Baseball yarns from a veteran sergeant and rookies
The narrator recalls organizing two makeshift baseball teams with rookie soldiers in a hot campaign. They describe wild games with high scores, crowds betting on plays, repeated thefts of balls, and a riot that required intervention. A later challenge from local Diggers led to plans for a Thursday game.
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Hook
Jarvey
Corporal Toplatech
Dick Murphy
West Side
Chicago
Little Devils
Manila
Atandin
Tommy Rourke
Tlowest
Eleazar
Chislett
Bangalong
Hillery
Rourke
The Big Bangalong Baseball Bet
A colonial tale recounts a wild baseball match between American troops and Bangalong locals. Bets ran high, players bled blue, and a disputed home plate call sparked a riot before a guard deployment ended the game. The outcome remains uncertain, with losses and disputed winnings shading the memory.
Streets and Rivers Shape City Social Divide Across Cities
The writer notes a pattern where river geography divides urban wealth, citing London Paris Glasgow and Newcastle on Tyne. He observes the north river banks hold the best streets and asks why west ends stay socially advantaged, urging readers to question these urban divides.
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London
Rome
Glasgow
Paris
Newcastle On Tyne
Tyne
Gateshead
Whitechapel
Piccadilly
London Chronicle
Boy Killed by Runaway Cow Near Fort Wayne
Thad deus, nine year old son of Ernest Warner, was killed three miles north of Fort Wayne when a cow he led from pasture ran away and dragged him for several hundred yards. He wore a tether chain at the waist and suffered a fractured skull and mangled body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rourke
Donelly
Henwick
Eleazar
Hillery
Fort Wayne
Ind
Thaddeus
Ernest Warner
Here
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Claims Woman’s Recovery
A Chicago woman reports illness from falling and inflammation improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. The letter touts the remedy as non narcotic with many cures for female ailments and invites confidential letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Willliam Ahrens
21St St
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Tuberculosis Crusade Questioned Losing Ground
A Penna State Board of Health report notes no clear drop in new tuberculosis cases despite fresh air and milk–gorgion therapy efforts in sanitarium treatment. Advocates urge readers to seek Eckman's Alterative testimonials and inquire with Eckman Laboratory for cured cases and physicians’ attestations.
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Penna
State Board of Health
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Th & Market Sts
Phila
Beckman
Washington
McElhinney Drug Co
North Side Pharmacy
Phila. Pa
Eye and ENT Specialist Announces Cataract Care
Piles fistpol ar and rupture guaranteed cured without detention from business. Special attention to surgical cases and diseases of the eye ear nose and throat. Glasses fitted and guaranteed. Granulated lids. Cataract crossed yes straightened without pain.
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Shhatlenberger
Bright
Wonderful cures offered for nervous debility by Dr Shallenberger
Nervous debility and related ailments such as blood poison syphilis gonorrhea and seminal weakness are claimed to be cured by Dr W E Shallenberger at 3866 Lake Ave Chicago. The advertisement promises consultation free and confidential with office hours from 8 am to 6 pm and references the Drexel State Bank.
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W. E. Shallenberger
Lake Ave
Chicago
Tus
Drexel State Bank
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Harper @ Brothers
Frederick Walworth Brown
Shacis
Simmons
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Townley
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D Company
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Lydia E. Pinkharm
Goople Bette Ell Bestil
Best of All Foods —International
Itoe Pierce
W. A. Whiting &Son
Shallenberger
Colenso Hotel
Washington County Savings Bank
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