First Offense Leads to Champagne and Reform
A tale of Billy Meekins and an official champagne party ends with a drunken stumble and a wife's vow to reform. The governor and adjutant general attend a lavish dance with champagne and jokes, culminating in Meekins drinking heavily, collapsing at home, and triggering a fervent temperance revival led by his wife.
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Meekins
Will
Company X
Billy Meekins
Billy
Telegraph
Loyal Children’s League
Baltimores
Petersburgs
Petersburg
Heavy Hitting Third Baseman Everitt of White Stockings Profile
Baseball gossip pieces trace William L. Everitt born 1868 in Fort Wayne Ind through youth in Denver and pro stints with San Francisco San Jose Augusta and Detroit. The article tracks his batting fielding totals in 1890 1894 plus notes on Pfeffer Anson Caylor and various league moves amid brief club news and other player notes.
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White Stockings
Big League
Illiam L. Everitt
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
Denver
Col
Everitt
Pacific Slope
San Francisco
California
San Jose
Augusta Club
Detroit
New York
Zearfoss
Clements
Elmer Smith
Pittsburg
Rothermel
New Orleans
Denny Lyons
Baltimore
Toronto
Gray
Chicagos
Kittredge
Donohue
Buckenberger
Jules Guyot
John F. Morrill
Journal
Boston
Hastings
Goar
James Conners
Memphis
Pottsville
Harry Vanderhorst
Union Park
Jimmy Donnelly
McGraw
Dangers of New York Tale Ends with Pawned Five Dollar Bill
A harnessmaker from Jaws Iowa travels to New York to sightsee. While paying for tobacco he shows a $5 bill and a stranger woman claims to be his wife from 1869. She seizes him by the neck and demands the money, leading to his compulsion to return the five dollars to avoid further trouble as reported by the Atchison Globe.
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New York
Jaws
William
Iowa
Atchison Globe
The Jokers Corner Man Uses Roles in Summer Plans
Cartoon verse describes a witty set of lines about a man labeled useful for every activity from coasting to boating and tennis while a punchline reveals him kneeling in the country mire mending a punctured tire. The humor hinges on practical chores masking as companionship.
Clergyman Witness Refuses to Join Divorce Inference
The Rev Samuel E Pearson of Portland Maine testified in a divorce case and told the judge he would grant the divorce if in the judge’s place. He then argued that the Lord had not joined the couple, noting the injunction about not separating what God joined.
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Fred’ Pfeffer
Polly
Samuel E. Pearson
Portland
Waycross Georgia Proves Dryest Town Claim
Governor Atkinson and aides toured Waycross in southern Georgia. A staffer declared Waycross the dryest town on earth noting even carpenters are not allowed to carry spirit levels. The governor answered only with a dignified silence.
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Georgia
Atkinson
Waycross
Detroit Free Press
Disanion in the Church Sparks Wardroom Quarrel over Bicycle
Snippets from papers cite a church withdrawal following a dispute between Willits and the minister about who owned the best bicycle. Other lines recall comments about O’Hara and McGoogan from Boston Globe chatter and a light remark about a dog and tricks.
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Willits
Indianapolis Journal
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National Board
Cassidy
Louisville
O. P. Caylor
Pfeffer
William L.everitt
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Cincinnnatis
O'Hara
McGoogan
Beyant
Boston Globe
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