Sunday Baseball Clash Becomes Courtroom Victory for Weldon
Pat Weldon uses ministerial ally Ezekiel Jones to back his plan against John McDowell and the Ninth ward’s Sunday games. McDowell pleads guilty with fines set at 100 dollars for the owner and 20 dollars for each player, as Police Justice Evans condemns the violation of the penal code and warns of harsher penalties next time.
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Pat Weldon
Ninth Ward
Mr. Weldon
John McDowell
Ieader
Pat
Tom Wilson
Ministers’ Association
Ezekiel P. Jones
Jones
Jeader
Tommy Evans
Ezekiel P. Janes
Third Church
McDowell
Mr. Jones
Patricks Weldon
Myans
Tommy
Welle P. Jones
Evans
Mac
Callig
Thomas Evans
Jusice Evans
Joseph TD. Bowles
How to Play Base Ball in the House
A guide for indoor play using a bed or table as the field, with a chalked diamond and makeshift bases. Players use spools as players, a marble as the ball, and a pencil as the bat, following simplified rules for strikes, balls, outs, and runs while adapting positioning and fielding to a home setup.
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The
New York Herald
Home Plate
Helder
Melcher
Class arithmetic riddle solved by schoolboy answer
A New York Tribune report recounts a family of five with four potatoes at dinner. The mother seeks equal shares, prompting a classroom moment of quiet until a boy rises and replies Mash the potatoes, sir, solving the puzzle in a humorous arithmetic lesson.
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The
New York Tribune
The Painter’s Skill Earns Citywide Respect
A young painter’s meticulous work across half a dozen houses earns praise from homeowners. He notes learning the trade takes longer than many expect, seven years and still more to learn. The Ram’s Horn cites his quiet ambition as the key to patience and mastery.
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Ram
Buncoed Lite Imola Doubts Market Value of Baby
A brief note from a Times column shows Lite Imola doubting a new baby’s market value. He quips that the child lacks hair and a tooth, highlighting the humorous tone of the exchange and the playful aside by Pop.
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Buncoed
Imola
Pop
Pathor's Weak Point
The piece presents humor about a child and an aristocrat with a wry exchange. A Chicago Daily News caption notes a teacher asking what an aristocrat is and a child replying that an aristocrat is a poor person who boasts of rich relations.
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Pathor
Chicago Daily News
Johnny
Johbnn
Unsung Hero of the Forty-fourth Massachusetts
A Civil War-era note honors selfless bravery. A flatboat to land soldiers and African American troops faced heavy fire at Rodman’s Point. One Black soldier jumped overboard, pushed the boat to safety, and died from five bullets.
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Forty-fourth
Massachusetts
Farmer Defends Jury Questioning Law in Massachusetts Case
A western Massachusetts lawyer urged jurors to judge both law and facts. The judge advised deferring to his legal judgment, but the foreman insisted they must judge the law too. The jurors delivered an outrageous verdict, prompting a rebuke from the judge. The farmer declared they had considered that point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Terrible Scalp Humor and Cuticura Cure Story
A reader describes a severe scalp condition about ten years ago with itching crusts and hair loss diagnosed as eczema. After trying remedies, the Cuticura line provided a rapid improvement within weeks. A later October–November 1904 eruption on the body was treated by a doctor alongside Cuticura Soap and Ointment, leading to recovery by spring 1905. The note is signed H. M. F. Wells of Rosemond, Christian Co., Missouri, Aug. 31, 1905.
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H. M. F. Wells, Rosemond, Christian Co
Hanover Citizens Strike Over Postal Card Duty
Citizens in Hanover protest a five pfennig charge by writing letters and stuffing large envelopes, filling letters to the 250 gram limit to clog boxes. Post authorities fear service disruption and may revert to the two pfennig postal card rate.
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Postal Administration
Hanover
Noted Safety Advantage of Alcohol Over Gasoline
A historical note explains alcohol is safer for commercial use than gasoline because it does not ignite from pure radiant heat, water can extinguish burning alcohol while gasoline spreads fire, and burning alcohol flames emit far less heat than gasoline flames.
Denatured Alcohol Used Recycled at Manchester Hat Factory
Denatured alcohol is employed in a Manchester hat factory where the spirit is recovered and redistilled in the plant, then reused until exhausted, illustrating in-house chemical recovery practices of the period.
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Manchester
England
Food Convert Warns Against Nauseous Assuagers
An article denounces reliance on nauseous patent medicines for dyspepsia and urges diet changes. It promotes Grape-Nuts as a light, digestible alternative and cites a Maine user who reports recovered strength and reduced nervousness after weeks of use. The ad from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Tam
Maine
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Plega
A Wonderful Discovery Promises Pain Relief Oil
A long sought liquid preparation claims to be anodyne nutritive and antiseptic, penetrating skin to bones. Inventor Max R Zaegel, chemist in Sheboygan Wisconsin, offers a amber oil blend of oils with pleasant odor to cure sores burns and bruises. He promises swift relief and invites free sample requests via mail.
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Max R. Zaegel
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Sheboygan
Wis
Zaegal
M. R. Zaegal & Co
Main St
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