Racehorse wagering plots and jockey drama in early racing
In San Francisco a jockey defied a bookmaker by taking a bribe to throw a race, then cashed a winning ticket. Bob Smith, owner of Grayfield, features among other racing gossip including jockey moves, rider bans, and sightings from the East and West Coast tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Smith
San Francisco
Red Top
Rob Smith
Grayfield
Butte
Milton Henry
Oakland
Tanforan
Sport of kings proves costly for American bettors abroad
Bookmaker Gus Bluhm recalls a European trip showing why horse racing drains wallets. He notes high costs of rail, carriage, and track admission in London, with Americans needing vast funds to beat the odds. Bluhm observes English bookmakers prosper while expenses rise, calling the sport extraordinarily expensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Bluhm
Bluhm
Europe
England
London
Boy on Sled Injured In West Copper Street Crash
In a mid afternoon accident on West Copper street a wagon hit a sled driven by Cast Jackman. The wagon with a spirited team whipped up and cleared the sled, sending the boy over the Montana street embankment about 20 feet. He suffered bad bruises but no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Copper Street
Jackman
Montana Street
Joint Installation of Officers in Three Local Hives
Beekeeper groups Silver City hive No 4 Butte hive No 22 and Ruby tent No 6 announce a joint officer installation on Saturday evening Jan 12 1901 at Fidelity hall 58 West Broadway. Mrs Steinborne R K Mary C Daum R K W W Hawn R K listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Butte Hive
Ruby Tent
Fidelity Hall
West Broadway
Steinborne
R. K
Mary C. Daum
W. W. Hawn
Runaway Sleigh Brings Crash on Montana Street
A Cash Grocery delivery sleigh horses bolted on Montana Street after a frightened boy spooked them. They crashed into a telegraph pole near Broadway, overturning the wagon but leaving the horses uninjured. Pedestrians scattered to avoid collision.
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Montana Street
Cash Grocery Store
Broadway
Southern Hotel Bar Ends Upscale Drinking Preference
If you want the kind that tastes right and want it handed to you right do your drinking at the bar of the Southern hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Hotel
Floods hit Kentucky as Pigeon river rises rapidly
Catlettsburg Ky Jan 11 The Pigeon river stands 14 feet above low water and climbs one foot per hour. Log booms break and many rafts are lost. Fences are destroyed and driftwood swept away. About 25 miles on each side of the river are submerged under wheat fields and are believed to be total losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catlettsburg
Pigeon River
Army Transport Traffic From Manila Report
Adjutant General cites General MacArthur cable from Manila detailing transport Sheridan departed yesterday with 27 officers and 544 enlisted men of the 37th Volunteer Infantry. Transports Logeun and Lennox arrived at Manila today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adjutant General
McReage
General MacArthur
Manila
Sheridan
37Th Volunteer Infantry
Logeun
Lennox
Lawyer and partner fall for coal stove blowup prank
A young Butte lawyer arrives at his office in sorrow as his partner pretends to fear arrest after a coal stove explosion. The elder lawyer feigns innocence to scare the junior and the pair are teased about the incident, while a theatrical note discusses a New York clubman comedy "What Did Tomkins Do" and actor Clarke's praised performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Gemini
Blackstone
Steve
David Harum
William Crane
East
Tomkins
Colonel Tomkins
New York
Clarke
Frank Mayo
John McCullough
Henry FE. Dixey
Irving
Sporty Colonel Tomkins
Clarke praised as a major laugh-maker in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and seen as capable of carrying the show on his broad shoulders, with Tomkins as the sole standout figure in the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Clarke
Seattle Post-Inteligencer
Tomkins
Clarke
Sliver City Hive 4 Percent L O T M Special Meeting
All members are asked to attend a special meeting today at 10:00 a.m. at their hall. By order Lydia Parlus, L. L. Marte Steinborn, it, K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sliver City Hive
Lydia Parlus
Marte Steinborn
Insurance Ad Warns of Sickness and Loss of Family
An advertisement warns that pneumonia or other sickness can remove a breadwinner and leave the family destitute. It urges purchasing life insurance through New York Life via agent John L. Henry in Butte Montana, offering rates and policy details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
John L. Henry
P. O
Butte
Mont
Whale tale from Jersey coast stirs sea lore and nets
A visitor recalls a fisherman who says a humpback rubbed barnacles off a pound net off the Jersey coast. The whale tore the net and then swam away. Another fisherman confirms the tale and adds stories of barnacle removal and a past sighting near Bandy Hook. The piece ends noting Schatzlein signs as daily comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Aquarium
New York
Sir Richard Webster and the Kensington Choir Encore Tale
A London anecdote recalls Sir Richard Webster later Lord Alverstone as a singing tenor who, at a semi political meeting, offered an encore. A spinster quipped he should teach truth to the heathens, and the crowd’s request for more was thwarted by the mispronounced remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Alverstone
England
Richard Webster
Isle of Wight
Kensington
London
Riichard Webster
Verner
Michard
Hichard
Malaprop
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Butte News
Santa
Jocky
Jack Martin
Shields & Caruthers
Jack
Bullman
Sam Hildreth
Ted Sloan
Thockey Club
Senator McCarren
Richard Croker
Durin
Hildreth
Jockey Club
Lord William Beresford
Tommy Magee
Lord Beresford
McCue
Tommy
Kinley Mac
Brooklyn
America
Sloan
Tod
Joan Huggins
Huggins
Newmarket
William C. Whitney
New York Tribune
Whitney
Rancho del Paso
Salvator
Tenny
Firenzi
J. B. Haggin
W. H. Wix
D. D.S
Broadway and Main
Butte Graduate University of Pennsylvania
Silver Bow Foundry and Machine Company
Butte, Mont
Augendre
Paris
France
Dr. Newbro Drug Co
Copper Street
Kentucky
Army Transport Traffic
the Grand
Kemp
Balsam
Joe
Kmeket
Uge
Woodward
Lethoy
Old Ny
Newbro Drug Co
Hutte
Jersey Whales
Schatzlein
Butie Montana
Hennessys
Royal Worcester
W. B
Hennessy’s
Ecru
Bromington Standard Typewriter
Remington
Remington Standard Typewriter
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict's
Paragon
T. W
20Th Century Shoe Sale
Milwaukee
Little Men
Rex
Hennessy
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