Chicago Society Notes and Hawkins Real Estate Sale
Chicago society columns describe Mrs. Patrick Campbell hosting an after theater dinner in the Auditorium palm garden with prominent guests including Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Jack Gardner. The University of Chicago buys George W. Hawkins's gambling-turned-real-estate holdings for 415000, while Nashville shortstop Kennedy signs with the Chicago Nationals for 2000 and a 200 bonus. A 14 year old boy, Jack Kohl, gains attention for stock speculation profits of 150 a month at the Chicago Board of Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F.‘Younger
Chicago
Patrick .Campbell
Auditorium Palm Garden
Potter Palmer
Jack Gardner
Boston
Campbell
W. A. Guerry
University of the South At
Sewanee,renn
Trinity
John Critchell
Nellie
Florence
Georgia
Florida
J. Hoffmeyer
Adeline
Emily
Ruby
South
C. E. Hall
Jackson Boulevard
Lilian Margaret
Philip Martin Essig
Atlanta
Lucy Law
Belmont Avenue
Ernst
Covington
Hawkins
Real Estate Board
University of Chicago
George W. Hawkins
George Hawkins
Hankins
Httle
Kennedy
Conneaut
Ohio
Bridgeport
Newcastle
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Jack Kohl
Charles E.kohl
Board of Trade
Oxford School
Exchange
Jack
Baltimore and Ohio
Bvine Erle
Hfe
Undefined diamond beauty defies interpretation in prose
The passage questions who can define the hovering and evanescent beauty of the perfect diamond. It notes the transcendent delicacy of stones resists interpretation, asserting that diamonds, set in any style, defy easy description, referencing a cryptic line with names Maron and oekweLe, Sé Wanetaw-oweet.
Olympian Games 1904 Chicago Plans Stadium and Rules
Pierre de Coubertin writes Belgium hosts athletic congress in Brussels to draft international rules. King of Belgium to preside. Theodore Roosevelt pledges aid. Yale athlete Charles A. Carver to run strength contests. Chicago Olympian Games Association unveils plans for a 75,000-seat stadium on ten acres with a roofed arena using electric curtain roofs for rapid covering and opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pierre de Coubertin
International Olympian Committee
Olympian Games Association
Belgium
Brussels
Hoosevelt
Itie
Charles A. Carver
Yale
Sandow
Harry J. Furber, Jr
Athens
Awork
Pew
Furber
Chicago Likely to Host 1904 Olympian Games
The article outlines a grand stadium plan with 108 exits and six entrances, a 75 foot high cornice, 63 foot tall Corinthian columns, and a 11 acre arena designed for 75 000 spectators in four minutes. Willam Hale Thompson and A G Spalding lead the athletic program with Will Parker predicting a broader schedule than Athens 1896 or Paris 1900. The event aims to showcase modern athletics and attract global attendance including royal interest, with President Roosevelt considered for ex officio presidency.
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Greece
Rome
Chicago
Tian Enamiot- Ra
Willam’ Hale’ Thompson
A.G. Spalding
Alpha
Omega
Thompson
Spalding
Europe
Asia
America
Athletic Committee
Parker
Athens
Paris Exposition
United States
Worh
Hercules
Ewin ‘Co. Young
Athena
Paris
Roosevelt
West
Point Ariadpelis
Gam
Ade Writes a Comic Opera about Sulu Sultan Affairs
George Ade novel approach to theater with a comic opera Et-Ram or the Sultan of Sulu. Walter W. Burbidge finished an act drop praised as finest stage painting in Chicago. Opera set for Studebaker March 10 with rehearsals under way and touted as immensely funny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ade
George Ade
Et-Ram
Sulu
Wani
United ‘States
Philippines
Walter W. Burbridge
Chicago
Pacific
Studebaker
Starbucks
Opie P. Read
Nashville
Tenn
Dearborn
Raging Flood Threatens Health Officials Views
Fragmented OCR indicates a chaotic report naming doctors in Oakland Nebraska Sioux City and Omaha, with references to consumption and disease. The text is garbled but suggests a flood tied health concerns and identification of medical figures.
Reform Sunday Was Not Dry in New York
A 1 January dispatch from New York describes public curiosity about Police Commissioner Partridge and excise policy. It notes saloons largely operated as usual, with side doors and covert meals despite calls for temperance action. The piece hints at Tammany tactics to trap Partridge, yet portrays him as guiding inspectors rather than issuing direct orders. It also mentions Partridge’s success in closing disorderly saloons and concerns over a Gerry Society alert about child welfare on the East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En York
New York
Partridge
Jerome
Rames Law
Uas Hess
Brer Rabbit
Brer Partridge
Tammany
Fusion’ Administration
Uberal
Colonel Partridge
Atetorney Jerome
Gerry
East Side
Lower East Side
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Gerry Society
Gerry Society condemned as menace to families in old New York
A critical critique portrays the Gerry Society as an autocratic and coercive force that invades homes to seize children, feared by the poor despite performing some good. It notes widespread anger at police and courts unable to curb its powers, and mentions public alarm as mothers seek safety for Isaac Patsy and Rebecca. The piece also covers prize fighting and stock market optimism amid shifting investor sentiment.
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Gerry Society
Gerry
New York
Elbridge
Isaac
Jake
Patsy
Rebecca
Bob Fitzsimmonn
Tom Sharkey
Sharkey
Joe Choynski
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons
New Jersey
Long Island
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Pat Campbell
Swelloun
Aivw Poodle
Xing Hawkins
Bats
Jacob Reiner
Lincoln Avenue
Leslie BM. Shaw
Treasury
Atyla
Jeremiah Peabody
Alms House
Tipton County
Indiana
Peabody
Lizzie’ Miller
Wisconsin
Memphis
Bessie Byrd McLean
Robert Moore McLean
Edward Hull Cramp
Calvary Church
McLean
Elact
William Ayers
Helvia Palmer
Jacksonville
Ula
Mary Grant Tubman
Mary
Tubman
Twenty-sixth
Camerons
Edinburgh
Donald Grant
East Indies
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Africa
Gibraltar
Mich
Grand Trunk
Allway
Oakland Neb
Sioux Citv
Omaka
Reform
SabWen Partridge
Tales
Rabe
Men’s Outfitters
Samer L
Ierce Hotues
A.C. Meyer Co Co
Baltimore
Wall Streek
Buane
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter
Eiseman Bros
THE
Whiteball Street Clothiers
Gormer
Alavama Aid
Union Depot
Eiseman Br
Washingto
Eiseman. Bros
Avanta
Baltimore,.Md
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