History of the pennant race and umpire conduct in baseball
The article surveys the 1890s league standings and players behavior, praising rising star Jim Criger and detailing umpire protections. It notes Interstate League finances, pennant prospects for Newcastle, and protests by Mansfield, with calls to discipline abusive language and support league officials against on-field insults.
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Crigen
Tlme
National League
Criger
Latham
Young
C. B. Power
George B. Moreland
Power
Newcastle
Moorfield
Mansfield
Musphemy
Pulliam
Capt. Clarke
Philadelphia
Clarke
Kelley
Louisville
Theatrical Topics on Antoinette Dramas and Ghetto Rivalry
The article surveys Clinton Stuart's Marie Antoinette play with Mirabeau and the Count de Fersen, introduces Daudet and Sappho-like works, notes actors Virginia Harned and E. H. Sothern, and discusses stage rivalries over Ghettos and new American plays by Calmour for Frohman.
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Clinton Fitusrt
Mime
Modjeska
Marie Antoinette
Amon
Mirabeau
Alex de Fersen
Louis XVI
Clinton Stuart
Count de Provente
Count d'Artois
Mme
Adelaide
Etiquette
Lamhalle
Elizabeth
Robespierre
Marat
Danton Sgure
Paris
Patton
Trianon
Versaliica
1789
Fright at a Face and a Master’s Violins Mystery
A first person tale recalls a master violinist who marries his housekeeper daughter ending in bliss, deceit, and blindness. An aristocratic countess manipulates love, a Paris oculist, and a rival bride Lulu drive a descent into madness ending with a madhouse and a ruined marriage. The violin’s spell haunts the narrator as memories sour.
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Blaise
Earth
Estelle Vaughn
Estelle Richi
Ralstom
Ralston
Marion
Halston
Paris
Music
Lulu
New York News
Powder Puff In Cuba Reflects Fading Famine Scarcity
A Philadelphia North American piece notes that despite past hunger, Cuban women of all classes rely on powder puffs as a daily beauty ritual. Teachers to factory workers, including tobacco plant girls, pause at 9:45 to apply makeup, treating it as essential to presentability before facing the streets.
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Cuba
Philadelphia
la Carona
Havana
T Hem
Octopus Delicacy Spreads in Jersey Markets
In Jersey markets blue gowned attendants offer octopus alongside winkles limpets and crab. Reporters describe dried and smoked octopus resembling leather scraps or fresh, repulsive limbs. Lobster absence noted as cats nine tails and impet claim the predator’s appetite. Octopus appears, ample this year, and promises a new cheap sensation for gastronomic visitors.
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Jersey
M'Sen
Jieturesque
Lanfon
Loss of acquired instincts in animals and humans
Darwin noted that fear is an acquired instinct, prone to loss in strange surroundings. He cited cows, dogs, and horses as examples, and described how land birds lose learned bearings at sea until land reasserts instinct. Panic from fires, shipwreck, or pestilence can reduce humans to primitive urges.
Peoria Distillers Prizes Highlight Japanese Customers
A fragmented note praises Peoria distillers greatest customers as the Japanese and suggests a cautious approach for choosing allies. The text emphasizes adaptability and selecting the right partners for success.
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Peoria
Peoria Distillers
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