South Paw Pitchers Breitenstein’s Career Highlighted
The article profiles left handed pitcher Carl Breitenstein of St. Louis, praising his speed, control, and curve while noting his value to the team and league. It notes an alleged $7,500 release fee, compares him to past greats, and lists other top left handers in the National League, including Knell, McGill, and Inks, with Breitenstein deemed the era’s best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillies
Tha Breiten
Kam Penn
Tiaders
Faith
Knell
Louisvilles
Des
Louis Villes
Pennsylvania Sluggers
Wili
Garl Breitenstein
ST. Louis
von der Ahes
New Yorks
Peaches
South Paws
Breitenstein
Esper
Baltimore
Killen
Pittsburg
McGill
Philadelphia
Inks
Louisville
Cleveland
New York
Knauss
Richmond
Ramsey
Kilroy
Carl Breitenstein
Home Comforts
Browns
Paim
Yom Ramsey
Weis
Aura
Doyle
Phil
Taylor
Cincinnati
Bostons
Pittsburgs
Breitenstein’s
von der Ahe
Miaiy Pu
Horses and Horsemen in a Busy Derby Year
President Clevel discusses teams of trot Boundless and the 50,000 American Derby winner. Trevier George Retobaze of Toledo plans a season campaign while many trotters face retirement to stud. Breeding and broodmare duties limit active racing as records and prospects for Alix and other famed lineages spark interest. Over 1,000 horses compete for 76,000 in stakes at Galesburg amid talks of future champions.
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Clevel
Monhars
Trevier George Retobaze
Toledo
Fantasy
Azote
Alix
Queen
Galesburg
Ghimes
Robert J
John Malcolm Forbes
Arion
Naxahoe
Auma
Doble Sees Room for Speed Growth in Record Pace
Budd Doble, famed trotting trainer, expects more development in both trotter and pacer speeds this season. He favors Alix among trotters and Robert J among pacers to chase records. Doble notes Nancy Hanks set 3 04 at six, Alix age seven this season, in good form. Directum remains an uncertain factor depending on health after last season.
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Alix
Directum
Lord Rosebery and Derby Winners Across Years
The Derby has seen multiple consecutive wins by different owners. Sir F Standish won with Spread Eagle in 1795 and Didelot the next year. Lord Egremont followed with Hanover and Cardinal Beaufort, the Duke of Grafton with Pope and Whalebone, Sir Joseph Hawley with Beadsman and Masjid, and the Duke of Portland with Ayrshire and Donovan in 1888 and 1589. Rosebery stands out as a longstanding English premier figure in this line of champions.
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Lord Rosebery
F. Standish
Spread Eagle
Didelot
Lord Egremont
Hannibal
Cardinal Beaufort
Duke of Grafton
Pope
Joseph Hawley
Masjid
Duke of Portland
Ayrshire
Donovan
Rosebery
Fourth Annual Assembly of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua at Mt Gretna
The Fourth Annual Assembly of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua will be held at Mt Gretna Pennsylvania from July 1 to August 2 1895. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will offer excursion rates from principal points with return validity. Mt Gretna is the site connected with the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad thirteen miles from Conewango station.
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Pennsylvania Chautauqua
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Gretna
Jung
Mt. Gretna 73
Ithye Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad
Coneago Station
Healers Tout Potent Diuretic for Kidney Ailments
An 19th century account extols a widely used diuretic to treat kidney issues including dropsy and bladder troubles. It claims benefits for catarrh of the bladder gravel and urinary retention, promoting organic function and general wellbeing amid references to other ailments. The excerpt also notes a large seasonal catch observed at Royal Street Bridge.
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Adamond
Royal Street Bridge
Wanted Smoker Mailers For Nicotine Midgets Gigars Box
A late 19th or early 20th era notice asks smokers to send seven two cent stamps to Landis & Co. in Kippensburg Pennsylvania to receive a “box of Nicotine Midgets Gigars.” Each box to be mailed to a single address.
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Landis & Co
Kippensburg
Landis& Co
Shippensburg
Love God, sing of green world and bright desire
Fragmentary poetic passage depicts nature answering with devotion to a divine maker. Clapping leaves praise in a green world, imploring an answer to grief and joy. The speaker seeks clarity from nature about love and faith as blades of grass and birds echo a holy cry.
First Love and a Countess Tale of a Lost Beloved
A wandering narrator recalls a Paris review inspired tale of a countess and Gaston recounting a first love. The remembered narrative follows a young man who loves a woman who later leaves him, leaving him to cope with loss and the glow of a past happiness in scenes of salon conversation and memory.
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Paris Review
Berlin
London
Palamede
Rene
Edmond
Gaston
Saal
Nea Ioush
Jacques
Iit
Marner
Eug
Tony
Amy
Sia
Wonderla
Asker
Anisenth
Nut
Three college canoe crew captains up for the race
Cornell Columbia and Pennsylvania boat captains Troy Prentice and Alfred Bull are described as highly experienced, with Prentice and Bull holding notable rowing and football credentials. Troy, from Cornell, is named captain. Bull is Penn’s former stroke and noted for size and athletic prowess. Prentice rowed No. 2 for Columbia.
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Troy
Cornell
Prentice
Columbia
Enlil
Pennsylvania
Colleve
Sarsmen
Cornell Columbia
Milor
Yale
Harvard
Alfred E. Bull
Wilkesharre
J. UO. Prentice
Alfred B. Buel
Asen
University of Pennsylvania
Bull
Atalanta
de Hedions Sestia
Ds. Fone Ae
de Hate
Pennsvania
Otto Wagenhurst
Cornel
Giant Chicago rider weighs 457 pounds on 24 pound bicycle
Baby Bliss of Chicago, a famed rider named L. H. Bliss, stands 6 feet 4 inches tall with a 58 inch chest and a minuscule waist. He weighs 487 pounds in training and rode a 24 pound bicycle in a Chicago road race with over 500 entrants.
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Chicago
L. H. Bliss
Bliss
Elise
Checkers and Chess Score Drawn After Quick Play
Players Marks Hef Checker P Charkis ter 3 11 sing BO Whit king White to Chess Pr No 8 Fleischmann Black White 1 Oto 6 2 Gto 2 8 2toll Drawn.
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Charkis
Ter
Whit
King
Fleischmann
Black
Oto
Gto
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South Paw
Caylor
China
Plain of Peace
Ling
I. A
Braz
L. H
Bless
America
Summer Pictures
N. K. Wendelboe
Liberty St
Penn’a
Kimimer
Househeld
Brusziaz
Wendelboe
Ackley
Wheelock
Ackley & Wheelock
Water Street
Rogers Block
W.E. Cash
Warren
PENNA
Connecti
Warren S Pas
Hazeltine Woolen Mills
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