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| Date | Thursday, July 20, 1871 |
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| Text | The manufacture of base balls is carried on extensively at Natick, Massachusetts, already widely known for its large establishments for making boots, shoes and other articles of which leather forms a component part. The largest of these base ball manufactories has a capital of ten thousand dollars, employs six men, fifty women and twenty children, and turns out thirty thousand dozen balls, valued at forty-two thousand dollars. It uses six tons of India rubber waste, eight thousand pounds of woolen yarn and sixteen hundred sides of horse hides. The other establishment has a capital of two thousand five hundred dollars, employs one man, ten women and three children, and every year makes four thousand dozen balls, valued at eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. It uses one thousand pounds of rubber waste, fifteen hundred pounds of woolen yarn and four hundred sides of horse hides. In both establishments, an aggregate of twenty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars is paid for wages during the year. Evening City Item July 20, 1871 large crowd in Chicago [Athletic vs. Chicago 7/13/1871] The attendance was very large, nearly 8,000 persons being present, the most that has been congregated at any game this season. New York Clipper July 22, 1871 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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