Darkness to dawn boxing praised by Chicago school board
The South Division High School basement bouts under Principal Smith gain favor with the Board of Education. Superintendent Andrews endorses boxing as the best sport for students. A separate note asks who are the ten greatest men of the nineteenth century with Lincoln, Napoleon, Darwin, Thackeray, Pasteur, Froebel, Beethoven, Morse, and Stephenson cited in a Dublin editor’s list.
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Chicago
Smith
Board of Education
Andrews
Dublin
Ireland
Lincoln
Napoleon
Darwin
Thackeray
Pasteur
Froebel
Beethoven
Morse
Stephenson
Consular Reform Advances in Congress
Congressional committees have reported favorable on Senate and House bills to reorganize the U S consular service. The measures differ in details but share a goal to professionalize the foreign service, offering employable career paths and protection from political shifts after demonstrated fitness.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Foreign Service of
United States
Indian devil a Maine panther stalks woodsmen in 1883
In Strong Maine on the Rangeley route, farmer Lew Johnson recalls a perilous night with a seven foot Maine panther, dubbed an Indian devil by locals. The two men, armed mainly with axes, used nails and shotgun fire to kill the beast after a dramatic leap into their camp. The hide was sent to a taxidermist, confirming panthers had roamed Maine in recent memory.
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Strong
Rangeley Lake
Lew
Johnson
Boston
Maine
Perham
Madrid Mills
George Hood
George
Madrid
The Free Town Library As a Catalyst for Progress
The piece notes the library as a key 19th and 20th century gift to society. It states Massachusetts had about twenty libraries fifty years ago and now all but seven of its 350 towns have free libraries, with ten thousand nationwide. It emphasizes the librarian as essential to unlock the library’s value.
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Massachusetts
History of Lynn Massachusetts a City Since 1850
Lynn Massachusetts was incorporated as a city on May 13 1850 after 221 years as a town. Settled in 1629 it was then Sau gus later renamed Lynn in 1637. The area included what are now Swampscott Nahant Lynnfield and Saugus with Lynnfield and Saugus becoming separate towns in 1814 and 1815 and Swampscott and Nahant splitting off in 1852 1853 respectively.
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Mass
Saugus
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Nahant
Lynanfield
Lynnfield
English schoolmaster seeks lost Kenmure title in Lords case
John Gordon a schoolmaster petitions the House of Lords to reclaim the Kenmure peerage and estate. The tale centers on Mary Dalziel a powerful widow who allegedly murdered her husband by poisoning and forged a path to seize the castle. The plot stretches back to the 1715 execution of the Viscount of Kenmure and unfolds through forged deeds poison plots and long legal fights.
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John Gordon
House of Lords
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland
Viscount of
Kenmure
Tower Hill
Temple Bar
Mary Dalziel
John Lumsden
Kenmure Castle
John
Baliol
Baliol Tower
Paris
Mary Daltiel
France
Bygones
Amity
William
America
James
Lumsden
Gordon
Gan
Adam
Telegraph Friends and the Case of C. D.
A former telegraph operator recalls meeting a Pittsburg colleague named C. D. The storyteller describes how operators gauge others by the key and a playful taunt of h a. The tale ends with a surprised meeting revealing C. D.’s real identity and the narrator’s lost illusion.
Professional applauders and the claque's riches in Paris
The Wide World notes the chefs de claque at Paris theaters profit greatly from ticket scalping. Before arts ministers made the claque a state role, operatic leaders sold cheap seats at high prices and became wealthy on commissions and gifts from performers. Auguste and Porcher of the opera are cited as examples of immense wealth from the post.
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Paris
Fine Arts
Auber
Chef de Claque
Auguste
Porcher
Opera
Cuban Student Enrolls at Missouri University
A Cuban student Senor Rubio Lopez recently entered the University of Missouri. He served on Gen. Gomez staff during the Cuban war as sergeant and later second lieutenant and first lieutenant. He undertook missions behind enemy lines and was wounded twice. He earned a bachelor’s in Havana and aims for a mechanical engineering degree at Missouri. Also studying are a Puerto Rican and a Mexican.
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Missouri
University of Missouri
Senor Rubio Lopez
Cuba
Gomez
University of Havana
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