STATE LEAGUE OFF DAY PROMISES A BIG DAY OF BASEBALL
Weather may allow a full slate as Waterbury tries out New Haven on their grounds. Al Griswold and workers rush the Athletic field to ready the diamond after poor conditions. New Haven opens tomorrow with a strong crowd expected at Haven Avenue. Waterbury seeks a season debut win, with manager Conner hopeful and George Prentiss key in the battle at the plate.
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Eastern League Games Feature Poor Defense
Toronto edged Springfield 4 2 as twirlers dominated and errors decided the result. McBride's wild throw helped Springfield fall behind, while Rochester beat Hartford as Massey shocked with three extra-base hits. Pennsylvania hammered Brown 11 to 2 as Leary fanned the hitters and Penn fielded cleanly.
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Baseball chatter grips three cities in mixed results
The clipping notes varying baseball buzz across Bridgeport Waterbury and New London with comments on attendance in Chicago and several managers. It highlights players such as Trapire Corcoran Tighe and Mike Mernay, and praises Waterbury’s strong infield Kiernan Delaney Fitzpatrick and Roger Connor while contrasting declining draw in Boston and Philadelphia optimism.
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Taylor Wildly Cheered at Kentucky Republican Convention
In Louisville on May 18, about 2000 delegates filled the auditorium as Governor Taylor entered with his family. He urged civil liberty and a free bill, pledging his life to restoring liberty to Kentucky voters. The crowd roared, Confederate-like chants faded, and Taylor and ex-Gov Bradley were chosen as delegates at large to Philadelphia. Mrs. Taylor and Albert S. White, the first colored man named a Republican national delegate from Kentucky, attended as honorary delegates.
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Philadelphia Lawyer Missing
Philadelphia lawyer W. W. Atkinson, formerly of Altoona, Pa., is missing from his Lansdowne home. He was last seen Wednesday and shown signs of mental distress. Atkinson is about 38 years old and has a wife and child.
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Fights and Fighters Close Cases of Sullivan Corbett McCoy
New Yorks Anti Prize League seeks revocation of licenses for Sullivan, Corbett, McCoy and others over alleged liquor and prohibited hour violations. McCoy vs Creedon set for tonight as two top fighters clash in a key defying public favor with Moran and Adams figures noted.
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Peking church persecutions rise as Boxers kill in reign of terror
May 1 Times correspondent reports alarming Boxer anti foreign movement in China. Seventy three native Christians killed including women and children. Many burned alive. Catholic missionaries call it the most serious persecution in years. Government forces seen as unable to halt the danger.
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Rag Time Shoe Polishing on a Street Organ Stand
A New York Sun tale recalls a two man shoe polishing duet on a street organ cart. While polishing, a hand organ played rag time tunes like Lovzy and Lou and The Georgia Camp Meeting. The scene includes synchronized brushing, a passing horse drawn wagon, and the narrator paying a nickel as the music and steps sync with the street.
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Coyote Visits Rancher in Midnight Attack
A Colorado rancher near River Bend, M. J. McMahon, woke to a large doglike creature breaking in. He fought the beast, injuring its throat and hand, and kept it prisoner before releasing it outside. Believing the animal may have rabies, McMahon and hired men watched the coyote stalk the yard then walk away. the case echoes old legends of heart inheritance among foes.
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Negro Progress Asserts Break Through Social Barriers
The Scottish American notes that while many Negroes remain in hardship, numerous men and women have attained respectable positions. They live above Harlem and in Brooklyn suburbs, with communities like the Society of Sons of Virginia and Sons of the Old North Star. The local medical fraternity includes about 15 graduates from Long Island College and institutions such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Penn, and Howard.
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Army dental surgeons bill reported favorably in Senate
Washington May 18 Senator Pettus from the committee on military affairs reported favorably the bill authorizing the appointment of 30 dental surgeons in the army.
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Most Precious Milton Manuscript at Trinity
Edmund Jesse hails the Trinity Milton manuscript as the most precious English literary document. The article notes no other poet’s works survive in their author’s hand, except for minor Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Spenser fragments, and highlights the Trinity sheets as Milton’s direct act of mind and craft.
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An Arizona Bit of Fare and Queen Victoria Travel Oddities
A fragment describes an Arizona restaurant sale saying ten cents buys lamb chops and fryers with bread and butter extra while milk toast costs fifteen cents and notes scarce Milch cows. It also describes how Chinese cook beef steak using a red hot poker marks. It then lists items associated with Queen Victoria including her bed chair table dishes horses and a donkey chair and harness.
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