Baseball Notes from a Fragmented Box Score Era
Fragmented notes describe players like Cy Seymour and Honus Wagner, speculation on trades and positions, and Chicago and Philadelphia team chatter. Benign gossip touches on Gettman out for the season, Brooklyn’s pitching, and Philadelphia’s Dolan boosting the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takim Te
Pew Mae
Doheny
de Ginek
Dowling
Isl
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Lowie- Millie
Cy Seymour
Tebens
Honus Wagner
Teuton
Wagner
Hones Han
Bill Stie
Tom Burns
Har Iite
Jim Hurt
Gettman
Brooklyna
Vanhat Tutebie
Dolan
Richmond
Twestax
Philadelpha
Ineta
Joe" Campbell
Washington Post
Phiadelphia
Dick Cowley
Foret
Cowley
Deth
Hervy Player
Grape Nuts Claim Promises Big Health Benefit
An advertisement touts Grape Nuts as more nourishing per pound than meat or wheat and recounts a testimonial of a man gaining 4 pounds after switching to the cereal. It stresses pre digested nutrition and easy digestion and notes a price of 15 cents per pack from Postum Cereal Co Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkace
Posturm Cereal Co, Ltd
Baltimore Orioles Rated Fastest Ball Club in Nation
Veteran catcher Sebriver declares Baltimore Orioles the fastest team in the country with superior outfield throwing and base running. Bowerman praises the Orioles as stronger and more versatile than last year, noting fast hit and run play and unpredictable style as The Baltimore Sun quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Sebriver
Brooklyn
McGraw
Orioles
Bowerman
Otter
The
Baltimore Sun
Jiminez Arrested in Havana Over Santo Domingo Aspiration
In Havana on August 1 Colonel Cacailao claimed General Jiminez sought Santo Domingo presidency. Captain Stamper arrested Jiminez on arrival from Clenfuegos after orders to detain him on the Mendez steamer. Jiminez opposed the action, then yielded as authorities prepared to move him to Union Station hotel under guard amid local unrest and questions over legality.
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Havana
Cacailao
Jimines
Santo Domingo
Clestuegos
Stamper
Timines
Mendez
Stemmer
Clenfusgus
Jiminez
Oscary
Rimmete
Senor Frias
Clenfuec
Caneral
Simipez
Santtiago de Coba
San Domingo
Aybor
Timinex
Clenfueres
Sanilate de Cuba
Santa Fe & Grant Canyon Railway Company Formed
Aug 19. The Stare- Gee reports here that a new company named the Santa Fe and Grant Canyon Railway Company has already ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Pa
Los Angeles
Cal
Stare- Gee Teas
Two Miners Killed in Central City Rope Break
Galena August 19 report Sam Courtwright was fatally injured yesterday afternoon at Central City when an eighty foot rope broke, killing him. The accident occurred at a mining site where another miner was reportedly injured but details are incomplete. Authorities are investigating the rope failure and safety practices at the operation.
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Galena
Sam Courtwright
Central City
Snaps From Topeka Home News Gleanings
Topeka items report city edits and appointments. Charles Gleed returns from the caxt. A third coat of paint planned for the city building. Various residents, visitors, and events noted including sports, transport, and local commerce.
Munyons Inhaler Cures Catarrh In 19th Century Ad
A miscellany of Topeka news notes reports on Munyons Inhaler curing catarrh and various local items. Mentions Kansas and Oklahoma produce dealers meeting in Kansas City, tennis entries, Topeka merchants planning entertainment for soldiers, and civic events around Topeka. Several names and places appear including Santa Fe officials, local courts, and state government figures.
Topeka notes on work, law, and social topics
A fragmented Topeka page covers affairs before travel to Philadelphia and a professor in a big dental college. It notes ongoing hay shipments from alfalfas, G C Clemens’s early bar admission in Ohio, a funeral directors rule about withdrawal for family choice, praise for fashion plates in western papers, and a Honolulu handbook arrival. It also reports a Tryon reform school sentence for Will Holland and a book agent’s entry tactic to gain access for a sales pitch.
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Philadelphia
Topeka
G. C. Clemens
Ohio
Association of
Max
Ne-The
Steve Tine
Department of Foreign Affairs
Honoula
H. L
Hawaiian
Rainbow Islands
Will Holland
Dolman
Forty-two Elevators Change Hands in Minnesota
In Winona Minnesota on August 12 a major grain elevator transfer was completed the National Elevator company selling its line of 42 elevators along the Great Northern and Milwaukee and St Paul railroads to the Vandusen Harrington company of Minneapolis the deal represents a large consolidation of local storage capacity and rail access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Winona
Minn
National Elevator Company
Great Northern
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Vandusen-Harrington Company
Minneapolis
Hanged as a Joke in Ohio Barn Death
George Simcoe was found dead in a barn near Murray City Ohio with a rope around his neck and a noose end hanging from a rack. Two men seen near the barn before the discovery were arrested on suspicion as investigators consider the death a suspected joke gone wrong.
