Market Chat Confusion Leads to Narrow Escape
A brief exchange reveals confusion over a market outing with unclear details. The dialogue suggests someone advised Jerely to reconsider and avoid a star item, but specifics remain unspecified.
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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
7
Unclear Fragmentary Text About A Star, Dealer, and Shot
The provided text is fragmentary and unclear. It mentions a star and a dealer but lacks coherent facts, names, places, dates, or an identifiable event to summarize into a proper news item.
Fragmentary notes reflect a puzzled reader
jumbled lines show a confused message about returning to a place and time. no clear people, places, or events are identified. context indicates uncertainty and incomplete thoughts rather than a full news item or notice.
Dream Vision of a Detective's Death in Hayes City
Gen. D J Cook recounts the tale of Alex Ramsey a Denver detective killed near Hayes City in 1875 after pursuing two horse thieves Dutch Pete and an unnamed companion Ramsey and his associate Frank Shepherd attacked the thieves in a pistol duel Ramsey was fatally shot and died at midnight the same day his wife Mrs Ramsey dreamt of his death and later witnessed the covered wagon bringing his body the dream proved true and Ramsey was buried while Mrs Ramsey later died as a grieving widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Cook
Rocky Mountain Detective Association
Denver
Anurder
Gen Cook
Alex Ramsey
Hayes City
Kan
Ramsey
Mussouri Valley
Colorado
Kansas Pacific
Gen. Cook
Rocky Mountain Detective Agency
Mr. Ramsey
Dutch Pete
Smoky Hill
Republican River
Rtamsey
Frank Shepherd
Shepherd
Mrs. Ramsey
Alex
Wieves
Long Chess Match Spans Five Years Across Continents
A drawn game reportedly became the longest chess match when a New York friend and an Australian opponent played by mail for five years. Each move traveled via ship routes and telegraphy, with a Pacific and Europe route for one side and the Suez Canal route for the other. A second long match involved seven Germans in New York and a Bremen club, lasting two years and five months, ending with New York victory in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Newark
N. Y
Europe and Sue Canal
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
New York
Bremen
Germany
Rapid Eater Choked at Mount Vernon Dinner
William Frederick son of Robert Frederick former Globe Iron Works superintendent Port Chester choked on roast beef at the Mount Vernon family dinner. A piece of meat lodged in his windpipe and he died in about twenty minutes despite physicians statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
William Frederick
Robert Frederick
Globe Iron Works
Port Chester
Mount Vernon
Frederick
Cause of the Kettle's Song
The article explains the kettle sings when water heats. Bubbles form at the kettle bottom rise upward and crowd the sides, causing the metal to vibrate and produce the high note.
One of Many. Clara and Maud discuss quiet young shadow
Clara remarks the young shadow spoke little earlier and Maud confirms he was quite talkative now. The brief exchange hints at a larger storyline without revealing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Hadow
Maud
Circuit talks on league size settle with no change
Chicago report denies reductions in the major league circuit with Cleveland Washington clubs bound to finish the season. Hart Brush confirm the 1901 partnership and six more months certainty, while Washington faces reorganization and uncertain sale prospects. Connie Mack notes a player’s early career shift to outfield with Beloit College ties and subsequent play in Waupun and Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Cleveland
Washington
Robison
Messrs. Hart
Brush
Thomases
Baltimore
Willy Nilly
Record Sunday Attendance Caps Chicago Cincinnati Game
A Chicago versus Cincinnati Sunday game drew about 28 000 spectators with an admission turnover of 27 489 and around 7 000 turned away. Fans crowded gates and fences as tickets sold out with no room left at the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg Signs Beaumont From Milwaukee as Rising Outfielder
Clarence Beaumont, Pittsburg’s new outfielder from Milwaukee, jumped from his first minor league stint to the National League. He joined Milwaukee on Aug 6 last year, played 24 games with a .354 average, 21 singles, six doubles, two triples, five homers, two sacrifices, and a 0.907 fielding percentage. Beaumont, a Rochester Wisconsin native, impressed critics in the Western league with his speed, baserunning, and strong throwing from the outfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Clarence Beaumont
Milwaukee
Daly
Waldron
Beaumont
Rochester
Wis
Boston Champions Face Tough Field In Open Circuit Race
Boston leads the league as the strongest all round team with harmony and star players. Brooklyn St Louis Cincinnati Chicago vie to challenge Boston while managers plan campaigns to test Selee's squad and expose its weaknesses. The field hopes for a breakthrough against the champion Bostons this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Globe
Bostons
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Hanlon
Ewing
Tebeau
Selee
A Tip for Young Players From Veteran McPhee
McPhee of the Cincinnati team explains young players should imitate his frugal eating before games. He says he plays on an almost empty stomach and that light meals at noon are sufficient. He notes that good work cannot come from a full stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPhee
Cincinnati
Remarkable Play in 1896 Between Joyce and Parrot
John B. Sheridan recalls an 1896 moment when Bill Joyce of Washington started from first base on a fly and sprinted around the bases as Tacks Parrot chased the ball in deep center for St Louis. Parrot misplayed no error occurred yet Joyce scored from first on a routine out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Joyce
Washington
Tacks Parrot
St. Louis
John B. Sheridan
Tacks
Bill
Parrott
Diamond Glints Casey Outshines Washington Teammate
Casey shows better work for Brooklyn as a faster team boosts his play. Clark Griffith fights a $25 game removal fine, Hart refuses to relent, Hanlon notes too many New England men on the staff. Dreyfuss orders ejects for groundwise taunts at Louisville. Irwin reshuffles Senators with Slagle to short, Cassidy to third, Mercer to left, Gettman to center, O'Brien benched. Times have changed. players can now sign their names on contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Brooklyn
Washington
Clark Griffith
Hart
Hanlon
New England
Boston
Louisville
Dreyfuss
Irwin
Slagle
Cassidy
Mercer
Gettman
O’brien
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamor
Jerely
Star
En. Cook
Connie Mack
Adkins
Waupun
Mack
Beloit College
Waupuns
Prison City
Joseph H. Kelley
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