The Girl Athletic and a Surge of Female Pugilists
A Washington Star article highlights growing female pugilism with vivid scenes of Lillian McCabe fighting a street altercation in Brooklyn and Miss Jennie Heade defending herself from a persistent masher. It envisions future trials where women take up sparring and boxing, even as social norms clash with these bold acts.
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Washington Star
Lillian McCabe
Manhattan Avenue
Fulton Street
Dufffield
Bridge Streets
Brooklyn
Robert Valentine
Adelphi Street
Lillian
Robert Sergt
James McCarthy
Adams Street
Jennie Heade
Germantown
Tank
Heade
Gladys Strong
Puginste
Young Ladies Seminary
Willie
Mr. Clarency
Gladys
William
Bella
Nee Clareney
Famed Trout Tale Survives With Safety Pin Rescue
A Denver Post recounts a rugged 1891 wilderness fishing tale where a lone prospector battles a giant trout. He uses a safety pin as line to catch the fish, the pin catching in the trout's mouth and pinning it shut before the creature dies, leaving the crowd debating the weight.
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Anantas Jake
Poets Should Wear a Uniform Says Indi Tapall News
A city opinion piece argues poets lack recognition and suggests a distinctive uniform as a badge of the poetic caste. The essay claims clothing would provoke inquiry and help the public identify poets amid daily life.
Postscript Snack From Bryn Mawr Talk
Miss Carey Thomas Bryn Mawr College president spoke at a luncheon about children and ingenuous letters. A friend recalled a son asking his mother for $2 with a postscript noting shame for asking so soon after the last gift.
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Carey Thomas
Bryn Mawr College
Andover
Diplomat Olney and the Chinese Port Consul Tale
A Western politician seeking a China port consul post faced Secretary of State Richard Olney who insisted a appointee should speak the local language. The hopeful replied he would answer a Chinese question to prove it and obtained the appointment.
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Richard Olney
Clevewind
Olney
Blank
Atlas for One Dollar Promotion by Great Northern Railway
The Great Northern Railway offers an Atlas of 56 pages with up to date maps of multiple states and regions, plus statistical data and railway lines. Priced at $1.00, it will be mailed to any address upon payment, directed to F J Whitney Passenger Traffic Manager Great Northern Railway St Paul MN.
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Great Northern Railway
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
British Columbia
Oregon
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Alaska
Hawaii
Japan
Philipine Islands
China
United States
World
F. J. Whitney
Treat Northern Railway
St. Paul
Inn
International Live Stock Show Opens at Chicago
The International Live Stock Show opens this year in a newly completed Coliseum. The event promises a more complete display than ever, with breeders and buyers mingling to mutual advantage and guiding stock improvement. Low Northwestern Line rates from western points will be announced soon.
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Herbert W. Mumford
Ilinois
Dr Kings New Life Pills Solve Health Chase
In Mad Chase millions rush from one extreme of faddism to another. If they would eat good food and keep bowels regular with Dr. Kings New Life Pills their troubles would pass away. Prompt relief and quick cure for liver and stomach troubles. 25c at All Druggists.
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Dr. King
Industrial openings along the Chicago and North-Western Railway
A folder offers concise information on factory buildings and ready sites along the North-Western Line. It highlights hundreds of openings for manufacturers jobbers and retailers and describes extensions opening new western territory. Free on application to North-Western Live agents.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
North-Western
Electric Bitters credited with curing long illness
Geo W Hoffman of Harper Washington claims six years of stomach and liver trouble ended after using Electric Bitters. He praises the medicine as a guaranteed cure and says he will not be without it. The ad urges readers to try the remedy from druggists.
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Harper, Wash
King's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertisement Notes
An advertising snippet promotes King's Dyspepsia Tablets to relieve indigestion and stomach disorders. Sold by F. B. Jones.
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F. B. Jones
Governor Cods Early School Days Blossom Tale
A Maine boyhood anecdote recalls Gov. Cods as a pupil who brings fragrant apple blossoms to his teacher. Principal Bradbury warns against picking blossoms to save fruit, while the future governor explains he gathered them from Deacon Misty’s place. The tale blends memory with humor about fruit and school life.
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Leures Anneys Oiece
Maine
Gov. Cods
Mr. Bradbury
Deacon Msty’s
Pioneers Told In A California Gold Rush Tale
George B. Cortelyou entertains English visitors with anecdotes from California's gold rush era. A caravan leader explains founding a town with every member assigned a role including a doctor and blacksmith, and notes the cemetery will open with the very old man in the group.
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George B. Cortelyou
America
Mr. Cortelyou
California
Buffalo Enquirer
Labor Saving Device Told At Dinner
Bradley Martin Jr recalls a Scottish keeper during a shooting party on a high mountain. A center yells and clutches his neck as blood oozes from peppered cape. The keeper, fearing a worse blow, cries Run Dugald Run down the hill. Heaven only knows how far we’ll have to carry ye.
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Bradley Martin Jr
Dugald
San Antonio Express
Boy Learns Courage as Balloon Turns Sour at Circus
Mn Kate Upson Clark recalls a Brooklyn boy taken to a circus with his father. Two balloons were bought, one for the boy and one for Lucy. As the father carried them aloft, one balloon exploded, the boy sighed with peace and said Lucy’s balloon is spoiled.
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Lucy
Mn Kate Upson Clark
Brooklyn
New York Times
Noted Bridge Work Safety Net Saves Six
Under a bridge construction method ironworkers perform acrobatic feats likened to circus acts as safety nets from circuses are adopted for cantilever bridges. The nets do not hinder material handling and have saved six lives in a recent bridge project.
Glaze plant industry in Japan gains scale with Osaka factories
The article notes Japan's glazed plant industry performances, estimating Osaka hosts 170 factories. It argues that the total output of these plants would still be smaller in value than a single large modern factory in the United States.
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Japan
Osaka
United States
Californians Form Firm to Develop Peru Oil Fields
California capitalists ship three carloads of machinery to Peru and form a company to develop oil fields on Lake Titicaca. They have secured valuable concessions from the Peruvian government for the project.
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Peru
California
Lake Titicaca
A Good Start Mrs Browne Frone-We Bar Breakfast
A quirky domestic scene shows Mrs Browne Frone instructing breakfast timing. A new girl dismisses strict hours, seeking a casual start while defare % reportedly freezes.
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Mrs. Browne
Bridget
Passenger Train Schedule Fragments From Daily Rail Line
Readable fragments show multiple train numbers and services with daily and Sunday runs. Entries include passenger and mail trains with times such as 2:38 PM and 12:27 PM and a daily freight 9:59 PM ex Sundays.
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Besanaba
Waily
Laily
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