Derby winners price contrasts and legends of Voltigeur Thormanby
Tales recount Derby legends showing horses bought cheaply as yearlings who rose to blue ribbon fame. Voltigeur and Thormanby are highlighted for their unlikely paths to glory, with prices, sales, and vast fortunes tied to early bets and trainer decisions. The piece traces other notable Derby victors and the profits tied to their owners, breeders, and jockeys across the 1830s to 1850s era.
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Voltigeur
Thormanby
Robert Bre Phenson
Doncaster
Williamson
Lord Zetland
Tao
S'iummer
Matt Dawson
Dawson
Merry
Sitrange
Vougeur
Little Wonder
Robertson
Lord Egerton
Pyrrhug J
John Day
Gully
Pugilist
Hilm
Day
Teddington
Sir Joseph Hawley
Sir Joseph
Munstey Stanhope
Marson
Bainfain
James Miller
John Porter
Hampton Court
Robert Daroine
Sir James Miller
Porter
Sir Robert
Wan Hia
Fred Bretton
Ascot
Htergily
Isonomy
Ward
Brooklyn
Bunsen Pays Bill After Hat Jest Turns Sour
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer tale, Bunsen, a once-jocular lawyer, ridiculed his wife’s hat prompting a costly lesson. He receives a retrim bill of 18.84 dollars, pays without complaint, and ceases to joke about data.
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Bunsen
Kidder
Mrs. Bunsen
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Noted Anagrams Ingenious Transmutation of Names of Well Known PerAong
A Chainbars Journal item lists witty anagrams formed from famous names and phrases. It highlights plays on Gladstone Disraeli Florence Nightingale Pilate and others, including Livingstone and the Freemasons. The piece blends humor with linguistic wordplay, noting how rearranged letters reveal unexpected meanings.
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Gladstone
Disraeli
Plorence Nightingale
Angel
Borntio Nelson
Nile
Charles James Stuart
Arthur
Pilate
Linda
David Livingstone
D. V
Ripon
Freemasons
Chariey
Prince of Wales
France
Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne
Orton
Telegraph
Editora
Old England
Chainbars
Air and Water Cures Questioned by Sir Ray Lankester
In a London Telegraph piece Sir Beckett Ray Lankester questions the idea that air and mineral waters contain a specific chemical ingredient responsible for health benefits. He notes that no clear evidence shows which chemical elements in any resort air or water confer the claimed cures.
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Sir BE
Ray Lankester
London Telegraph
A Habit He Won't Contract
A man signing as A Son of Rest sends a message likening work to drug habit. He argues that quitting work after forming the habit leads to starvation. He declares he will never contract such a habit.
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Sam
Cleveland
Moral of the Garden Teaches Patience and Growth
The passage compares a garden to life, noting that patience yields best results. Buds open in their own time and cannot be rushed. forcing growth only harms progress. Steady, regular effort leads to favorable outcomes, illustrating a timeless lesson in growth and perseverance.
Pixperience: A Bargain Only If Sold For Less Later
Quotation from Cleveland Leader notes Pixperience as a potential asset yet warns it cannot be sold for its cost. The snippet questions whether you have plans for tomorrow and urges action today, attributed to B, Franklio.
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Cleveland Leader
Franklio
Bonaparte Elusive Atty General on Trust Prosecutions
Josephus Daniels, head of the Democratic Press Bureau, questions Attorney General Bonaparte about how many of the 287 trusts doing business in the United States have been prosecuted and how many were fined. He argues prosecutions under the Sherman Act are insufficient and demands detailed action and results from the Department of Justice. He cites Roosevelt, Cleveland, McKinley records and notes no trust officials jailed.
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Ackley
Coloner
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
England
America
Trugta
Ilegal Resorta
R Ng
Tobarco Trust
Steel Trust
Trusts
McKinley
Department of Justee
Josephus Daniels
Press Bureau
United States
Department of Justice
Judson Margin
Frederick N. Judson
Ita
Roosevelt
Har Fwon
Cleveland
Meat Trust
Harrison
Department of Justice Bay Beep Og Diligent Ag
Trusts Seen Safe As Panic Eases Says Taft
The piece notes Taft's view that the panic is near ending and conditions normal, while Chicago schools report 16 000 hungry children due to unemployment and rising living costs. It cites The Saturday Evening Post and New York savings bank data showing fewer new accounts, more withdrawals, and a $45 million shrinking deposit. A New York wholesaler asks for trade condition figures from six months prior, with eastern, southern, and midwest regions noting declines in staple groceries and luxury goods. The report also mentions International Harvester profits and links to steel trusts through shared directors.
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Taft
Chicago Board of Education
Saturday Evening Post
New York
United States
Middle West
Lesa Ip
Bryan
Wall Street Journal
Internatonal Harvester Company
International Harvester Company
Steel Truat
Roosevelt doubts on treasury find shocks Wooding
Mr Wooding says the alleged $300000 Democratic treasury find seems queer while Harriman’s $204000 gift to the Republican campaign fund four years ago is viewed as perfectly straight and normal.
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Roosevelt
Woodiug
B. H. Harriman
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