Familiar Scenes at the Derby Course Amid Heavy Derby Day Crowd
At Epsom Downs on May 26 a massive Derby crowd packed the course despite a downpour. Royals traveled by motor, amid betting, games, and gypsy stalls as Americans like the Vanderbilts and Morgans watched starts. Minoru led the betting, with Valens and Sir Martin close behind as the field settled.
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Epsom Downs
London
The
Downs
London Coster
Arry
Arriet
Prince and Princess of Wales
Buckingham
Seaice
Britain
Sir Martin
Lord Carnarvon
Valens
Darling
H. J. King
Carroussel
W. Rapael
Brooklands
Lewis Winan
Skeets
Louviers
Bayardo
Epsom
Clarence H. Mackay
Vanderbilt
Venture
J. P. Morgan
Frank J. Gould
Charles Carroll
May
Washington
Walter Farwell
Chicago
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Herman Douglas
Louis la Rocque
Walter S. Hoyt
James M
Larry Waterbury
L. E. Stoddard
Thomas Phelan
Richard Croker
Andrew Freedman
Tammany Hall
Ted Sloan
Kid McCoy
Willoughby
Jockey House
Hearings Reordered Public Utilities Committee Schedule
The public utilities committee changed hearing dates with no session today. On Tuesday June 1 at 2 pm discussions on control of finances of public service corporations. Wednesday June 2 at 2 pm focus on control of rates. Thursday June 3 at 2 pm address management and operation of public service corporations. Woodland Park auction ad promotes building lots with prizes at a Saturday sale.
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Public Utilities Committee
Woodland Park
Washington Bridge
Beard’s Corner
Intergale
Long Island Sound
Milford Water Company
Sister of Grover Cleveland Dies in Hartford at 79
Mrs. Anna Cleveland Hastings widow of Rev. Dr. Edward P. Hastings and sister of former President Grover Cleveland died at her home 69 Elm Street Hartford after a long residence in the city. Her brother visited for her son's funeral in 1894 and she was his guest recently.
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Hartford
Anna Cleveland Hastings
Edward P. Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Elm Street
Cleaneasy Ad Promises Skin Rescue and Cleaning Power
An old advertisement touts Cleaneasy as “the best hand scar remover” with claims to instantly remove stove polish, rust, grease, ink, paint and dirt from hands and clothing. It notes a large can for 10 cents, manufactured by Wm R Winn at 244 Stratford Ave, and includes archaic weather phrases and a sun and moon line.
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Wm R Winn
Stratford Ave
May Halt on Tuberculosis Funding Faces Hesitation
Hartford reports Appropriations Committee debates halting funding for the tuberculosis bill amid revenue doubts. The plan would cost about 350000 with two years of preparation for 300 beds, potentially reducing the white plague and aiding state economy. editors note mixed committee views and public demand. The page also recounts literary anecdotes and early wagon history for contrast.
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Appropriations Committee
Hartford
Committee of Appropriations
Saybrook
Browning and His Wife Life and Absence Tale
Excerpts reveal Browning’s devotion amid separations as he writes of his wife being at Carlton Hall and London Globe. He laments loneliness yet professes enduring love, stating the home, though perfect, is incomplete without her and calling love the keynote of his life.
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Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Encyclopaedia Britannica
London
Dic Onary of National Biography
Burn Hall
Durham
Kelloe Church
Elizabeth Barrett Moulton Barrett
Barrett
Coxhoe Hall
Carlton Hall
Yorkshire
London Globe
Mrs. Kingsley
the Was
Charles Kingsley
God
Cure Claims From Cuticura Remedies
A Maryland woman describes ten months of severe facial and arm itch with terrible red patches and shame, but after trying Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills she reports prompt relief and complete cure following two sets of the products.
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Barbara Kral
Mt. Pleasant Ave
Highlandtown
Cuticura Promises Sleep For Fretful Babies
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing infants with skin issues. A warm bath using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment allegedly calms burning, crusted humors and rashes, helping babies sleep. The promo notes pure ingredients and offers free mailed samples from Columbus Avenue in Boston.
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Columbus Ave
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Bridgeport, Conn
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Pairfield Avenue
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Southport
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Shelton
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Forster
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