Tucson Fans Doubt Local National Game Plans
The Citizen reports declining local interest in a Tucson baseball club with fan inquiries rising but active support missing. Manager Capo works to raise funds and assemble a squad including candidates Drachman Mc Chesney Kelly Ford Grows Armstrong Moon Aldrich Chambers Windsor Francis and White, while El Paso Bisbee Phoenix Nogales teams practice nearby.
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Tucson
United States
Capo
Smanuel Drachman
Arizona
James
Dr Pierce's Discovery Cures Kidney Disease in Woman
After years of kidney trouble Miss Minnie Ryan of St Louis Missouri found a complete cure from Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The ad claims stomach health drives overall vitality and that the remedy heals stomach and digestion as the source of systemic cure. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Pellets for biliousness and cites a testimonial from Miss Gankero Avenue Missouri.
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Minnie Ryan
St. Louis
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Tornado Strikes Texas Towns Causing Injury and Damage
Tornado near Glen Rose Somervell county causes extensive property damage. Initial reports of casualties revised with fifty to sixty injured and two deaths near Brazos Point. Supplies and doctors dispatched to aid survivors.
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Dallas
Tex
Glen Rose
Somervell County
Brazos Point
Police chief orders purse cut to end Donovan bouts
Salt Lake City April 29. Chief Hilton warned Salt Lake Athletic Club officials that Donovan must be given the big end of the purse or future contests would be prohibited. Club officials obeyed the order after an unsatisfactory ending to the Phil Green-Young Dono bout.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Phil Green
Young Donovan
Salt Lake Athletic Club
Hilton
Donovan
Age of the Brass Band in historical view
Ainslee's recounts early brass bands noting the inventor died in 1804 at eighty and tracing from 1783 army ensembles to a modern forty two piece band with many more clarinets horns and saxophones. The piece compares old and new instruments and humorously contrasts sizes and capabilities.
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Harvey Sutherland
Ainslee
Adolphe Sax
Tennyson
Elaborate Drunkard’s Vessels From Old Germany Exhibit
A Berlin museum houses a 1610 Augsburg silver stag drinking cup with removable head, standing fourteen inches high and clockwork mobile base. Also shown is a glass with fighting hares linked to Friedrich Wilhelm I, and trick cups that mislead drinkers with hidden compartments and auto mobile mechanisms.
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Germany
Berlin
Diana
Augsburg
Friedrich Wilhelm I
New York Herald
Forger scare leads to Morland misidentification
Bank of England officials once mistook painter George Morland for a note forgery suspect. To avoid pluns he hid in Hackney, triggering detectives who pursued him as bailiffs before Morland fled to London. His wife revealed his name. directors later compensated with two twenty pound notes.
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Bank of England
George Morland
Hackney
Morland
London
When a southeast wind makes Table Mountain wear a tablecloth
A visitor to Cape Town sees a rare natural phenomenon when a southeast wind blows. A thin fleecy cloud forms above Table Mountain and slowly descends to rest flat on the summit, its edges draping over the sides, resembling a tablecloth.
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Cape Town
Table Mountain
Tennyson and Barnum’s American visit offer declined
The tale says Barnum offered the poet a huge sum to travel to America to appear on stage with a simple handshake. Tennyson reportedly refused the invitation and chose not to perform for the show.
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Tennyson
Barnum
America
Courtship Tee Suspensive
Tess asks if the engagement is broken. Jess confirms the couple split so he can save money to marry. Philadelphia Press reports the suspensive engagement.
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Tess
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Wellington era naval disaster claims two ships
The admiral near the Duke of Wellington lost two ships in a single incident. Lee commanded a second vessel that also wrecked, drowning him. Lord Charles informed his father, who replied simply That is the second ship he has lost.
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Duke of Wellington
Lee
Lord Charles
The Way It Was Pair Trade Barbs In Local Memoir
In a brief reminiscence from Ohbio State Journal two women recall workplace friction with Mrs Kick and a hired girl recounting that trouble. The exchange highlights uneasy relations at a former job and preserves regional speech from the era.
Reginald My Father and the Ward Patient Tale
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record recalls a father admitted to an alcoholic ward and a son’s quip about initials. The piece captures family memory and stigma around treatment and identity in the era.
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Reginald
D. D
Jimmy
D. T
Philadelphia Record
Better of Hotel Clerk Narrates a Sharp Repayment
Mr Fairchild recalls a New York incident highlighting a hotel night clerk who misjudged him. He explains how, vainly, the clerk checked the guest register and room box, then falsely claimed Fairchild was not in. The porter eventually escorted the clerk upstairs.
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Mr. Fairchild
New York
Fairchild
New York Tribune
Dangers of Prolonged Carbolic Acid Use
A medical journal warns that long continued application of carbolized preparations even at weak concentrations can injure skin and bone. It cites vasomotor effects and destruction of blood cells causing capillary stasis and impaired tissue nutrition leading to dry gangrene and mummification in exposed areas.
Fire safety tips for home exits and evacuation
The text stresses having safe exits at top and bottom to reduce danger, ensuring exits are obvious day or night. It advises using woolen coverings to smother clothing fires, keeping doors shut to limit fire spread, and staying low in smoke to stay on clear air near the floor.
Climate patterns show longest cold season in Rockies
The text notes the Rocky mountain region experiences the longest cold season in the United States, extending about ten days longer than the warm season. It adds Texas and the lower Missouri valley warm earlier than the middle Atlantic coast by about ten days and than southern California by twenty to twenty-five days. In the northwest the warm season starts twenty to twenty-five days earlier than the lake region and fifteen to twenty days earlier than the north Pacific coast.
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United States
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Lower
Missouri Valley
Middle Atlantic Coast
California
Northwest
Lake Region
North Pacific Coast
Regard For Sacred Trees Across Cultures
The piece notes the reverence for sacred trees in India the Ficus religiosa under which Buddha rested is worshipped and spared. It adds that Russian peasants similarly prostrate before trees they plan to cut to avert divine vengeance.
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India
Russia
Gentleman's Magazine
Woman Seeks Divorce Over Mental Incapacity
In Baltimore News style, a court asks for proof of insanity as a wife cites mental incapacity as the basis for divorce. The exchange features the judge demanding evidence and the woman asserting his lack of understanding.
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Baltimore News
De Witts Little Early Risers Best Pills
Don’t neglect biliousness and constipation health suffers permanently. De Witts Little Early Risers cure such cases. The best pills. They never gripe or cause nausea. D. Bell & Son.
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de Witt
D. Bell & Son
Doctor’s cure for throat and lung troubles
A Heborn Ohio physician Dr M L Scarbrough fells voice loss after a severe cold. He suffered two years with a persistent cough until he tried Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports quick relief and improved health over ten days. Guaranteed by druggists 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottles free.
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M. L. Scarbrough
Heborn
Ohio
Open Evenings to 8 and Sunday Hours for Dr Schell Optician
Dr H A Schell, an optician, announces new hours with evening service until 8 p m and Sunday openings from 12 to 2 p m.
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H. A. Schell
Optician
Br. G Capo's Repair Shop Advertises Watch Service
For repairing of fine watches and jewelry go to Br. G Capo's. Every watch is guaranteed. Only first class work turned out.
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Br. G. Capo’s
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