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Murray City
George Simcoe
Railroad Foreclosure Auction Wins by Central Line
Stuart Brown of Springfield sold at Robinson to the Wisconsin Central railroad the St Louis Indianapolis and Eastern line for 1 000 000 under a federal foreclosure decree in the United States district court for the southern district of Illinois. The road runs from Effingham to Switz City Indiana with connections to the Illinois Central at Effingham and rights of way to East St Louis Newton Indianapolis and Sullivan.
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Springfield
Stuart Brown
United States District Court
Southern District of Illinois
Robinson
St Louis, Indianapolis & Eastern Railroad
Wiiaeis Central Railroad
Central Trust Company of New York
Effincham
Switz City
Green County
Ind
Tinois Central
Hfingham
East St. Louis
Newton
Indianapolis
Sullivan
Newton and Sullivan
St Louis, Indianapolis & Eastern Line
Kansas Uses Proclamation for Porto Rico Aid
Governor Stanley to issue proclamation urging Kansas residents to aid Porto Rico sufferers. Railroads have volunteered to transport donated goods at no charge.
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Stanley
Kansas
Porto Rico
Clyde steamer Iroquoi overdue from New York
Telegraphs from Charleston Savannah Havana and other cities report the Clyde steamer Iroquoi with first cabin passengers left New York Tuesday afternoon and was overdue by about four hours. Small anxiety noted for the vessel’s safety. Other notes include steamer Habeas 49 hours overdue from New York, Vigilancia leaving Nassau for Havana, and heat waves causing two prostrations in Chicago. A cutter Great Western from Gloucester reported Howard Blackburn well. Number of drafted men reported as 303 on August 12 with enough to fill the first ten regiments. A siege and blockade reported in Paris targeting Rue de Chabrol area and anti Semite activity.
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Charles S. Gleed
Caxt
Henry Williams
Manitou
K. Smith
Leavenworth
Austin Neal
Wichita _Eagle
Topeka
Huttera
Hrettenthal
Emporia
Tom King
Holton
Clarence Dennis
Chicago
Buffalo
J. £. Hartley
Son
Charles Schreck
Washburn
Ruburndale
Potwin
Kansas Avenue
Fourth Street
Y. M. CG
Fred Houghton
Topel
Mal T. W. Scudder
J.P. Kuster
Santa Fe
Fair Grounds
Black
Tor Whitmer
Milwaukee
John Sargent Lesves
Iss Vesna
George B. Palmer
Masonic
Western Star Wheelmen
Lawrence
Charles M. Sheldon
Frank Nelson
C. 3. Sutton
Wisconsin
James B. Hayten
New York
Europe
T.T. Kelly
Misini County
Stanley
Norton
Blue Rapids
W. A. Johnston
Supreme Court
Minneapolis
Kan
John
Dennis Madden
Yeoman
J. W. Berde
Wyoming
Jennings
Cuba
Porto Rico
Toreka
Dingman
Santa Fe Hospital
Charles Curtis
Flrat
Horton
Kankas Avenue
George Burdett
Florener
Frebenthal
Irene
Lizzie McNeal
Engineer McNeal
Santa Px
W. F. Firth
Rock Berens
W. H. Seibees
Wheelwhand
Denver
Highton
M. Fisk
Wester Avenue
Emporia Republican
Aba
Weil Seeer
W. L. Ingham
Kansas
Ee Etree
Crecaett
Uarneah
Dreyfus
G. & Bowman
Toprka
Charleston
S. C
Iroquoi
Kemble
Washington
America
United States
School of
Law
F. H. Snow
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Sopemout Man Teak Rccter B Gamble OD Cinci
Munyon
Tor Smi Bymatt
Tary
Produce Dealers’ Association of
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Web Wilder
Dykingston Courts
Merchants of
Momlay
J. S. Hobson
Colorado
Colorado Southern
Tussell
Hanes
Guthrie
Jefferson County
Samuel Pottenger
Li. Seagraves
G. A
J. G. Waters
W. S. Morse
Checker
Miranda J. Thompson
Sylvanus E. Thompson
Miranda 3. Robbins
Rumsey
A. T. Waeguner’s
Kaenras Avenue
James
Burgett
Irene Sorrell
Lambertz
Mitchell County
State House
Topeka Reality Co
Jet
Rege
A. J. Whitmore
Secretary of State
Wdith
Republican County Committee
Dent
W. Boutwell
War Department
C.H. Thompson
Lyman
Jennie Rawson
Topeka Ave
Nue
Davis
Poultry West
Charles Steinberger
North Topeka
Swayze
Higwatke Fre
Fremen
Godard Seye
Trusts
Stanley le Pan San 5
St Louis
de. A. H. Thompson
St L.L & Eastern Road
Forto Rico
BRLEF
Savannah
Habeas
Havans
Ward
Nassau
Vigilancia
Thorning
Hriatol
Eng
Great Western
Gloucester
Masa
Brieto Channel
Howard Blackburn
Paris
Squires’ Pharmacy
Renses Avenue
Catarre
Bright
Atauos
Over Hub
Chicago Medical Institute
Kas
University of Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
Ugh
Lemseivon
Manhattan
Eansss
George M. Noble
Crawford Building
Topeea, Kas
Kansas Medical College
Iin
Olitee Collagots & Mambar
Wostacn
Yitien
Millietara
R. 5. Magee
M.D
J. E. Minney
M. D
Southwestern Fuel CO
Kansas Ave
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