Baseball Signals and Hidden Cues in Major League Play
The account recalls Ira Thomas exposing signals to mislead observers in a game, while pitchers like Krause and Ford relied on catchers Sweeney and Thomas for performance. It notes the duel between batter and catcher and details how catchers’ talk and tactics influence pitches and outcomes.
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York
Boonie
Thomas
Eddie
Plank
Ira
New York
Krause
Philadelphia
Ford
Ira Thomas
St. Louis
Lapp
Giants
Sweeney
Mitchell
John Kling
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
King
Theitcher
Lajoie
Wagner
Chase
Hal
Daniel
Daniels
Doc
Chicago
Walsh
The Hidden Signals in Baseball Pitching and Hitting
A veteran player details signs and guesses in big league duels. He recalls Payne's hints, Walsh and Cy Young contrasts, and how outguessing opponents shapes batting success, with Lajoie and Cobb as notable examples.
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Payne
Walshin
Walsh
Cy Young
Solons
Cleveland
Young
Easterly
Oldring
Morpheus
Lajoie
Tyrus Cobb
Detroit Star
Indian suttee lecture claims high Indian moral standard and secrecy
The Indian author Kumar Ghosh argues women are highly esteemed by their husbands, predicts less misfortune for wives, and defense of suttee as voluntary. He notes coronation rituals require the queen's presence and describes the Koh-i-noor curse and royal connections with Victoria and Alexandra.
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Carath
Kumar Ghosh
India
England
Princess of Wales
Mr. Ghosh
Queen Victoria
Alexandra
King George's Sporting Spirit Highlighted In Reign
An article notes King George VIs wide sports interest from shooting and fishing to rugby and cricket. It recalls his act as a youth saving a drowning bluejacket aboard the Bacchante and his lifelong devotion to athletic self discipline and fitness.
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George
King George
Edison predicts dirt cheap mineral wool clothes
Edison says mineral wool sources are inexhaustible and processing will yield fine garments. Once spun and dyed it could become the neatest clothing, replacing heat insulation uses in boilers with a seasonable overcoat or undershirt, even in August.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Edison
Chicago Tribune
The Norway Maple in Street Planting
In eastern regions the Norway or sycamore maple is popular for streets but dislikes dust and smoke, suited to rural areas. It grows well south and north, though care is needed to prevent bending. Maples and cottonwoods share similar traits, thriving in central northern California where oaks are deciduous.
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California
Wandering Suitor Returns After 25 Years to Claim Fiancée
A Jamaica based fiancée kept a long wait for a suitor who vanished after a pre wedding departure to California. He reappears following a newspaper account of her single life and savings, prompting renewed wedding plans and questions about his motive.
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California
Jamaica
A Natural Inquiry in a Smoking Car
A group traveling by train from Little Rock Arkansas discuss healthful eating. A stout Arkansan boasts of lifelong health and a diet of corned beef and corn bread, claiming regular work hours and daily exercise kept him well. A quiet interloper asks what he was imprisoned for.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansan
Treasury Watchdog Porter Overdraft Disputed by Comptroller
The article recounts John Addison Porter overdrawing his account during a vacation. Comptroller Tracewell says he disallowed the charge to protect the taxpayer. President McKinley summoned Tracewell to the White House to explain the decision.
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The
Treasury
John Addison Porter
Tracewell
Porter
Washin
McKinley
White House
Traewell
Aiea
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Cobb
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Frankfort
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