French spoliation claim history and family heir dynamics.
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Paria
Lions Angered by Mirrors
A keeper at a menagerie recalls lions reacting violently to mirrors. In one instance a young boy concealed a hand mirror, startling the king of beasts and triggering a furious roar and frantic cage-battering by the lion. The keeper notes several similar episodes of panic caused by reflective surfaces.
Kansas Women Undertaker and Indian School Costs
A Kansas woman advocates at an undertakers convention that embalming is lucrative for women and will gain union support. Government cost for Indian schools in 1900 was $2,489,525 with 26,641 enrolled. A light remark notes marriage as a lucky outcome for the best man’s bride.
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Kansas
Lucky
Baseball English in Yale Record Captures Lively National Mood
Jamen Whit eld, president of Western Leagu s, praises a Yale Record piece on baseball. The article describes a tense late-inning rally with fast pitches, spectators roaring, and a powerful hit that clears the stands, ending with the crowd cheering a dramatic finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Record
Blyary
Phoebe
Spalding Elected National League President on Twenty Sixth Ballot
Albert G Spalding won the National League presidency on the twenty sixth ballot after the Broah Freedman faction left the meeting. The longtime baseball pioneer helped shape the sport into a business and today runs sporting goods houses with national reach and European branches.
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Spalding
A. G. Spalding
National League
Broah-Freedman
Mr. Spalding
O. Keefe
Rosie
Tle
Forest City
Rockford
Europe
Brush proposes board rule to replace league president
John T. Brush of Indianapolis and Cincinnati advocates abolishing the league president job and creating a powerful board of control modeled on the Jockey Club or the A A U. His plan would license and register players like jockeys and athletes and place them under constant board oversight.
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Broh
John T. Brush
Indianapolls
Cincinnati
Jockey Club
Brush
Uniform Playing Rules Seen for 2002 Baseball Leagues
Connie Mack, chair of the American League rules committee, expects both leagues to adopt a single set of regulations for the 2002 season. He urges nationwide adoption of a uniform code for baseball to standardize play across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mack
Committee On Rules
Western League Names James Whitfield New President
The Western League has chosen James Whitfield of Kansas City as its new president. A Kansas City Star sports editor for ten years, Whitfield, born June 27 1855 in England, helped organize the original Western League in 1886 and secured Kansas City franchise opportunities in National and American associations.
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James Whitfield
Kansas City
West
Kansas City Star
Peoria
Til
Peoria Reds
New York
Chicago
American Asociation
Cincinnati
Whitfield
Western League
Stoke-on-Trent
North Staffordshire
England
Pekin
Transcript
The
Freeman
Des Moines Loses Franchise as Cities Withdraw
Des Moines without a team after P Flynn Harry Eliott and W P C Chase withdraw Minneapolis Kansas City Omaha and St Paul from the Western league to form a new Western association. Des Moines and St Joseph abandon the franchise in protest, leaving Des Moines without a team for the coming season as a six club league is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
P. Flynn
Harry Eliott
W. P. C. Chase
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Paul
St. Joseph
Phua Deploys Players Signed for American League Run
Manager Mack hasso signs seventeen players for the American League season in Philadelphia. Catchers Mike Powers Maurice Steelman. Pitchers C G Frazer William Bernhard Edward Plask L W Wiltze William Duggleby Harry Davin Napoleon LaJoie Monte Cross Lave Crows Clyde Robinson T F Hartzell David Pulls Elmer Flick N M McIntyre Ralph Seybold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phuadeplhe
Mack Hasso
Philadelphia
Mike Powers
Maurice Steelman
C. G C. Frazer
William H. Bernhard
Edward Plask
L. W. Wiltze
William Duggleby
Harry Davin
Nepoleon LaJoie
Monte Cross
Lave Crows
Clyde Robinson
T. F. Hartzell
David Pulls
Elmer Flick
N. M. McIntyre
Ralph Seybold
May Get Incon May Play With Colling Team Next Season
Billy Dineen star pitcher of the Boston National League club may join Captain Colling's American League team in that city next season. Director Billings has given up hope for retaining him.
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Coling
Billy Dineen
Boston
Colling
Billings
McAleer Signs Anderson for St Louis Team Next Season
James McAleer, manager of the American league club to be based in St Louis next season, announces the signing of John Anderson for his squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAleer
Anderson
James McAleer
St. Louis
John Anderson
Rumors Fly Over Team Moves and Trials in Baseball
News of the Diamond reports on players and managers in flux as Dave Jones is eyed for a Chicago outfield role and Hilly Clingman is named Milwaukee’s manager. Frank Haller of the Blues offers a contract to Big Chief Lloyd, while Lafonte shows off in the East.
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Baseball Trust
Dave Jones
Chicago
Hilly Clingman
Milwaukee
Frank Haller
Buelings
Elaly
Lloyd
Norwood
Lafote le
Dougherty
Cinecinnxtl
Boston Americans
California Teague
Park Wilton
Charley Irwin
Comiskey
Clarke Griffth
Pittaburg
Ehouid
Thi Unicas
Bante i Doarclar Tonsl
Orcas
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Amma Calve
Miss Garrick
Damrosch
Wagner
Lilian Nordica
Miles Standish
Nortons
Allens
George Allen
Gleter
Walker
Peter Norton
Liltian Nord
Baseball Topics
Albert G. Spalding
Jamen Whiteld
Western Leagus
California
Maseball
Alsa
Montana
Idaho
Utah
South Atlantic States
Texas
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