Winter racing outlook across Jacksonville Tampa and Juarez
The winter racing season shifts from the eastern circuits to Florida Mexico and the west. Jacksonville starts a hundred days of racing on Thanksgiving with pool room betting tensions unresolved. Oakland and Southern California offer rich purses while California enacts anti betting laws. Juarez will host a strong eastern and western field with a full stake schedule including the Chihuahua and Juarez Derby events.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa
Savannah
Juarez
Mexico
California
New York
Florida
Curly Brown
Brown
Tom Willams
Oakland
Cal
Jockey Club
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Crescent City Jockey, Club
Davis
Yonkers
Westchester Association
Chihuahua
Hidalgo
Dos Republicas
No Hockey For Pittsburg Ends Local Season Plan
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League players who last year dominated the sport in Pittsburg are blamed for the sport's discontinuance in the city for the coming season. Players jumped contracts and held managers up for more money during 1908 09, souring support among fans.
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Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
Uncle Sam And the Sugar Trust Scrutiny Expands
United States officials launch a broad cleanup of the American Sugar Refining Company, accusing the sugar trust and customs service of false weighing and duty evasion totaling tens of millions. James F Bendernagle, superintendent at Williamsburg refinery, is charged with conspiracy to defraud the government.
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Uncle Sam
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Customs Service
James F Bendernagle
Sugar Company
Williamsburg
Bendernagle
Cuba
Petty banter over bread doughnut hole joke in court
A judge quips about preference between half a loaf and a hole in the doughnut. The exchange contrasts petulant and practical views on value and desire in a courtroom remark.
Easily Parted and His Two Wisps of Hair
A Philadelphia Ledger caption quotes a joke about a bald man with only two wisps of hair. One is called the fool and the other his money, highlighting a humorous aside about appearance and fortune. The exchange showcases light, comic newspaper humor of the era.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Renewing Hostilities Meeting Sparks Old Recall
In a terse exchange, Mrs. Caller and Mrs. Naggeby reconnect after over five years, noting recognition and recalling a distinctive dress as they renew old tensions.
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Caller
Ricketts Keeps Word Despite Critics
Poindexter notes many harsh words, while Goldsborough argues Ricketts remains true to his promises, highlighting a clash over rhetoric and reliability in public conduct.
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Goldsborough
Ricketts
Poindexter
Detroit Free Press
Sabbath Day Golf Paradox Cited by Chicago Record-Herald
A humorous exchange contrasts reverence for the Sabbath with a golfer who claims to have played seventy two holes last Sunday. The Chicago Record-Herald quotes the dialogue highlighting churchgoing discipline against sporting ambition.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Willing to Listen
Tess brags she is a good listener while Jess calls her a fluent listener who loves to hear herself talk in a Philadelphia Press item.
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Tess
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Alls Well Briggs Poor Jasper in Life
A brief Life item notes that Jasper failed his locomotive engineer examination but has secured a good job as a chauffeur.
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Briggs
Jasper
Griggs
Too Much For Him Bates Gives Up Autoing
Quote notes Bates leaves autoing due to costs from crashes and repair bills. Between risking pedestrians and mounting expenses the strain proved too high for him.
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Bates
Stuttered Plea in Odd Exchange With Dolly Brightly
In a fragmentary exchange, Percy Stutter-Miss Bub-bub-Bright pleads for time to consider while prompting Dolly Brightly to speak. The quirky dialogue centers on hesitation and affection amid a tense social moment.
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Percy Stutter
Dolly Brightly
Mr. Stutter
Adopts English Language Shifts From Americanisms
The London Chronicle notes American words like cool off candy and weekend have entered English usage. Candy no longer means jaw breaking sugar and cracker no longer signals Christmas treats. Weekend is described as a long held North Englandism rather than an Americanism.
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England
Odd Names Spark Laughs in New York Paper
A New York paper lists humorous real names such as Etta Lotta Lamb and Ida Sweet Hart as genuine. The piece also notes Canadian lumberman Constant Agony and two Kentucky lasses Miss Etta Pye and Miss Carrie Coffey. An anecdote recalls a seven month old baby and a seven year old boy amusingly reacting to a song during a family visit.
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New York
Etta Lotta Lamb
Ida Sweet Hart
R. A. Phelan Goode
Mabel Eve Story
Edna Broker Legge
Marian Inglish Earle
Nealon Pray Dailey
J. Betty Sawyer
Etta Pye
Carrie Coffey
Constant Agony
Expensive Production Cited Overpriced Snow Props
A Kansas City Journal item recalls a manager joking about lavish use of snow in a play. He explains buying snow when white paper was cheaper, contrasting past costs with current high prices.
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Kansas City Journal
Domestic Note on Sacrifice and Duty Echoes in Quotation
A compact quotation exchange contrasts moral duty with personal restraint. It juxtaposes a male speaker urging recognition of truth with a sharp female response about timing and health, followed by aphorisms from Ouida about joy and sacrifice. The items resemble a reflective, literary note in a colonial-era newspaper.
Took Them In Too
The Baltimore American notes residents praise a hospitable farm family known for taking in outsiders and sharing hospitality after hosting travelers last summer.
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Baltimore American
Not Acquainted With It Quote Sparks Car Talk
A brief Chicago Record-Herald quip contrasts a learner driver with complex terms as a child asks about sine qua non. The dialogue highlights early acquaintance with automobile jargon and technical vocabulary.
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Chicago Record-Herald
A Thoughtful Young Wife Keeps Cigars Quietly
A fragment from Browning's Magazine quotes a thoughtful young wife saying she will hide cigars for Alfred by placing camphor in the box. The line reflects domestic intrigue and literary style.
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Alfred
Browning
Train Fever Sparks Quick Trim Quip in Puck Cartoon
In a Puck cartoon a man delaying to catch a train quips about his hair with the line Hair's a little inclined to Cut it. The scene captures a brisk commuter moment and the humorous edge of early 20th century daily life.
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Puck
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Thie Sugar
W.b.thomas
Havemeyer & Elder
American Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Havemeyer
Lexow
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Trust
Roosevelt
Taft
Ian
Richard Parr
James Reynolds
the Treasury
Customs
Tariff Board
Rogers
Him
Harry
Ladies’ Home Journal
Atlanta Constitution
Grand Theatre
Henry B. Harris
Chas. Klein
the Lion and the Mouse
Grays Harbor
E. Heron ST
Townsend
J. M. Bowes
S K. Bowes
S. K. Bowes & Co
South H Street
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