Abbot sold at Madison Square Garden for 20500
The famed trotter The Abbot bred by Hamlin was sold at Madison Square Garden for 20500 to John J Scannell fire commissioner of New York before about 8000 spectators. Geers drove the horse in the ring and Scannell outbid rivals at 26500, with no further bids. The Abbot, a bay gelding, is praised as a straight line trotter with a storied racing record since 1897 including 10 straight wins in 1899.
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New York
Abbot
Madison Square Garde
John J. Scannell
Geers
Tipton
Fasig-Tipton Company
Scannell
Maudy
Sund
Dexter
Tzarus
Bingen
Detroit
Cleveland
Hartford
Lucille
Terre Haute
Mosquitoes and Malaria in Early Washington Notes
Washington correspondent notes that malaria links to female mosquitoes and that eradication in some districts came from destroying breeding sites. Experts question airborne or waterborne transmission while endorsing kerosene flooding of stagnant water and minnows to curb larvae.
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W. B. Curtis
Washington
Chicago
L. C. Howard
Agricultural Department
Notable Figures and Wit Highlight a Turbulent Era
A fragmentary column recalls Supreme Court Justice Field’s portrait to the U.S. circuit court in San Francisco, notes Mississippi Congressman Allen on cotton, honors Henry A. Little as Madison county recorder, and cites Chauncey Depew and Andrew Carnegie on Scots. It mentions William C Whitney’s fortune spent on building plans, Hamilton Twombly’s restless changes, and a Paris expo gold medal for the Salvation Army’s American exhibit.
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Supreme
Stephen J. Field
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Congressman Allen
Mississippi
Henry A. Little
Madison County
Ill
William C. Whitney
Hamilton McK. Twombly
Red Cross plans nationwide watch meetings at century’s end
Miss Clara Barton announced recovered from illness and ready to lead the Red Cross effort. A twentieth century department opens correspondence with governors, militia leaders, mayors, church and charity groups to raise funds and signalize the new century. New York watch event to be held at Madison Square Garden with speeches and greetings from Tolstoy, Chamberlain, Dreyfus, Zola, Kruger, Arnold, Hall Caine, Anthony Hope, Lord Roberts, and others.
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Clara Barton
New York
American National Red Cross
Department of the Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Madison Square Garden
Count Tolatoi
Joseph Chamberlain
Dreyfus
Zola Kruger
Sir Edward Arnold
Hall Caine
Anthony Hope
Lord Roberts
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Grant Avenues
FOR Aid OF Red Cross
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Second Avenue
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