Scores on the Diamonds May 21 Baseball Results
Baseball scores from games in the League American Association and Western divisions dated May 21 with results including Philadelphia 4 over Cincinnati 2 Boston 6 over Chicago 1 St Louis 11 over New York 4 Milwaukee 10 over Kansas City 1 Toledo 11 innings "Louisville 5"? Indianapolis 4 Minneapolis 6 over St Paul 0 Omaha 7 over Des Moines 4.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Association
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Minneapolis
Lew Kills Woman Then Tries Suicide After Recognition
In Indianapolis on May 21 Charles Lew the ironworker shot and killed Annan Eaton in a house of ill fame and then attempted suicide. He recognized the girl as an old schoolmate from his earlier years.
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Indianapolis
Charles Lewis
Annan Eaton
He Shot Her After Pleading to Stop Her Life
A Pennsylvania man pleaded with a woman to abandon her lifestyle. she refused and he shot her. In Michigan’s New Lathrop on May 21 a village toast to Theodore Roosevelt is noted. Editor Roe’s home reports the arrival of triplets with an 18 pound boy at William Mc Avoy’s house. mother is reported to be well.
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Pennsylvania
New Lathrop
Mich
Tooservelt
Woltlow
Roe
William McAvoy
Council Grants Saloons Despite Election Rebuff
In a special secret session in Litchfield Illinois on May 21 the city council granted one year saloon licenses on petition of ten saloonkeepers. The municipal election earlier saw saloons voted out by a 79 vote margin.
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Litchfield
Litchfield City
Shipyard Strike at an End in Lorain Plant
The Lorain plant of the American Shipbuilding company ends a strike as all machine riveters and helpers return to work. Hand riveters have found employment elsewhere.
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Cleveland
Lorain
American Shipbuilding Company
The Moon as Seen in Folklore Across Cultures
Legends from medieval writers to Native American tribes describe the man in the moon as a woodcutter, Cain, thief punished on high, or a dog companion. Ojibways narrate Ne-she-kay-be-nals, the Lone Bird, who ascends to the moon by the Manitou’s grace.
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Bohemia
Sweden
Ceylon
Manitou
Origin of the Saying About Cups and LIPS
An ancient tale credits Ancaeus of Samos with the proverb There is many a slip between the cup and the lip. The king’s harsh slave foretold doom before tasting wine. a boar ravaged the vineyard, and Ancaeus rushed out to defend it, dying in the attack.
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Ancaeus
So Oos
Grecian
How the Squirrel Strips a Pine Cone
A vivid description of a squirrel stripping a pine cone from the bottom up, cutting through the scales’ bases to reveal seeds. The creature performs the task swiftly and neatly, leaving unfinished work that reveals its method only upon close inspection.
Whistling Buoy Uses Air Power To Warn Sailors
A Chicago News item explains a pear shaped iron buoy that whistles automatically. A 12 foot wide bulb perched above the water rises with waves driving a piston in a long vertical tube, forcing air through a locomotive whistle to sound up to fifteen miles distant, its eerie noise blamed by some as supernatural.
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Chicago News
Lord Lytton’s Joke About Columbus and Dove
English ambassador at Paris Lord Lytton hears a party discuss Columbus discoveries. The French words for Columbus and dove are Le Colomb and la colombe. He remarks that la colombe found the old world while Le Colomb found the new, linking both origins to Noah and Genoa.
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Lord Lytton
Paris
le Colomb
la Colombe
Genoa
The World's Greatest Man Says Caesar was the Greatest
The New York American notes Julius Caesar as historys leading figure, excelling as general writer and speaker but superior as statesman. It imagines if spared the assassin he could have advanced civilization by a thousand years.
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Julius Caesar
Caesar
New York American
The Pet Squirrel Poem
A short verse from a child about returning home to a pet squirrel. The speaker offers affection and a cake treat while urging care to avoid choking. The tone is playful and affectionate with simple rhymes.
Petty Spring Song Frightens Audience on Closing Day
Tommy Jones faced his audience on closing day and sang a misworded tune about birds bursting on the trees. Stage fright trembled his voice as the crowd whispered over the odd line.
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Tommy Jones
Women as Best Strawberry Pickers and Proper Handling
The article argues careful harvesting of strawberries requires trained labor led by a ground supervisor. It emphasizes women as the best pickers for their judgment, outlines stem keeping, neat packing, and proper crating by variety to ensure quality and higher returns in an exacting market.
Forest Plantations For Post Production Prove Profitable
Gifford Pinchot notes that tree plantations for posts and stakes can yield 500 to 1500 posts per acre in 15 years, with up to 2000 per acre under excellent conditions. Profit depends on yield and local prices, while favorable sites and species like larch and hardy catalpa boost returns, sometimes rivaling field crops.
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Illinois
Iowa
Dakota
Ilinois
Catalpa
Gifford Pinchot
Demand for Milk Cattle Peaks in Kansas
A Kansas Farmer note reports high demand for dairy cattle with buyers seeking Holstein Jersey and other milk breeds. A Kansas man asks for three carloads of Holstein cows while a Colorado subscriber seeks Jerseys, signaling strong milk cattle opportunities for enterprising investors.
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Kansas
Colorado
Alfalmo Feeds Power Dairy Cattle, Kansas Farmer Reports
Experiments drying and grinding alfalfa hay show rising feeding value. Researchers mix alfalfa hay meal with sugar beet pulp to create alfalmo, a promising feed. Once machinery improves grinding, alfalmo could replace wheat bran in dairy cow rations, boosting the dairy industry nationwide.
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Rayolamp
Standard Oil (Incorporated
Ee’sfaraagh
Man In the Moon
Dante
Cain
Chaucer
Squirrelle
McCartney
Reeve Eee
Bhoop
Shoop
D Shoop
Europe
Dr. Shoop
J. H. Stewart
Sprague
School OF Law
Mastertic
Mick
Hamberlaing
Munn & Co
Scientific American
F St
Couch
R. King
Chamberlain
Cook & Sherman
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