Reform and sport in brief town gossip and law notes
In Townsend Messenger a Pennsylvania peach grower laments the 1895 crop loss while revealing last year’s 19 000 bushels sold. New York enacts reform with a strict police directive. Colleges face athletic stagnation as football and baseball waver. A Connecticut husband defends destroying his wife’s dresses as his property. A verse critic doubts a poet’s ear and touch. Customs may seize smuggled electricity, a bold but risky enterprise.
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Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Police officer fined and reprimanded for drunken conduct
A New York police member was arrested while intoxicated, reprimanded, and fined. The piece notes that under the old regime he might have been lauded and promoted if drinking at a Tammany ally’s dive. It also observes shifts in social justice and contrasts farming with reliance on imported potatoes.
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New York
Atlanta Girl’s Arrest Talk Reveals Hidden Intentions
A Georgia girl jailed for obtaining money under false pretenses told drummer she would be “tickled to death” to marry him, a claim she calls a mistake. The item blends varied opinions from Cromwell statues to Canada’s electricity tax and a Potsdam onion social, reflecting a kaleidoscope of early 1900s themes.
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Atlanta
Ajax
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Niagara Falls
God of Lightning
Mrs Kipling Backstory Cited in Local Gossip
Report notes Mrs Kipling described as a small woman with soft brown eyes and a sweet expression. Friends allege she influences Paul Kipling’s controversial remarks about Americans and Vermont neighbors, claiming her sweetness is reserved for him.
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Kiplings
Mrs. Kipling
Paper plates used in some German restaurants
Report notes that several German eateries are serving meals on disposable paper plates. The shift reflects cost cutting and cleanliness practices amid rising dining costs. Local patrons welcome the casual trend.
McMahon the Baltimore Pitcher and Bancroft's Equalizing Plan
John J McMahon star pitcher for the Baltimore club details his rise from Wilminton Delaware to major league status with the Athletics and Orioles. Frank Bancroft proposes a rule barring second division clubs from selling players to first division teams to equalize strength amid changes in pitching boxes and gloves.
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John J. McMahon
Baltimore
Bancroft
Ohn J.m'mahon
American Association
Wilmington
Del
West Chester
McMahon
Washington Park
Brooklyn
Bushong
MccMahon
Norristown Pa
Athletics of
Philadelphia
Athletics
Frank Bancroft
National League
Turmoil of Widowed Empresses Aboard German and Portuguese Courts
Widows Widows Empress Frederick of Germany and Queen Dowager of Portugal Quentin have stirred court discord since becoming widows. Both boast wit, label themselves as clever women, yet lack tact. Berlin and Lisbon court friction followed ill advised remarks about daughters in law.
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Frederick
Germany
Quentin
Portugal
Spree
Tagus
Berlin
Harlem Coffee Cooler Frank Craig to Wed Bossie Burton
Frank Craig known as the Harlem Coffee Cooler will marry Bossie Burton an Englishwoman and daughter of theatrical manager Robert Burton. The color line has been obliterated in Craig’s case, as it was with Jackson.
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Nebraska
Frank Craig
Harlem
Bossie Burton
Robert Burton
Craig
Jackson
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertised as Blood Remedy
An 19th century advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable blood medicine restoring red corpuscles and removing impurity. It cites nervousness tiredness scrofula and other illnesses linked to low blood as curable by the product and claims testimonials from a pastor in Apalachin New York.
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Hood
Schnell
Free Baptist Church
Apalachin
N, Y
Culture and cures in quirky 19th century notes
A collage of stray lines from culture and medicine columns. References to Chicago bookshops and pastels mix with light chat about romance and engagement. Advertisements praise Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Piso’s Cure for Consumption. notes on income tax reveal era-typical figures and claims.
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Chicago
W RO Williams
Antioch, Ills
Syrup of Figs Promoted As A Gentle Health Laxative
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels. It claims wide medical approval and sale in 0c and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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John R. Stout
Montana
United States
Oliver Cromwell
England
Cromwell
Cuba
Potsdam
N. Y
Kerr
Rules Committee
Ed Hanlon
Cross
Connaughton
Boston
Pittsburg
Glasscock
Lyons
Ehret
Gumbert
St. Louis
Buckenberger
All Diamonds
Brackett
Quincy
Lutenberg
Louisvilles
Larocque
Dave
Dave Johnson
Mexico
Jack
New Orleans
Planters
Prince's Cottage
Irene Hudson
Irene
van Leer
Alston
Sing Sing
John J. M' Mahon
Nood
Old School of Medicine
Jin
Christian Endeavor
Montreal
Ethel
Eva
Squires
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hamlin
Hamlins Wizard Oil Co
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Colce
Ster Rubber CO
IFREE
Halsted
Fair Tiee
Ely
Animial
Wrecking CO
Mocksworth Union Stock Yards
Lanssiner& Co
Quincy &T
Arrell
Washington, dC
Ension Winstons
Washington
Nef
Ension Burean
Aime, Atty
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